Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twelve years. They won two first class matches out of ten.

1883 season
Derbyshire played two county matches each against Lancashire, Yorkshire, Surrey and Sussex, and two against MCC. They won two of their matches and lost six. Robert Smith was captain for his eighth and last season. In a sparse season without any centuries, Wallis Evershed was top scorer and William Cropper James Brelsford shared the most wickets.

There were no long term additions to the team but George Earl, Joseph Needham, George Yates and Percy Exham made their only career appearances and Thomas Evans made his two career appearances for Derbyshire during the season. The season also saw the last appearances of John Richardson who had been a steady bowler since 1878 and George Osborne who had played since 1879.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of first class matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes Old Trafford, Manchester County Ground, Derby Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby |6 County Ground, Derby County Ground, Derby Bramall Lane, Sheffield Kennington Oval County Ground, Hove
 * - bgcolor="#efefef"
 * 1
 * 17 May 1883
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 160 runs
 * George Nash 5-24; RG Barlow  5-20
 * 2
 * 21 May 1883
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 51 runs
 * ED Barratt 5-25 and 7-76; J Brelsford 5-31
 * 3
 * 31 May 1883
 * MCC
 * MCC
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 29 runs
 * W Flowers 131 and 6-44; A Rylott 5-53
 * 4
 * 25 Jun 1883
 * Lancashire
 * Lancashire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 78 runs
 * A Watson 6-40 and 6-27
 * 5
 * 09 Jul 1883
 * MCC
 * MCC
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * SH Evershed 5–19; GG Hearne 5-49; W Cropper 5-25
 * SH Evershed 5–19; GG Hearne 5-49; W Cropper 5-25
 * 19 Jul 1883
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
 * W Chatterton 5-61
 * 7
 * 30 Jul 1883
 * Sussex
 * 30 Jul 1883
 * Sussex
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 68 runs
 * JB Hide 5-34
 * 8
 * 06 Aug 1883
 * Yorkshire
 * Yorkshire
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * Innings and 3 runs
 * W Chatterton 6-64; E Peate 5-36
 * 9
 * 30 Aug 1883
 * Surrey
 * Surrey
 * bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
 * 6 wickets
 * ED Barratt 5-50
 * 10
 * 03 Sep 1883
 * Sussex
 * Sussex
 * bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
 * 29 runs
 * J Marlow 6-27

Wicket keeping

 * James Disney Catches 10, Stumping 0