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It was a performance Yorkshire needed, with rivals Sussex and Middlesex both dismissing their opponents cheaply.
Both sides chose to field an extra spinner at the expense of a specialist batter, while Glamorgan handed a debut to 20-year-old seamer Ben Morris and rested all-rounder Dan Douthwaite before the One-Day Cup final against Somerset on Sunday.
Adam Lyth and Finlay Bean made an untroubled start in a stand of 67, but Gorvin trapped Bean lbw for 23.
Lyth moved past 1,000 first-class runs for the summer for the fifth time and looked well set before falling in the same way as his partner, though Yorkshire’s 100-2 at lunch still meant they had the upper hand.
Jonny Tattersall (41) and Wharton took their partnership to 93 before three wickets fell in quick succession, starting when skipper Tattersall bottom-edged an attempted pull from a short Mason Crane delivery and wicketkeeper Chris Cooke clung on.
England batter Jonny Bairstow came and went for just two, driving Gorvin low to point, and Wharton was suckered into hooking the first ball of a James Harris spell to fine-leg.
But Hill, playing maturely at the age of 23, and Bess got after Crane to revive the visitors’ progress, as they reached purposeful half-centuries off 65 and 67 balls respectively before Crane had Bess lbw.
Ben Kellaway bowled Jordan Thompson for eight in the 80th over and Matthew Fisher edged Timm van der Gugten to slip for 10, but the hard-hitting Hill made sure Yorkshire reached the third batting point with eight down.
Glamorgan were left with two overs to survive, and Sam Northeast edged Ben Coad’s first ball through the slips before scoring two better boundaries.
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