"You should have declared, skipper...sorry, Your Lordship..."
04.05.26, 12:39 Updated 04.05.26, 12:40
Brian Halford
When, on the opening day of the first County Championship match of the 1896 season at Edgbaston, Yorkshire reached 211 for four, Warwickshire were reasonably content with the situation.
Having chosen to bat, as was customary in Victorian times, the visitors had made uneven progress against an attack led by the redoubtable Harry ‘Knack’ Pallett. Would they even get to 300? Well, yes, they would. At the close of the first day, Yorkshire were 452 for seven.
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