f29778 cc14617	Yorkshire v Essex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	North Marine Road, Scarborough on 22nd, 23rd, 24th August 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Essex 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	C Cook, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 18/1 (Sharpe 10*, Leadbeater 7*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 59/0 (Francis 50*, Hardie 8*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	lbw b Hutton	28
BR Hardie	c Sharpe b Cope	62
BEA Edmeades	b Cooper	5
KR Pont	b Nicholson	3
RMO Cooke	b Cooper	4
S Turner	lbw b Hutton	33
RE East	lbw b Hutton	54
+N Smith	c Hutton b Cooper	9
*RNS Hobbs	run out	5
DL Acfield	lbw b Nicholson	0
JK Lever	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 103.2 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-56, 3-66, 4-75, 5-134, 6-156, 7-182, 8-199, 9-209, 10-225 (103.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholson	24	7	49	2	-	-
Cooper	23	9	37	3	-	-
Bore	22	8	41	0	-	-
Cope	17	6	33	1	-	-
Hutton	17.2	5	47	3	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Sharpe	c Smith b Hobbs	81
RG Lumb	run out	0
B Leadbeater	lbw b Hobbs	59
JH Hampshire	c East b Hobbs	22
C Johnson	lbw b Lever	41
RA Hutton	lbw b Lever	5
+DL Bairstow	lbw b Lever	17
HP Cooper	lbw b Edmeades	13
AG Nicholson	b Lever	9
MK Bore	not out	2
GA Cope	lbw b Lever	1
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 109.1 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-134, 3-157, 4-164, 5-190, 6-227, 7-230, 8-244, 9-252, 10-256 (109.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	22.1	7	54	5	-	-
Turner	23	13	28	0	-	-
Edmeades	12	1	40	1	-	-
Acfield	12	2	27	0	-	-
East	20	4	49	0	-	-
Hobbs	20	3	52	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	not out	188
BR Hardie	b Cope	15
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Bore	0
KR Pont	b Cope	9
RMO Cooke	c Leadbeater b Bore	1
S Turner	c Lumb b Cope	3
RE East	run out	45
+N Smith	did not bat
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 86.4 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-95, 2-106, 3-131, 4-134, 5-143, 6-267 (86.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholson	9	2	27	0	-	-
Cooper	22	6	49	0	-	-
Bore	28.4	7	93	2	-	-
Cope	27	2	92	3	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Sharpe	run out	9
RG Lumb	c Smith b East	20
B Leadbeater	c and b East	0
JH Hampshire	not out	66
C Johnson	c Cooke b Hobbs	6
+DL Bairstow	c Hardie b East	15
RA Hutton	not out	2
HP Cooper	did not bat
AG Nicholson	did not bat
MK Bore	did not bat
GA Cope	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 54 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-49, 4-96, 5-115

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	4	1	5	0	-	-
Turner	3	1	9	0	-	-
Acfield	6	1	21	0	-	-
East	21	6	34	3	-	-
Hobbs	18	7	45	1	-	-
Cooke	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> BC Francis (2) passed his previous highest score of 148 in County Championship matches
--> GA Cope reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RA Hutton reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings

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