YORKSHIRE left-hander Michael Lumb showed touches of the same class which he displayed last summer before going down with a serious knee injury in mid-season.

Cutting and driving with great power, Lumb blasted a magnificent 121 off Bradford-Leeds Universities' tiring attack at Headingley, putting on 219 in 39 overs with opener Scott Richardson who was out for the same score.

Yorkshire later declared at 384 for 4 with a lead of 219 and the Universities had gamely made their way to 72 for 2 by the close when they trailed by 147.

Not everything went Yorkshire's way yesterday, however, because Gavin Hamilton and Steven Kirby bowled loosely with Hamilton's performance being particularly worrying.

This was Lumb's first appearance at Headingley since his maiden Championship century against Leicestershire late last June and he made his way rapidly to another three figure score after being put down by Andy Siddall at second slip off Chris Elstub when only 11.

It was an expensive miss because Lumb, son of former Yorkshire opener, Richard, showed no mercy, blasting Elstub for four boundaries in five balls on his way to a half century.

His second 50 came off just 30 balls and when he marched down the track to James Lucas and did not bother trying to regain his crease he had smashed 16 fours and four sixes.

Richardson was also given a life by Andy Siddall in the slips when 49 and if he could not quite match Lumb's ferocious strokeplay he still timed the ball nicely and nailed on his place as opener with Matthew Wood in Wednesday's Championship curtain-raiser against Surrey at Headingley. Like Lumb, he rapped out 16 fours before being caught on the long-on boundary.

Wood batted fluently for his 31 on Saturday and there was time before the declaration for Chris Taylor to warm up with an unbeaten 44 and for Gary Fellows to make an attractive 40.

Universities' openers Harvey Anderson and Jon Payn experienced contrasting fortunes to the first innings when their side were dismissed for 165 after being put in to bat.

Anderson, who had been removed for his third duck in three innings this season, was soon off the mark but Payn could not repeat his earlier good form, being taken by Taylor at short leg off Chris Silverwood.

Steven Kirby was again all over the place, giving away six legside wides just as he had done the previous day, but when he was taken out of the attack, Ryan Sidebottom immediately trapped Lucas lbw.

Hamilton was even more wayward than Kirby and his last over of the day cost 19 runs.

Updated: 12:30 Monday, April 22, 2002