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We are delighted to welcome you back to Emirates Old Trafford at last, and just in time to watch one of LAMB AND WOOD SMASH RECORD ’s oldest rivalries resume! Thanks to Ken Grime Records tumbled as and Danny and Chris Rimmer for their help in compiling the stories Lamb had a day to remember after each made and stats below. Photos courtesy Barry Mitchell & Getty outstanding career-best centuries against Images. Contributions from Members are always welcome in April. throughout the season. Wood reached his second first-class when Please contact ([email protected]) Rev Malcolm Lorimer he swept for four with his innings of Photo Luke Adams 119 bettering the 100 he made for Notts against Sussex at in 2015, while Lamb posted V YORKSHIRE RIVALRY RESUMES his maiden first-class hundred in style, hitting Jack This is the 274th first-class ‘Roses’ match with our visitors enjoying an 84-55 Leaning for six and going on to make 125. advantage in terms of matches won. At Emirates Old Trafford the wins are Lancashire 25, Yorkshire 36, with the last Red Rose success on this ground The pair smashed several eighth records a nine-wicket victory in 2000. with their 187 alliance beating the Lancashire record of 158 by John Lyon & Bob Ratcliffe against It is also the 150th anniversary of Lancashire’s first victory Yorkshire by Warwickshire at Old Trafford in 1979 and setting a 10 at Sheffield in 1871 in front of 2.000-3,000 spectators when Arthur new 8th wicket ground record at . Appleby and Bill Hickton played major roles and R.G. ‘Dicky’ Barlow made a memorable debut, taking a wicket with his first ball in first-class cricket. Lamb’s 125 was also a new record by a Lancashire number 9 batsman, bettering a record that had stood for 119 years held by John I’Anson who JIMMY CLOSING IN made an unbeaten 110 against Surrey at Old ON 1,000 WICKETS Trafford in 1902! This was also only the second James Anderson is getting used time that both Red Rose no. 8 and no. 9 batsmen to setting records and reaching had scored a century in the same innings, landmarks as his remarkable career emulating the feat of Messrs Lyon (123) and continues to impress. Ratcliffe (101*) in 1979.

By the end of the 2021 Test series in India, Jimmy had raised his total of Test victims to 614 from 160 matches.

He is also rapidly closing in on another landmark having taken 992 wickets in first-class cricket after the Glamorgan Championship game in early May, and looks set to become the first Lancashire bowler to reach 1,000 first-class wickets since achieved this feat in 1989-maybe in the Northants game taking place as we go to press!

CAREER BEST FOR MATT Matt Parkinson led a herculean Lancashire effort that culminated in a thrilling innings victory against Kent during the final session at Canterbury in April.

Two hard days of effort came to fruition when Parkinson had last man Miguel Cummins caught by to claim a career-best 7-126 from a mammoth 52 overs to give the Red Rose victory.

And two iconic wicket-taking deliveries that spun massively, against Northants’ Adam Rossington and Delray Rawlins went ‘viral’ on social media with the first even getting approval from the Old Trafford ‘Ball of the Century’ maestro .

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BORN IN BOLTON Matt Parkinson is one of the 38 first-class cricketers, including 12 Test players, to have been born in the metropolitan borough of Bolton. The first was Walter Hardcastle, born in Great Bolton in 1843, while the most recent are Matt and .

In between, author and Lancashire Cricket vice president Geoff Ogden tells the fascinating stories of the careers enjoyed by so many Boltonians down the years such as R.G.Barlow, Charlie Hallows, Dick Tyldesley, Roy Tattersall, , , , , and many more.

Why Bolton has produced so many fine cricketers and is such a cricket stronghold is explained by two excellent contributions from local cricket historians David Kaye and Jack Williams.

Each book is accompanied by a map listing over 300 clubs in the Bolton area and the location of over 100 cricket grounds.

Price £9.95 the book is available from the Lancashire Shop, or from Max Books at: www.max-books.co.uk

2021 MILESTONES Caption if required? Luke Wood reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when he took his first wicket in the Sussex first innings at Emirates Old Trafford on the opening day of the season.

Josh Bohannon passed 1,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6 in the first innings against Northants at Emirates Old Trafford.

Saqib Mahmood reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed Emilio Gay, his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings in the same match.

Tom Bailey reached 200 wickets in matches when he dismissed , his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings at Canterbury.

Liam Livingstone passed 3,000 runs in first-class matches when getting off the mark with a 6 against Glamorgan at Old Trafford.

NUMBER 3 THE LAST TO CHANGE 2021 LANCASHIRE YEAR BOOK When stepped out to make his debut In a pandemic-hit year it was a huge credit to everyone involved the game against Kent wearing the number 3 shirt, it that so much cricket was eventually played in 2020 with Lancashire Cricket signified the final change of the original allocation and Emirates Old Trafford hugely involved, staging both International and of shirt numbers made back in 1999, with Glen domestic matches. Chapple the only player to wear the number 3 shirt since then. The season even ran into October by which time nine International matches had been played at a bio-secure Emirates Old Trafford and Lancashire had also Ahead of the launch of the new Axa (Sunday) League participated in both four-day and one- twenty-two years ago, the club were asked to send in day games in the Trophy and a list of names and numbers to be put on the back of Vitality Blast competitions. the players’ shirts. The players were on an overseas trip to at the time and the first 1-24 The 84th edition of the Yearbook covers numbers were drawn at random by each player out all these matches and still is packed with of an ice bucket! match reports, scorecards and averages from a challenging season. If you want to know who wore the original shirts, here’s the list: Among the features we look back at Lancashire’s first Roses victory 150 1 Darren Shadford 14 years ago, while ’ shock 2 15 and awe upon watching the visiting 3 16 Australians one hundred years ago 4 Gary Yates 17 makes for an entertaining read. David 5 18 Patrick McKeown Hughes’ heroics in the Gillette Cup and 6 Mike Watkinson 19 Muttiah Muralitharan Jack Bond’s famous catch in the final, 7 Mark Harvey 20 Mike Smethurst both fifty years ago round off this unique 8 21 Mark Chilton edition. 9 Paul Ridgway 22 Richard Green 10 Warren Hegg 23 Gary Keedy 11 24 . The 2021 Lancashire Cricket Yearbook 12 can be obtained from the Lancashire Jamie Haynes (13 not used) Shop. Price £10.00.

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DIARY OF A CRICKET CORRESPONDENT BY BRIAN BEARSHAW I came across this little diary when I bought some memorabilia and letters about Brian Bearshaw’s book ‘The Great Hitters.’ I knew Brian and helped him with research for ‘From the Stretford End,’ the official history of Lancashire CCC. He was always approachable and good company.

He loved Lancashire and wanted them to do well. These are Brian’s ‘on the spot’ notes from the 1964 & 1965 seasons and reveal a time when cricket was very different in how it was covered by the media. As the diary reveals, the press travelled with the players and were often very close to them. It was also a time when Lancashire CCC were going through a lot of change and transition and Brian was at the forefront of reporting on the upheavals of the time.

Malcolm Lorimer This Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies costs £8.50 inc. postage. To buy a copy – send a cheque made payable to Max Books to: Max Books, 2 Newbold Way, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 7AX or buy online via the website: www.max-books.co.uk

THE CARDUS ARCHIVE AT EMIRATES OLD TRAFFORD The Cardus Archive has been busy during the lock-down and two new books are planned. If you would like to read more the details are in the latest Cardus Archive Newsletter.

If you want to receive Newsletters by e-mail from the Cardus Archive please send your details to: Malcolm Lorimer at: [email protected]

@lancscricket 0161 282 4000 Records in First-Class cricket lancashirecricket.co.uk Lancashire v Yorkshire Matches 273, Lancs wins: 55, Yorks wins: 84, Drawn: 134, Abandoned: 1. Matches in Lancashire 37, Lancs wins: 28, Yorks wins: 39, Drawn: 70, Aban: 1. HIGHEST SCORE IN AN INNINGS BY LANCASHIRE 537 Old Trafford 2005 517 Headingley 2007 509-9d Old Trafford 1926 225-7 v Derbyshire Falcons Emirates Old Trafford 2014 HIGHEST SCORE IN AN INNINGS BY YORKSHIRE 610-6d Old Trafford 2014 590 Bradford 1887 531 Headingley 2001 225-7 v Derbyshire Falcons Emirates Old Trafford 2014 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES FOR LANCASHIRE 225 Graham Lloyd Headingley 1997 206 Headingley 2007 205* Mohammad Yousuf Headingley 2008 200* Reg Spooner Old Trafford 1910 225-7 v Derbyshire Falcons Emirates Old Trafford 2014 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES FOR YORKSHIRE1 252 Headingley 2001 251 Emirates Old Trafford 2014 211* Maurice Leyland Headingley 1930 201 Old Trafford 1949 101 (100 off 56 balls) S.G. Law v Yorkshire Phoenix Emirates Old Trafford 2005

Most centuries for Lancashire v Yorkshire - 6 by both Sir & Michael Atherton

1Lancashire players have to date scored 116 centuries in ‘Roses’ matches and Yorkshire 117. For Yorkshire, and Geoff Boycott have each compiled nine. The most for Lancashire is six by Sir Clive Lloyd and Michael Atherton.

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BEST BOWLING BY LANCASHIRE 9-41 Arthur Mold Huddersfield 1890 9-42 Jack Iddon Sheffield 1937 9-62 Harry Dean Liverpool 1913 9-63 Allan Steel Old Trafford 1878 9-80 Walter Brearley Old Trafford 1909 225-7 v Derbyshire Falcons Emirates Old Trafford 2014 BEST BOWLING BY YORKSHIRE 9-23 George Hirst Headingley 1910 9-25 Old Trafford 1954 9-36 Emmott Robinson Bradford 1920 101 (100 off 56 balls) S.G. Law v Yorkshire Phoenix Emirates Old Trafford 2005 HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKET FOR LANCASHIRE 1 223 M.J. Chilton & I.J. Sutcliffe Old Trafford 2005 2 223 R.H. Spooner & J.T. Tyldesley Old Trafford 1905 3 258 P.J. Horton & Mohammad Yousuf Headingley 2008 3 258 P.J. Horton & S.G. Law Headingley 2007 4 206 M.B. Loye & S.G. Law Headingley 2006 5 197 Mohammad Yousuf & S.J. Croft Headingley 2008 6 145 D.P. Hughes & C.H. Lloyd Headingley 1981 7 248 G.D. Lloyd & I.D. Austin Headingley 1997 8 137 A. Symonds & W.K. Hegg Old Trafford 2005 9 141 J.D. Tyldesley & W. Huddleston Sheffield 1914 10 107 J. Clark & K.M. Jarvis Emirates Old Trafford 2016 225-7 v Derbyshire Falcons Emirates Old Trafford 2014 HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKET FOR YORKSHIRE 1 323 P. Holmes & H. Sutcliffe Sheffield 1931 2 288 H. Sutcliffe & A. Mitchell Old Trafford 1939 3 317 A. McGrath & D.S. Lehmann Headingley 2002 4 249 W.B. Stott & G. Boycott Sheffield 1963 5 170 J.V. Wilson & N.W.D. Yardley Old Trafford 1954 6 296 A. Lyth & A.U. Rashid Emirates Old Trafford 2014 7 168 G.L. Brophy & A.U. Rashid Headingley 2009 8 167 J.A. Leaning & J.A. Brooks Emirates Old Trafford 2017 9 162 W. Rhodes & S. Haigh Old Trafford 1904 10 108 Lord Hawke & L. Whitehead Old Trafford 1903 225-7 v Derbyshire Falcons Emirates Old Trafford 2014

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