The Minor Counties Championship 1905

53 MATCH NUMBER 27 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Harrogate Cricket Club Ground, St George’s Road, Harrogate on Monday 17, Tuesday 18 July 1905 Result: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by an innings and 38 runs Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: D Bookless and W Copeland Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (B Lawrence); Staffordshire 3 (T Holden, E W Page, J T Pointon) First day score: Staffordshire 189; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 202-3 wickets (E Hey 30*, A Farrar 15*) Staffordshire Brown, W b Elms 11 (2) b Deyes 32 E W Page c W H Wilkinson b Elms 49 (1) c Crowther b Elms 4 Barnes, S F c W H Wilkinson b Elms 35 (3) b Deyes 12 * H D Stratton b Deyes 24 (4) b Deyes 14 Tinsley, A c Crowther b Elms 0 (5) b Elms 0 Holden, T b Lawrence 4 (8) b Lawrence 0 H Eagland b Elms 9 (7) lbw b Deyes 16 Mee, R J not out 25 (6) b Deyes 0 J T Pointon c Crowther b Deyes 1 (9) b Deyes 7 Buxton, N b Deyes 9 (10) b Lawrence 4 + H Williamson c Dolphin b Deyes 6 (11) not out 0 Extras b 8, lb 8 16 b 8, lb 8 16 Total 189 105 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 98 101 101 106 121 159 161 179 189 Second innings 12 46 57 58 59 83 86 86 97 105 Elms 26 8 65 5 - - (1) 16 9 26 2 - - Lawrence 22 8 47 1 - - (2) 10.2 2 24 2 - - Deyes 13 3 44 4 - - (3) 18 7 31 6 - - W H Wilkinson 8 3 17 0 - - (4) 6 2 8 0 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 69 22 189 10 0 0 50.2 20 105 10 0 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI R S Leather b Eagland 91 * H Wilkinson st Williamson b Tinsley 48 Wilkinson, W H c Mee b Barnes 6 Hey, E lbw b Barnes 36 Farrar, A b Eagland 72 Crowther, A c Holden b Barnes 0 G Tattersall b Barnes 8 Elms, J E b Pointon 2 Lawrence, B b Mee 29 + Dolphin, A b Mee 1 Deyes, G not out 16 Extras b 6, lb 12, w 1, nb 4 23 Total 332 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 133 145 162 215 219 254 260 299 307 332 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barnes 36 4 112 4 - 4 Mee 25 4 62 2 - - Pointon 15 5 42 1 - - Holden 2 0 10 0 - - Buxton 9 3 29 0 1 - Tinsley 3 0 12 1 - - Eagland 9 4 29 2 - - Brown 3 0 13 0 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - Total 102 20 332 10 1 4 Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by an innings and 38 runs at 4.45 pm on the second day. For the winners, Deyes took 10 wickets in the match for 75 runs. Leather’s 91 included 11 fours, scored in 125 minutes, and Farrar’s 72 contained 8 fours, an innings of 2 hours and 50 minutes. In the Yorkshire innings, Leather and H Wilkinson put on 133 runs for the first wicket in an hour and three-quarters. R W Frank was unable to play for Yorkshire because of the death of a relative and H Wilkinson captained the team. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1906, p 108; Yorkshire Post 18,19 July; Staffordshire Advertiser 22 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 17,18,22 July; Birmingham Daily Post 18,19 July; The Sportsman 18,19 July.