f18020 cc8828	Yorkshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford on 10th, 12th, 13th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	JT Bell, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 58/0 (Hutton 34*, Halliday 23*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (1) 74/0 (Hutton 41*, Halliday 32*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Coxon	10
SM Brown	c Sellers b Aspinall	0
JG Dewes	b Aspinall	15
*FG Mann	c Brennan b Coxon	12
GOB Allen	not out	76
AW Thompson	b Aspinall	24
+LH Compton	c Brennan b Coxon	3
JM Sims	lbw b Coxon	57
PA Whitcombe	b Coxon	2
PI Bedford	b Coxon	0
LH Gray	b Coxon	0
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 95.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-21, 3-25, 4-45, 5-83, 6-92, 7-203, 8-205, 9-205, 10-219 (95.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	21	3	46	3	-	1
Coxon	33.3	10	62	7	-	-
Smailes	15	3	20	0	-	1
Halliday	11	3	35	0	-	-
Robinson	15	5	36	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c and b Bedford	87
H Halliday	c Dewes b Bedford	69
JV Wilson	b Bedford	0
W Watson	lbw b Sims	0
EI Lester	b Whitcombe	66
A Coxon	st Compton b Bedford	0
*AB Sellers	st Compton b Bedford	0
R Aspinall	c Thompson b Bedford	4
TF Smailes	not out	21
EP Robinson	c Sims b Whitcombe	8
+DV Brennan	b Whitcombe	3
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 105 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-146, 2-148, 3-149, 4-159, 5-165, 6-169, 7-193, 8-232, 9-244, 10-259 (105 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	29	6	85	0	-	-
Whitcombe	26	3	60	3	-	-
Bedford	24	6	52	6	-	-
Sims	23	4	55	1	-	-
Allen	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Halliday	54
SM Brown	c Hutton b Halliday	25
JG Dewes	not out	22
*FG Mann	c Sellers b Halliday	9
GOB Allen	st Brennan b Sellers	1
AW Thompson	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
PA Whitcombe	did not bat
PI Bedford	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, 49.2 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-95, 3-111, 4-112 (49.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	2	0	7	0	-	-
Coxon	2	0	7	0	-	-
Smailes	11	1	29	0	-	1
Robinson	17	6	34	0	-	-
Halliday	12	3	25	3	-	-
Lester	5	2	9	0	-	-
Sellers	0.2	0	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GOB Allen (1) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> PA Whitcombe made his debut in County Championship matches
--> H Halliday (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> JG Dewes (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> PA Whitcombe made his debut for Middlesex in first-class matches
--> A Coxon reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> PI Bedford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Yorkshire first innings (previous best was 5-53)
--> JM Sims reached 1200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> JM Sims reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> PI Bedford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Yorkshire first innings (previous best was 5-53)
--> H Halliday achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 2-11)
--> H Halliday achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 2-48)

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