f30167 cc14704	Yorkshire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Acklam Park, Middlesbrough on 22nd, 24th June 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 8 wickets
Points	Yorkshire 4 (Bowling 4); Middlesex 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 192/7 (Edmonds 6*, Titmus 10*; 65 overs)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	c Edmonds b Titmus	24
RA Hutton	lbw b Marriott	0
PJ Sharpe	b Titmus	19
B Leadbeater	lbw b Titmus	0
PJ Squires	c Brearley b Titmus	24
RG Lumb	b Titmus	7
+DL Bairstow	c Radley b Titmus	19
GA Cope	lbw b Titmus	8
AG Nicholson	b Edmonds	6
MK Bore	c Murray b Edmonds	0
AL Robinson	not out	2
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-43, 3-43, 4-54, 5-74, 6-87, 7-101, 8-108, 9-109, 10-116 (61.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	11	5	15	0	-	-
Marriott	8	4	18	1	-	-
Titmus	24	9	39	7	-	-
Edmonds	18.5	6	37	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NG Featherstone	c Squires b Cope	107
GD Barlow	c Sharpe b Cope	27
*JM Brearley	c Bairstow b Nicholson	11
CT Radley	c Lumb b Cope	22
HA Gomes	st Bairstow b Cope	0
RO Butcher	c Hutton b Cope	0
+JT Murray	b Nicholson	0
PH Edmonds	c Robinson b Cope	6
FJ Titmus	b Cope	13
MWW Selvey	not out	2
DA Marriott	lbw b Nicholson	7
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-138, 2-139, 3-158, 4-173, 5-173, 6-175, 7-175, 8-192, 9-195, 10-204 (71.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholson	22.4	10	30	3	-	-
Robinson	2	0	6	0	-	-
Cope	33	9	101	7	-	-
Bore	14	5	58	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	lbw b Titmus	63
RG Lumb	lbw b Titmus	4
PJ Sharpe	c Radley b Titmus	37
B Leadbeater	c Featherstone b Edmonds	9
PJ Squires	lbw b Edmonds	3
RA Hutton	not out	15
+DL Bairstow	c Butcher b Titmus	0
GA Cope	c Murray b Edmonds	0
AG Nicholson	c Edmonds b Titmus	8
MK Bore	b Titmus	1
AL Robinson	c Edmonds b Titmus	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-105, 3-108, 4-111, 5-120, 6-125, 7-125, 8-142, 9-144, 10-144 (84.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	5	2	11	0	-	-
Marriott	4	1	9	0	-	-
Titmus	40.3	13	75	7	-	-
Edmonds	34	20	38	3	-	-
Gomes	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NG Featherstone	c Robinson b Cope	18
GD Barlow	c Bairstow b Cope	10
*JM Brearley	not out	26
CT Radley	not out	5
HA Gomes	did not bat
RO Butcher	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
DA Marriott	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 22.1 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-40

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholson	5	1	22	0	-	-
Robinson	4	3	4	0	-	-
Cope	7	2	13	2	-	-
Bore	6.1	1	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> RO Butcher made his debut in first-class matches
--> RO Butcher made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GA Cope reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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