Minor Counties Championship 1907

57 MATCH NUMBER 25 : LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI V LINCOLNSHIRE At The Wigan Cricket Club Ground, Bull Hey, Wigan on Monday 1, Tuesday 2 July 1907 Result: Lancashire 2 nd XI won by 42 runs Points: Lancashire 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Lancashire 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Lancashire 2 nd XI none; Lincolnshire 2 (G H Nevile, W R Rose) First day score: Lancashire 2 nd XI 107 and 28-3 wickets (A Hartley 18*, V Hope 6*); Lincolnshire 110 Lancashire 2 nd XI A Hartley b Broughton 6 (1) c Hibbert b Geeson 31 Heap, J S b Broughton 15 (2) b Geeson 2 Harrison, R b Broughton 32 (3) run out 0 Sharp, A lbw b Geeson 6 (4) c Ward b Geeson 0 V Hope c Redwood b Geeson 8 (5) lbw b Geeson 8 Tyldesley, G E b Geeson 1 (6) not out 11 F B Scholfield b Broughton 7 (7) c Thompson b Geeson 36 * T Ainscough not out 18 (8) lbw b Broughton 12 Williams, A lbw b Geeson 1 (9) run out 0 + W Lawrence lbw b Broughton 0 (10) c Riley b Geeson 0 Gregson, W R b Broughton 6 (11) c Thompson b Geeson 7 Extras b 5, lb 1, nb 1 7 b 8 8 Total 107 115 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 22 31 69 69 79 81 89 91 107 Second innings 3 8 10 34 57 81 97 97 97 115 Geeson 26 14 27 4 - - (1) 17 3 55 7 - - Broughton 22.5 4 68 6 - 1 (2) 16 4 52 1 - - Holsinger 3 1 5 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 8 2 - - Total 51.5 19 107 10 0 1 33 7 115 10 0 0 Lincolnshire Rev C G Ward b Heap 15 (1) b Heap 9 * W E Thompson b Heap 7 (2) b Heap 10 Broughton, J J b Hope 5 (3) b Hope 0 Hibbert, W J c Scholfield b Hope 43 (4) c Harrison b Heap 2 Geeson, F c Tyldesley b Heap 0 (5) lbw b Heap 0 J Redwood b Gregson 29 (6) b Heap 2 G H Nevile b Sharp 0 (7) st Lawrence b Heap 14 Riley, E E b Hope 5 (8) st Lawrence b Heap 1 + W R Rose b Hope 0 (10) b Hope 6 J A Brooke b Hope 0 (9) c Harrison b Hope 12 Holsinger, A not out 0 (11) not out 6 Extras b 3, lb 1, nb 2 6 b 4, lb 3, nb 1 8 Total 110 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 28 28 28 82 83 107 107 110 110 Second innings 13 14 25 25 28 31 37 48 64 70 Williams 3 0 13 0 - - Hope 13.5 4 24 5 - 1 (2) 18 6 38 3 - 1 Heap 16 5 27 3 - - (1) 18 9 24 7 - - Sharp 7 2 18 1 - - Gregson 6 1 22 1 - 1 Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 45.5 12 110 10 0 2 36 15 70 10 0 1 Notes: Lancashire 2 nd XI won this return match by 42 runs on the second day. Lancashire 2 nd XI had also won when the two sides met at Grimsby in June. For the winners Heap took 10 wickets in the match for 51 runs, including 7 for 24 in the Lincolnshire second innings. For Lincolnshire, Geeson took 11 wickets in the match for 82 runs, including 7 for 55 in the Lancashire 2 nd XI second innings. Hibbert top-scored in the match, his first-innings 43 containing 4 fours. Overnight rain prevented play until after lunch on the second day. This was the first time that a championship match was played at the ground. [Missing: Umpires; precise time completed.] Sources: Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Manchester Guardian 1,2,3 July; Wigan Examiner 5 July; Grantham Journal 6 July; Yorkshire Post 2,3 July; The Sportsman 2,3 July.