Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1923

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1923 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty-two years. It was their twenty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won four matches to finish tenth.

1923 season
Derbyshire played twenty two games in the County Championship and one against the touring West Indies. They won four games altogether and finished tenth in the Championship table.

Guy Jackson was in his second year as captain. Wilfred Hill-Wood was top scorer and Billy Bestwick took most wickets.

New players in the season were James Cresswell who played 21 matches over four seasons, and Richard Pratt who played five matches in two seasons.

Matches
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" ! style="background:#efefef;" colspan="6"| List of matches !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Edgbaston, Birmingham Tipton Road, Dudley Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby Fry's Ground, Bristol Cardiff Arms Park Recreation Ground, Bath Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Park Road Ground, Buxton County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Innings and 211 runs County Ground, Leyton The Town Ground, Burton-on-Trent Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Northampton Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby | County Ground, Derby Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford Queen's Park, Chesterfield County Ground, Derby | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester
 * - style="background:#efefef;"
 * 1
 * 12 May 1923
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * Gunn 220; Richmond 5-101; W Bestwick 5-53
 * 2
 * 19 May 1923
 * Warwickshire
 * 19 May 1923
 * Warwickshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 4 wickets
 * J Horsley 7-48; Partridge 7-66; Howell 5-68
 * 3
 * 23 May 1923
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcestershire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * 4
 * 26 May 1923
 * Essex
 * 4
 * 26 May 1923
 * Essex
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * A Morton 7-48
 * 5
 * 30 May 1923
 * Yorkshire
 * 30 May 1923
 * Yorkshire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * Innings and 126 runs
 * Kilner 5-32
 * 6
 * 06 Jun 1923
 * Gloucestershire
 * Gloucestershire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * Innings and 72 runs
 * Mills 6-72
 * 7
 * 09 Jun 1923
 * Glamorgan
 * Glamorgan
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * GR Jackson 102; W Bestwick 7-39 and 5-55
 * 8
 * 13 Jun 1923
 * Somerset
 * 13 Jun 1923
 * Somerset
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * Lyon 134; WWH Hill-Wood 107; J Bowden 114; Bridges 5-117
 * 9
 * 16 Jun 1923
 * Leicestershire
 * 16 Jun 1923
 * Leicestershire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 62 runs
 * Geary 6-70; W Bestwick 7-61 and 6-37
 * 10
 * 20 Jun 1923
 * West Indies
 * West Indies
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * SWA Cadman 5-41
 * 11
 * 23 Jun 1923
 * Lancashire
 * 23 Jun 1923
 * Lancashire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * W Bestwick 6-60
 * 12
 * 30 Jun 1923
 * Northamptonshire
 * 30 Jun 1923
 * Northamptonshire
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * W Carter 100*; W Bestwick 5-45; J Horsley 6-29
 * 13
 * 04 Jul 1923
 * Essex
 * Essex
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * Douglas 110; A Morton 100
 * 14
 * 07 Jul 1923
 * Gloucestershire
 * 07 Jul 1923
 * Gloucestershire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 8 wickets
 * Parker 7-37 and 5-76; Dennett 5-93
 * 15
 * 14 Jul 1923
 * Somerset
 * Somerset
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 61 runs
 * J Horsley 5-40 and 5-45; White 5-35
 * 16
 * 21 Jul 1923
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northamptonshire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 1 wicket
 * W Bestwick 5-61
 * 17
 * 25 Jul 1923
 * Glamorgan
 * Glamorgan
 * style="background:#0f0;"|Won
 * 5 wickets
 * J Horsley 5-58
 * 18
 * 28 Jul 1923
 * Worcestershire
 * Worcestershire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * 19
 * 04 Aug 1923
 * Warwickshire
 * 04 Aug 1923
 * Warwickshire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * GR Jackson 109; WWH Hill-Wood 5-62
 * 20
 * 11 Aug 1923
 * Yorkshire
 * 11 Aug 1923
 * Yorkshire
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * 8 wickets
 * Rhodes 7-60; J Horsley 5-69
 * 21
 * 18 Aug 1923
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * Staples 5-101
 * 22
 * 22 Aug 1923
 * Leicestershire
 * 22 Aug 1923
 * Leicestershire
 * style="background:#fc0;"|Drawn
 * J Horsley 6-49
 * 23
 * 25 Aug 1923
 * 23
 * 25 Aug 1923
 * style="background:#f00;"|Lost
 * Innings and 32 runs
 * Parkin 6-68 and 5-12; A Morton 6-45; Ellis 5-21

Wicket Keeper

 * H Elliott - Catches 25, Stumping 7