Of the county sides Derbyshire played in the previous year they had matches against Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.
Derbyshire won both matches against Yorkshire, but lost to Nottingham and Lancashire (who shared the Champion County award) and MCC.
William Wood-Sims, a slater, Joseph Marlow and George Osborne made their first-class debuts for the club and went on to play several more seasons.
Arthur Cursham, a mine manager, joined the club from Nottinghamshire but only played in two years.
The next recorded match was a two-day internal fixture against the Derbyshire Colts who played with 22 men.
The Colts included Osborne, John Clayton, William Antliff, and Ludford Docker who played first class matches for the county in this and later seasons, but apart from veteran captain Unwin Sowter none of the remaining colts made first-class status.
Most of the damage in the match was done by Fred Morley who was the leading wicket taker in the English season.
Wallroth, an Old Harrovian, played for the visitors in a team which included Albert Hornby, Herbert Webbe, Isaac Walker and Theodore Dury.