Minor Counties Championship 1909

193 YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI 1909 Championship matches: Played 10, won 5, lost 2, drawn 3 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings 2) Position: Equal second out of six in North Division Won: v Northumberland at Jesmond, v Northumberland at Barnsley, v Durham at Harrogate, v Staffordshire at Wakefield and v Cheshire at Bridlington Lost: v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI at Nottingham and v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI at Keighley Drawn – won on first innings: v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Cheshire at Sale and v Durham at South Shields Captain: G Tattersall (7 matches) – R W Frank led the side in the three matches in which G Tattersall did not play Wicket-keepers: A Dolphin (5 matches) and H Watson (5 matches) Debutants: 3 (R Blackburn, E Oldroyd and N Smith) Final season: 7 (J S Auty, M W Booth, W Brown, A Drake, C H Grimshaw, N Smith and J S Whitaker) Secretary: F C Toone Professionals: 16 (B Blackburn, M W Booth, A Broadbent, W Brown, A Drake, F Foster, C H Grimshaw, C H Hardisty, H Harrison, E Oldroyd, A L Richardson, D Robinson, H Rudston, N Smith, A Turner and H Watson) Home grounds 5 : Barnsley Cricket Club Ground, Shaw Lane, Barnsley (1 match); Bridlington Cricket Club Ground, Duke’s Park, Bridlington – new ground (1 match); Harrogate Cricket Club Ground, St George’s Road, Harrogate (1 match); Keighley Cricket Club Ground, Hard Ings Road, Lawkholme Lane, Keighley – new ground (1 match); Wakefield Cricket Club Ground, College Grove, Wakefield (1 match) Notes: Yorkshire 2nd XI had a more successful season when five matches won lifted them to equal second place in the North Division. Cheshire and Nottinghamshire 2nd XI replaced Lancashire 2nd XI and Lincolnshire in the fixture list. The two leading batsmen were C H Hardisty with 341 runs at 48.71 and C H Grimshaw with 331 at 33.10. The bowling of A Broadbent was economical as he took 26 wickets for a cost of 6.76 each. During the season C H Grimshaw reached the career milestone of one thousand runs. YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Yorkshire 2 nd XI during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 7 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 J S Auty 2 1 0 21 21 21.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Blackburn, R + 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - 2 - 19 4 49 2 24.50 1-22 - - Booth, MW 10 11 0 98 279 25.36 - 2 2 6 - 127 14 375 18 20.83 5-11 - 1 Broadbent, A 3 3 0 25 26 8.66 - - 1 7 - 101.5 28 176 26 6.76 6-34 2 4 Brown, W 6 5 1 8* 19 4.75 - - 2 2 - 130.5 44 298 21 14.19 7-67 1 1 A Dolphin 5 6 3 19 53 17.66 - - - 3 3 - - - - - - - - Drake, A 5 8 1 41* 163 23.28 - - 1 1 - 129.4 40 302 24 12.58 4-11 - - Foster, F 3 4 4 21* 33 - - - - 2 - 40.2 13 79 12 6.58 5-11 1 2 R W Frank 3 3 0 4 10 3.33 - - - 1 - 5 0 41 2 20.50 2-25 - - Grimshaw, C H 9 11 1 101 331 33.10 1 1 1 2 - 25 0 97 8 12.12 5-41 - 1 Hardisty, C H 8 10 3 193 341 48.71 1 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Harrison, H 6 6 1 19 42 8.40 - - - 2 - 86.1 18 235 10 23.50 4-54 - - H E Hartington 1 2 0 3 4 2.00 - - - - - 24 2 84 4 21.00 4-71 - - Oldroyd, E + 6 8 0 69 175 21.87 - 1 1 3 - 19 7 41 3 13.66 2-10 - - Richardson, A L 10 11 0 54 235 21.36 - 1 2 10 - 79.1 12 275 21 13.09 5-7 - 1 Robinson, D 1 - - - - - - - - - - 8 0 31 0 - - - - Rudston, H 7 7 0 73 110 15.71 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Smith, N + 1 2 0 19 20 10.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G Tattersall 7 8 0 87 165 20.62 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Turner, A 10 12 1 66 216 19.63 - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Watson, H 5 5 0 29 55 11.00 - - - 7 2 - - - - - - - - J S Whitaker 1 2 1 23* 45 45.00 - - - 1 - 6.1 1 19 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 175 - - - - - - - - 118 2 - - - - Total 110 126 16 193 2523 22.93 2 8 11 60 5 801.1 183 2220 153 14.51 7-67 4 10 (22 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last or only appearance for Yorkshire 2 nd XI in the Championship in 1909. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J S Auty 1903 4 5 0 21 30 6.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - Booth, M W 1907 28 38 2 98 785 21.80 - 4 3 16 - 3167 1553 83 18.71 7-58 1 5 Brown, W 1902 27 33 13 20 146 7.30 - - 7 20 - 4417 2081 125 16.64 8-49 3 11 Drake, A 1908 9 15 2 41* 232 17.84 - - 2 3 - 910 364 25 14.56 4-11 - - Grimshaw, C H 1904 26 40 3 101 1093 29.54 1 7 3 15 - 403 234 16 14.62 5-41 - 1 Smith, N 1909 1 2 0 19 20 10.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - J S Whitaker 1908 5 8 1 32 125 17.85 - - 1 4 - 388 216 5 43.20 3-81 - - (7 players)