f18290 cc8963	Yorkshire v Essex
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 25th, 26th, 27th May 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	E Cooke, A Lockett
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 179/4 (Halliday 73*, Yardley 8*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 164/3 (Dodds 70*, Bailey 38*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	st Brennan b Coxon	43
AV Avery	c Halliday b Coxon	0
WB Morris	c Brennan b Coxon	2
FH Vigar	b Close	19
TE Bailey	c Hutton b Close	41
*TN Pearce	c Halliday b Close	2
R Smith	c Watson b McHugh	1
TPB Smith	not out	48
+TH Wade	lbw b Coxon	4
EJ Price	c Hutton b Close	3
GR Pullinger	b Close	1
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 63.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-22, 3-58, 4-105, 5-107, 6-108, 7-124, 8-131, 9-168, 10-174 (63.5 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McHugh	15	2	44	1	-	-
Coxon	18	6	37	4	-	-
Close	19.5	4	58	5	-	-
Wardle	11	7	25	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	st Wade b TPB Smith	16
FA Lowson	lbw b TPB Smith	23
H Halliday	b R Smith	84
EI Lester	lbw b TPB Smith	25
W Watson	c and b Bailey	18
*NWD Yardley	c TPB Smith b Bailey	17
DB Close	not out	88
A Coxon	c Avery b TPB Smith	59
JH Wardle	st Wade b TPB Smith	4
+DV Brennan	c Morris b TPB Smith	4
FP McHugh	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 109.5 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-48, 3-96, 4-156, 5-190, 6-202, 7-330, 8-342, 9-346 (109.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	23	3	58	2	-	-
Pullinger	23	7	61	0	-	-
TPB Smith	30.5	7	83	6	-	-
R Smith	19	1	59	1	-	-
Morris	7	1	41	0	-	-
Price	7	2	36	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Hutton b McHugh	88
AV Avery	b Coxon	41
WB Morris	b Coxon	0
FH Vigar	b Coxon	0
TE Bailey	not out	45
*TN Pearce	c Halliday b Coxon	10
R Smith	not out	0
TPB Smith	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
EJ Price	did not bat
GR Pullinger	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(5 wickets, 83.3 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-83, 3-83, 4-185, 5-202

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McHugh	13	5	30	1	-	-
Coxon	25.3	11	29	4	-	-
Close	23	3	64	0	-	-
Wardle	22	6	61	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DB Close (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> DB Close (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in first-class matches
--> FP McHugh made his debut in first-class matches
--> FP McHugh made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DB Close achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-58)
--> DB Close achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Essex first innings
--> DB Close achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-58)
--> DB Close achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings

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