|HampshireCounty Ground, Southampton |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Lacey 121; H Bagshaw 105 |- |6 |10 Jun 1897 |MCC<small>Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 2 wickets | Trott 6-47; Mead 5-67 |- |7 |14 Jun 1897 |Yorkshire<small>County Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 1 wicket | W Storer 104; Peel 5-47 |- |8 |28 Jun 1897 |Essex <small>County Ground, Leyton |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 7 wickets | W Chatterton 120; Bull 7-93 and 6-63 |- |9 | 05 Jul 1897 |NottinghamshireCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Gunn 152; |- |10 |19 Jul 1897 |EssexCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | SH Evershed 112; Bull 6-137 |- |11 |22 Jul 1897 |Leicestershire<small>Grace Road, Leicester |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets | Stocks 5-49; Woodcock 5-106 |- |12 |26 Jul 1897 |SurreyCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 10 wickets | Key 130; Richardson 6-52; Lees 5-63 |- |13 |02 Aug 1897 |HampshireCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 186 runs | |- |14 |09 Aug 1897 |NottinghamshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | Gunn 230; LG Wright 133; G Davidson 121 |- |15 |16 Aug 1897 |LeicestershireCounty Ground, Derby |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | H Bagshaw 124 |- |16 |19 Aug 1897 |Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford |bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost | 5 wickets | Haigh 6-18 and 5-62; G Davidson 6-23; Wainwright 5-39 |- |17 |30 Aug 1897 |Warwickshire<small>Edgbaston, Birmingham |bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn | | |- Statistics County Championship batting averages (a) Figures adjusted for non Championship match County Championship bowling averages (a) Figures adjusted for non Championship match Wicket Keeping William Storer Catches 26, Stumpings 2 See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 1897 English cricket season References 1897 in English cricket Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons English cricket seasons in the 19th century