Success in the County Championship saw the culmination of five years effort by A. W. Richardson since he became captain in 1931.
Middlesex and Yorkshire made strong challenges in the closing weeks of the 1936 season which kept tensions high in the Derbyshire camp.
When he heard that the Championship had been settled the Duke of Devonshire, the Derbyshire President, left a shooting party at Bolton Abbey in a hurry to get to Derby and join the public reception given to the players on their return.
George Langdale made his debut for Derbyshire and went on to play one first team game in 1937.
Samuel Hunt also made his debut, but only played the 1936 season Queen's Park, Chesterfield In addition, John Gilbert appeared for Derbyshire against Oxford University.