They won eleven matches and lost nine to finish fourth in the Championship.
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, and one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring West Indians.
Arnold Hamer was top scorer and Les Jackson took most wickets with 129.
Newcomers in the season were Ian Gibson, Keith Mohan, and David Short.
Gibson played for four seasons, Mohan for two and Short in 1957 and again in 1960.