Minor Counties Championship 1908

36 MATCH NUMBER 3 : LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Old Trafford, Manchester on Monday 8, Tuesday 9 June 1908 Result: Match drawn - Yorkshire 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Lancashire 2 nd XI Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Lancashire 2 nd XI 6 (H Crabtree, J S Cragg, S Dyson, J Leigh, R Whitehead, G Taylor); Yorkshire 2 nd XI 2 (A L Richardson, J S Whitaker). First day score: Lancashire 2 nd XI 217; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 161-6 wickets (MW Booth 33*, R W Frank 14*) Lancashire 2 nd XI V Hope c Wilson b Harrison 17 Heap, J S b Brown 27 (1) b Brown 0 Tyldesley, W K b Harrison 51 Crabtree, H b Brown 7 (2) not out 35 Whitehead, R b Brown 5 (3) not out 22 J S Cragg c Dolphin b Brown 19 G Taylor b Brown 20 + Leigh, J c Turner b Harrison 0 * T Ainscough not out 48 Rowlands, L S b Brown 4 S Dyson b Whitaker 8 Extras b 6, lb 4, w 1 11 0 Total 217 (1 wicket) 57 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 62 72 106 133 137 149 155 170 217 Second innings 13 - - - - - - - - - Booth 16 3 40 0 - - Whitaker 13.3 1 36 1 - - (3) 2 2 0 0 - - Brown 30 3 88 6 - - (1) 11 1 35 1 - - Harrison 13 1 42 3 1 - (2) 9 1 20 0 - - Richardson (4) 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 72.3 8 217 10 1 0 23 4 57 1 0 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Hardisty, C H b Dyson 4 Rudston, H b Rowlands 14 Wilson, B B b Dyson 6 Turner, A c Ainscough b Rowlands 15 Richardson, A L hit the ball twice 31 Booth, M W b Hope 79 J S Whitaker b Rowlands 32 * R W Frank c Crabtree b Whitehead 81 Harrison, H c Taylor b Hope 12 + Dolphin, A c and b Hope 8 Brown, W not out 7 Extras b 9, lb 6, nb 1 16 Total 305 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 23 29 52 84 133 272 280 290 305 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Dyson 21 3 75 2 - 1 Rowlands 25 2 80 3 - - Heap 13 1 49 0 - - Whitehead 13 1 42 1 - - Hope 9 0 43 3 - - Extras - - 16 1 - - Total 81 7 305 10 0 1 Notes: Rain-affected drawn match with Yorkshire 2 nd XI winning on first innings. For the home team, there were 4 fours in Tyldesley’s 51. Showers halted play on several occasions on the second day. There were 500 spectators present on the first day. For the visitors, Frank’s 81 included 13 fours and Booth’s 79 7 fours. In the Yorkshire 2 nd XI innings, Booth and Frank added 139 for the seventh wicket. In the Lancashire first innings with the score at 13, Hope was hit over the eye by a short-pitched ball from Whitaker. He retired hurt and needed several stitches. In the Yorkshire innings, Richardson was out in an unusual way hitting a ball from Heap twice. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1909, p 102 ; Yorkshire Post 9,10 June; The Sportsman 9,10 June; Cricket 11 June, p 205.