f19983 cc9893	Yorkshire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Fartown, Huddersfield on 20th, 21st, 22nd May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Yorkshire won by 72 runs
Points	Yorkshire 12; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	FS Lee, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 60/3 (Bird 7*, Ashman 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 40/2 (Richardson 17*, Bird 0*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c Devereux b Ashman	100
H Halliday	c Kenyon b Perks	36
JV Wilson	c Kenyon b Devereux	0
W Watson	c Broadbent b Perks	11
WHH Sutcliffe	c Broadbent b Ashman	27
*NWD Yardley	b Perks	33
DB Close	c Bird b Ashman	10
R Illingworth	c Whitehead b Perks	11
JH Wardle	c Yarnold b Whitehead	15
+DV Brennan	b Perks	0
WEN Holdsworth	not out	4
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-105, 3-128, 4-174, 5-183, 6-217, 7-222, 8-254, 9-254, 10-258 (97.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	30	10	63	5	-	-
Whitehead	9.1	0	26	1	-	-
Ashman	26	9	66	3	-	-
Devereux	22	3	75	1	-	-
Jenkins	10	1	17	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Brennan b Wardle	30
PE Richardson	c Wilson b Wardle	16
LN Devereux	b Close	2
*RE Bird	c Halliday b Holdsworth	10
JR Ashman	c Watson b Holdsworth	2
RG Broadbent	c Brennan b Wardle	46
G Dews	c Close b Wardle	34
JP Whitehead	b Wardle	0
RO Jenkins	c Hutton b Wardle	4
RTD Perks	c Watson b Wardle	6
+H Yarnold	not out	3
Extras	(12 b, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-34, 3-58, 4-65, 5-66, 6-122, 7-126, 8-140, 9-162, 10-166 (80.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holdsworth	18	8	37	2	-	-
Yardley	3	0	9	0	-	-
Wardle	36.3	18	56	7	-	-
Close	16	4	33	1	-	-
Illingworth	7	0	18	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c Kenyon b Perks	31
H Halliday	c Dews b Ashman	53
JV Wilson	c Dews b Perks	1
W Watson	c Ashman b Whitehead	68
JH Wardle	c Broadbent b Devereux	43
WHH Sutcliffe	not out	11
*NWD Yardley	did not bat
DB Close	did not bat
R Illingworth	did not bat
+DV Brennan	did not bat
WEN Holdsworth	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 53.2 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-38, 3-144, 4-184, 5-208 (53.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	17	2	46	2	-	-
Whitehead	7	1	44	1	-	-
Ashman	11	4	39	1	-	-
Devereux	14.2	1	55	1	-	-
Jenkins	4	1	23	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Brennan b Wardle	10
PE Richardson	run out	78
RO Jenkins	b Wardle	9
*RE Bird	c Halliday b Holdsworth	36
RG Broadbent	b Wardle	25
G Dews	run out	1
LN Devereux	c Halliday b Wardle	3
RTD Perks	c Wilson b Holdsworth	23
JP Whitehead	c Hutton b Holdsworth	12
+H Yarnold	not out	14
JR Ashman	b Holdsworth	0
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 119.2 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-29, 3-112, 4-170, 5-172, 6-179, 7-196, 8-214, 9-214, 10-228 (119.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holdsworth	32.2	6	63	4	-	-
Yardley	5	2	10	0	-	-
Wardle	50	22	91	4	-	-
Illingworth	20	11	40	0	-	-
Halliday	12	7	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JH Wardle reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> DB Close reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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