| Club: | Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons |
| Season: | 1906 |
| Comp1: | County Championship |
| Comp1 Result: | 16 |
| Most Runs: | Levi Wright |
| Prevseason: | 1905 |
| Nextseason: | 1907 |
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1906 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty five years. It was their twelfth season in the County Championship and they finished bottom of the table having won two matches in the County Championship.
Derbyshire played 20 games in the County Championship, one match against the touring West Indians and one against MCC.
Levi Wright was in his first season as captain. Wright was top scorer, although Maynard Ashcroft had a better average and scored two centuries. Billy Bestwick took most wickets with 111 .
Reginald Rickman, a future captain, made his debut and also Henry Purdy and Frederick Bracey who played several seasons. Thomas Hallam and Norman Todd appeared in 1906 and one more season each.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 10 May 1906[1] | MCC | Lost | 5 wickets | |
| 2 | 21 May 1906[2] | Lancashire | Lost | 103 runs | |
| 3 | 24 May 1906[3] | Leicestershire | Lost | 252 runs | |
| 4 | 28 May 1906[4] | Sussex | Lost | 88 runs | |
| 5 | 31 May 1906[5] | Essex | Lost | 209 runs | |
| 6 | 04 Jun 1906[6] | Hampshire | Lost | 147 runs | |
| 7 | 07 Jun 1906[7] | Yorkshire | Lost | 33 runs | |
| 8 | 11 Jun 1906[8] | Leicestershire | Won | Innings and 50 runs | |
| 9 | 18 Jun 1906[9] | Warwickshire | Lost | Innings and 16 runs | |
| 10 | 25 Jun 1906[10] | Nottinghamshire | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| 11 | 28 Jun 1906[11] | Northamptonshire | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| 12 | 02 Jul 1906[12] | Surrey | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| 13 | 05 Jul 1906[13] | Sussex | Won | 5 wickets | |
| 14 | 12 Jul 1906[14] | Nottinghamshire | Lost | 5 wickets | |
| 15 | 16 Jul 1906[15] | Yorkshire | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| 16 | 19 Jul 1906[16] | West Indians | Won | 6 wickets | |
| 17 | 06 Aug 1906[17] | Hampshire | Lost | 160 runs | |
| 18 | 09 Aug 1906[18] | Warwickshire | Drawn | ||
| 19 | 13 Aug 1906[19] | Northamptonshire | Lost | Innings and 85 runs | |
| 20 | 20 Aug 1906[20] | Essex | Lost | 6 wickets | |
| 21 | 23 Aug 1906[21] | Lancashire | Lost | Innings and 84 runs | |
| 22 | 27 Aug 1906[22] | Surrey | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 27 | 886 | 118 | 34.07 | 2 | |
| 20 | 39 | 929 | 96 | 24.44 | 0 | |
| 14 | 27 | 655 | 157 | 24.25 | 1 | |
| 16 | 31 | 687 | 75 | 22.90 | 0 | |
| 8 | 16 | 326 | 96 | 20.37 | 0 | |
| 20 | 39 | 565 | 68 | 19.48 | 0 | |
| 20 | 39 | 692 | 94 | 18.70 | 0 | |
| 18 | 34 | 580 | 77 | 18.70 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | 62 | 52 | 15.50 | 0 | |
| 6 | 12 | 180 | 68 | 15.00 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 15.00 | 0 | |
| 19 | 37 | 490 | 52 | 14.00 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 11 | 9* | 11.00 | 0 | |
| 9 | 15 | 160 | 51 | 10.66 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | |
| 3 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 7.80 | 0 | |
| RB Rickman | 11 | 21 | 148 | 31 | 7.78 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6.50 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6.50 | 0 | |
| 19 | 35 | 127 | 21 | 6.35 | 0 | |
| 8 | 16 | 100 | 21 | 6.25 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5.50 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 5.25 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3.50 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0[23] | |
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4489 | 2019 | 111 | 7-49 | 18.18 | |
| 3780 | 2249 | 83 | 6-82 | 27.09 | |
| 3358 | 1536 | 40 | 4-80 | 38.40 | |
| 1037 | 445 | 20 | 6-84 | 22.25 | |
| RB Rickman | 907 | 432 | 15 | 3-16 | 28.80 |
| 900 | 516 | 12 | 4-37 | 43.00 | |
| 170 | 148 | 4 | 2-18 | 37.00 | |
| 187 | 134 | 3 | 3-49 | 44.66 | |
| 270 | 166 | 3 | 2-12 | 55.33 | |
| 48 | 30 | 1 | 1-30 | 30.00 | |
| 126 | 65 | 1 | 1-65 | 65.00 | |
| 72 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 42 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 0[24] | |||