Seconds at Hull in 1959

By Brian Sanderson

The above match was played at The Circle at Hull on the 

29 and 30 June 1959 against Cheshire in the Minor County

Championship .

Yorkshire were captained by Ted Lester whilst the Cheshire

captain was Frederick William Millett who played till 1973

for Cheshire. 

Cheshire batted first scoring 187 for 4 in 78 overs with Millet

top scoring with 88 not out. The Yorkshire attack was

David Pickles who finished playing for Yorkshire in 1960.

He was a fast opening bowler who was coached to change 

his action which resulted in him stopped playing first 

class cricket.

Barry Stead  who only played two first class matches for 

Yorkshire before moving to Nottingham where he played

215 matches till 1976.

Michael Hallawell who was born in Keighley but did not 

play for Yorkshire first team but moved to Warwick where 

he played just one first class match. He was a good soccer

player who played for Birmingham City Q.P.R ,Sunderland,

Huddersfield and Peterborough.

Jackie Birkenshaw  who played 30 first class matches before

moving to Leicester in 1961. Played 420 matches for them and

5 Test Matches.

Keith Gillhouley who played 24 matches for Yorkshire before

moving to Nottingham where he played 83 matches .

The Yorkshire wicket keeper was Terry Gunn who was 

born in Barnsley and went on to play for Sussex in 1961 

where he played 41 first class matches.

Yorkshire openers were Dickie Bird and John Bolus.

Dickie was soon out for 7 and the Vic Wilson came in.

There is a note on the scorecard saying Wilson last 

three innings in the seconds was 184, 94no and 

56 no. He finished with a second team average of 84,50.

Yorkshire declared with a first innings lead of 3 runs 

with just one wicket down.

Cheshire then set a target of 221 runs in 115 minutes,

Dickie was hit on the foot and had to retire on 13.

Comment on the scorecard was that all the Yorkshire 

players had a go to win. They just failed by 10 runs

as the match was held up for 9 minutes when Holding,

the Cheshire keeper got hit in the mouth. Otherwise 

Yorkshire would have won the match.

Warwick won the Minor League Championship with 

Yorkshire finishing fifth with 58 points. Cheshire only 

achieved 15 points for the season.