The Minor Counties Championship 1905

80 MATCH NUMBER 54 : STAFFORDSHIRE V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 August 1905 Result: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by an innings and 46 runs Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: J Gregory and W Griffiths Debutants: Staffordshire none; Yorkshire 2 nd XI none First day score: Staffordshire 92; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 123-1 wicket (H Rudston 81*, R S Leather 1*) Staffordshire Brown, W b Oyston 43 (1) b Lawrence 5 Hollowood, A c Farrar b Oyston 11 (2) b Deyes 1 Fereday, J B b Oyston 9 (3) b Lawrence 5 R C Page b Elms 1 (4) run out 33 * H D Stratton c Crowther b Oyston 2 (5) b Elms 6 E W Page st Dolphin b Oyston 0 (8) run out 15 Tinsley, A b Elms 4 (7) b Deyes 15 E H Bourne not out 12 (6) b Deyes 14 Holden, T b Elms 0 (9) b Elms 3 Mee, R J b Oyston 6 (10) not out 0 + H Dearing b Elms 1 (11) b Elms 3 Extras b 2, lb 1 3 b 9, lb 4 13 Total 92 113 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 26 44 51 67 67 68 74 74 87 92 Second innings 10 11 26 64 68 77 99 107 107 113 Elms 22.5 6 40 4 - - (3) 17.4 4 30 3 - - Lawrence 8 5 9 0 - - (2) 12 6 18 2 - - Deyes 1 0 5 0 - - (4) 16 7 24 3 - - Oyston 24 11 35 6 - - (1) 16 6 28 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 13 2 - - Total 55.5 22 92 10 0 0 61.4 23 113 10 0 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Grimshaw, C H c E W Page b Tinsley 28 Rudston, H run out 87 * R S Leather c Mee b Tinsley 41 Hey, E c and b Tinsley 32 Farrar, A not out 36 Crowther, A b R C Page 0 Lawrence, B hit wicket b R C Page 0 Elms, J E b R C Page 5 Deyes, G + Dolphin, A Oyston, C Extras b 16, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 22 Total (7 wickets declared) 251 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 116 148 193 222 223 223 251 - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Mee 22 10 47 0 - 1 Holden 13 4 31 0 - - Brown 7 3 10 0 - - Fereday 9 2 26 0 - - Bourne 16 0 62 0 - - R C Page 12.5 5 28 3 1 - Tinsley 12 5 25 3 - - Extras - - 22 1 - - Total 91.5 29 251 7 1 1 Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won this return match by an innings and 46 runs at 4.45 pm on the second day. The match at Harrogate in July between the two teams had also been won by Yorkshire. For the winners, Rudston’s 87 contained 8 fours. In the Yorkshire first innings, Grimshaw and Rudston put on 116 runs for the first wicket. Brown’s 43 which was the highest score for th e losers included 3 fours. On the first day Oyston was late arriving at the ground, so Lawrence opened the bowling with Elms. Leather had a lame knee and batted with a runner. Hollowood retired hurt at the start of the Staffordshire second innings before a run had been scored, after receiving a knock from a ball bowled by Oyston. He returned to bat at the fall of the fourth wicket. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 12 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 10,11,12 August; Birmingham Daily Post 10,11 August; Yorkshire Year Book 1906, p 110; Yorkshire Post 10,11 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August.