The 1871 English cricket season saw the first-class debut of Derbyshire CCC.
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In Derbyshire's opening season the club played its initial first-class match v. Lancashire at Old Trafford on 26 & 27 May.
Cambridgeshire CCC played only one match in the 1871 season and ceased to be a first-class county thereafter. It was blamed on the reluctance of the leading players in the county to appear for the Cambridgeshire side, preferring to play for the touring elevens.[1]
WG Grace was the leading runscorer with 2739 @ 78.25, a staggering feat on the pitches of the time. Richard Daft had the next highest average among batsmen playing 10 innings or more, with 37.66, less than half Grace's figure. Harry Jupp had the next highest runs aggregate, with 1068. Grace made ten hundreds that season, when no other player could manage more than one.
James Southerton was the leading wicket-taker with 151 @ 15.72
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