| Club: | Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons |
| Season: | 1905 |
| Captain: | Albert Lawton |
| Comp1: | County Championship |
| Comp1 Result: | 14 |
| Prevseason: | 1904 |
| Nextseason: | 1906 |
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1905 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty-four years. It was their eleventh season in the County Championship and they won three matches to finish fourteenth in the Championship table.
Derbyshire played twenty games in the County Championship, one match against MCC and one against the touring Australians. The captain for the year was Albert Lawton. Levi Wright was top scorer with over 1700 runs and four centuries and Billy Bestwick took most wickets with over 100. However lacking greater depth, Derbyshire won just three matches in the County Championship and lost 16 which put them at fourteenth in the table.
The most significant addition to the Derbyshire squad in the season was George Buckston who though playing only one match in the 1905 season went on to become captain. Also making their debuts were Frederic Hunter who played regularly for three years and Herbert Cooper William Taylor and Robert Carlin who played intermittently over five years. Arthur Hogg, John McDonald and George Walkden played in 1905 and also in 1906. Other players who made their debut but played only in 1905 were George Maltby three matches, Joseph Cupitt George Marples and Guy Sparrow two matches and William Peach and William Bagguley one match each. James Wright who had played in 1898 played his last single match in the season.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 15 May 1905[1] | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford | Lost | Innings and 61 runs | FS Jackson 111; W Bestwick 5-91 |
| 2 | 18 May 1905[2] | Lancashire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 161 runs | SWA Cadman 6-27; I'Anson 5-52; Kermode 5-81 |
| 3 | 22 May 1905[3] | Essex County Ground, Leyton | Lost | Innings and 1 run | AE Lawton 112; McGahey 277; Tremlin 9–126; A Warren 5–139; Buckenham 6-59 |
| 4 | 01 Jun 1905[4] | Sussex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | LG Wright 149; A Warren 6-78; Cox 6-108 | |
| 5 | 12 Jun 1905[5] | Hampshire County Ground, Southampton | Lost | 188 runs | Bowell 101; W Bestwick 6-74; Hesketh-Pritchard 5-46 and 8-32 |
| 6 | 15 Jun 1905[6] | Yorkshire County Ground, Derby | Won | 9 wickets | A Warren 7-57 and 5-69; Ringrose 6-78 |
| 7 | 19 Jun 1905[7] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Lost | 23 runs | GJ Thompson 5-66; East 6-33 |
| 8 | 22 Jun 1905[8] | Surrey Kennington Oval | Lost | 236 runs | Goatly 147; Lees 6-59; W Bestwick 5-67; Knox 5-50 |
| 9 | 26 Jun 1905[9] | Essex North Road Ground, Glossop | Lost | 7 wickets | AJ Turner 103; W Bestwick 6-39; Tremlin 5-58 |
| 10 | 03 Jul 1905[10] | Leicestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | Innings and 135 runs | CJB Wood 100; Odell 6-15 and 5-29; King 5-39 |
| 11 | 06 Jul 1905[11] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | 8 wickets | Hallam 6-48 |
| 12 | 10 Jul 1905[12] | Australians County Ground, Derby | Lost | 105 runs | SWA Cadman 5-94; Armstrong 5-29; Cotter 6-63 |
| 13 | 17 Jul 1905[13] | MCC Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | Innings and 252 runs | TC O'Brien 153; CAL Payne 191; Trott 6-66 |
| 14 | 20 Jul 1905[14] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 50 runs | LG Wright 195; East 5–127; A Warren 5-23; W Bestwick 5-23 and 7-108 |
| 15 | 24 Jul 1905[15] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost | 7 wickets | LG Wright 176 and 122; Quaife 176; W Bestwick 5-105 |
| 16 | 27 Jul 1905[16] | Leicestershire Aylestone Road, Leicester | Lost | 87 runs | King 5-46; Jayes 9-78 |
| 17 | 31 Jul 1905[17] | Warwickshire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 120 runs | SWA Cadman 5-34 and 6-46; Santall 5-75 |
| 18 | 07 Aug 1905[18] | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | Llewellyn 102 and 100; W Bestwick 5-89 and 6-53; Ede 7-72 | |
| 19 | 10 Aug 1905[19] | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | Innings and 41 runs | |
| 20 | 14 Aug 1905[20] | Surrey County Ground, Derby | Lost | 9 wickets | Hayes 189; Crawford 119; EM Ashcroft 145; Lees 5-87 |
| 21 | 17 Aug 1905[21] | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester | Drawn | AE Lawton 101; Poideven 102; Kermode 5–117; SWA Cadman 6-83 | |
| 22 | 21 Aug 1905[22] | Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby | Lost | 6 wickets | W Bestwick 5-90; Wass 8-97 |