Minor Counties Championship 1908

52 MATCH NUMBER 19 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V LINCOLNSHIRE – NORTH DIVISION At The Barnsley Cricket Club Ground, Shaw Lane, Barnsley on Wednesday 1, Thursday 2 July 1908 Result: Match drawn – Yorkshire 2 nd XI won on first innings Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 3 Toss: Yorkshire 2 nd XI Umpires: W Copeland and J Gregory Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (D Robinson); Lincolnshire none First day score: Yorkshire 314; Lincolnshire 130-6 wickets (F Geeson 5*, J F Smith 4*) Yorkshire 2 nd XI Rudston, H b Holsinger 87 (1) not out 87 Wilson, B B c G Turner b Broughton 33 (2) b Geeson 15 Turner, A b Geeson 113 (3) b Geeson 1 Higson, E lbw b Holsinger 7 (4) b Geeson 5 * C P Hare b Cooke 14 (5) c Allen b Holsinger 34 Richardson, A L c Cooke b Geeson 14 (6) not out 15 J S Whitaker b Geeson 12 + Watson, H b Holsinger 4 Harrison, H b Holsinger 1 Brown, W not out 4 Robinson, D lbw b Geeson 1 Extras b 17, lb 5, nb 2 24 b 16 16 Total 314 (4 wickets declared) 173 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 94 154 174 221 279 298 305 306 313 314 Second innings 29 41 57 110 - - - - - - Geeson 27.1 6 76 4 - - (2) 19 3 41 3 - - Cooke 14 2 40 1 - - (1) 11 3 29 0 - - Riley 12 0 52 0 - 2 (5) 1 0 4 0 - - Holsinger 22 4 70 4 - - (4) 9 1 28 1 - - Broughton 13 0 52 1 - - (3) 8 0 43 0 - - Ward (6) 2 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 24 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 88.1 12 314 10 0 2 50 7 173 4 0 0 Lincolnshire Hibbert, W J b Brown 10 (1) not out 61 * W E Thompson c Brown b Robinson 29 (4) c Watson b Brown 25 Broughton, J J c Whitaker b Brown 0 (3) c Turner b Harrison 10 Rev C G Ward c Brown b Robinson 7 (2) c Brown b Harrison 15 Turner, G c and b Richardson 62 Riley, E E c Wilson b Robinson 10 Geeson, F c Harrison b Richardson 15 J F Smith b Brown 5 E T Cooke c Watson b Brown 6 Holsinger, A c substitute (Butcher) b Wilson 12 + Allen, G J not out 22 Extras b 6, lb 3, w 2 11 nb 1 1 Total 189 (3 wickets) 112 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 21 41 58 106 122 140 155 157 189 Second innings 17 43 112 - - - - - - - Brown 28 8 54 4 - - (1) 13.2 3 18 1 - - Whitaker 7 1 22 0 1 - Robinson 13 1 39 3 - - (4) 8 1 21 0 - - Wilson 5.1 0 23 1 - - (5) 3 0 7 0 - - Richardson 7 0 26 2 - - (3) 7 1 27 0 - 1 Harrison 10 5 14 0 - - (2) 14 3 38 2 - - Extras - - 11 0 1 - - - 1 0 - - Total 70.1 15 189 10 2 0 45.2 8 112 3 0 1 Notes: Drawn match with Yorkshire 2 nd XI winning on first innings. To general surprise, Hare, the Yorkshire captain, did not enforce the follow-on. For the home team, A Turner’s 113, an innings of 2¼ hours, contained 20 fours and 3 twos. There were 14 fours and 13 fours respectively in Rudston’s two innings of 87. For the visitors, G Turner’s 62 included 11 fours and Hibbert’s 61 not out 6 fours. Whitaker sprained a leg and Butcher of Barnsley fielded as substitute and in the Lincolnshire first innings caught Holsinger. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1909, p 105; Yorkshire Post 2,3 July; Grimsby News 3 July; The Sportsman 2,3 July; Cricket 9 July, p 263.