head , ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁and ▁ 1 6 ▁July ▁ 1 8 6 4 . ▁Batt ing ▁at ▁number ▁ 1 0 ▁he ▁scored ▁ 1 0 ▁and ▁a ▁du ck , ▁took ▁a ▁catch ▁and ▁made ▁a ▁st ump ing . ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁he ▁was ▁playing ▁for ▁York shire . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁he ▁played ▁for ▁both ▁count ies , ▁as ▁he ▁did ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁when ▁he ▁played ▁for ▁Lanc ash ire ▁against ▁York shire ▁on ▁ 2 0 – 2 2 ▁June ▁at ▁Wh al ley , ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁Ros es ▁Match . ▁By ▁September ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁match ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁count ies , ▁at ▁M idd les br ough , ▁he ▁played ▁for ▁York shire . ▁ ▁He ▁played ▁for ▁both ▁count ies ▁again ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 ▁took ▁a ▁season ▁playing ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁England ▁Ele ven , ▁playing ▁against ▁local ▁twenty - tw os , ▁and ▁in ▁other ▁matches ▁against ▁odd s . ▁ ▁He ▁played ▁for ▁Acc r ington ▁Cr icket ▁Club ▁and ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁that ▁Club ' s ▁early ▁capt ains . ▁His ▁grand son , ▁also ▁G ide on , ▁was ▁secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Lanc ash ire ▁League ▁from ▁February ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁until ▁his ▁death , ▁at ▁his ▁home ▁in ▁Cl ith ero e , ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 9 . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁distant ▁relative