f21029 cc10507	Yorkshire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Bramall Lane, Sheffield on 30th July, 1st, 2nd August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire 4; Lancashire 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 5/1 (Ikin 1*, Jordan 2*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 85/2 (Ikin 31*, Washbrook 26*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DB Close	b Statham	20
K Taylor	run out	0
JV Wilson	b Statham	16
DEV Padgett	c Wharton b Statham	2
W Watson	run out	174
NWD Yardley	c Jordan b Wharton	6
R Illingworth	c Edrich b Statham	53
JH Wardle	b Hilton	10
FS Trueman	b Tattersall	0
+JG Binks	not out	8
MJ Cowan	c Statham b Tattersall	9
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 106.5 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-24, 3-37, 4-40, 5-60, 6-248, 7-294, 8-295, 9-295, 10-312 (106.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	26	6	72	4	-	-
Wharton	11	2	29	1	-	-
Marner	15	2	50	0	-	-
Tattersall	26.5	8	78	2	-	-
Hilton	20	5	53	1	-	-
Ikin	8	3	16	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JT Ikin	b Yardley	8
J Dyson	c Wilson b Cowan	1
+J Jordan	c Wilson b Cowan	17
GA Edrich	c Illingworth b Wardle	6
C Washbrook	c Wardle b Cowan	20
A Wharton	c Binks b Wardle	5
KJ Grieves	not out	49
PT Marner	st Binks b Wardle	0
MJ Hilton	b Cowan	23
JB Statham	c Cowan b Close	7
R Tattersall	run out	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-19, 3-27, 4-54, 5-60, 6-60, 7-60, 8-111, 9-135, 10-139 (72.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	16	4	32	0	-	-
Cowan	21	8	44	4	-	-
Yardley	11	5	10	1	-	-
Wardle	21	6	47	3	-	-
Taylor	1	1	0	0	-	-
Close	2.4	0	3	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JT Ikin	c Trueman b Cowan	37
J Dyson	c Close b Cowan	17
A Wharton	b Wardle	9
C Washbrook	c and b Close	66
KJ Grieves	b Wardle	12
GA Edrich	not out	37
PT Marner	c and b Close	8
MJ Hilton	c Wilson b Wardle	1
+J Jordan	not out	4
JB Statham	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, 130 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-50, 3-116, 4-119, 5-149, 6-176, 7-185

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	16	3	24	0	-	-
Cowan	20	4	39	2	-	-
Yardley	2	2	0	0	-	-
Wardle	49	21	67	3	-	-
Close	36	17	49	2	-	-
Illingworth	7	2	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Watson (1) passed his previous highest score of 172 in County Championship matches
--> W Watson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 13
--> R Illingworth did not score for 62 minutes in the Yorkshire first innings
--> KJ Grieves (1) passed 10000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> JB Statham reached 650 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> JB Statham reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> DB Close reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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