f27440 cc13663	Worcestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 1 run
Points	Worcestershire 15 (Bowling 5); Yorkshire 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	RSM Lay, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 80/6 (Binks 12*, Cope 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 161/7 (Yardley 43*, Brain 3*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	b Cope	23
GM Turner	run out	13
JA Ormrod	b Wilson	12
CD Fearnley	lbw b Nicholson	11
ARP Barker	lbw b Cope	3
TJ Yardley	b Cope	14
*+R Booth	b Wilson	5
N Gifford	not out	9
BM Brain	lbw b Nicholson	4
LJ Coldwell	run out	0
RGM Carter	b Nicholson	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-37, 3-53, 4-62, 5-67, 6-72, 7-87, 8-96, 9-99, 10-101 (60.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	5	1	11	0	-	-
Nicholson	17.2	5	36	3	-	-
Cope	13	5	26	3	-	-
Wilson	21	10	20	2	-	-
Close	4	3	1	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Sharpe	c Ormrod b Carter	5
K Taylor	lbw b Coldwell	2
DEV Padgett	b Brain	4
JH Hampshire	b Coldwell	6
*DB Close	lbw b Brain	27
+JG Binks	b Brain	22
RA Hutton	c Booth b Brain	16
GA Cope	b Carter	13
FS Trueman	lbw b Carter	4
D Wilson	b Brain	7
AG Nicholson	not out	4
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-9, 3-18, 4-22, 5-67, 6-74, 7-99, 8-109, 9-110, 10-126 (71.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	20	4	32	2	-	-
Carter	19	5	30	3	-	-
Brain	24.2	10	37	5	-	-
Gifford	8	4	11	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	lbw b Hutton	8
GM Turner	c and b Wilson	31
JA Ormrod	c sub b Wilson	28
CD Fearnley	lbw b Close	13
ARP Barker	b Cope	11
TJ Yardley	lbw b Trueman	43
*+R Booth	b Wilson	6
N Gifford	b Wilson	3
BM Brain	b Nicholson	3
RGM Carter	b Trueman	0
LJ Coldwell	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-69, 3-70, 4-89, 5-126, 6-147, 7-151, 8-161, 9-161, 10-163 (92.5 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	3.5	2	3	2	-	-
Nicholson	10	3	22	1	-	-
Cope	19	8	31	1	-	-
Wilson	35	15	57	4	-	-
Close	15	8	23	1	-	-
Hutton	10	3	11	1	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Sharpe	run out	1
K Taylor	c Booth b Carter	6
DEV Padgett	b Carter	0
JH Hampshire	b Gifford	31
*DB Close	lbw b Carter	8
+JG Binks	c Ormrod b Brain	34
RA Hutton	b Coldwell	19
GA Cope	c Turner b Gifford	1
D Wilson	c Barker b Coldwell	10
FS Trueman	lbw b Carter	12
AG Nicholson	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-24, 4-32, 5-61, 6-79, 7-94, 8-111, 9-123, 10-137 (73.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	18	8	28	2	-	-
Carter	19.4	4	36	4	-	-
Brain	17	4	26	1	-	-
Gifford	19	9	34	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JA Ormrod (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> TJ Yardley (2) equalled his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> TJ Yardley (2) equalled his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> K Taylor (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> JG Binks (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> GA Cope reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RA Hutton reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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