The Minor Counties Championship 1903

146 YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI 1903 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 5, drawn 1 (lost on first innings) Position: Tenth equal with Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire out of seventeen Won: v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval, and v Durham at Ripon Lost: v Surrey 2 nd XI at Barnsley, v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Durham at South Shields, v Northamptonshire at Northampton, and v Northumberland at Middlesbrough Drawn – lost on first innings: v Northamptonshire at Halifax. Captain: R W Frank (7 matches) – H Barber (1 match) was the captain for the match in which R W Frank did not play Wicket-keepers: J Higgins (8 matches) Debutants: 11 (J S Auty, W E Bates, P Clarkson, G Deyes, C E W Hallas, H E Hartington, W Holmes, A Jagger, F Smith, F Ward and H Wilkinson) Final season for team: 10 (H Barber, W Bedford (Rotherham), P Clarkson, J W Cooper, C E W Hallas, W Holmes, A Jagger, H Myers, S Swithenbank and F Ward) Secretary: F C Toone Professionals: 20 (W E Bates, W Bedford (Rotherham), W Brown, J W Cooper, G Deyes, J E Elms, A Farrar, H E Hartington, J Higgins, A Jagger, H Myers, J T Newstead, W Ringrose, J W Rothery, H Rudston, F Smith, S Swithenbank, WWainwright, F Ward and W H Wilkinson.) Home grounds 4: Barnsley Cricket Club Ground, Shaw Lane, Barnsley (1 match); Halifax Cricket Club Ground, Thrum Hall, Hanson Lane, Halifax (1 match), Middlesbrough Cricket Club Ground, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough (1 Match); and Ripon Cricket Club Ground, Studley Road, Ripon – new ground (1 match). Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI were tenth equal in the Championship Table, compared with ninth equal in 1902. The same opponents were met as in the previous two years. Career milestones passed during the season included one thousand runs by H Rudston and fifty dismissals by J Higgins. The amateur W Holmes is not to be confused with the professional A Holmes who played 3 matches in 1902 and did not play again. Off the field, Joseph Wostinholm retired as Secretary at the end of the 1902 season after 38 years of service, and he was replaced by Frederick Toone, who for five years had been Secretary of Leicestershire County Cricket Club. YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1903 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 11 players who made their Championship debut for Yorkshire 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1903 was the last or only season that these 10 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 J S Auty + 2 4 0 5 9 2.25 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H Barber 1 2 0 5 7 3.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bates, W E + 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Bedford, W (Rotherham) 1 2 0 38 59 29.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Brown, W 4 6 0 18 34 5.66 - - 1 3 - 109.4 15 369 21 17.57 5-49 - 1 P Clarkson + 1 2 0 8 10 5.00 - - - 2 - 3 0 12 0 - - - - Cooper, J W 1 2 0 19 30 15.00 - - - 1 - 3 0 18 1 18.00 1-18 - - Deyes, G + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 1 - 31 6 102 3 34.00 3-78 - - Elms, J E 4 7 3 18* 45 11.25 - - 3 - - 113.3 18 285 20 14.25 5-45 - 2 Farrar, A 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - R W Frank 7 12 0 79 251 20.91 - 1 2 1 - 64.2 12 266 16 16.62 6-73 - 1 C E W Hallas + 1 2 0 14 24 12.00 - - - - - 2 0 11 0 - - - - Hartington, H E + 7 12 4 29* 121 15.12 - - 1 6 - 219.5 43 584 24 24.33 6-42 - 1 Higgins, J 8 14 1 46 186 14.30 - - 1 13 5 - - - - - - - - W Holmes + 1 2 0 7 13 6.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jagger, A + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - 7 1 26 0 - - - - Myers, H 7 12 1 48 260 23.63 - - 1 4 - 95.3 17 304 11 27.63 3-42 - - Newstead, J T 2 4 0 64 78 19.50 - 1 1 - - 19 7 38 0 - - - - Ringrose, W 2 3 0 12 16 5.33 - - - 2 - 56 13 177 16 11.06 6-18 1 2 Rothery, J W 7 13 2 64* 226 20.54 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Rudston, H 7 13 1 63 358 29.83 - 2 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Smith, F + 2 4 0 5 9 2.25 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Swithenbank, S 6 11 1 83 236 23.60 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Wainwright, W 3 5 0 19 41 8.20 - - - 3 - 25 6 82 0 - - - - Ward, F + 6 10 5 4 8 1.60 - - 3 - - 96 22 263 11 23.90 4-21 - - H Wilkinson + 2 2 0 81 134 67.00 - 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Wilkinson, W H 2 4 0 8 26 6.50 - - - 3 - 17 5 37 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 162 - - - - - - - - 137 4 - - - - Total 88 156 18 83 2354 17.05 0 8 22 49 5 861.5 165 2711 127 21.34 6-18 1 7 (27 players) (6 ball overs)