The Minor Counties Championship 1905

161 YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI 1905 Championship matches: Played 8, won 5, lost 1, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Equal fifth with Durham out of nineteen Won: v Surrey 2 nd XI at Ripon, v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Durham at South Shields, v Staffordshire at Harrogate, and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Lost: v Durham at Redcar Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Surrey 2 nd XI at Reigate, and v Northumberland at Middlesbrough Drawn – no decision on first innings: None. Captain: R W Frank (6 matches) – R S Leather (1 match) and H Wilkinson (1 match) captained the side in the two matches in which R W Frank did not play Wicket-keeper: A Dolphin (8 matches) Debutants: 8 (T A Booth, A Crowther, A Dolphin, B Lawrence, R S Rhodes, J F Robinson, G Tattersall and A Wordsworth) Final season: 7 (T A Booth, A Crowther, R Davison, R S Rhodes, W Ringrose, J F Robinson and WWainwright) Secretary: F C Toone Professionals: 20 (T A Booth, A Crowther, R Davison, G Deyes, A Dolphin, J E Elms, A Farrar, C H Grimshaw, H E Hartington, E Hey, F Hutchinson, B Lawrence, C Oyston, W Ringrose, J F Robinson, J W Rothery, H Rudston, WWainwright, W H Wilkinson and A Wordsworth) Home grounds 4: Harrogate Cricket Club Ground, St George’s Road, Harrogate (1 match); Middlesbrough Cricket Club Ground , Grove Hill, Breckon Hill Road, Middlesbrough (1 match); Redcar Cricket Club Ground, Coatham Road, Redcar – new ground (1 match); Ripon Cricket Club Ground, Studley Road, Ripon (1 match). Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won five out of eight matches and ended up sharing fifth place in the Championship with Durham. The same opponents were met as in 1904. Horace Rudston was the leading batsman with 356 runs at 50.85 followed by William Wilkinson with 361 at 40.11. The leading bowlers were Charlie Oyston with 27 wickets at 15.25 and Jack Elms with 27 at 16.18. No major career milestones were reached during the season. YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1905 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Yorkshire 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1905 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 Booth, T A + 1 2 0 17 20 10.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Crowther, A + 4 6 0 58 101 16.83 - 1 2 7 - 4 1 22 1 22.00 1-22 - - Davison, R 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - 18 0 80 1 80.00 1-80 - - Deyes, G 4 4 1 16* 26 8.66 - - - - - 104 32 281 16 17.56 6-31 1 1 Dolphin, A + 8 10 6 15* 34 8.50 - - 1 8 6 - - - - - - - - Elms, J E 7 9 0 27 80 8.88 - - 1 - - 168.3 45 437 27 16.18 5-65 - 1 Farrar, A 5 8 1 72 207 29.57 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - R W Frank 6 9 0 71 260 28.88 - 2 - 6 - 67.5 6 314 19 16.52 5-11 - 2 Grimshaw, C H 1 1 0 28 28 28.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hartington, H E 1 2 0 15 18 9.00 - - - - - 29 6 87 5 17.40 3-69 - - Hey, E 7 10 0 59 237 23.70 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Hutchinson, F 2 3 0 49 64 21.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lawrence, B + 3 4 0 29 34 8.50 - - 2 1 - 64.2 22 136 6 22.66 2-18 - - R S Leather 6 8 0 91 184 23.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - Oyston, C 5 6 3 12 26 8.66 - - 2 5 - 159.4 38 412 27 15.25 7-57 - 2 R S Rhodes + 1 2 1 42* 50 50.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ringrose, W 4 6 0 15 28 4.66 - - 2 2 - 119.4 14 412 21 19.61 5-48 - 2 Robinson, J F + 1 2 0 8 8 4.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Rothery, J W 3 5 1 114 246 61.50 1 1 - 4 - - - - - - - - - Rudston, H 5 8 1 87 356 50.85 - 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - - G Tattersall + 4 6 0 24 47 7.83 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Wainwright, W 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 13 2 58 2 29.00 2-58 - - H Wilkinson 1 1 0 48 48 48.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wilkinson, W H 6 10 1 157 361 40.11 1 2 - 7 - 94 16 327 12 27.25 3-22 - - Wordsworth, A + 1 2 0 22 37 18.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 166 - - - - - - - - 181 5 - - - - Total 88 126 15 157 2677 24.11 2 12 13 53 6 842 182 2747 142 19.34 7-57 1 8 (25 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 1905. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Booth, T A 1905 1 2 0 17 20 10.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - Crowther, A 1905 4 6 0 58 101 16.83 - 1 2 7 - 24 22 1 22.00 1-22 - - Davison, R 1904 2 3 2 12* 27 27.00 - - - - - 264 173 3 57.66 2-93 - - R S Rhodes 1905 1 2 1 42* 50 50.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - Ringrose, W 1901 17 21 2 15 74 3.89 - - 5 7 - 2849 1360 80 17.00 6-18 2 6 Robinson, J F 1905 1 2 0 8 8 4.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - Wainwright, W 1901 11 15 1 29* 141 10.07 - - 1 8 - 1034 444 17 26.11 3-45 - - (7 players)