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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1932.

COUNTY CRICKET'S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

YORKSHIRE'S BRILLIANT

RECORDS

COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF PAST ACHIEVEMENTS

NORTHERN TEAM CROWNED FOR SIXTEENTH TIME

(By "HISTORICUS").

THE YORKSHIRE TEAM IN 1885 Standings-G. Ulyett, R. Pest, Mr. W. 'H. Woodhouse, Mr. Turner (scorer) 3. Hunter. Sitting: W. Bates, E. Peats. L. Hall (Capt.), F. Lee. Front: J. M. Preston and J. Grimshaw.

Counties since what is termed "the institution of the Championship" is

TWENTY YEARS AGO, on the occasion of Yorkshire securing the County Cricket Championship (for the ninth time) in 1912, I had the pleasure of writing an article in "The Hongkong Telegraph" regarding York shire's various cricketing performances, and now that Yorkshire have again (for the sixteenth time in 3613 years) obtained the Blue Ribbon of County Cricket, I Deriryshire feel like Dumas-impelled to deal with the period 10 deter "Twenty Years After."

given as follows:

Glemester

Nolls

1875 Notts

CLOSE FINISHES (LOSSES).

מנה 1

Rally

Trashy

Kess

1888

1563

The highest individual score made for Yorkshire in first clas cricket is 841 by George Hirst v. Leicaster |shire at Leicester in 1905. The high- est individual score similarly made against Yorkshire is 818 (not out) | by Dr. W. G. Grace for Gloucester-

shire at Cheltenham in 1876.

UNCHANGED BOWLING. Yorkshire bowlers have bowled un- changed throughout a match on several occasions. The following are some of the principal instances:-- Year.

Bowlers.

Opponents, 1857 Luke Greenwood

and George Freemnu

Surrey and Laneshire

1885. George Freeman

and

Tom Emmett

Lancashire and Middlesex Cambridge and Surrey Surrey Lancashire

Surrey

Lancashire and Entrez Notts Ar Lancashire

South of England

1869-

1670 1871

1871 Tom Emmett

and

Allen Hill

1573

1 run

ABO

1902

163

18! Surrey 1940 Yorkshire

Yorkshire Yorkshire Middlesex

sex Mester Gloster

Huddersfield Bristol

1897 1874

1906

Sheld

1913 1874

$ runs

Starex

Sheffield

1883

Alten Hill

and

3 runk

Lan

· Huddersfield

1880

Sheffield

Licens

1850 1978

Bruns

L

Manchester

ning & 40

1577 Gloucester 1878 Milesex

[Not"

1580 Notts

3MM

Lancashire

runs

Nottingham

190

Yorkshire

Nofx

Prince's

1833 1830

George Ubett Tom Kimmett

Billy Hales Baté

Sun

1004

Kert

Gruns

Warwick

Huddersficht

1301

Peute

1107

Notts

7 TURY

Derby

ISTS

Notts

1905

Maidstone

1870-1887

Allen Hill

1

J Nella

1310

Kent Kent Warwick

rus

Nutt

Nottingham -

1906

and

12 ring

Kent Word ute

Cranbrook

1802

Surrey

Ted, Pente

Worcester

1909 1881 Bates und

1883 Nolls

7012

1884 Notts

Yorkshire Kent

L

Manchester

1882

Peate

have been placed first in 1874, 1879 Where played, am 1883, hut for the method of de hord's

Upponents.

MCIC,

Nuits

Result Wins wicket Wan

18 Notts

Surrey

Glatter:

Harrogate Sheffield

1896

Notla

18

Notts

1915tel

17 ruas

Surrey

Leeds.

1802

1876 183 Pente and GP.

Harrison

1897 Surrey

Ne competitions

by

1915 1

20 rus

Northants Legs

1918

Ken!

mina

Surrey

Won

16 wickete

1968 Surrey 71889/ Sur

I wicket

Norjašk Shetlield

1910 Yorkshire

wicket Leivester Lewis

1920 Middlesex

Sundes (Sussex

Kont

Won by

8

Lanshive No

79227

Middlesex

Essex

#1972

Yorkshire

wiekeis

surhy

1521

Yorkshire

Cambridge,

Kost

Win

hy

8301 1892

Surrey

1924

Yorkshire

003 1901

Surney

192h

Yorkshire

Rides and Hirst. Rhodes and ch

ruing

NGELS

Denn (Etta 1893

Yorkshire

1926

Lancashire

Surney

1927

Lancashie

14

Lancashir

1920

Notta

15330

In my previous article-quoting From the Yorkshire County Cricket

In 1870, Yorkshire played seven 1881 Lancashire, Club's Year Book for 1912-I rematches-whereof they won six and 15 Lancashire marked that Yorkshire was Champion County in 1867 and 1870, and should drew one as follows:

an

Graysonl

Wa Mrankall K

149 and 142. 8:

ciding the order in those years, which Nhain deprived them of the distinction.

in

article, Bramall Tatie editorial note, on

niy The Hongkong Telegraph pointed out that the County Cricket Champion ship was not recognised by the M.C.C.Dewalays till 1873, and added that it would! be of interest to have the position prior to that cleared up. My own records so far as regards the con plete yearly performances of them thai various counties do not go further

1 has, however, no record, of the back than 1875, but I possess a "cutting" from The Yorkshire Week realts of the matches played by the ly Post, under date 27th May; 1911, other matics in 1807 and 1970, wherein it is stated thub સ CDI- respondent given)

name

(whose "anxious to know something

Surrey

1874 RECORD.

Yorks 147 15 Surrey 107 for nix 1896 Yorkshire

1897 wickets).

Won by 142 1998

Fun

meashiry

Yorkshire

12 runs

the

Lancashire Yorkshire

1991 Yorkshire and for 1092, Yorkshire 14 Champion County.

From the above list, it will be seen that Yorkshire have been Champion

County on 16 occasions. Nottingham- shire, on 12 occasions, Lancashire on

16 runs

10 runs

17 Ju

FXYN

2 wickets Surrey? Oval

wickets als

Sherlig.

1886 1886, Emmett and Peate 1891 189: Peel and Wainwright 1899 Rhodes and Haigh 1835 1991 Rhodes and First

ΟΓ

With reference to tall scoring, 1903 Rhodes and Fluigh. Yorkshire have made 500 runs more in a single innings on 44 0c-007, Rhodes hd Hirst casions, while a similar feat has been (1998 Hirst at Hath 1910 ist und Harit performed against them 27. times.

The highest total ever made, by 14 Dooth and Drake Yorkshire in a single innings is 887 1920 Waddington and obtained against: Warwickshire at Binningbam in 1896. The highest

against 1928 score ever similarly made Yorkshire is 630 made by Somerset at Leeds in 1901.

89 times.

1023

Worcester

Surrey Haul

Derbyshir

Northants Somerset

i

y Gloverster and

Somerset

Robinson Northants Macnaly & Robinson Worcestor

SL

SCHOFIELD HAIGH,

shire's example by importing "out- siders" into their team!

Writing on "County Cricket for Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion in 1884 Hon. R. H. Lyttelton (a mem ber of the well known cricketing family of those days), remarked: "County cricket, always interesting, reached its highest points in public estimation during the season of 1883. The reasons accounting for this are various.

GREAT INTEREST.

The number of Counties striving to! obtain the summum bonum, the title, of Champion County, is constantly increasing, and there seems to be no reason why the number of compet-

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ing elevens should not in twenty HONG KONG CRICKET LEAGUE.··

[ years time be double that of the

season's list. Another reason for the of interest is that there has

past

Perenca of

Notice Is Hereby Given that the

hern Annual Meeting will be held at

southern

been a great revival of cricket. The writer had occasion last the Sanitary Board Room, Post year in these pages to allude to the Office Building (by kind permis.

almost

Yorkshire and Notts

tyrannical

of

both sion) on Tuesday, the 6th day of of them, an apparently Inexhaustible September, 1982, at 5.15 pm.. supply of professional cricketers and of Lancashire, default of

possesses Lo

which

county, in production of cricketers,

W. C. HUNG,

Hon. Secretary.

diving art of a wonderful degree the of winning cricketers from other

counties. It 19 new revela HONGKONG the sight of the famous Lanca- shire eleven with its. Scotch (Scot-1 tish), Yorkshire, Nottingham, Bed- fordshire, and Oxfordshire mer- cenaries starting on. southern tour!

counties

RIDING SCHOOL.

NOTICE

PROUD RECORD. Turning to somit scores, Yorkshire

Antong the numerous. "records" at the close of the season to play have been dismissed for 50 runs or

Gloucestershire, and returning to they are particularly proud, namely, their different homes less on 27 occasions, while they have held by Yorkshire is one of which three matches with Kent. Surrey and Land similarly dismissed their opponents that Nottinghamshire have not on their

and their different coun a match against them on the Trent Yorkshire's lowest score is that Bridge ground last victory which southern defeat upon

for the win- On the 1st September, our Nottingham for over ter with the threefold

stain

of Riding School will be transferred forty years!

their brows to Notts obtained there at Yorkshire's But such was actually the case, OTHER LOW SCORES."

expense having taken place as far and it could not be said they were back 35 1891. In that year, Notts the victims of bad luck in these three! Among other low scores made twice defeated Yorkshire by an in-matches. Cricketers may fancy to Yorkshire are the followings:

themselves the Lancashire Com nings, viz: at Trent Bridge in June Opponents,

Tear (Notts scoring 336 aud Yorkshire mittee deliberating and discussing

for which they were dismissed by Surrey at the Oval in 1909, viz 20.

is not

In 1871 (the year wherein Derby-10 occasions, Surrey en 10 occasions, about the origin and history of the shire was adjudged Champion County) Middlesex on 4 occasions, Kent on 4 County Championship, thened on the Yorkshire, Played twelve matches, occasions, Gloucestershire one article Cricket in Volume VII of winning wight, losing thres and draw. capions. Derbyshire on 1 occasion, and the New Encyclopaedia Britannica "ing one, as follows:

Warwickshire on 1 оссазіон. with the result that it seemed that

Just below the fast-mentioned list, Result. Wisdon gives a table of the inatch ra Wer by-

wickets,

the County Championshipj Won by

Competition from 1873 to 1081 minge & Ja (which, of course, does not include!

those for the present year), and as such table is replete with interest, Score, I set it out below:

although the first County cricket Where played.

match of which there was any recuru

G. H. HIRST.

Opponents. Prince's ground Middlest

Natkhat

tina

Brand Fane

Muneer

Surrty

Lapensaire

Wer by 15

runs

We hav

hids

Won

hy 67.

Ytana

wing & 4 |..

Famersale

Lol y

Kit La› Surges

¿Bramall o Gloucestershire East Ty

-

sults in

inks & Country .runs

Beriy Gloucestershire, Lost by in Asses

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991 220

243 50%

Bradford

Clifton

Links MINS

Cies.

个

427

The Oval

Bricht

Bromell Jam!

Syurborongk

Surrey

Sussex

NotE

2x1

wirketa Won by rans

Kont

474

300 260

Wen hy

135 M.

'ester 188 Mex....

Northants

217

*** 11,150

35 3ZJ 237

1

243

306

1

239

242

7007

Middlesex

Drawn

(Mid-Nutts

40% 200

#74

9G4

Ta

9 8 2 2 3 2 2 2 g Total

30

Keat

32 Nouts

33

Janes

197 Norfolk

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Note

342 Sussex

K Late Notts

--247 44

1 Surrey

Millise BAYA-X

- Mikil

104 Nelis

15--

+37

-36:47

Notla Muidlesex

Lars Kent

Leicester

18 Australia

1234 Nutts

-4-1970 Derby

Ground, Shefield

Sheffield

Leeds.

Norwich Sheffield Brighton

Manchester Nottingham Ovat

Lord's

Sheffield Louis Nottingham Se Meki litterie

Huddersfield Shefield Leicester

by

IMB

148 and 163) and at Baxmall Lane in the problem as to whether the falling Yorkshire and Nottingham

Joly (Notts making 292 and Yorkshire cricketers is the reason why

off in

1994 110 1881 1922

their

and 106): My friend the Notts sportsman own county should suffer, for if the 1st from Shanghai--who has fuat loft servoirs of these counties are 1863 Hongkong for the North-will with Lancashire will deteriorate, and a

polluted, the supply flowing -1362 his customary appetite for these large portion of such supply comes 18 matters no doubt particularly relish from these sources."

se

this piece of information?

1879 There is one feature of Yorkshire!

36SS

190 cricket which I think stands greatly 1878 to its credit. I refer to the fact) 1889 that they always play their own men

1911

Xweda

1803

and refrain from following Lanca-

Nottingham

1876

Sheffield

1804

ever made

200 The smallest score

31161 全然

Somers: 2fo:Surrey

Yorks 172 Xonex

w for 2 Wwick wiskota)

723 230 3:6

179 24% X72 0

#!q 415

120

Worca

I have, however, no record of Der Yorks ... byshire's performances,

G24

1 1.080

299 217 0

185 118 U 1,290

against Yorkshire is 13 by Notts at

- Nottingham in 1901, and the smallest

aggregate for

which a first-class +441

county has ever been twice dis- For the year 1879 (wherein Notts seen that the leaders are Yorkshire, innings 15) for which Yorkshire dis- From the above table it, will be missed is 42 (1st innings 27 and 2nd and Lancashire were bracketed to followed by Lancashire, Surrey, missed Northants at Northampton in gether as Champions) the relative Notts, Kent and Middlesex respec 1908. performances of Notts, Lancashire- and Yorkshire were:

was played in 1730, county cricket was not really organised until 1872, or nearly 150 years after the teams

Surrey and Middlesex Holth

represeded for supremacy, onį

had

Richmond Green. Quoting from the "Encyclopaedia," the "cutting" pro creds:

tively.

Played. Won. Lost. Prawn.

):

៨

T

6

Lancashire

10 Yorkshire. 14

3.

Necessities of

space

forbid

YORKSHIRE'S RECORD.

Among the small scores (other) than those by Notts and Northants above mentioned) made against

As an additional item of interest Yorkshire are the following: I give (from the Yorkshire County Score. Opponents. my Cricket Club's Your Book for 1932) 20 Sussex the setting out the Yorkshire results for a summary of the

123 Australians results of clis Derby -In that year (1872) M.C.C. took the initiative by offering 1879 in detail, except to state that matches played by Yorkshire from 24 Sussex a cup for competition between the of their two matches with Lancashire, 1833 to 1981 (not including the pre-24 Notts counties, six of which were to be they lost that at Old Trafford by an sent year). selected by the M.C.C., the matches innings and 32 runs, but obtained

to be played at Lord's, but the their revenge at Bramall Lane to the

scheme fell through owing to the

coolness of the counties themselves."

CLASSIFIED COUNTIES.

the

After stating that in 1890 counties officially classified as first- class were Notts, Lancashire, Surrey,

Kent, Midddlesex, Gloutting

Yorkshire and Sussex, the

in

question

reads: "But before 1872, however, there had been a County Championship,

somewhat informal petition

although

in manner, a

may be

and the Com- to date from

1864. and to be the cause and not the]

effect of the classification

of 1872

In reviewing the performances of Yorkshire during the 1875 cricket ason, Lillywhite's "Cricketers' Com- season, panion" for 1876 refers to

to Yorkshire

Year

29.

the once

County

Champion Eleven." The Yorkshire County Cricket Club's

Book for 1994 contains a table of the results of the various matches played by Yorkshire

from 1863 to 1892, and I have in- vestigated same for the purpose of

Yorkshire

WILFRID RHODES.

at

Kent Lancs Leicester Middlesex

When

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24

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Brawn.

az......žā, matches

played.

Opponents.

Jambrid

1864

Cheshire Derhy

1886

1877

20

Derham

1891

1

Fasex

1600

Glamorgan

1422

Gloucester Kants

1872

1895

1840

ᏗᏕ

1868

Northants Nolls Somerset

1908

1868

1391

1861

1835

1887

1808

| Norfolk

Staffy

Sarrey

Sussex

Warwick

Worcester

80

48

706 232

468

1890

From this last mentioned list it will Be noticed that Yorkshire have wort more matches than they have lost against each of their opponents, other than Cambridgeshire.

No the match has ever been played

Full

Ground.

Lands Hull

Year,

1022

2002

1921

Brighton Sheffield

1878

1888

21 Worcester

25 Worcester

Huddersfield Mult

1503

1006

G. G. MACAULAY.

26 Derby

Lanes 28. Worcester

Cambridge

ascertaining the nett results of the extent of bn innings and be run by Yorkshire, but ignoring anything 30 Yorkshire matches in the seasons while Derbyshire beat them 1867 and 1870 (wherein it is alleged, Bramall Tane by 27 runs (hower 20 runs or two wickets, they 30 as above, that Yorkshire was Cham-excited "The Grinders must have have been concerned in close finishes a ver

on several occasions, as witness the pion County), and in the seasons bent) and at Derby by an innings following:

2 runs. 1874, 1879 and 1883 (wherein it is and 2 alleged, as above, that

Dealing with the year 1883 (the

CLOSE FINISHES (WINS). should have been deemed Champion year wherein began to really follow

Cricket), the respective Margin County). The result of such invesiga. County

records of Notts

Opponents Ground. (the fion is as follows:

Champion ruDA Notte Nottingham County for that year) and Yorkshire run

Fast Portsmouth Glorter Shefteld Player. Won. Last Drawn,

Cambridge 12 4

* 1 10

2

YORKSHIRE WINS.

them all:

Where played.. The Oval

Beven

Result.

Opparents. Surrey

··Lancashire

Wan, by

were:

1 tuna 12 runs

16 runs

University Cambridge Worcester Worcester

Middlesex Huddersfeld

Surrey Oval M.C.C. Lord a Lanca

Shefeld

2. runs Middlesex Shefeld

In 1887, Yorkshire played the

Notts following

matches-winning Yorkshire 16

Yorkshire's defeat by Sussex at 15 runs Bramall Lane by 3 runs cost them 17 runs Won by in the Championship that year. Of 18 rus

ings & 111 their other matches, that with Notts wicket Cambridge-

at Bramall Lane was drawn (York mings & seshire 90 and 95 and Notts 87 and 46

for 6 wickets), but Notts won Won by 184 Nottingham by 9 wickets; while both Won by ies matches with Lancashire were won

by 8 wickets on each occasion. CHAMPION COUNTIES

Whaley

Bramall Lane Surger

Manchester

FURE,

Lancashire

Cambridge

Won by

wicket

Am-

1 wicket Somerset Taunton

...shire

Wiabeed

1 wicket M.C.C. Lord's

1.wicket. Derbyshire Derby

at

1 wicket M.C.C.

Lord's

2, wicket Surrey

Shelf li

Sheff H

wickets Middlesex Princes

wickets Cheshire, Hull

2 wickets Kent

Cambridge

Holbeck

Derby

1860

Bradford

1907

Eck

Holbeck (Leeds)

1868

Layton

1901

University Lanes

1928

1863

Holbeck

1868

3. Derby

Sheffield

1876

184 Leicester

Leeds

1906

Brighton Nottinghams

Bath Southampton Sheffield Leeds

Bradford Chesterfield Nottingham Manchester SheBeld Sheffield Northampton. Sheffield Leyton

1878

1881

1208

138

1908

1874

86 www.sex 35 Notts 26 Somerset Year 5 Enota

1870136 Gloster 1910 86 Hants. 1879 97 Surrey

37 Derby

Notta 188039

1839 39 Lanes 1851 39 Kent 1590 80 Notts

189340 Northante 1876 1

Surrey 1882 41 MONI

!42 Hants 186712 Northanta 187044 Lanco 189745 Middlesex 1839 46 Notta 1901 16 Kent 1861 46 Kent

136247 Lane's 1872 17 Lanca

Southampton Northampton

Manchester

Huddersfield

Shefald York Bradford

Sheffield Manchester

a

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an article (Continued on Page 9.)

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