Where gentleman players once distinguished themselves in white trousers and knit vests, Twenty20 was accompanied by cheerleaders wearing what resembled sports bras.
Once more representing the North during 1893, this time in a match against the touring Australian team, Mold also made his debut in the prestigious Gentlemen v Players match, playing for the professional "Players" and taking nine wickets in the game.
His performances brought him to the attention of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) selectors, and he was chosen for the Players in the prestigious Gentlemen v Players matches in July, although he scored few runs in either game.
In 84 matches for Gentlemen versus Players he amassed 6,000 runs and took 271 wickets.
How did he fit into a dressing room still divided between gentlemen and players?
And this is where that cast of gentlemen and players are now.
The game belonged to gentlemen and players; sponsorship and long-term contracts were unheard of; the pay was poor.
In cricket, the old distinction between gentlemen and players has disappeared, and theatre may be moving in the same direction.
1.57pm BST Today's cast of gentlemen and players Australia: Slater, Morris, Tate, Inglis, Boyd, Thurston, Cronk, Scott, Smith, Tamou, Bird, Thaiday, Gallen.
The divisions between gentlemen and players were abolished in the year he joined MCC, and thereafter the game changed out of all recognition.
