Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1886 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifteen years and was the penultimate season before they lost first class status for seven years.
Derbyshire CCC played nine county games in 1886, and two other first class matches which were against MCC and Australians.
They also played two non first class matches against Essex, which were both wins for Derbyshire and included a century for W Chatterton and 8 for 48 by Davidson The captain for the year was Edmund Maynard.
James Stubbings and A S Sugden played for Derbyshire in the matches against Essex.
Joseph Chatterton, brother of William and a player of promise died at the age of 19 in November 1886.