| Club: | Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons |
| Season: | 1927 |
| Comp1: | County Championship |
| Comp1 Result: | 5 |
| Most Wickets: | GM Lee |
| Most Catches: | Harry Elliott |
| Prevseason: | 1926 |
| Nextseason: | 1928 |
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1927 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty six years. It was their twenty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won eight matches to finish fifth in the County Championship..
Derbyshire played 24 games in the County Championship, and one match against the touring New Zealanders. They lost to the New Zealanders but lost only three championship games while most of the matches ended in draws.
Guy Jackson was in his sixth season as captain. Archibald Slater was top scorer and GM Lee took most wickets with 72. In the match against Northamptonshire at Northampton, Lee scored a century and took a total of 12 wickets
Denis Smith made his debut in 1927, the start of a long career with the club. Archibald Slater returned to play for Derbyshire having last played in the 1921 season.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 11 May 1927[1] | Kent | Won | 64 runs | |
| 2 | 14 May 1927[2] | Lancashire | Drawn | ||
| 3 | 21 May 1927[3] | Glamorgan | Drawn | ||
| 4 | 28 May 1927[4] | Kent | Lost | 127 runs | |
| 5 | 01 Jun 1927[5] | Essex | Won | 202 runs | |
| 6 | 04 Jun 1927[6] | Warwickshire | Drawn | ||
| 7 | 08 Jun 1927[7] | Somerset | Won | 5 wickets | |
| 8 | 11 Jun 1927[8] | Glamorgan | Won | 3 wickets | |
| 9 | 18 Jun 1927[9] | Somerset | Won | 138 runs | |
| 10 | 22 Jun 1927[10] | Gloucestershire | Drawn | ||
| 11 | 25 Jun 1927[11] | Lancashire | Drawn | ||
| 12 | 29 Jun 1927[12] | Gloucestershire | Drawn | ||
| 13 | 02 Jul 1927[13] | Worcestershire | Drawn | ||
| 14 | 06 Jul 1927[14] | Worcestershire | Drawn | ||
| 15 | 09 Jul 1927[15] | Leicestershire | Lost | 7 wickets | |
| 16 | 16 Jul 1927[16] | Essex | Drawn | ||
| 17 | 23 Jul 1927[17] | Northamptonshire | Won | Innings and 47 runs | |
| 18 | 30 Jul 1927[18] | Warwickshire | Won | 2 wickets | |
| 19 | 03 Aug 1927[19] | Northamptonshire | Won | 9 wickets | |
| 20 | 06 Aug 1927[20] | Nottinghamshire | Drawn | ||
| 21 | 10 Aug 1927[21] | Yorkshire | Drawn | ||
| 22 | 13 Aug 1927[22] | New Zealand | Lost | Innings and 240 runs | |
| 23 | 17 Aug 1927[23] | Yorkshire | Drawn | ||
| 24 | 20 Aug 1927[24] | Leicestershire | Drawn | ||
| 25 | 27 Aug 1927[25] | Nottinghamshire | Lost | 9 wickets | |
| Name | Matches | Inns | Runs | High score | Average | 100s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 36 | 941 | 105 | 27.67 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 36 | 900 | 148 | 27.27 | 2 | ||
| 23 | 34 | 818 | 110 | 27.26 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 31 | 749 | 98 | 25.82 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 34 | 823 | 100* | 25.71 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 34 | 817 | 134 | 24.75 | 1 | ||
| 24 | 36 | 783 | 90 | 23.72 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 32 | 564 | 84 | 19.44 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 18 | 260 | 43 | 18.57 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 18 | 258 | 36 | 18.42 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 17.00 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 52 | 28 | 13.00 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 30 | 195 | 32* | 10.83 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 20 | 121 | 39* | 9.30 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0[26] |
| Name | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BB | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3709 | 1268 | 72 | 7-78 | 17.61 | ||
| 4149 | 1206 | 66 | 5-29 | 18.27 | ||
| 3201 | 1133 | 48 | 5-70 | 23.60 | ||
| 2525 | 848 | 38 | 4-33 | 22.31 | ||
| 2114 | 869 | 34 | 6-47 | 25.55 | ||
| 2089 | 802 | 33 | 5-41 | 24.30 | ||
| 156 | 79 | 3 | 2-24 | 26.33 | ||
| 186 | 107 | 2 | 2-18 | 53.50 | ||
| 324 | 122 | 0 | ||||
| 120 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| 60 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | [27] |
H Elliott Catches 33 Stumping 14