Minor Counties Championship 1909

39 MATCH NUMBER 8 : NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 2 ND XI V YORKSHIRE 2 ND XI – NORTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Monday 14, Tuesday 15 June 1909 Result: Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI won by ten wickets Points: Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: J Gregory and W Copeland Debutants: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1 (N Smith); Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 11 (Whole team) First day score: Yorkshire 2 nd XI 125 and 15-0 wicket (C H Hardisty 2*, C H Grimshaw 11*); Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 223 Yorkshire 2 nd XI Hardisty, C H c Armstrong b Iremonger 28 (1) b Barnes 10 Grimshaw, C H c Iremonger b Clifton 1 (2) c Staunton b Armstrong 36 Turner, A c Armstrong b Barnes 6 (3) c Armstrong b Clifton 3 Richardson, A L c Armstrong b Barnes 0 (4) lbw b Clifton 2 Smith, N b Barnes 1 (5) c James b Barnes 19 Booth, M W c Armstrong b Iremonger 15 (6) lbw b Lee 6 Drake, A c Armstrong b Iremonger 34 (7) c and b Barnes 17 * G Tattersall b Clifton 11 (8) c Iremonger b Clifton 25 J S Whitaker not out 23 (9) b Armstrong 22 + Dolphin, A c Lee b Barnes 1 (10) not out 17 Hartington, H E c Armstrong b Iremonger 1 (11) c Staunton b Armstrong 3 Extras b 4 4 b 6, lb 1 7 Total 125 167 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 16 16 24 49 66 85 121 122 125 Second innings 23 28 30 67 79 81 121 121 163 167 Barnes 15 2 41 4 - - (1) 33 12 43 3 - - Clifton 12 3 40 2 - - (3) 31 15 48 3 - - Iremonger 12 1 23 4 - - (2) 15 3 44 0 - - Lee 2 0 9 0 - - (4) 3 1 11 1 - - Cursham 1 0 8 0 - - Armstrong (5) 10.1 4 14 3 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 42 6 125 10 0 0 92.1 35 167 10 0 0 Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI C Cursham b Hartington 3 (1) not out 20 James, C C b Grimshaw 90 (2) not out 50 R H T Turner c Drake b Richardson 17 Iremonger, A b Hartington 20 * Rev H Staunton c Booth b Hartington 14 Lee, G M c Tattersall b Hartington 8 + Stapleton, J c and b Grimshaw 2 J K Lane c Richardson b Drake 32 Armstrong, J st Dolphin b Drake 15 Barnes, J W not out 3 Clifton, C C c Whitaker b Richardson 15 Extras b 1, lb 2, nb 1 4 0 Total 223 (no wicket) 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 53 121 144 146 151 163 203 204 223 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hartington 21 2 71 4 - - (3) 3 0 13 0 - - Drake 15 1 35 2 - - (2) 3 1 12 0 - - Whitaker 3 0 12 0 - - (5) 3.1 1 7 0 - - Booth 6 2 18 0 - 1 (4) 4 0 18 0 - - Richardson 11.1 1 51 2 - - (1) 6 0 20 0 - - Grimshaw 12 0 32 2 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 68.1 6 223 10 0 1 19.1 2 70 0 0 0 Notes: Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI, who were making their debut in the Championship, won by ten wickets at 4.20 pm on the second day. Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI required 70 runs to win in their second innings in three hours and 5 minutes. For the winners, there were 6 fours and 3 fours respectively in James’s two innings of 90 and 50 not out. Grimshaw top-scored for Yorkshire 2 nd XI with 36. For Nottinghamshire 2nd XI Armstrong took six catches in the Yorkshire 2nd XI first innings and seven in the match both of which were new Championship records as were his twenty-three catches in the season. [Missing: Toss.] Sources: Yorkshire Scorebook; Nottinghamshire Guardian 15,16 June; Yorkshire Year Book 1910, p 105; Yorkshire Post 15,16 June; The Sportsman 15,16 June; Cricket 17 June, p 208.