A Game Sustained

182 Yorkshire v Yorkshire Council XII, Leeds, 6 August 1917 Yorkshire Council 161 (Elam 83, Drake 5-64, E.Smith 4-5) and 81-3 (Elam 24), Yorkshire 302-5 (Denton 94, Holmes 74*, Jepson 60) Match Drawn Yorkshire v Bradford League (12 a side). Bradford, 13-14 August 1917 Bradford League 36 (Haigh 8-18) and 71 (J.W.Hearne 24, Haigh 5-24), Yorkshire 68 (Denton 18, Drake 16, Hirst 16) and 40-0. Yorkshire won by 11 wickets Captain Harwood’s England XI v The Mayor’s Lancashire and Yorkshire XI, Accrington, 15 August 1917 Captain Harwood’s XI 151 (W.Cook 27, H.Smith 26, Parkin 5-30), The Mayor’s XI 73-3 Match Drawn Yorkshire v Yorkshire Cricket Council XII, Harrogate, 8 September 1917 Yorkshire Cricket Council 99 (Drake 9-32), Yorkshire 91 (Sale-Pennington 26) Yorkshire Cricket Council won by 8 runs 1918 Yorkshire Cricket Council v Yorkshire, Sheffield, 20-21 May 1918 Yorkshire 241 (Rhodes 74, Hirst 56, Denton 39) and 97-5d (Kilner 24), Yorkshire Cricket Council 100 (E.Smith 6-29) and 53 (E.Smith 6-32) Yorkshire won by 185 runs Lord Hawke’s Yorkshire XI v Lieut.-Col Hawdon’s XI, Scarborough, 2-3 August 1918 Lieut.-Col Hawdon’s XI 130 (Holdsworth 5-51) and 49-1, Lord Hawke’s Yorkshire XI 273 (Hirst 61) Match drawn Yorkshire v Yorkshire Cricket Council, Leeds, 5-6 August 1918 Yorkshire 178-6d (Denton 74) Yorkshire Cricket Council 57-4 Match Drawn Main matches involving Yorkshire county players 1915-18