Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1973 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and two years. In the County Championship, they won two matches to finish sixteenth in their seventy-ninth season in the Championship. They won five matches in the John Player League to finish twelfth. They were eliminated in the first round of the Gillette Cup and did not progress beyond group level in the Benson & Hedges Cup.

1973 season

Derbyshire played 20 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University, and one match each against the touring New Zealanders and West Indians. They won three first class matches overall, two in the County Championship. Brian Bolus was in his first season as captain. Brian Bolus scored most runs overall, although Michael Page scored most in the County Championship. Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan took most wickets.

Matches

First Class

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Essex County Ground, Chelmsford |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | New Zealanders County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 Jul 1973 |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | West Indians Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn

John Player League

{| class="wikitable" width="70%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No result |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost

Gillette Cup

{| class="wikitable" width="60%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin

!Notes

Benson and Hedges Cup

{| class="wikitable" width="60%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes | Group A 2 | Group A 4

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Competition bowling averages

Wicket Keeping