Kent joined Lancashire to make the second County side to play first class matches against Derbyshire in 1874.
Derbyshire were considered Champion County with other teams because at the time the smallest number of games lost decided the order of merit.
Through no fault of their own, Derbyshire were able to arrange matches only against Lancashire and Kent, three of which ended in victory and the other in a draw.
Their convincing wins may be attributable to the fact that they had sixteen players to their opponents' eleven Samuel Richardson was in his fourth season as captain.
Abraham Shuker, a schoolmaster at Trent College, and John Tye, a blacksmith, made their debut for the county and went on to play several more seasons.
Additionally Henry Shaw and George Hay, who made their first class debuts in the following season appeared in Derbyshire's other matches as did CF Richardson.
Nottinghamshire scored 125 in their second innings and Derbyshire were able to make the 28 run difference to win for the loss of one wicket.