Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Scotland, and one against the touring Pakistanis.
In a successful season, they won twelve first class matches altogether.
Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Cliff Gladwin took most wickets.
Gerald Wyatt played one game and then appeared intermittently over the next few years.
Charles Lee went on to score over 12,000 runs and became captain ten years later.