["The fifty-fifth contest on the cricket field between the rival counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire ended yesterday (June 5) in a victory for the representatives of the Red Rose by 145 runs, and the record now reads—Yorkshire won 23, Lancashire won 23, and 9 drawn."—The Leeds Mercury.]
Red rose and white! A pleasant summer sight,
As a Midsummer Dream may well imagine it!
How different far from the wild wordy fight
'Twixt furious Somerset and fierce Plantaganet!
Bramhall Lane Ground presents a peacefuller scene
Than that once witnessed in the Temple Garden.
Here's war of wickets, on a sward as green
And as unreddened as the glades of Arden.
Ward, not hot Suffolk, fights for the Red Rose,