Minor Counties Championship 1908

174 LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI 1908 Championship matches: Played 10, won 2, lost 6, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Sixth out of six in North Division Won: v Northumberland at Jesmond and v Northumberland at Bury Lost: v Lincolnshire at Lancaster, v Durham at Wearmouth, v Staffordshire at Blackburn, v Lincolnshire at Spalding, v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Harrogate and v Durham at Blackpool Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Yorkshire 2nd XI at Manchester and v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: T Ainscough (10 matches) Wicket-keepers: A Groves (2 matches), J Leigh (2 matches), D Rowley (2 matches), F M Bentley (1 match), B Blomley (1 match) and W Phillips (1 match) – it is not known who kept wicket in the match against Durham at Blackpool Debutants: 26 (F M Bentley, F R Carmichael, L W Cook, H Crabtree, J S Cragg, R Cunningham, S Dyson, H Foley, A Groves, C P Leese, J Leigh, WW Martin, J A Moore, R Nall, W Phillips, F A Rimmer, D Rowley, J A Schofield, H L Simms, H Swift, G Taylor, F H Turner, E E Unsworth, J Valiant, C Watson and R Whitehead) Final season: 35 (all the players) Secretary: T J Matthews Professionals: 18 (B Blomley, L W Cook, H Crabtree, A Groves, R Harrison, J S Heap, J Leigh, J A Moore, W Phillips, L S Rowlands, D Rowley, A R Sladen, H Swift, G E Tyldesley, W K Tyldesley, J Valiant, C Watson and R Whitehead) Home grounds 5 : East Lancashire Cricket Club Ground, The Meadows, Blackburn – new ground (1 match); Whitegate Park, West Park Drive, Blackpool – new ground (1 match); Bury Cricket Club Ground, Buckley Wells, Bury – new ground (1 match); Lancaster Cricket Club Ground, Lune Road, Lancaster (1 match); and The County Ground, Old Trafford, Manchester (1 match) Notes: Lancashire 2nd XI, Champion County in 1907, finished in last place in the North Division. Although the same opponents were met as in 1907 only two matches were won. Thomas Ainscough scored the most runs – 308 at 20.53. James Heap did not reproduce his form of 1907, he scored 280 runs at 14.00 compared with 321 at 32.10 and his 7 wickets cost 33.28 each compared with the 69 at 8.50 the previous year. The main wicket takers were Leslie Rowlands with 48 at 13.10 and Arthur Sladen with 36 at 14.36. LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 26 players who made their Championship debut for Lancashire 2 ND XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 35 players appeared for Lancashire Second 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 T Ainscough 10 18 3 48* 308 20.53 - - 1 5 - - - - - - - - - F M Bentley + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Blomley, B 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - F R Carmichael + 1 2 0 30 44 22.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cook, L W + 2 4 1 4* 8 2.66 - - 2 1 - 73.1 12 198 11 18.00 3-48 - - Crabtree, H + 1 2 1 35* 42 42.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J S Cragg + 6 11 2 82* 292 32.44 - 1 1 4 - - - - - - - - - R Cunningham + 1 2 0 14 20 10.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - S Dyson + 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - 21 3 75 2 37.50 2-75 - - H Foley + 1 2 0 16 25 12.50 - - - - - 3 1 12 0 - - - - Groves, A + 2 4 2 6 8 4.00 - - - 3 1 - - - - - - - - Harrison, R 3 6 0 51 123 20.50 - 1 - - - 3 0 21 0 - - - - Heap, J S 10 20 0 32 280 14.00 - - 3 5 - 108 29 233 7 33.28 3-61 - - V Hope 9 16 0 47 229 14.31 - - 1 2 - 67 10 236 15 15.73 6-45 - 1 C P Leese + 5 10 0 34 144 14.40 - - 1 5 - - - - - - - - - Leigh, J + 2 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - WWMartin + 2 4 0 41 52 13.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moore, J A + 1 2 0 14 14 7.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - R Nall + 2 3 0 12 13 4.33 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Phillips, W + 1 2 1 21 23 23.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F A Rimmer + 3 5 2 7* 19 6.33 - - - 5 - 94.1 17 237 18 13.16 5-31 - 1 Rowlands, L S 10 17 3 22* 70 5.00 - - 4 3 - 264.4 64 629 48 13.10 8-52 1 5 Rowley, D + 2 3 1 3* 5 2.50 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - J A Schofield + 2 3 0 4 6 2.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H L Simms + 1 2 0 23 29 14.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Sladen, A R 7 13 1 43 195 16.25 - - 1 8 - 192.1 43 517 36 14.36 7-43 2 5 Swift, H + 1 2 0 15 16 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G Taylor + 3 5 0 20 57 11.40 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - F H Turner + 2 3 0 7 12 4.00 - - 1 4 - 1 0 4 1 4.00 1-4 - - Tyldesley, G E 1 2 0 15 17 8.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Tyldesley, W K 7 13 2 51 192 17.45 - 1 2 5 - 15.2 5 27 3 9.00 3-17 - - E E Unsworth + 2 4 1 24 49 16.33 - - 1 - - 34.1 4 116 6 19.33 3-36 - - Valiant, J + 1 2 0 15 19 9.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Watson, C + 3 6 2 19* 57 14.25 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - Whitehead, R + 3 6 2 89* 166 41.50 - 1 - - - 80.4 12 240 11 21.81 5-51 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO/HT - - - - 212 - - - - - - - - 225 4 - - - - Total 110 199 24 89* 2764 15.79 0 4 25 71 1 957.2 200 2770 162 17.09 8-52 3 13 (35 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In Match 3 A L Richardson was out hit the ball twice in the Yorkshire 2nd XI first innings.