The Minor Counties Championship 1902

138 YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI 1902 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 2, drawn 5 (won on first innings 3, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Ninth equal with Devon and Oxfordshire out of sixteen Won: v Northumberland at Jesmond Lost: v Surrey 2 nd XI at Harrogate, and v Northamptonshire at Barnsley Drawn – won on first innings: v Durham at Darlington, v Northumberland at Halifax, and v Durham at Middlesbrough Drawn – lost on first innings: v Northamptonshire at Northampton Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval. Captain: R W Frank (5 matches) – H Rudston (1 match) and R S Swalwell (2 matches) were captains in the three matches in which R W Frank did not play Wicket-keepers: R H Blades (1 match) and J Higgins (7 matches) Debutants: 12 (W Bedford [Rotherham], R H Blades, W Brown, A Farrar, W Fox, A Holmes, J Megson, J T Newstead, R Outram, T Stringer, W H Wilkinson and B B Wilson) Final season: 7 (R H Blades, F W Elam, W Fox, R Outram, T Stringer, R S Swalwell and H Wallace) Secretary: J B Wostinholm Professionals: 18 (W Bedford [Rotherham], R H Blades, W Brown, A Farrer, W Fox, J Higgins, A Holmes, J Megson, H Myers, J T Newstead, R Outram, C Oyston, W Ringrose, H Rudston, T Stringer, W Wainwright, H Wallace and W H Wilkinson) Home grounds 4: Barnsley Cricket Club, Shaw Lane, Barnsley - new ground (1 match); Halifax Cricket Club, Thrum Hall, Hanson Lane, Halifax – new ground (1 match); Harrogate Cricket Club, St George’s Road, Harrogate – new ground (1 match); and Middlesbrough Cricket Club, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough – new ground (1 match). Notes: Yorkshire ended up in equal ninth place, after finishing seventh equal in 1901. The same opponents were met as in 1901. In 1900 the team had been due to meet Surrey 2 nd XI at Barnsley, but rain prevented any play. The Walter Bedford who played in 1902 was a different player from the one who had played in 1901. The 1902 cricketer was from Barnsley and was a professional at Rotherham. The 1901 cricketer was from Morley and a professional at Huddersfield. The former was primarily a batsman who bowled, while the latter was primarily a bowler who batted. It was Walter Bedford of Huddersfield who was to play two first-class matches for Yorkshire in 1903. YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1902 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 12 players who made their Championship debut for Yorkshire 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1902 was the last or only season that these 7 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 (Rotherham) + 3 5 1 56 72 18.00 - 1 - 1 - 14 2 34 1 34.00 1-16 - - Blades, R H + 1 2 0 27 50 25.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Brown, W + 8 9 4 6* 14 2.80 - - 2 2 - 148.3 30 464 26 17.84 5-16 1 3 F W Elam 2 2 0 36 42 21.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Farrar, A + 2 3 0 9 18 6.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Fox, W + 1 2 0 6 9 4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R W Frank 5 7 0 73 186 26.57 - 1 - 1 - 47 2 246 10 24.60 6-53 - 1 Higgins, J 7 10 3 72 162 23.14 - 1 2 3 3 - - - - - - - - Holmes, A + 3 3 0 22 23 7.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Megson, J + 1 2 0 16 16 8.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Myers, H 6 9 0 92 192 21.33 - 1 - 2 - 23 4 61 3 20.33 1-13 - - Newstead, J T + 5 7 0 19 56 8.00 - - 1 2 - 4 0 13 0 - - - - Outram, R + 6 8 0 52 162 20.25 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Oyston, C 6 10 3 14 55 7.85 - - 1 2 - 116.5 32 281 21 13.38 5-40 - 1 Ringrose, W 7 7 2 3 9 1.80 - - 1 2 - 175.5 51 426 24 17.75 6-20 - 1 Rudston, H 8 11 0 159 314 28.54 1 - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Stringer, T + 1 2 0 11 16 8.00 - - - 1 - 19 2 72 4 18.00 2-9 - - R S Swalwell 7 10 0 100 212 21.20 1 - - 6 - 9 1 27 0 - - - - Wainwright, W 2 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - - - 19.1 2 61 3 20.33 3-46 - - Wallace, H 3 3 0 10 14 4.66 - - 1 - - 7 1 21 0 - - - - Wilkinson, W H + 2 3 1 17* 21 10.50 - - 1 1 - 9 0 32 2 16.00 2-32 - - B B Wilson + 2 4 0 9 17 4.25 - - 1 - - 4 0 13 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 75 - - - - - - - - 112 4 - - - - Total 88 120 14 159 1738 16.39 2 5 13 33 3 596.2 127 1863 98 19.01 6-20 1 6 (22 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last or only appearance for Yorkshire 2 nd XI in the Championship in 1902. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Blades, R H 1902 1 2 0 27 50 25.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - F W Elam 1900 7 11 0 97 480 43.63 - 5 - 3 - - - - - - - - Fox, W 1902 1 2 0 6 9 4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - Outram, R 1902 6 8 0 52 162 20.25 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - Stringer, T 1902 1 2 0 11 16 8.00 - - - 1 - 114 72 4 18.00 2-9 - - R S Swalwell 1901 14 23 1 109* 629 28.59 2 2 - 11 - 174 100 2 50.00 2-14 - - Wallace, H 1901 6 8 2 19 83 13.83 - - 1 - - 485 192 9 21.33 3-42 - - (7 players)