First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

YORKSHIRE v NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Played at Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford, June 28, 30, July 1, 1952. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. (Points: Yorkshire 12, Nottinghamshire 0) YORKSHIRE 1 F.A.Lowson c Meads b Simpson 47 not out 54 2 H.Halliday c Meads b Stocks 71 not out 25 3 J.V.Wilson c Butler b Harvey 62 4 E.I.Lester not out 101 5 W.Watson not out 103 6 *N.W.D.Yardley 7 D.B.Close 8 J.H.Wardle 9 †D.V.Brennan 10 R.Wood 11 W.E.N.Holdsworth Extras b 9, lb 8 17 lb 2, w 1 3 —— —— (3 wickets, declared) 401 (no wicket) 82 FoW (1): 1-105, 2-152, 3-219 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 W.W.Keeton c and b Yardley 5 (5) c Brennan b Halliday 0 2 *R.T.Simpson b Wardle 64 (1) b Wardle 11 3 J.D.Clay b Holdsworth 0 c Wilson b Halliday 37 4 P.F.Harvey b Close 48 (8) c Watson b Close 27 5 C.J.Poole b Wardle 0 (4) c Brennan b Halliday 59 6 E.J.Martin c Watson b Close 4 (2) b Holdsworth 9 7 F.W.Stocks b Wardle 17 (6) c Brennan b Halliday 96 8 K.Smales not out 18 (7) c Wardle b Holdsworth 1 9 A.Jepson c Wardle b Close 1 b Close 46 10 H.J.Butler lbw b Wardle 4 c Wilson b Close 0 11 †E.A.Meads c Wilson b Wardle 1 not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 11, w 1, nb 1 19 b 4, lb 9, nb 1 14 —— —— 181 300 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-10, 3-117, 4-121, 5-121, 6-128, 7-167, 8-168, 9-179, 10-181 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-39, 3-87, 4-87, 5-162, 6-168, 7-231, 8-297, 9-300, 10-300 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Butler 21 4 44 0 5 3 7 0 Jepson 19 4 58 0 4 2 16 0 Harvey 20 5 61 1 Stocks 23 8 63 1 7 2 28 0 Smales 22 7 83 0 (3) 6 1 19 0 Simpson 15 4 56 1 (5) 1.2 0 9 0 Clay 3.4 0 19 0 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Holdsworth 13 4 21 1 1w,1nb 13 3 38 2 Yardley 6 2 11 1 5 2 17 0 Wardle 29.2 15 44 5 29 9 84 1 Halliday 6 0 25 0 (6) 21 9 42 4 1nb Wood 9 3 26 0 16 8 39 0 Close 26 12 35 3 (4) 27.4 7 66 3 Umpires: T.W.Spencer and C.H.Welch. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Nottinghamshire (1) 20-2 (Simpson 13*, Harvey 2*); 2nd day: Nottinghamshire (2) 254-7 (Harvey 14*, Jepson 16*). E.I.Lester’s 101 took 190 minutes and included 13 fours. W.Watson’s 103 took 120 minutes and included 13 fours and 3 sixes. 273