Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1963 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won two championship matches and lost fourteen to finish seventeenth in the County Championship. It was the first season in which the Gillette Cup was played, and Derbyshire reached the quarter finals. 1963 season Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against the Pakistani Eaglets, one against the touring West Indies and one match against Cambridge University. They won three first class matches, lost fifteen matches and drew thirteen matches. They won their first round match in the Gillette Cup, but lost in the Quarter Final. Charles Lee was captain and scored most runs. Harold Rhodes took most wickets for the club. There were several new players in the Derbyshire team. Brian Jackson made a large contribution with his bowling over six seasons. John Harvey played for another ten years and John Eyre for five. Roger de Ville appeared twice in the season and once in the following season. Matches First Class {| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches |- bgcolor="#efefef" !No. !Date !V !Result !Margin !Notes |- |1 |8 May 1963 | Surrey Kennington Oval |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 6 runs | Edrich 125 |- |2 |11 May 1963 | Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | Brown 6–48 and 7–48 |- |3 |15 May 1963 | Somerset Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 80 runs | Wright 151 |- |4 |18 May 1963 | Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Coldwell 6–43 |- |5 |25 May 1963 | Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | C Lee 104; Oates 99; Pressdee 6–58 |- |6 |29 May 1963 | Essex Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 80 runs | Knight 5–46 |- |7 |1 Jun 1963 | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Horner 102; Hitchcock 106; Barber 6–74 |- |8 |5 Jun 1963 | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 4 wickets | IW Hall 136; HL Jackson 6–69 |- |9 |8 Jun 1963 | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | Innings and 56 runs | Padgett 142; Sharpe 136; Nicholson 6–36 |- |10 |15 Jun 1963 | Lancashire Aigburth, Liverpool |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Statham 5–45 |- |11 |19 Jun 1963 |