2NDS: Brophy 162 as White Rose is impaled by Red

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Gerard Brophy struck 162 to set the example other Yorkshire batsmen failed to follow as the Seconds went down to Lancashire by 28 runs at Stamford Bridge.

It was raining when the old enemies pitched camp for this four-day "friendly" - and although it stopped for a lunchtime inspection the ground was too wet to let battle commence on Day 1.

Hostilities were joined at the appointed hour on Day 2: Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat on what soon turned out to be the standard batting-friendly Stamford Bridge - Yorkshire recording only one success in the morning and three in both the afternoon and evening sessions.

If the bowlers struggled, the batsmen did not find it easy - the scoring rate by close of play failed to reach three an over. The one batsman to mark the day as a success was Gareth Cross, the Lancashire wicket-keeper, who was bowled by Ben Sanderson...but not before completing his first century of the season.

The declaration came in the fifth over of the third morning, with a dozen runs added to the overnight total. Yorkshire found it possible to score at a higher rate - but at the cost of losing their wickets: they were bowled out by the time of a delayed tea interval 65 runs short of Lancashire, who extended their lead to 150 by the close. Lancashire showed a little more sparkle on the fourth morning - runs coming at more than four an over as 132 were added in 29 overs until the declaration came 20 minutes before lunch. Yorkshire were set to make 283 runs to win off the minimum of 65 overs remaining.

Ten minutes of keen pre-lunch bowling to survive. Joe Root, trapped leg before by the third ball of the innings, and Charlie Roebuck, bowled by Steven Cheetham, went down in the two overs possible. It was left to Brophy to salvage the innings - and he did so with aplomb. Two more wickets fell as 134 runs were added - 89 from Brophy's bat - during the afternoon. The last hour was signalled with 91 needed off the minimum of 16 overs to be bowled, a not impossible task.

Lancashire were not going to give up without a fight: the signal goaded them into action, and within 10 overs the batting was demolished. The remaining six wickets were captured for 62 runs to leave the Red Rosebuds winners by 28 runs.

Brophy’s was the ninth wicket to fall - his 162 runs being scored off 182 deliveries. A comparable performance by his colleagues would surely have won the day? The chance to pick up the pieces comes next week, when the proper Second Eleven competitions begin with Trophy and Championship matches against Nottinghamshire at the Notts Sports Club, formerly known as Boot’s and Lady Bay.

Other Second XI Match Yorkshire v Lancashire

Tuesday, April 20 2010 (11:00) at Low Catton Road, Stamfor Bridge

Lancashire Won by 28 runs

Lancashire won toss and decided to bat

Lancashire (1st Innings)	Yorkshire (1st Innings)
315 for 9 dec (108.1 overs)	250 for 10 (70.3 overs)
6 Hours, 59 Minutes.	4 Hours, 26 Minutes.
Lancashire (2nd Innings)	Yorkshire (2nd Innings)
217 for 7 dec (55.0 overs)	254 for 10 (62.4 overs)
3 Hours, 17 Minutes.	3 Hours, 57 Minutes.

Lancashire (1st Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
AP Agathagelou	c GL Brophy	b RM Pyrah	47	133	180	7	1	35.34
KR Brown	c GL Brophy	b LJ Hodgson	48	54	68	8	0	88.89
A Shankar	c CG Roebuck	b RM Pyrah	15	73	97	1	0	20.55
GD Cross+		b BW Sanderson	104	205	245	13	0	50.73
LA Procter	lbw	b JAR Blain	10	35	58	0	0	28.57
SD Parry	c GL Brophy	b BW Sanderson	31	58	74	5	0	53.45
CL Tipper		b A Rafiq	35	56	67	7	0	62.50
OJ Newby*	c JB Hargreaves	b JAR Blain	1	8	6	0	0	12.50
JM Davies	c GS Ballance	b LJ Hodgson	5	14	36	0	0	35.71
SP Cheetham	not out		6	13	14	0	0	46.15
Extras	0nb 0w 9lb 4b 0pen		13
Provisional Score For Innings			315
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			315	for 9

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
JE Lee	16.0	6	44	0	0	0	0.00	2.75
BW Sanderson	17.0	5	38	2	0	0	51.00	2.24
JAR Blain	17.0	4	40	2	0	0	51.00	2.35
LJ Hodgson	15.1	2	56	2	0	0	45.50	3.69
RM Pyrah	15.0	4	44	2	0	0	45.00	2.93
A Rafiq	18.0	4	44	1	0	0	108.00	2.44
G Randhawa	10.0	1	36	0	0	0	0.00	3.60

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
KR Brown	61-1	61	KR Brown (48) AP Agathagelou (13)	16.5
A Shankar	110-2	49	A Shankar (15) AP Agathagelou (34)	41.6
AP Agathagelou	114-3	4	AP Agathagelou (0) GD Cross (4)	45.2
LA Procter	156-4	42	LA Procter (10) GD Cross (30)	59.1
SD Parry	230-5	74	SD Parry (31) GD Cross (42)	83.4
CL Tipper	289-6	59	CL Tipper (35) GD Cross (19)	100.4
OJ Newby	290-7	1	OJ Newby (1) GD Cross (0)	101.6
GD Cross	305-8	15	GD Cross (9) JM Davies (1)	105.1
JM Davies	315-9	10	JM Davies (4) SP Cheetham (6)	108.1

Yorkshire (1st Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
JE Root	lbw	b SP Cheetham	19	36	43	3	0	52.78
GS Ballance	c GD Cross	b OJ Newby	46	68	84	8	0	67.65
CG Roebuck	c JM Davies	b SP Cheetham	53	84	97	9	0	63.10
GL Brophy+		b OJ Newby	41	55	86	8	0	74.55
RM Pyrah	lbw	b LA Procter	23	72	103	4	0	31.94
LJ Hodgson	lbw	b NT Caunce	1	6	7	0	0	16.67
A Rafiq	run out (NT Caunce)		6	10	16	1	0	60.00
JE Lee	c JM Davies	b NT Caunce	10	16	18	1	0	62.50
BW Sanderson	c A Shankar	b LA Procter	12	17	19	2	0	70.59
JB Hargreaves	lbw	b GS Montgomery	17	40	40	2	0	42.50
G Randhawa	not out		7	22	26	1	0	31.82
Extras	6nb 0w 3lb 6b 0pen		15
Provisional Score For Innings			250
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			250	for 10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
GS Montgomery	15.3	1	52	1	0	1	94.00	3.35
SP Cheetham	13.0	2	52	2	0	0	39.00	4.00
LA Procter	13.0	3	46	2	0	0	39.00	3.54
OJ Newby	12.0	3	52	2	0	2	37.00	4.33
SD Parry	10.0	4	18	0	0	0	0.00	1.80
NT Caunce	7.0	3	21	2	0	0	21.00	3.00

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
JE Root	39-1	39	JE Root (19) GS Ballance (18)	11.3
GS Ballance	78-2	39	GS Ballance (28) CG Roebuck (11)	21.6
CG Roebuck	153-3	75	CG Roebuck (42) GL Brophy (30)	35.5
GL Brophy	172-4	19	GL Brophy (11) RM Pyrah (7)	43.3
LJ Hodgson	173-5	1	LJ Hodgson (1) RM Pyrah (0)	44.4
A Rafiq	179-6	6	A Rafiq (6) RM Pyrah (0)	48.2
JE Lee	196-7	17	JE Lee (10) RM Pyrah (5)	52.4
BW Sanderson	220-8	24	BW Sanderson (12) RM Pyrah (6)	58.2
RM Pyrah	225-9	5	RM Pyrah (5) JB Hargreaves (0)	62.4
JB Hargreaves	250-10	25	JB Hargreaves (17) G Randhawa (7)	70.3

Lancashire (2nd Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
AP Agathagelou	c and b	RM Pyrah	82	114	136	8	2	71.93
KR Brown	c JB Hargreaves	b LJ Hodgson	21	37	50	4	0	56.76
A Shankar	c GL Brophy	b G Randhawa	39	95	118	4	0	41.05
GD Cross+	c GL Brophy	b RM Pyrah	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
LA Procter		b A Rafiq	8	9	8	2	0	88.89
SD Parry	st GL Brophy	b A Rafiq	22	21	25	3	1	104.76
CL Tipper	c GL Brophy	b G Randhawa	11	19	24	1	0	57.89
OJ Newby*	not out		17	29	25	1	0	58.62
JM Davies	not out		9	5	6	1	0	180.00
Extras	0nb 0w 6lb 2b 0pen		8
Provisional Score For Innings			217
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			217	for 7

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
JB Hargreaves	9.0	3	24	0	0	0	0.00	2.67
BW Sanderson	5.0	2	14	0	0	0	0.00	2.80
JE Lee	0.1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	6.00
LJ Hodgson	3.5	1	17	1	0	0	23.00	4.43
JAR Blain	4.0	0	18	0	0	0	0.00	4.50
A Rafiq	19.0	1	73	2	0	0	57.00	3.84
RM Pyrah	7.0	0	34	2	0	0	21.00	4.86
G Randhawa	7.0	0	28	2	0	0	21.00	4.00

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
KR Brown	37-1	37	KR Brown (21) AP Agathagelou (16)	12.1
AP Agathagelou	129-2	92	AP Agathagelou (66) A Shankar (24)	37.4
GD Cross	129-3	0	GD Cross (0) A Shankar (0)	37.5
LA Procter	142-4	13	LA Procter (8) A Shankar (5)	40.3
A Shankar	178-5	36	A Shankar (10) SD Parry (22)	45.5
SD Parry	178-6	0	SD Parry (0) CL Tipper (0)	46.2
CL Tipper	206-7	28	CL Tipper (11) OJ Newby (15)	53.3

Yorkshire (2nd Innings)

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
JE Root	lbw	b GS Montgomery	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
GS Ballance	lbw	b LA Procter	22	41	65	4	0	53.66
CG Roebuck		b SP Cheetham	1	9	6	0	0	11.11
GL Brophy+	st GD Cross	b SD Parry	162	181	231	23	0	89.50
RM Pyrah	c GD Cross	b SD Parry	14	49	48	3	0	28.57
LJ Hodgson	run out (SD Parry)		16	59	81	2	0	27.12
A Rafiq	lbw	b OJ Newby	10	13	12	1	0	76.92
JE Lee	c and b	OJ Newby	4	8	11	0	0	50.00
BW Sanderson	lbw	b SD Parry	5	9	13	0	0	55.56
JB Hargreaves	c OJ Newby	b GS Montgomery	5	6	14	1	0	83.33
G Randhawa	not out		0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	11nb 0w 4lb 0b 0pen		15
Provisional Score For Innings			254
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			254	for 10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
GS Montgomery	7.4	0	36	2	0	1	23.50	4.70
SP Cheetham	13.0	4	46	1	0	0	78.00	3.54
LA Procter	7.0	2	29	1	0	0	42.00	4.14
OJ Newby	10.0	0	63	2	0	4	32.00	6.30
SD Parry	20.0	1	60	3	0	0	40.00	3.00
NT Caunce	5.0	1	16	0	0	0	0.00	3.20

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
JE Root	0-1	0	JE Root (0) GS Ballance (0)	0.3
CG Roebuck	1-2	1	CG Roebuck (1) GS Ballance (0)	1.6
GS Ballance	71-3	70	GS Ballance (22) GL Brophy (46)	16.6
RM Pyrah	122-4	51	RM Pyrah (14) GL Brophy (33)	31.2
LJ Hodgson	194-5	72	LJ Hodgson (16) GL Brophy (56)	52.5
A Rafiq	206-6	12	A Rafiq (10) GL Brophy (0)	54.5
JE Lee	218-7	12	JE Lee (4) GL Brophy (5)	56.6
BW Sanderson	241-8	23	BW Sanderson (5) GL Brophy (14)	59.6
GL Brophy	250-9	9	GL Brophy (8) JB Hargreaves (1)	61.3
JB Hargreaves	254-10	4	JB Hargreaves (4) G Randhawa (0)	62.4