f23915 cc11966	Yorkshire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Bramall Lane, Sheffield on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire 4 (Batting 2); Lancashire 0
Umpires	WH Copson, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 132/5 (Clayton 1*, Marner 0*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 1/0 (Barber 1*, Pullar 0*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	c Wilson b Close	20
G Pullar	c Wilson b Close	46
BJ Booth	c Illingworth b Trueman	11
KJ Grieves	c Binks b Ryan	40
JD Bond	c Binks b Ryan	12
+G Clayton	c Binks b Trueman	1
PT Marner	c Binks b Ryan	2
DM Green	c Binks b Ryan	3
G Houlton	b Trueman	20
JB Statham	b Ryan	8
K Higgs	not out	7
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-64, 3-90, 4-125, 5-132, 6-132, 7-135, 8-141, 9-151, 10-173 (84.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	23.2	3	59	3	-	-
Ryan	27	10	58	5	-	-
Close	19	8	28	2	-	-
Illingworth	8	2	12	0	-	-
Bolus	1	0	8	0	-	-
Gillhouley	6	4	5	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WB Stott	c Clayton b Higgs	2
JB Bolus	c Clayton b Higgs	15
DEV Padgett	b Statham	13
DB Close	c Bond b Statham	7
PJ Sharpe	c Clayton b Green	12
R Illingworth	c Clayton b Higgs	30
*JV Wilson	b Higgs	25
FS Trueman	not out	54
+JG Binks	c Clayton b Higgs	12
K Gillhouley	not out	0
M Ryan	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 76.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-28, 3-36, 4-45, 5-52, 6-106, 7-109, 8-165

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	28	11	46	2	-	-
Higgs	22.2	6	47	5	-	-
Marner	12	2	20	0	-	-
Green	9	1	23	1	-	-
Booth	5	0	34	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	not out	1
G Pullar	not out	0
BJ Booth	did not bat
KJ Grieves	did not bat
JD Bond	did not bat
+G Clayton	did not bat
PT Marner	did not bat
DM Green	did not bat
G Houlton	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 2 overs)	1

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	1	1	0	0	-	-
Ryan	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JV Wilson (1) passed 20000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> M Ryan reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> M Ryan reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> K Higgs reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> JB Statham reached 1000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings

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