Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches and lost seven to finish sixth in the County Championship. 1953 season Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Oxford University and one match against the touring Australians. They won nine matches altogether. Guy Willatt was in his third year as captain. Charlie Elliott was top scorer and C Gladwin took most wickets with 121. Reginald Carter made his debut and continued to play for three seasons. David Green also made his debut and played intermittently over several seasons. Matches {| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches |- bgcolor="#efefef" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 |13 May 1953 |Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Sharp 107 |- |2 |16 May 1953 | Glamorgan Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Jones 114; C Gladwin 5-75 |- |3 | 20 May 1953 | SomersetCounty Ground, Taunton |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 21 runs | AC Revill 111; HL Jackson 5-51; Buse 5-61 |- |4 |23 May 1953 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 200 runs | Hollies 5-23 |- |5 |27 May 1953 | Sussex County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Langridge 127; AC Revill 107 |- |6 |30 May 1953 | Worcestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 3 wickets | Jenkins 5-64; HL Jackson 5-35 |- |7 |03 Jun 1953 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 8 wickets | Bedser 5-42; C Gladwin 8-50 |- |8 |06 Jun 1953 | Glamorgan Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 13 runs | HL Jackson 5-51; Wooller 5-66; C Gladwin 5-67 |- |9 |10 Jun 1953 | Oxford University The University Parks, Oxford |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | |- |10 |13 Jun 1953 | Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | |- |11 |17 Jun 1953 | Australians Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Gladwin 5-84; E Smith 5-36 |- |12 | 20 Jun 1953 | Surrey County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | Innings and 1 run | HL Jackson 5-34; C Gladwin 5-47 |- |13 | 27 Jun 1953 | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston |bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won | 7 wickets | A Hamer 115 |- |14 |01 Jul 1953 | Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Barrick