#1908

5 incidents tagged

Frank Foster's Emergence — Warwickshire's Future Captain, 1908-1909

Warwickshire

1909-07-01

Frank Foster, the left-arm fast-medium bowler and middle-order batter from Birmingham, made his Warwickshire first-class debut in 1908. By the close of 1909 he was establishing himself as one of the most promising young all-rounders in England — the foundation for the career that would, two years later, deliver Warwickshire its first county championship and, on the 1911-12 Ashes tour, the new-ball partnership with S.F. Barnes that won the Ashes.

#frank-foster#warwickshire#edgbaston

⭐Moderate

Yorkshire's Unbeaten 1908 — Hawke, Hirst, Rhodes and the Northants 27 & 15

Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, English counties

1908-09-01

Lord Hawke's Yorkshire went through the 1908 County Championship season unbeaten, winning the title for the eighth time under his captaincy. The season was capped by their dismissal of Northamptonshire for 27 and 15 — an aggregate of 42, the lowest in English first-class cricket — at Northampton in May, with Hirst taking 12 for 19 in the match.

#yorkshire#lord-hawke#george-hirst

⭐Mild

WG Grace's Last First-Class Match — Gentlemen v Surrey, April 1908

Gentlemen of England, Surrey

1908-04-22

William Gilbert Grace played his last first-class match between 20 and 22 April 1908, opening the innings for the Gentlemen of England against Surrey at The Oval. Aged a few months short of 60, Grace made 15 in the first innings and 25 in the second. It was his 870th first-class appearance, ending a career that began in 1865.

#wg-grace#1908#the-oval

⭐Moderate

Yorkshire Dynasty 1900-1908 — Five County Titles in Nine Seasons

Yorkshire CCC

1908-08-31

Under Lord Hawke's captaincy, Yorkshire won the County Championship in 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1908 — five titles in nine seasons. They went unbeaten in 1900 (their first such season) and again in 1908 ('the clean sheet championship'). Hirst, Rhodes and Haigh were the bowling backbone; Tunnicliffe, Brown and Denton scored the runs.

#yorkshire#lord-hawke#george-hirst

⭐Mild

Hampshire's Early Championship Seasons 1895-1908 — Last Place and Llewellyn

Hampshire CCC

1908-08-31

Hampshire were promoted to first-class status in 1895, when Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire joined the County Championship. Their early years were grim — last or equal-last in 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905 — with a brief 1901 rally led by Charlie Llewellyn, the Natal-born all-rounder who later played five Tests for South Africa.

#hampshire#county-championship#1895