Minor Counties Championship 1907

64 MATCH NUMBER 32 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Wakefield Cricket Club Ground, College Grove, Wakefield on Wednesday 10 [no play], Thursday 11 July 1907 Result: Match drawn – Staffordshire won on first innings Points: Staffordshire 3 Toss: Yorkshire 2 nd XI Umpires: R Barber and R Head Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 2 (H Hayley, P H Plowright); Staffordshire none First day score: Rain prevented play on first day Yorkshire 2 nd XI Rudston, H b Barnes 12 (1) not out 25 Wilkinson, W H b Barnes 27 (2) b Barnes 2 Wilson, B B b Barnes 20 (3) c Hollowood b Pike 26 Leyland, E lbw b Barnes 0 Booth, M W c E W Page b Barnes 10 Turner, A b Barnes 0 Roebuck, D st Winser b Barnes 0 (4) not out 2 * Hayley, H not out 6 Smith, F b Barnes 0 Deyes, G b Barnes 0 + Plowright, P H c Pike b Barnes 4 Extras lb 2, nb 5 7 b 7, nb 1 8 Total 86 (2 wickets) 63 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 61 62 63 65 69 74 78 78 86 Second innings 2 54 - - - - - - - - Barnes 16.1 8 26 10 - 5 (1) 10 5 15 1 - 1 Mee 15 5 34 0 - - (2) 7 3 9 0 - - Nichols 2 0 19 0 - - (4) 4 0 16 0 - - Fereday (3) 5 1 13 0 - - Pike (5) 1 0 2 1 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 33.1 13 86 10 0 5 27 9 63 2 0 1 Staffordshire E W Page b Deyes 12 Brown, W b Booth 38 Fereday, J B b Deyes 6 R C Page c Plowright b Deyes 9 Hollowood, A run out 0 * H D Stratton b Leyland 21 Barnes, S F c Turner b Smith 15 Pike, S b Deyes 10 Nichols, J E c Turner b Leyland 2 + C L Winser c Hayley b Smith 15 Mee, R J not out 9 Extras b 6, lb 1, nb 5 12 Total 149 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 29 46 56 94 97 113 116 130 149 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Leyland 10 2 33 2 - - Smith 13.1 5 24 2 - - Wilkinson 10 5 21 0 - - Deyes 16 4 47 4 - 5 Booth 7 5 12 1 - - Extras - - 12 1 - - Total 56.1 21 149 10 0 5 Notes: Drawn rain-affected match with Staffordshire winning on first innings. Rain prevented any cricket on the first day with play being abandoned shortly after 4.00 pm. For the visitors, Barnes took 11 wickets in the match for 41 runs, including the rare feat of taking all 10 for 26 in the Yorkshire 2 nd XI first innings, which was statistically the best innings bowling performance of the season. Brown top-scored in the match for Staffordshire with 38. Frank was due to captain the home team but withdrew at a late stage because of a wrenched knee. Hayley, the Wakefield professional and coach, replaced him and led the side. It was his debut in the Championship. This was the first time that a championship match was played at the ground. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1908, p 109; Yorkshire Post 11,12 July; Wakefield Express 13 July; Staffordshire Advertiser 13 July; Birmingham Daily Post 11,12 July; The Sportsman 11,12 July.