The MInor Counties Championship 1900

21 MATCH NUMBER 2 : STAFFORDSHIRE V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI At The Walsall Cricket Club Ground, The Chuckery, Walsall on Monday 28, Tuesday 29 May 1900 Result: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by seven wickets Points: Staffordshire -1 Toss: Yorkshire 2 nd XI Umpires: T Emmett and T Hanson Debutants: Staffordshire 3 (D A N Barnsby, J Beckwith, A E Hurst); Yorkshire 2 nd XI 11 (Whole team) First day score: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 290; Staffordshire 67-6 wickets (C C Mott 17*, J Beckwith 5*) Yorkshire 2 nd XI Washington, W A I c McHarg b Barnsby 134 Tait, T b Brown 18 J Chapman b Grimshaw 36 Rothery, J W b Barnsby 5 (1) c Barnsby b Brown 8 Slater, H c Barnsby b Grimshaw 0 (3) not out 3 * R W Frank not out 54 Tolson, W b Barnsby 0 (2) b Brown 0 + Higgins, J b Grimshaw 8 (4) b Grimshaw 7 Riley, H b Grimshaw 0 Mitchell, T b Grimshaw 0 Wilson, H c McHarg b Grimshaw 25 (5) not out 10 Extras b 5, lb 4, w 1 10 0 Total 290 (3 wickets) 28 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 42 163 197 198 200 200 217 217 217 290 Second innings 8 8 17 - - - - - - - Brown 23 5 49 1 - - (1) 5 0 17 2 - - Beckwith 3 0 30 0 - - Grimshaw 22.3 1 105 6 - - (2) 5 1 11 1 - - Barnsby 13 2 73 3 1 - Hassall 3 0 23 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 64.3 8 290 10 1 0 10 1 28 3 0 0 Staffordshire (Followed on) Hollowood, A c Mitchell b Riley 6 (4) run out 109 Brown, W c and b Wilson 14 (3) c Higgins b Wilson 19 A E Hurst c Higgins b Wilson 8 (5) c Tait b Frank 7 C C Mott b Riley 19 (1) c Higgins b Frank 25 Grimshaw, T b Wilson 1 (6) b Riley 0 C E Barnes st Higgins b Riley 1 (8) st Higgins b Riley 4 * W E Harrison c Rothery b Riley 9 (7) c Tolson b Wilson 5 Beckwith, J not out 14 (2) c Wilson b Riley 5 Hassall, F H lbw b Riley 0 (9) not out 37 D A N Barnsby c Washington b Riley 0 (10) run out 5 + G McHarg b Riley 0 (11) b Tolson 4 Extras b 4, lb 2, w 1 7 b 8, lb 9, nb 1 18 Total 79 238 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 27 39 40 41 59 70 78 78 78 Second innings 8 31 80 100 111 130 152 216 227 238 Riley 15 4 39 7 1 - (1) 20 2 71 3 - 1 Wilson 14 2 33 3 - - (2) 17 4 55 2 - - Mitchell (3) 8 2 42 0 - - Frank (4) 8 1 45 2 - - Tolson (5) 2.2 0 7 1 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 18 2 - - Total 29 6 79 10 1 0 55.2 9 238 10 0 1 Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won this match, after Staffordshire followed on 211 runs behind, by seven wickets on the second day. For the visitors, there were 22 fours, 1 three and 8 twos in Washingtonís 134, an innings of one hour and 45 minutes. Frankís 54 not out included 9 fours and he batted for just 50 minutes. Riley took 10 wickets in the match for 110 runs, including 7 for 39 in the Staffordshire first innings. In the Yorkshire first innings, Washington and Chapman put on 121 runs for the second wicket, and Frank and Wilson added 73 runs for the last wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the losers, Hollowoodís 109, scored in 1æ hours, contained 1 six, 17 fours, 1 three and 4 twos. In the Staffordshire second innings, Hollowood and Hassall added 64 runs for the eighth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the year. Grimshaw took 3 wickets in 4 balls in the Yorkshire first innings. Yorkshire 2nd XI had not entered the Championship, but in order for Staffordshire to qualify for the Championship Table by playing a minimum of 8 matches, it was agreed before the start of the season that the latterís matches against the former should be counted as competition games. The games between Yorkshire 2 nd XI and Surrey 2 nd XI, one of which was abandoned without play, were also included. Yorkshire 2 nd XI were the only team in 1900 to play championship matches, but not be included in the Championship Table. [Missing: Time completed.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 2 June; Staffordshire Sentinel 29 May; Yorkshire Year Book 1901, p 139; Yorkshire Post 29,30 May; The Sportsman 31 May.