f5594 cc1233	Yorkshire v Essex
	County Championship 1901
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 17th, 18th June 1901 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by an innings and 60 runs
Points	Yorkshire 1; Essex -1
Umpires	G Porter, VA Titchmarsh
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 61/1 (Lucas 27*, Perrin 11*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Tunnicliffe	lbw b Mead	5
JT Brown	lbw b Mead	27
D Denton	b Mead	4
F Mitchell	c Lucas b Mead	52
E Wainwright	b Kortright	2
GH Hirst	b Young	26
L Whitehead	c Turner b Mead	32
*Lord Hawke	c Carpenter b Young	60
S Haigh	b Reeves	0
W Rhodes	b Young	21
+D Hunter	not out	13
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-17, 3-62, 4-71, 5-112, 6-146, 7-164, 8-182, 9-229, 10-252 (85.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	36	12	78	5	-	-
Young	23.2	4	74	3	-	-
Kortright	6	0	26	1	-	-
Reeves	12	2	35	1	-	-
Tosetti	5	1	13	0	-	-
Carpenter	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AP Lucas	b Haigh	27
HA Carpenter	b Hirst	21
PA Perrin	b Haigh	14
CP McGahey	st Hunter b Rhodes	1
AJ Turner	b Rhodes	0
G Tosetti	c Whitehead b Haigh	7
CJ Kortright	b Haigh	4
W Reeves	st Hunter b Rhodes	8
+TM Russell	not out	4
W Mead	b Haigh	2
HI Young	c Denton b Rhodes	5
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-61, 3-62, 4-64, 5-70, 6-75, 7-86, 8-86, 9-88, 10-97 (55 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	19	6	33	1	-	-
Rhodes	25	13	33	4	-	-
Brown	2	1	4	0	-	-
Haigh	9	2	23	5	-	1

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AP Lucas	c Tunnicliffe b Hirst	2
HA Carpenter	c Rhodes b Hirst	6
PA Perrin	b Rhodes	24
CP McGahey	c Tunnicliffe b Rhodes	4
AJ Turner	c Brown b Rhodes	1
G Tosetti	retired hurt	1
CJ Kortright	b Haigh	12
W Reeves	lbw b Rhodes	16
+TM Russell	st Hunter b Rhodes	10
W Mead	c Hirst b Rhodes	4
HI Young	not out	13
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 37.5 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-14, 3-24, 4-28, 5-39, 6-68, 7-68, 8-72, 9-95 (37.5 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	14	5	28	2	-	-
Rhodes	18.5	5	45	6	-	-
Haigh	5	1	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> L Whitehead (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> HI Young (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> W Rhodes reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> G Tosetti retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 1 (team score 32/4)

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Rain overnight after the first day's play changed the nature of the wicket and made the Yorkshire bowlers unplayable. The match was over by 3.30pm on the 2nd afternoon.