This was a scheduled three day friendly at St Georges Road, Harrogate between Yorkshire second XI and Scotland A which started on Tuesday 6th Sepember with Scotland being bowled out cheaply for 120 due mainly to a good performance from Will Rhodes, back from his loan period at Essex, who took 5-43. Yorkshire got their noses in front but lost four wickets in the process.
I turned up after lunch on day two as it looked very much as if this game would not go into day three. On arrival nine Yorkshire wickets were down with Matthew Fisher just having reached 50. He was joined by last man Ben Coad with the total 280-9, Ed Barnes having made a valuable 65 to get Yorkshire out of trouble.
Fisher then took over the proceedings hitting fifteen fours and one six and managing to put on 66 for the last wicket with Coad, who made only eight. With Fisher on 96 not out and a century there for the taking, he unwisely gave Coad the strike for the last ball of a Neill over. Poor Coad was struck on the pad and given out lbw, leaving Fisher distraught at being stranded just short of his century. However a splendid effort by this ever improving young all rounder. Yorkshire 346 all out.
Sunshine at Harrogate
Fisher, who else, opened the bowling and dismissed Shah for only eight before hitting captain Coleman on the helmet and forcing him to retire hurt. He did not return, but the other opener Jones with 46 and good contributions from Greaves, Henry, Flack and Carnegie prolonged the inevitable. However a reasonable score of 162-5 soon became 184 all out following the introduction of the two Yorkshire spinners Carver and Shutt.
Carver took 4-34 and Shutt 3-17 and the game finished soon after five o'clock on day two. Yorkshire won by an innings and 42 runs.
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