12.1.21

bramall lane

The last cricket played at B.L.

Yorkshire, captained by Geoffrey Boycott against Lancashire, captain David Lloyd.

 The match ended into a draw; rain.

Sheffield, August 1973



Yorkshire v Lancashire
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
4,6,7 August 1973 (3-day match)

Umpires: AE Fagg and DJ Constant

Close of Play:

  • Day 1:
  • Day 2:
    Yorkshire 1st innings
    *G Boycott c Engineer b Lee 9
    RG Lumb c Engineer b Lee 13
    PJ Sharpe c Hayes b Sullivan 35
    JH Hampshire b Lee 3
    C Johnson c Engineer b Lee 7
    CM Old b Lee 4
    +DL Bairstow lbw b Lee 0
    P Carrick lbw b Sullivan 11
    HP Cooper c Engineer b Sullivan 1
    AG Nicholson c Hayes b Sullivan 8
    MK Bore not out 6
    Extras (nb 2) 2
    Total (all out, 50 overs) 99

    FoW: 1-19, 2-35, 3-43, 4-69, 5-73, 6-73, 7-73, 8-74, 9-86, 10-99.

    Bowling O M R W
    Lee 25 7 43 6
    Ratcliffe 8 0 17 0
    Wood 6 3 18 0
    Sullivan 11 4 19 4

    Lancashire 1st innings
    *D Lloyd c Lumb b Nicholson 22
    B Wood c Bairstow b Nicholson 3
    H Pilling lbw b Nicholson 2
    FC Hayes c Bairstow b Nicholson 4
    KL Snellgrove c Bairstow b Old 3
    J Sullivan not out 48
    +FM Engineer run out 2
    DP Hughes lbw b Bore 15
    J Simmons c Sharpe b Old 0
    RM Ratcliffe not out 11
    Extras (lb 1) 1
    Total (8 wickets declared, 58 overs) 111

    DNB: PG Lee.

    FoW: 1-7, 2-21, 3-27, 4-32, 5-34, 6-38, 7-73, 8-75.

    Bowling O M R W
    Old 19 4 38 2
    Nicholson 23 9 40 4
    Cooper 10 1 17 0
    Bore 6 3 15 1

    Yorkshire 2nd innings
    *G Boycott c Hughes b Lee 6
    RG Lumb c & b Hughes 22
    PJ Sharpe not out 62
    C Johnson not out 19
    Extras (b 4, w 1) 5
    Total (2 wickets, 54 overs) 114

    DNB: JH Hampshire, CM Old, +DL Bairstow, P Carrick, HP Cooper,
    AG Nicholson, MK Bore.

    FoW: 1-21, 2-45.

    Bowling O M R W
    Lee 9 1 20 1
    Ratcliffe 3 1 6 0
    Simmons 19 4 45 0
    Hughes 21 9 31 1
    Lloyd 2 0 7 0