| 1961 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Donald Carr | ||
| County Championship | 7 | ||
| Most runs | Laurie Johnson | ||
| Most wickets | Harold Rhodes | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1961 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety years. It was their fifty-seventh season in the County Championship and they won ten matches to finish seventh in the County Championship.