When cricket resumed after the war in 1919, Yorkshire were short of good bowlers due to the death of Booth in the war and Alonzo Drake from illness as well as the decline in the bowling of George Hirst.
When cricket resumed after the war in 1919, County Championship matches were reduced from three days to two in a one-season experiment. Yorkshire lacked effective bowlers following the deaths of Booth in the war and Alonzo Drake from illness shortly after, as well as the decline in the bowling of the aging George Hirst.