Minor Counties Championship 1908

92 MATCH NUMBER 59 : YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI V LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI – NORTH DIVISION At The Harrogate Cricket Club Ground, St George’s Road, Harrogate on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1908 Result: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won by an innings and 24 runs Points: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Lancashire 2 nd XI Umpires: W Copeland and H Walmsley Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (A Broadbent); Lancashire 2 nd XI 3 (W Phillips, F A Rimmer, C Watson) First day score: Lancashire 2 nd XI 154; Yorkshire 2 nd XI 202-7 runs (A Broadbent 15*) Lancashire 2 nd XI C P Leese b Brown 9 (1) c Bell b Booth 12 Heap, J S c H Watson b Broadbent 26 (2) c Frank b Booth 23 J S Cragg c Micklethwait b Broadbent 29 (3) c Broadbent b Booth 20 Tyldesley, W K b Booth 22 (4) b Broadbent 0 Watson, C b Harrison 9 (5) c Broadbent b Booth 4 V Hope c H Watson b Broadbent 9 (6) c Broadbent b Booth 41 Sladen, A R c Booth b Broadbent 32 (7) c Booth b Brown 17 * T Ainscough b Booth 1 (8) c H Watson b Brown 16 + Phillips, W not out 2 (9) b Brown 21 F A Rimmer c Broadbent b Booth 1 (10) b Booth 6 Rowlands, L S c Booth b Broadbent 5 (11) not out 22 Extras b 8, lb 1 9 b 1, lb 2 3 Total 154 185 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 45 76 96 96 141 146 146 147 154 Second innings 36 41 42 57 64 99 135 137 145 185 Brown 13 2 32 1 - - (1) 12 4 38 3 - - Broadbent 23.1 1 78 5 - - (2) 14 2 35 1 - - Booth 13 3 29 3 - - (3) 20 1 109 6 - - Harrison 2 0 6 1 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 51.1 6 154 10 0 0 46 7 185 10 0 0 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Rudston, H b Sladen 26 Turner, A b Sladen 4 Bell - c C Watson b Rimmer 17 W H Micklethwait b Rimmer 41 Booth, M W c Rimmer b Hope 44 + Watson, H b Rowlands 12 Broadbent, A c Rimmer b Hope 27 Drake, A b Heap 14 * R W Frank c Sladen b Rimmer 109 Harrison, H b Rimmer 9 Brown, W not out 12 Extras b 34, lb 9, w 2, nb 3 48 Total 363 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 47 49 135 155 163 202 302 330 363 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rimmer 30.1 3 108 4 2 - Sladen 25 5 74 2 - 1 Rowlands 19 3 57 1 - - Hope 11 0 41 2 - 2 Heap 9 2 25 1 - - Tyldesley 3 1 10 0 - - Extras - - 48 0 - - Total 97.1 14 363 10 2 3 Notes: Yorkshire 2 nd XI won this return match by an innings and 24 runs on the second day. In their second innings, Lancashire 2 nd XI had faced a deficit of 209 runs and 4½ hours batting to save the match. The match between the two sides when they met in June at Old Trafford was drawn. For the winners, there were 18 fours, 1 three and 5 twos in Frank’s 109, an innings of 1¾ hours. In the Yorkshire innings, Broadbent and Frank added 100 runs for the eighth wicket. There were a thousand spectators present on the first day. [Missing: Bell’s initials; precise time completed.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Yorkshire Year Book 1909, p 108; Yorkshire Post 4,5 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August; Cricket 13 August, p 338.