Minor Counties Championship 1908

55 MATCH NUMBER 22 : LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI V LINCOLNSHIRE – NORTH DIVISION At The Lancaster Cricket Club Ground, Lune Road, Lancaster on Friday 3, Saturday 4 July 1908 Result: Lincolnshire won by 25 runs Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: T Cornwall and H Walmsley Debutants: Lancashire 2 nd XI 1 (J A Moore); Lincolnshire none First day score: Lincolnshire 147 and 19-2 wickets (W J Hibbert 7*, A Holsinger 2*); Lancashire 2 nd XI 137 Lincolnshire Hibbert, W J c Blomley b Cook 4 (1) b Rowlands 30 W C Milner b Cook 9 (2) c Blomley b Cook 4 Broughton, J J c Ainscough b Cook 7 (5) c Sladen b Rowlands 16 * W E Thompson c Blomley b Sladen 22 (6) lbw b Hope 0 Turner, G c Cragg b Sladen 5 (7) c Leese b Hope 0 Riley, E E c Cragg b Rowlands 53 (8) not out 37 R E Williams c and b Sladen 3 (11) b Cook 7 E T Cooke c Ainscough b Hope 15 (9) c Heap b Rowlands 1 Geeson, F b Sladen 8 (10) lbw b Rowlands 10 Holsinger, A b Sladen 2 (4) c Ainscough b Rowlands 30 + Allen, G J not out 13 (3) c Cook b Sladen 6 Extras b 4, nb 2 6 b 12, nb 5 17 Total 147 158 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 17 26 45 48 58 97 108 112 147 Second innings 5 16 52 88 91 91 91 97 134 158 Cook 22 1 60 3 - - (1) 13.4 5 19 2 - 1 Sladen 24 4 67 5 - 2 (2) 20 3 45 1 - 1 Rowlands 5.4 2 10 1 - - (4) 18 7 43 5 - 1 Hope 3 1 4 1 - - (3) 11 2 34 2 - 2 Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 54.4 8 147 10 0 2 62.4 17 158 10 0 5 Lancashire 2 nd XI C P Leese b Geeson 0 (1) run out 19 V Hope b Cooke 11 (2) b Cooke 1 J S Cragg b Cooke 15 (3) b Cooke 12 Heap, J S c Broughton b Geeson 9 (4) b Cooke 0 Tyldesley, W K st Allen b Geeson 27 (5) lbw b Geeson 45 Moore, J A b Geeson 0 (6) c Williams b Holsinger 14 Sladen, A R b Geeson 7 (7) b Holsinger 0 * T Ainscough not out 40 (8) b Geeson 31 Cook, L W c Williams b Geeson 4 (9) not out 4 Rowlands, L S c Hibbert b Riley 2 (10) run out 0 + Blomley, B run out 6 absent injured - Extras b 8, lb 8 16 b 12, lb 5 17 Total 137 143 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 21 36 52 52 76 105 113 120 137 Second innings 3 19 19 45 84 86 129 138 143 - Cooke 12 3 47 2 - - (2) 9 2 29 3 - - Geeson 19.5 5 46 6 - - (1) 18 6 47 2 - - Holsinger 1 0 1 0 - - (4) 8 2 26 2 - - Riley 7 1 27 1 - - (3) 4 0 15 0 - - Broughton (5) 3.2 1 9 0 - - Extras - - 16 1 - - - - 17 2 - - Total 39.5 9 137 10 0 0 42.2 11 143 9 0 0 Notes: Lincolnshire won this closely fought match by 25 runs at 4.40 pm on the second day. For the winners, there were 8 fours in Riley’s 53. [Missing: Toss.] Sources: Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Lancaster Observer 10 July; The Sportsman 4,6 July; Cricket 9 July, p 262.