Minor Counties Championship 1908

186 YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI 1908 Championship matches: Played 10, won 2, lost 4, drawn 4 (won on first innings 3, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Third out of six in North Division Won: v Northumberland at Jesmond and v Lancashire 2nd XI at Harrogate Lost: v Durham at South Shields, v Staffordshire at Rotherham, v Northumberland at Middlesbrough and v Durham at Redcar Drawn – won on first innings: v Lancashire 2nd XI at Manchester, v Lincolnshire at Barnsley and v Lincolnshire at Lincoln Drawn – lost on first innings: v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: R W Frank (7 matches) – C P Hare (1 match), H Rudston (1 match) and Sir A WWhite (1 match) led the side in the matches in which R W Frank did not play Wicket-keepers: A Dolphin (5 matches), P H Plowright (2 matches), H Watson (2 matches) and B Emmett (1 match) Debutants: 13 (- Bell, A Broadbent, A Drake, B Emmett, C P Hare, E Higson, W H Mickelthwait, T Moon, A L Richardson, D Robinson, N S Robinson, J S Whitaker and Sir A W White) Final season: 8 (- Bell, B Emmett, E Higson, T Moon, P H Plowright, N S Robinson, D Roebuck and Sir A WWhite) Secretary: F C Toone Professionals: 20 (- Bell, M W Booth, A Broadbent, W Brown, A Dolphin, A Drake, B Emmett, C H Grimshaw, C H Hardisty, H Harrison, H E Hartington, E Higson, P H Plowright, A L Richardson, D Robinson, D Roebuck, H Rudston, A Turner, H Watson and B B Wilson) Home grounds 5 : Barnsley Cricket Club Ground, Shaw Lane, Barnsley (1 match); Harrogate Cricket Club Ground, St Georges Road, Harrogate (1 match); Middlesbrough Cricket Club Ground, Breckon Hill Road, Middlesbrough (1 match); Redcar Cricket Club Ground, Coalham Road, Redcar (1 match); and Rotherham Cricket Club Ground, Clifton Lane, Rotherham – new ground (1 match) Notes: Yorkshire 2nd XI had a moderate season winning two matches and rising one place in the table. The fixture list was unchanged. Horace Rudston scored 358 runs at 27.53 and B B Wilson 362 at 30.16. The leading bowlers were William Brown with 57 wickets at 16.66 and M W Booth with 42 at 18.02. Career milestones reached during the season were two thousand runs by Horace Rudston and one hundred wickets by William Brown. YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 13 players who made their Championship debut for Yorkshire 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 8 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 Bell, - + 4 7 0 19 66 9.42 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - - Booth, M W 8 13 2 79 267 24.27 - 1 - 7 - 251.1 40 757 42 18.02 7-58 1 3 Broadbent, A + 3 5 1 27 55 13.75 - - 1 6 - 92.4 17 251 18 13.94 5-16 1 3 Brown, W 9 13 8 20 79 15.80 - - 2 13 - 347.1 66 950 57 16.66 8-49 1 6 Dolphin, A 5 7 0 14 36 5.14 - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - Drake, A + 4 7 1 26 69 11.50 - - 1 2 - 22 5 62 1 62.00 1-30 - - Emmett, B + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - R W Frank 7 11 0 109 286 26.00 1 2 2 4 - - - - - - - - - Grimshaw, C H 3 6 0 16 51 8.50 - - - 5 - 14.1 2 50 5 10.00 4-45 - - Hardisty, C H 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C P Hare + 3 6 1 114* 185 37.00 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Harrison, H 9 12 2 18* 107 10.70 - - 1 2 - 139 30 367 19 19.31 5-48 - 1 Hartington, H E 1 1 1 6* 6 - - - - - - 28.5 5 84 3 28.00 3-84 - - Higson, E + 2 4 0 12 24 6.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - W H Micklethwait + 5 9 1 41 139 17.37 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - T Moon + 1 2 0 11 13 6.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Plowright, P H 2 4 0 1 1 0.25 - - 3 4 3 - - - - - - - - Richardson, A L + 7 13 1 51 233 19.41 - 1 1 6 - 56.3 8 171 11 15.54 3-14 - - Robinson, D + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - 21 2 60 3 20.00 3-39 - - N S Robinson + 1 2 1 43 43 43.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Roebuck, D 1 2 0 17 18 9.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rudston, H 8 14 1 87* 358 27.53 - 2 2 5 - - - - - - - - - Turner, A 10 18 0 113 327 18.16 1 1 1 5 - - - - - - - - - Watson, H 2 2 0 12 16 8.00 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - J S Whitaker + 4 6 0 32 80 13.33 - - 1 3 - 58.3 6 197 5 39.40 3-81 - - Sir A WWhite + 1 2 0 21 25 12.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wilson, B B 7 13 1 71 362 30.16 - 4 1 3 - 19.4 0 103 3 34.33 1-7 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 238 - - - - 1 - - - 194 2 - - - - Total 110 182 21 114* 3090 19.19 3 11 22 90 3 1050.4 181 3246 169 19.20 8-49 3 13 (27 players) (6 ball overs)