f29596 cc14479	Worcestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1973
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 9th, 10th, 11th May 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 3 (Bowling 3); Yorkshire 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	DJ Constant, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 13/3 (Headley 4*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 110/2 (Sharpe 61*, Hampshire 29*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Sharpe	lbw b Brain	58
RG Lumb	c Ormrod b Brain	57
B Leadbeater	c Cass b D'Oliveira	14
JH Hampshire	lbw b D'Oliveira	3
C Johnson	lbw b Holder	25
CM Old	c Johnson b Pridgeon	50
+DL Bairstow	run out	1
P Carrick	c Ormrod b Pridgeon	13
AG Nicholson	c Yardley b Holder	9
MK Bore	not out	14
AL Robinson	not out	8
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-117, 2-120, 3-130, 4-146, 5-186, 6-190, 7-228, 8-233, 9-250

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	30	5	82	2	-	-
Brain	31	7	86	2	-	-
Pridgeon	17	6	52	2	-	-
Gifford	7	3	15	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	17	6	17	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	b Nicholson	70
+GR Cass	c Bairstow b Nicholson	1
EJO Hemsley	c Bairstow b Nicholson	0
BM Brain	c Bairstow b Old	8
JA Ormrod	run out	26
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b Robinson	0
TJ Yardley	c Carrick b Robinson	3
IN Johnson	c Carrick b Old	11
*N Gifford	not out	22
VA Holder	b Robinson	11
AP Pridgeon	lbw b Nicholson	2
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-13, 4-74, 5-78, 6-85, 7-105, 8-128, 9-143, 10-156 (63 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	18	7	33	2	-	-
Nicholson	24	7	58	4	-	-
Robinson	16	2	55	3	-	-
Carrick	5	4	8	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Sharpe	c Pridgeon b Holder	70
RG Lumb	c Yardley b Johnson	12
B Leadbeater	lbw b Gifford	2
JH Hampshire	not out	80
C Johnson	not out	12
CM Old	did not bat
+DL Bairstow	did not bat
P Carrick	did not bat
AG Nicholson	did not bat
MK Bore	did not bat
AL Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-49, 3-140

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	17	2	42	1	-	-
Brain	18	4	47	0	-	-
Gifford	23	5	52	1	-	-
Johnson	25	9	35	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	b Bore	57
+GR Cass	lbw b Nicholson	10
EJO Hemsley	c Leadbeater b Bore	79
JA Ormrod	c Hampshire b Old	54
BL D'Oliveira	c Bairstow b Old	6
TJ Yardley	not out	14
*N Gifford	b Old	5
IN Johnson	not out	14
VA Holder	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, 91.3 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-90, 3-199, 4-214, 5-219, 6-225

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	15	2	54	3	-	-
Nicholson	16	2	39	1	-	-
Robinson	11	2	40	0	-	-
Carrick	21	8	55	0	-	-
Bore	28.3	11	51	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RGA Headley (2) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> EJO Hemsley (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 49
--> N Gifford (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> AL Robinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-22)
--> AG Nicholson reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> AL Robinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 2-22)

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