The Minor Counties Championship 1902

65 MATCH NUMBER 42 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V NORTHUMBERLAND At The Halifax Cricket Club Ground, Thrum Hall, Hanson Lane, Halifax on Thursday 31 July, Friday 1 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – Yorkshire 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 Toss: Northumberland Umpires: W Copeland and T Hanson Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (W Bedford [Rotherham]); Northumberland none First day score: Northumberland 149; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 271-4 wickets (H Rudston 136*, H Myers 46*) Northumberland * F G H Clayton b Brown 33 (1) b Oyston 26 Chambers, M b Ringrose 2 (2) b Brown 17 V Thompson lbw b Oyston 22 (3) c and b Oyston 20 J Hansell b Oyston 9 (4) b Ringrose 9 S P Bell b Ringrose 1 (5) c and b Brown 18 C Page run out 0 (6) b Brown 2 Marshall, J b Oyston 3 (7) not out 83 Tomlin, E c Farrar b Ringrose 17 (8) b Brown 11 Hartley, R H not out 12 (9) c Rudston b Bedford 31 R H Gillespie c Elam b Oyston 22 (10) b Ringrose 0 + Greenwood, L W c Elam b Oyston 15 (11) not out 15 Extras b 6, lb 3, nb 4 13 b 7, lb 5, nb 5 17 Total 149 (9 wickets) 249 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 42 65 66 66 74 89 97 129 149 Second innings 33 62 77 89 99 104 120 214 218 - Ringrose 24 6 57 3 - 2 (1) 32 10 82 2 - 2 Brown 10 3 37 1 - 2 (3) 21 4 51 4 - 1 Oyston 16.4 4 40 5 - - (2) 27 10 49 2 - - Myers 1 0 2 0 - - (5) 7 3 13 0 - 1 Bedford (4) 8 1 16 1 - 1 Swalwell (6) 7 1 21 0 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 51.4 13 149 10 0 4 102 29 249 9 0 5 Yorkshire 2 nd XI F W Elam b Hartley 6 Rudston, H st Greenwood b Gillespie 159 Outram, R b Hartley 9 Bedford, W [Rotherham] c Page b Chambers 56 * R S Swalwell c Page b Marshall 15 Myers, H c Bell b Gillespie 92 + Higgins, J c Page b Gillespie 7 Farrar, A b Gillespie 9 Oyston, C c Marshall b Chambers 3 Ringrose, W b Chambers 1 Brown, W not out 1 Extras b 7, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 10 Total 368 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 33 145 180 323 333 353 362 366 368 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Tomlin 16 2 64 0 - - Hartley 19 1 69 2 - 1 Gillespie 18 1 56 4 1 - Marshall 22 1 69 1 - - Clayton 13 1 59 0 - - Chambers 12.4 1 22 3 - - Page 3 0 19 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 103.4 7 368 10 1 1 Notes: The return game between these two sides was drawn, with Yorkshire 2 nd XI gaining a point for first innings lead. The match at Jesmond in June had been won by Yorkshire 2 nd XI. For the home team, Rudston’s 159 contained 19 fours, 5 threes and 6 twos, an innings of 3¾ hours. It was the third highest score by a batsman during the season. Myers’s 92 included 13 fours and Bedford’s 56 included 9 fours. Rudston and Bedford put on 112 runs for the third wicket, which was the joint second highest partnership for that wicket during the season, and Rudston and Myers 143 for the fifth wicket, which was the second highest for that wicket during the season. For the visitors, there were 13 fours in Marshall’s 83 not out, and in the Northumberland second innings he and Hartley put on 94 runs for the eighth wicket, which was the equal highest partnership for that wicket during the season. When dismissing Swalwell in the Yorkshire second innings, Marshall reached the career milestone of 100 wickets in championship matches. R W Frank had an injured finger, so Swalwell led the Yorkshire side in his absence. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1903, p 170; Yorkshire Post 1,2 August; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 31 July, 1,2 August; Newcastle Daily Journal 1,2 August; Newcastle Daily Leader 31 July, 1,2 August; The Sportsman 1,2 August.