It Happened on This Day in

SEPTEMBER

Compiled by Roy D Wilkinson

Dates of Debut are given for only those players who were subsequently capped and relate to debut in first-class matches for Yorkshire

29th

1960
Mike COWAN, Philip SHARPE and Don WILSON were awarded their county caps.

28th

1905
Frank Edwards GREENWOOD was born at Birkby, Huddersfield. Greenwood played only a few matches for the county in 1929 and 1930 before being appointed captain for the 1931 season when he led them to the County Championship. Although Captain in 1932, he found the demands of his business life too demanding to play a regular part in another Championship winning season. In all he played 57 matches for the county and scored 1,458 runs at 25.13, with a highest of 104* versus Glamorgan at Hull, he held 37 catches.

27th

1957
Charles William Jeffrey ATHEY was born in Middlesbrough. A stylish and talented early-order batsman he played 151 matches for Yorkshire from 1976 to 1983 he then moved to Gloucestershire before finally ending his first-class career with Sussex. Scoring 6,320 runs for Yorkshire (at 28.08) in his 151 matches for the county, he made ten centuries with 134 versus Derbyshire at Derby in 1982 as his highest. He played in 12 Tests making 919 runs at 22.97 in his 41 innings.

25th

1941
Arthur SELLERS died in Keighley aged 71

24th

1971
D C F BURTON died in Chertsey, Surrey aged 84

22nd

1996
The latest date on which Yorkshire have played first-class cricket. The match was versus Northamptonshire at Northampton and ended in a draw.

21st

1922
Thomas Armitage died in Chicago, USA aged 74

1960
Brian BOLUS was awarded his county cap.

1990
For the second consecutive match (see 10th September above) Yorkshire won a match by scoring 300 runs in the fourth innings. At Nottingham, Yorkshire made 327 for 6 wkts. - to beat Nottinghamshire and to record their highest ever fourth innings to win a Championship match. The only higher total to win was versus MCC at Lord’s in 1910 when the fourth innings reached 331 for 8 wickets.

18th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DARREN GOUGH

33 TODAY

16th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

GAVIN HAMILTON

29 TODAY

1998
Billy Sutcliffe died aged 71.

15th

1834
Roger IDDISON was born at Bedale. Iddison played in the early ‘Yorkshire’ matches before the official formation of the club in 1863. He played 72 first-class matches for the county, making 1,916 runs at 20.60 with his right-hand batting. His fast, round right-arm and lob bowling took 102 wickets at 15.09 and he held 70 catches. He also played in 16 matches for Lancashire from 1865 to 1870.
He scored a century for both teams - 112 for Yorkshire versus Cambridgeshire at Hunslet in 1869 (the first first-class century scored for Yorkshire in Yorkshire) and 106 for Lancashire versus Surrey at The Oval in 1866. He played for Yorkshire from 1863 to 1876 and was the first officially appointed captain of the county, holding the position from 1863 to 1872.

2001
David BYAS captained Yorkshire for the last time. This was the last day of the match versus Essex at Scarborough.

2002
Yorkshire completed their match versus Warwickshire at Birmingham. The game produced the highest aggregate in a match involving Yorkshire. 1,665 runs were scored for the loss of 33 wickets Warwickshire 601 for 9 dec (their highest innings versus Yorkshire) and 232 for 4 wkts. Yorkshire 351 and 481, leaving Warwickshire winners by 6 wickets.

14th

1940
George HARRISON died at Scarborough aged 78.

1943
William RINGROSE died in Leeds aged 72.

1957
Ben WILSON died at Harrogate aged 77.

13th

1887
David Cecil Fowler BURTON was born in Bridlington. He first played for Yorkshire in 1907 but made only brief appearances until appointed captain in 1919 when he led the side to the Championship. He was captain also in 1920 and 1921. In all he played in 104 matches for the county and by far his best performance was to score 142* in a partnership of 254 for the seventh wicket with Wilfred Rhodes versus Hampshire at Dewsbury in 1919. This remains the record for Yorkshire’s seventh wicket.

1902
Arthur MITCHELL was born at Baildon. A dour right-hand batsman who batted mainly at number 3 in the order, he played 401 matches for Yorkshire from 1922 to 1945. In his 401 matches for the county he scored 18,189 runs at 37.81. Only seven other batsmen, who scored over 10,000 runs for the county, have a higher average - Geoffrey Boycott (57.85), Leonard Hutton (53.34), Herbert Sutcliffe (50.20), Martyn Moxon (43.71), Percy Holmes (41.95), Maurice Leyland (41.03) and Willie
Watson (38.22). He was also one of the most efficient close-to-the-wicket fielders the county has known, taking 406 catches. His highest score was 189 versus Northamptonshire at Northampton in 1926. He was Yorkshire’s coach from 1945 to 1971.

1971
In his final innings of the season Geoffrey BOYCOTT scored 124* versus Northamptonshire at Harrogate. This brought his average to 100.12 and so became the first English cricketer to achieve a season’s average exceeding 100. In 1979 he averaged 102.53 to become the only player to achieve the feat twice.

12th

1852
Edward LUMB was born in Dalton, Huddersfield. One of the amateurs given a cap by Lord Hawke, he played only 14 matches for the county between 1872 and 1886. He became President of the Huddersfield League but died at the early age of 38.

1981
Paul JARVIS made his debut versus Sussex at Hove and so, at 16 years 75 days, became the youngest ever to appear in first-class cricket for Yorkshire.

1996
Chris SILVERWOOD was awarded his county cap.

2001
Matthew WOOD was awarded his county cap.

11th

1973
At just after 12.30 pm Yorkshire and Middlesex tied their Championship game at Bradford. It was the second tie in Yorkshire’s history, the other being versus Leicestershire at Huddersfield in 1954.

10th

1968
Wilf BARBER died in Bradford aged 67.

1982
David BAIRSTOW took his eleventh catch of the match versus Derbyshire at Scarborough. He took seven catches in the first innings (on 8th September) and a further four in the second Derbyshire innings. His eleven catches in the match equals the world record for catches taken by a wicket-keeper in a first-class match - shared, so far, by ten other players.

1990
Yorkshire beat Derbyshire by 4 wickets at Scarborough - scoring 300 for 6 in the fourth innings of the match. Martyn Moxon with 94 and Richard Blakey, 91*, were the main individual contributors. (see 21st September below).

9th

1950
Robert FRANK died at Pickering aged 86.

1987
Richard BLAKEY and Peter HARTLEY were awarded their county caps.

1993
Darren GOUGH was awarded his county cap.

8th

1877
John Thomas NEWSTEAD was born at Marton-in-Cleveland. His career spanned the seasons 1903 to 1913 but he played only 96 matches. By far his best season was 1908 when, in all first-class cricket, he took 140 wickets at 16.50 and was rewarded with being one of the Wisden ’Five Cricketers of the Year’ in 1909. A right-arm bowler of above medium pace he had the ability to turn to off-breaks. After his most successful 1908 season he did little further and had disappeared from the county scene by the end of 1913.

1973
Graham STEVENSON made his debut versus Middlesex at Bradford.

1976
Kevin SHARP made his debut versus Northamptonshire at Scarborough.

1984
Frank LOWSON died at Pool-in-Wharfedale aged 59.

7th

1866
Robert MOORHOUSE was born at Berry Brow, Huddersfield. Although awarded a county cap, he never really blossomed as a first-class cricketer. Scoring 5,217 runs (at 19.32) in his 206 matches for the county his highest score was 113 versus Somerset at Taunton in 1896. One of the very best cover fielders he was often preferred to better batsmen for the countless runs he saved.

1871
George Herbert HIRST was born at Kirkheaton, Huddersfield. There has always been a keen argument as to who was the greatest all-rounder in cricket. It is said that they both batted right and bowled left and came from Kirkheaton. One was George Herbert and the other Wilfred Rhodes. There is no doubt that both of them, and Schofield Haigh - born in Berry Brow, Huddersfield - played an immense part in establishing Yorkshire at the very pinnacle of county cricket during the years leading up to the First World War. In his 717 matches for the county Hirst made 32,024 runs at the substantial average of 34.75. Of his 56 centuries the 341 he made versus Leicestershire in 1905 remains the highest individual score for Yorkshire. He took 2,481 wickets at 18.02 with 9 for 23 versus Lancashire at Leeds in 1910 as his best. He scored 1,000 runs in a season 19 times and took 100 wickets 12 times. In all first-class cricket he did the double 14 times. In 1906 he scored over 2,000 runs and took over 200 wickets - the only player ever to achieve this and he remains the only player to have scored two centuries and taken five wickets in an innings twice in the same match - versus Somerset at Bath in 1906. He is one of only nine players to have made over 20,000 runs and taken over 2,000 wickets in first-class cricket - two of the others are also Yorkshiremen, Wilfred Rhodes and Raymond Illingworth. Hirst’s career extended from 1891 to 1921 with one additional appearance at the Scarborough Festival in 1929. Altogether an awesome career.

1874
Yorkshire began their first match at North Marine Road, Scarborough; it was versus Middlesex and ended in a draw.

1979
Yorkshire beat Essex at Scarborough by 1 wicket. When Essex next played at Scarborough, in 1998, they again lost by 1 wicket.

6th

1935
Yorkshire completed a win over MCC by 1 wicket at Scarborough. Horace Fisher and Bill Bowes added an unbeaten 12 for the last wicket to secure victory.

1942
Richard Anthony HUTTON was born at Pudsey. A talented all-rounder, his right-hand batting brought him 4,986 runs for the county in 208 first-class matches at an average of 20.18 with a highest score of 189 versus the Pakistanis at Bradford in 1971. His right-arm fast-medium bowling accounted for 468 wickets at 21.91 each with a best of 7 for 39 versus Somerset at Leeds in 1969. His career spanned the seasons 1962 to 1974 and he played in five Test matches. He won his Blue at Cambridge in the three seasons 1962 to 1964. He was, for many years editor of The Cricketer magazine. Son of Sir Leonard Hutton (see 1990 below).

1969
Yorkshire won the Gillette cup for the second times - beating Derbyshire by 69 runs at Lord’s.

1970
Gerald SMITHSON died at Abingdon, Berkshire aged 43.

1990
Sir Leonard HUTTON died at Kingston-upon-Thames aged 74.

2002
Michael VAUGHAN completed his innings of 195 versus India at The Oval, thus becoming only the sixth player to score four Test match centuries in an English season. The others were Herbert Sutcliffe, Donald Bradman, Denis Compton, Allan Lamb and Graham Gooch.

5th

1877
James William ROTHERY was born at Staincliffe. A right-hand batsman he had a modest career for the county, playing 150 matches during the seasons 1903 to 1910. He scored 4,614 runs at 21.16 with a highest score of 161 versus Kent at Dover in 1908.

1947
Colin JOHNSON was born at Pocklington. In a career stretching from 1969 to 1979, Johnson played exactly 100 matches for the county scoring 2,960 runs at 21.44. He was a brilliant fielder and holds the distinction of scoring the last first-class century for Yorkshire at Bramall Lane - 107 versus Somerset in 1973 (Brian Bolus, born in Leeds, made the very last first-class century on the ground - 138 for Derbyshire in the ground’s penultimate first-class match, also in 1973).

1992
Simon KELLETT and Mark ROBINSON were awarded their county caps.

4th

1965
Yorkshire won the Gillette cup at Lord’s, beating Surrey by 175 runs. Geoffrey Boycott scored 146, and Brian Close 79 in Yorkshire’s total of 317 for 4 wkts. Raymond Illingworth took 5 for 29 and Fred Trueman 3 for 31 as Surrey were dismissed for 142.

1987
Bill BOWES died at Otley, aged 81.

3rd

1841
Tom EMMETT was born, appropriately enough, at Crib Lane, Halifax. One of the earliest ‘characters’ of the game Emmett was the mainstay of the Yorkshire side during its early, formative, years. He played for the county from 1866 to 1888 and was captain from 1878 to 1882 being succeeded by Hon Martin (later Lord) Hawke. As an aggressive left-hand bat, in his 299 games for the county he made 6,315 runs at 15.07, with a highest of 104 versus Gloucestershire at Clifton in 1873 but it was his left-arm fast round-arm bowling that really made its mark on the game, taking 1,216 wickets at 12.71. His best bowling was in the only match Yorkshire played at Hunslet, versus Cambridgeshire in 1869, when he took 7 for 15 in the first innings and 9 for 23 in the second. He was one of the five Yorkshiremen to have played in the first ever Test match - versus Australia at Melbourne in 1877.

1888
David HUNTER made his debut versus MCC at Scarborough.

1951
Bob APPLEYARD completed a match analysis of 11 for 181 versus MCC at Scarborough. His final wicket gave him his 200th of the season - in his first full season in first-class cricket.

1971
Percy HOLMES died at Huddersfield aged 84.

1979
David BAIRSTOW made his debut in Test cricket - versus India at The Oval, making 59 in his first innings.

2nd

1871
William RINGROSE was born at Ganton. A right-arm fast bowler he had a relatively short career in first-class cricket, playing only 95 matches for the county from 1901 for 1906 during which he took 155 wickets at 20.80. By far his best performance was 9 for 76 versus the Australians at Bradford in 1905 when it was said that his fast bowling unnerved some of the batsman - they were at one stage 51 for 7, with Ringrose having dismissed six of them on a pitch that was reported as being ‘...in excellent condition…’ After retirement from the first-class game he was an effective professional with a number of clubs. He was the Yorkshire scorer from 1923 to 1939, keeping his books in an accurate and immaculate fashion.



1889
Robert Wilson FRANK made his debut versus MCC at Scarborough

1914
The First World War had been in progress for some weeks before Yorkshire completed their last match of the season. It was versus Sussex at Hove. There was not the same dramatic conclusion as was to be the case twenty-five years later (see 1st September above). After both teams had made over 400 runs in their respective first innings the match was left drawn with Yorkshire on 123 for 6 wickets

1st

1881
Hon M B HAWKE (later Lord Hawke) made his debut versus MCC at Scarborough

1939
Yorkshire completed their last match before the Second World War. It was versus Sussex at Hove. In what was to be his final appearance in first-class cricket, Hedley Verity had the astonishing figures of 7 wickets for 9 runs in just 6 overs to hustle Sussex out for 33. Earlier in the match Leonard Hutton had made 103 and Norman Yardley 108. Yorkshire had a most comfortable win by nine wickets (See also 2nd September below)

1951
David Leslie BAIRSTOW was born in Bradford. A combative and ebullient cricketer, Bairstow kept wicket for the county from 1970 until 1990 by which time he had taken 907 catches and made 131 stumpings to give him a total of 1,038. Only David Hunter (1,186) and Jimmy Binks (1,044) had more victims to their credit and his average of 2.41 dismissals per match is second only to Richard Blakey’s 2.42 (to the end of the 2002 season) among the elite list of six Yorkshire ’keepers from Hunter to Blakey. His batting produced 12,985 runs at 26.60 with nine centuries. He was captain of the county for the three seasons 1984 to 1986.

1959
Yorkshire beast Sussex by 5 wickets at Hove to win the Championship outright for the first time since
1946. Set to score 215 in 105 minutes, Bryan Stott and Doug Padgett added 141 for the third wicket in just over an hour. Stott made 96 in eighty-six minutes and Padgett hit 79 in his innings of just over an hour. Brian Bolus hit the winning runs with seven minutes to spare. In Yorkshire’s first innings Raymond Illingworth, with a spirited 122 and Don Wilson with 55, led the way in rescuing Yorkshire from 81 for 5 to 307 all out. Illingworth and Wilson, with four wickets each, then combined to put out Sussex for 311 to set up one of the most exciting finishes to a Championship season

2000
Craig WHITE took 5 wickets for 32 runs versus the West Indies at The Oval - including that of Brian Lara bowled leg-stump first ball. It is White’s best bowling in Test cricket