Minor Counties Championship 1907

183 YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI 1907 Championship matches: Played 10, won 2, lost 2, drawn 6 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 3, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Fourth out of six in North Division Won: v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent and v Lincolnshire at Skegness Lost: v Lincolnshire at Ripon and v Durham at South Shields Drawn – won on first innings: v Northumberland at Jesmond and v Durham at Halifax Drawn – lost on first innings: v Lancashire 2nd XI at Harrogate, v Staffordshire at Wakefield and v Lancashire 2nd XI at Manchester Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Northumberland at Redcar Captain: R W Frank (4 matches) – G Tattersall (5 matches) and H Hayley (1 match) led the side in the six matches in which R W Frank did not play Wicket-keepers: A Dolphin (6 matches), P H Plowright (1 match) and H Watson (3 matches) Debutants: 12 (H Atkinson, M W Booth, G W Bulmer, F Foster, H Harrison, H Hayley, E Leyland, P H Plowright, D Roebuck, F Smith, H Watson and H B Wray) Final season: 10 (H Atkinson, G W Bulmer, G Deyes, H Hayley, E Leyland, E Robinson, J W Rothery, H A Sedgwick, F Smith and H B Wray) Secretary: F C Toone Professionals: 25 (H Atkinson, W E Bates, M W Booth, G W Bulmer, G Deyes, A Dolphin, F Foster, C H Grimshaw, C H Hardisty, H Harrison, H Hayley, E Leyland, P H Plowright, E Robinson, N Robinson, D Roebuck, J W Rothery, H Rudston, H A Sedgwick, F Smith, A Turner, H Watson, W H Wilkinson, B B Wilson and H B Wray) Home grounds 5 : The Halifax Cricket Club Ground, Thrum Hall, Hanson Lane, Halifax (1 match); The Harrogate Cricket Club Ground, St Georges Road, Harrogate (1 match); The Redcar Cricket Club Ground, Coatham Road, Redcar (1 match); The Ripon Cricket Club Ground, Studley Road, Ripon (1 match); and The Wakefield Cricket Club Ground, College Grove, Wakefield – new ground (1 match) Notes: Yorkshire 2nd XI did not have a very successful season as they won only two matches as opposed to six in 1906. They finished in fourth place in their Division. On the fixture list Lincolnshire were met instead of Surrey 2nd XI. The leading batsman was Horace Rudston with 313 runs at 31.30. Ted Leyland, in his only season, was the main bowler with 50 wickets at 13.92. The season saw the first use of the Wakefield Cricket Club Ground, College Grove, Wakefield as a venue for championship matches. Robert Frank passed the career milestone of two thousand runs during the season. YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 12 players who made their Championship debut for Yorkshire 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 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 Atkinson, H + 2 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 - - 41.2 3 152 9 16.88 5-75 - 1 Bates, W E 3 5 1 126* 181 45.25 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - Booth, M W + 10 14 0 57 239 17.07 - 1 1 3 - 149.4 34 421 23 18.30 6-70 - 1 Bulmer, G W + 2 2 0 1 2 1.00 - - - 4 - 33 12 62 5 12.40 3-35 - - Deyes, G 4 4 1 15* 30 10.00 - - 2 - - 113 31 251 19 13.21 4-38 - - Dolphin, A 6 8 1 36 65 9.28 - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - - Foster, F + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 10 2 16 0 - - - - R W Frank 4 6 1 55 141 28.20 - 2 - - - 13 0 60 1 60.00 1-60 - - Grimshaw, C H 6 8 1 84 227 32.42 - 2 - 3 - 19 4 42 3 14.00 1-12 - - Hardisty, C H 5 6 0 55 86 14.33 - 1 3 1 - - - - - - - - - Harrison, H + 6 8 5 11* 23 7.66 - - 2 6 - 64.2 12 176 7 25.14 2-14 - - Hayley, H + 1 1 1 6* 6 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Leyland, E + 9 13 3 31* 99 9.90 - - 4 4 - 259.2 52 696 50 13.92 6-34 3 6 Plowright, P H + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Robinson, E 3 4 0 13 28 7.00 - - 1 1 - 4 0 24 0 - - - - Robinson, N 2 4 0 7 8 2.00 - - 2 - - 0.5 0 1 2 0.50 2-1 - - Roebuck, D + 5 8 1 60 118 16.85 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Rothery, J W 1 2 0 27 31 15.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rudston, H 7 11 1 89 313 31.30 - 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - Sedgwick, H A 3 5 0 24 32 6.40 - - 2 - - 21.2 1 115 1 115.00 1-6 - - Smith, F + 4 7 2 18 31 6.20 - - 2 2 - 71.5 16 201 8 25.12 3-37 - - G Tattersall 8 11 1 46 241 24.10 - - 2 6 - - - - - - - - - Turner, A 4 4 0 43 43 10.75 - - 3 4 - - - - - - - - - Watson, H + 3 3 0 3 4 1.33 - - 1 5 3 - - - - - - - - Wilkinson, W H 2 3 0 27 56 18.66 - - - - - 17 8 39 3 13.00 3-3 - - Wilson, B B 7 12 1 56 182 16.54 - 1 1 2 - 16 0 70 0 - - - - Wray, H B + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 181 - - - - - - - - 158 7 - - - - Total 110 155 20 126* 2378 17.61 1 11 31 51 4 833.4 175 2484 138 18.00 6-34 3 8 (27 players) (6 ball overs)