minc922	Lincolnshire v Lancashire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (North Division)
Venue	Black Swan Ground, Spalding on 20th, 21st July 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lincolnshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lincolnshire won by 4 runs
Points	Lincolnshire 5; Lancashire Second XI 0
Umpires	J Gregory, H Walmsley
Close of play day 1	Lincolnshire (2) 13/2 (Brown 8*)

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Lincolnshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WE Thompson	lbw b Rowlands	12
J Raby	b Rowlands	6
JJ Broughton	b Rowlands	7
LS Harrisson	c Valiant b Sladen	15
GF Turner	st Groves b Rowlands	8
EE Riley	b Sladen	10
RE Williams	c and b Rowlands	17
ET Cooke	b Rowlands	16
F Geeson	lbw b Rowlands	35
WS Brown	c and b Rowlands	4
+JW Allen	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-30, 3-31, 4-49, 5-56, 6-68, 7-90, 8-132, 9-140, 10-145 (68.2 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heap	17	6	26	0	-	-
Rowlands	33.2	9	52	8	-	-
Sladen	15	1	40	2	-	1
Foley	3	1	12	0	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Carmichael	c Thompson b Geeson	30
JS Heap	run out	9
WK Tyldesley	c Thompson b Cooke	2
R Nall	lbw b Geeson	0
JA Schofield	run out	4
H Foley	c Geeson b Cooke	16
J Valiant	c Geeson b Broughton	4
AR Sladen	b Geeson	13
*T Ainscough	st Allen b Geeson	7
LS Rowlands	not out	4
+A Groves	b Broughton	6
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Heap), 2-28 (Tyldesley), 3-33 (Nall), 4-38 (Schofield), 5-58, 6-66, 7-81, 8-87, 9-95, 10-104 (40 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooke	12	4	38	2	-	-
Geeson	20	3	46	4	-	-
Broughton	8	2	11	2	-	-

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Lincolnshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Raby	b Rowlands	2
WS Brown	b Rowlands	10
+JW Allen	c Tyldesley b Heap	2
*WE Thompson	lbw b Rowlands	0
JJ Broughton	b Rowlands	5
F Geeson	lbw b Rowlands	12
EE Riley	c Heap b Rowlands	0
RE Williams	b Tyldesley	22
ET Cooke	b Tyldesley	2
LS Harrisson	not out	23
GF Turner	b Tyldesley	5
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Raby), 2-13, 3-15, 4-22, 5-29, 6-29, 7-58, 8-65, 9-68, 10-98 (62.2 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rowlands	29	13	42	6	-	-
Heap	16	7	21	1	-	-
Sladen	5	4	3	0	-	-
Tyldesley	12.2	4	17	3	1	-

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Carmichael	c Cooke b Geeson	14
JS Heap	b Broughton	2
WK Tyldesley	b Geeson	6
R Nall	b Geeson	12
JA Schofield	c Thompson b Geeson	0
H Foley	c Riley b Broughton	9
J Valiant	c Riley b Geeson	15
AR Sladen	c Riley b Broughton	43
*T Ainscough	b Geeson	22
LS Rowlands	not out	5
+A Groves	b Geeson	1
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 48.2 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Heap), 2-16, 3-25, 4-29, 5-34, 6-52, 7-84, 8-116, 9-131, 10-135 (48.2 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Geeson	22.2	8	56	7	-	-
Broughton	17	4	51	3	-	1
Cooke	7	1	15	0	-	-
Riley	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WS Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Carmichael made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Nall made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Foley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Valiant made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS Brown made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Carmichael made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Schofield made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Foley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Valiant made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Groves made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Williams (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AR Sladen (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LS Rowlands achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lincolnshire first innings (previous best was 5-37)
--> LS Rowlands reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Lincolnshire first innings
--> WK Tyldesley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lincolnshire second innings (previous best was 0-5)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Lincolnshire won this close return match by 4 runs at 4.30 pm on the second day. Loud and lengthy applause was reported to have greeted the fall of Groves's wicket, which saw the home side victors by a very narrow margin. Lincolnshire had also won when the teams met at Lancaster earlier in the month. For the winners, Geeson took 11 wickets in the match for 102 runs including 7 for 56 in the Lancashire 2nd XI second innings. For the losers Rowlands took 14 wickets in the match for 94 runs, including 8 for 52 in the Lincolnshire first innings. No batsman scored more than Sladen's 43, which contained 6 fours.
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Sources: Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Lincolnshire Free Press 28 July; The Sportsman 21,22 July ; Cricket 23 July, p 302.