f20574	Yorkshire v Combined Services
	Other First-Class matches in England 1954
Venue	St George's Road, Harrogate on 21st, 22nd, 23rd July 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	TJ Bartley, JS Buller
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 513/7 (Lester 43*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 21/0 (Illingworth 9*, Booth 0*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	c Fenner b Hall	163
WHH Sutcliffe	c Fenner b Spencer	10
R Illingworth	c Tordoff b Shirreff	56
DB Close	c Fenner b Spencer	164
K Taylor	c Fenner b Spencer	3
JV Wilson	c Ainsworth b Shirreff	55
EI Lester	not out	43
E Leadbeater	c Horton b Shirreff	8
+R Booth	did not bat
R Wood	did not bat
M Ryan	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 111.5 overs)	513
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-223, 3-257, 4-275, 5-457, 6-462, 7-513 (111.5 ov)

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27	1	86	3	-	-
Hall	12	2	55	1	-	-
Shirreff	35.5	7	182	3	-	-
Sainsbury	19	3	90	0	-	-
Horton	6	1	25	0	-	-
Tordoff	12	1	64	0	-	-

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Combined Services first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	lbw b Leadbeater	71
JT Murray	c Close b Ryan	2
MLY Ainsworth	b Wood	24
GG Tordoff	b Ryan	80
MJ Horton	c Close b Leadbeater	28
*AC Shirreff	c and b Close	75
DEV Padgett	lbw b Leadbeater	17
+MD Fenner	b Leadbeater	0
TA Hall	c Booth b Ryan	0
PJ Sainsbury	not out	35
CT Spencer	c Illingworth b Close	11
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 106.1 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-52, 3-137, 4-201, 5-219, 6-244, 7-244, 8-248, 9-345, 10-361 (106.1 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ryan	23	6	84	3	-	-
Illingworth	13	3	36	0	-	-
Wood	21	6	63	1	-	-
Close	18.1	3	55	2	-	-
Leadbeater	26	3	96	4	-	-
Taylor	5	1	9	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Illingworth	not out	9
+R Booth	not out	10
*L Hutton	did not bat
WHH Sutcliffe	did not bat
DB Close	did not bat
K Taylor	did not bat
JV Wilson	did not bat
EI Lester	did not bat
E Leadbeater	did not bat
R Wood	did not bat
M Ryan	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(no wicket, 6 overs)	21

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	3	1	10	0	-	-
Hall	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> M Ryan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> L Hutton (1) passed 38000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 135
--> DB Close (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in First-Class matches
--> DB Close (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 84
--> DB Close reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Combined Services first innings

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