Yorkshire Seconds at Scarborough

By Brian Sanderson

With lockdown it has given me a chance to look at some of the old scorecards ,I have collected over the last few years. Also to write about some the players are nearly forgotten. In Tony's posting
in April, 'Gone but not forgotten'  he mentioned Eddie Legard ,the Yorkshire second team wicketkeeper who has died in January

The scorecard above is a Yorkshire Second team match at Scarborough on the 21 and 22 August 1957 against Staffordshire.Above is a photograph of the 1958 team which includes Legard and
a number of players who played in 1957.

Staffordshire batted first and were bowled in 61.4 overs for 126. Mel Ryan ,above, took 6 wickets for 68. He was a right arm fast bowler who did not gain a regular place in the first team until 1960. He played 150 matches taking 413 wickets.He died on the 16 November 2015.

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Yorkshire opening batsman was Brian Bolus, above, who was born
 in Whitkirk, Leeds on the 31 January 1934. In this match he only
scored 28 and 10. He went on to play 107 matches for Yorkshire,
269 for Nottingham and 64 for Derbyshire. He captained both
of these counties as well as playing 7 Test Matches.Yorkshire
declared their first innings at 127 for 7,one run ahead.

In the Staffordshire second innings Jackie Birkinshaw, above, took 5 wickets for 69 in a total of 164 for 8.Jackie is another who moved on to another county In 1961 he went to Leicestershire where he played 420 matches He then played a short while at Worcestershire. Also he gained 5 test caps

In Yorkshire second innings a Richard Jowett top scored with 26 not out out of a total of 101 for 7, He was amateur.The match was drawn at 6:28  pm on the last day.

I notice the next Yorkshire match was against Nottingham at Steetley Sports Ground at Shire Oaks, a ground I have been to.

Yorkshire finished top of the Second Team Championship with Ken Taylor top of the batting averages and Bob Appleyard top of the bowling.