Derbyshire played 16 games in the County Championship, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians.
Davidson made 274 against Lancashire at Manchester which remains the Derbyshire individual batting record.
Against Yorkshire Storer hit centuries in each innings—a feat performed previously only by W. G. Grace, A. E. Stoddart and George Brann, giving him a season's batting average of over 57.
Additionally C Middleton and FM Bingham played in the non County Championship match against MCC.
Middleton failed to score, but Bingham made seventeen runs in what was his only match for the club.