Minor Counties Championship 1907

123 MATCH NUMBER 91 : LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI V HERTFORDSHIRE – SEMI-FINAL At The County Ground, Old Trafford, Manchester on Thursday 22, Friday 23 August 1907 Result: Lancashire 2 nd XI won by an innings and 77 runs Toss: Lancashire 2 nd XI Umpires: C E Brown and O Firth Debutants: Lancashire 2 nd XI none; Hertfordshire none First day score: Lancashire 2 nd XI 263; Hertfordshire 46-7 wickets (G G Dumbelton 7*, C T Rudd 8*) Lancashire 2 nd XI A Hartley c Titchmarsh b White 123 Heap, J S c Rudd b White 40 Harrison, R b White 1 Radcliffe, G c and b Coleman 29 T A Higson lbw b White 34 Sharp, A b Doll 4 V Hope b White 6 Tyldesley, W K b White 0 * T Ainscough c Cowley b Coleman 3 Rowlands, L S c Cowley b White 5 + Blomley, B not out 0 Extras b 15, lb 1, nb 2 18 Total 263 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 87 89 148 237 246 248 250 255 263 263 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 42 8 102 7 - - Coleman 32.1 12 49 2 - - Doll 4 0 27 1 - 2 Dumbelton 8 1 44 0 - - Rudd 5 1 23 0 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - Total 91.1 22 263 10 0 2 Hertfordshire (Followed on) A Butcher b Heap 0 (5) c Tyldesley b Heap 21 T H K Dashwood c Harrison b Higson 4 (1) c Radcliffe b Heap 18 Golding, A J b Higson 0 (3) st Blomley b Heap 18 C H Titchmarsh lbw b Heap 2 (4) c Ainscough b Higson 2 R B Cowley c Tyldesley b Heap 2 (7) b Heap 0 White, H E b Heap 6 (6) c Sharp b Heap 23 G G Dumbelton run out 7 (9) st Blomley b Heap 13 Coleman, W E b Heap 13 (8) b Rowlands 0 C T Rudd not out 28 (2) b Higson 2 M H C Doll c Radcliffe b Heap 10 (10) c Tyldesley b Heap 1 + C D Fastnedge b Higson 7 (11) not out 0 Extras lb 3, nb 3 6 b 2, nb 1 3 Total 85 101 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 2 5 8 11 18 34 51 65 85 Second innings 9 35 38 41 75 79 80 97 99 101 Heap 18 6 49 6 - - (1) 26.4 8 55 7 - - Higson 18 5 30 3 - 3 (2) 15 1 29 2 - 1 Rowlands (3) 11 3 14 1 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 36 11 85 10 0 3 52.4 12 101 10 0 1 Notes: Lancashire 2 nd XI won this semi-final match by an innings and 77 runs at around 4.00 pm on the second day after enforcing the follow-on. The victory meant the home team would meet either Glamorgan or Surrey 2 nd XI in the final of the competition. Hertfordshire had the worst of the pitch and the third day set aside for the match was not needed. For the winners, there were 1 five, 11 fours, 8 threes and 10 twos in Hartley’s 123. Heap took the bowling honours with 13 wickets in the match for 104 run s, including 7 for 55 in the Hertfordshire second innings. For the losers, White took 7 wickets for 102 runs in the Lancashire innings. [Missing: Toss; Hertfordshire Captain; in Lancashire innings duration of Hartley’s 123; precise time completed.] Sources: Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Manchester Guardian 23,24 August; Herts Advertiser 31 August; West Herts and Watford Observer 31 August; Hertfordshire Standard 30 August; Sporting Chronicle 23,24 August; The Sportsman 23,24 August.