First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

LANCASHIRE v ESSEX Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, July 27, 28, 29, 1908. Lancashire won by 272 runs. LANCASHIRE 1 A.Hartley b Mead 52 c Russell b Douglas 2 2 A.F.Spooner c Read b Buckenham 35 c sub b Buckenham 39 3 J.T.Tyldesley c Russell b Buckenham 29 b Benham 32 4 J.Sharp run out 6 c Freeman b Read 111 5 R.Whitehead c Russell b Mead 3 c Perrin b Lashbrooke 56 6 K.G.MacLeod c Reeves b McGahey 39 c Russell b Read 0 7 J.W.H.Makepeace run out 34 b Douglas 15 8 H.Dean b Mead 3 (9) not out 25 9 W.Huddleston b Buckenham 5 (8) b Douglas 4 10 *W.Brearley c Perrin b Buckenham 1 c Mead b Read 12 11 †B.Blomley not out 1 not out 4 Extras b 9, lb 2, w 3 14 b 5, lb 1, w 1 7 —— —— 222 (9 wickets, declared) 307 FoW (1): 1-85, 2-124, 3-129, 4-132, 5-140, 6-195, 7-205, 8-212, 9-214, 10-222 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-59, 3-108, 4-197, 5-204, 6-251, 7-255, 8-273, 9-292 ESSEX 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas c and b Dean 14 b Dean 2 2 †A.E.Russell lbw b Brearley 14 (9) not out 8 3 P.A.Perrin c Brearley b Huddleston 17 (4) b Brearley 1 4 *C.P.McGahey c Blomley b Huddleston 5 (5) c Blomley b Dean 1 5 J.R.Freeman c Blomley b Brearley 16 (6) c Blomley b Brearley 9 6 C.P.Buckenham b Brearley 22 (7) c Tyldesley b Brearley 0 7 C.E.Benham c Makepeace b Huddleston 19 (8) b Brearley 4 8 A.E.Lashbrooke b Brearley 0 (3) b Brearley 9 9 W.Reeves c Tyldesley b Brearley 10 (2) b Brearley 61 10 A.H.Read b Brearley 7 b Brearley 0 11 W.Mead not out 5 c Tyldesley b Brearley 11 Extras b 4, lb 1, w 1 6 b 8, lb 7, w 1 16 —— —— 135 122 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-31, 3-42, 4-61, 5-87, 6-94, 7-94, 8-108, 9-128, 10-135 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-54, 3-58, 4-69, 5-86, 6-86, 7-95, 8-104, 9-104, 10-122 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Lashbrooke 8 0 35 0 (6) 9 0 26 1 Mead 18 8 44 3 (4) 9 0 24 0 Read 13 2 41 0 (7) 12 2 58 3 1w Reeves 6 4 6 0 3w (5) 5 0 25 0 Buckenham 22.4 2 62 4 (1) 12 1 61 1 Douglas 3 0 13 0 (2) 19 0 66 3 McGahey 2 0 7 1 Benham (3) 11 1 40 1 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Brearley 21 5 50 6 1w 20 7 61 8 1w Dean 23 8 50 1 19 6 45 2 Huddleston 13 6 22 3 Whitehead 4 1 7 0 Umpires: C.E.Dench and G.P.Harrison. Toss: Lancashire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 72-4 (Freeman 10*, Buckenham 11*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 33-1 (Reeves 24*, Lashbrooke 4*). J.Sharp’s 111 took 165 minutes and included 14 fours. 192