The Minor Counties Championship 1901

147 YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI 1901 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 1, drawn 5. Position: Seventh equal with Oxfordshire out of seventeen Won: v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval, and v Northumberland at Hull Lost: v Northumberland at Jesmond Drawn: v Durham at West Hartlepool, v Northamptonshire at Northampton, v Northamptonshire at Sheffield, v Surrey 2 nd XI at Huddersfield, and v Durham at Dewsbury. Captain: R W Frank (7 matches) – T Tait was captain for the match in which R W Frank did not play Wicket-keeper: J Higgins (8 matches) Debutants: 14 (W Bedford, J W Cooper, J E Elms, C W Ingleby, A Lord, H Myers, G Platts, J Redfearn, W Ringrose, T Smith, R S Swalwell, S Swithenbank, WWainwright, and H Wallace) Final season for team: 6 (C W Ingleby, A Lord, G Platts, T Smith T Tait and W A I Washington) Secretary: J B Wostinholm Amateurs 4 (F W Elam, R W Frank, A Lord and R S Swalwell) Home ground 4: Dewsbury and Savile Town Ground, Savile Town, Dewsbury – new ground (1 match); The St John’s Ground, Fartown, Huddersfield – new ground (1 match); Hull Cricket Club Ground, The Circle, Anlaby Road, Hull (1 match); Sheffield Cricket Club Ground, Bramall Lane, Sheffield – new ground (1 match). Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI qualified for the competition for the first time by playing 8 championship matches against Durham, Northamptonshire, Northumberland and Surrey 2 nd XI. In 1900, the county had had fixtures with two counties – Staffordshire and Surrey 2 nd XI – which counted as championship matches for their opponents. Of the 6 players making their final appearance for the County during the season, T Smith was to play for Durham from 1903 to 1914. YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 14 players who made their Championship debut for Yorkshire 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Yorkshire 2 nd XI in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Bedford, W + 6 8 1 29 72 10.28 - - 2 4 - 153.4 36 426 18 23.66 5-15 - 1 Cooper, J W + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 5 0 21 1 21.00 1-21 - - F W Elam 3 6 0 64 211 35.16 - 3 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Elms, J E + 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - - - 28 7 63 1 63.00 1-48 - - R W Frank 7 13 2 62 281 25.54 - 2 2 4 - 95.1 12 336 12 28.00 3-29 - - Higgins, J 8 13 0 78 257 19.76 - 1 3 18 8 - - - - - - - - Ingleby, C W + 7 13 2 95* 356 32.36 - 2 1 5 - 32 2 90 2 45.00 1-23 - - A Lord + 1 2 0 12 12 6.00 - - 1 1 - 21 5 54 1 54.00 1-54 - - Myers, H + 1 2 0 19 23 11.50 - - - - - 4 2 4 0 - - - - Oyston, C 6 8 4 20* 41 10.25 - - 2 4 - 162 32 471 20 23.55 5-53 - 1 Platts, G + 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - - - 28 1 130 4 32.50 4-115 - - Redfearn, J + 7 13 1 74 218 18.16 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - Ringrose, W + 4 5 0 11 21 4.20 - - 2 1 - 123.2 18 345 19 18.15 6-49 1 1 Rudston, H 7 13 1 65* 218 18.16 - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Smith, T + 4 5 2 10 13 4.33 - - 1 - - 133 34 331 17 19.47 6-51 - 1 R S Swalwell + 7 13 1 109* 417 34.75 1 2 - 5 - 20 2 73 2 36.50 2-14 - - Swithenbank, S + 2 4 1 50* 62 20.66 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - Tait, T 2 4 0 15 25 6.25 - - 2 1 - 2 0 13 0 - - - - Wainwright, W + 5 8 1 29* 97 13.85 - - - 5 - 115.1 43 243 12 20.25 3-45 - - Wallace, H + 3 5 2 19 69 23.00 - - - - - 73.5 18 171 9 19.00 3-42 - - Washington, W A I 5 8 2 101 340 56.66 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 169 - - - - - - - - 198 2 - - - - Total 88 146 20 109* 2927 23.23 3 14 20 53 8 996.1 212 2969 120 24.74 6-49 1 4 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last or only appearance for Yorkshire 2 nd XI in the Championship in 1901. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Ingleby, C W 1901 7 13 2 95* 356 32.36 - 2 1 5 - 192 90 2 45.00 1-23 - - A Lord 1901 1 2 0 12 12 6.00 - - 1 1 - 126 54 1 54.00 1-54 - - Platts, G 1901 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - - - 168 130 4 32.50 4-115 - - Smith, T 1901 4 5 2 10 13 4.33 - - 1 - - 798 331 17 19.47 6-51 - 1 Tait, T 1900 5 8 0 18 67 8.37 - - 3 2 - 12 13 0 - - - - Washington, W A I 1900 7 11 3 134 520 65.00 3 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - (6 players)