Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club was founded on November 4, 1870, during a meeting in Derby's Guildhall. The Earl of Chesterfield, who had played for and against All-England, was the inaugural President, with G. H. Strutt as Vice-President and Walter Boden as Secretary, after three years of campaigning for the club's creation. From its inaugural match in 1871 to 1887, the club was a first-class club.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of...