County Championship While this was going on, representatives of the eight leading county clubs held a private meeting to discuss the method by which the county championship should in future be decided. The new competition began in the 1890 season and at first involved just the eight leading clubs: Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex and Yorkshire. Subsequently, the championship has been expanded to 18 clubs by the additions at various times of Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Glamorgan, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Somerset, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. It is difficult to know when the concept of a county championship originated. While early matches were
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2004 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2004 Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2004 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and thirty-four years. In the County Championship, they finished eighth in the second division and in the National League, they finished ninth in the second division. They were knocked out in their first match in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. They were eliminated at group level in the North section of the Twenty20 Cup. Derbyshire was in Division 2 of the County Championship and finished in eighth position. In addition to the Championship,