The sides shook hands at 4.53 on the fourth day, with Surrey on 299-6, 240 runs ahead.

The home side had Usman Afzaal to thank, with the former England batsman making 105. Jon Batty was unbeaten on 54 at the close. Afzaal was stumped off Adil Rashid shortly before the end but the breakthrough came far too late for Yorkshire.

Both sides finished with 11 points.

Two quick wickets after lunch had revived Yorkshire's hopes of victory but Afzaal and Batty dug in to deny them.

Anthony McGrath finally dismissed nightwatchman Murtaza Hussain to end a fourth-wicket partnership of 104, and Tim Bresnan bowled Ali Brown.

McGrath had Murtaza caught behind for 56 to make Surrey 174-4, and Brown shouldered arms to Bresnan to make it 183-5, a lead of 124.

Yorkshire's lone success of the morning came when Deon Kruis dismissed opener Scott Newman.

Newman edged a pull and was caught behind for 31, leaving Surrey on 70-3 - a lead of just 11.

The home side, with a first-innings deficit of 59, resumed on 56-2.

Friday's action
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is set to be out for several weeks with a hamstring injury, but Yorkshire have have hopes of winning without him.

The Pakistani fast bowler was helped off the field, clutching the back of his hamstring, after collapsing while batting. He will undergo a scan on Saturday.

Deon Kruis, though, removed Surrey's first-innings double-centurion Mark Butcher early on, having him caught behind off an inside edge.

Adil Rashid then delayed Mark Ramprakash's pursuit of a 100th first-class century, having the veteran caught at short-leg for 14 to reduce Surrey to 46-2.

The hosts finished on 56-2 - still three runs behind - with Scott Newman on 26 and nightwatchman Mutaza Hussein on 7.

Yorkshire were all out for 525, with centuries for Andrew Gale and Jacques Rudolph and an unbeaten 84 for Tim Bresnan.

Andrew Gale was dismissed shortly after reaching 150. The left-hander top-edged a pull to fine leg off Matt Nicholson, having made exactly 150. Yorkshire were 432-7.

In the morning, Gale brought up his second Championship century of the season after Yorkshire lost three quick wickets.

Rudolph, Gerard Brophy and Adil Rashid were dismissed in quick succession. Rudolph moved from 99 to 100 off the third ball of the day and smashed several boundaries to take Yorkshire past 300 but on 121, he shouldered arms to a ball from part-time spinner Usman Afzaal that turned more than he expected and was lbw.

Brophy was then caught at short midwicket off Saqlain Mushtaq for one and Rashid edged Afzaal to short extra-cover for six, leaving Yorkshire on 343-6.

Rudolph's stand with Gale was worth 206.

Later on, Kruis was caught in the slips off Pedro Collins for 17 and Oliver Hannon-Dalby was yorked by the same bowler for one.

Thursday's play
Rudolph and Gale took their unbeaten stand to 169 as Yorkshire reached the close of Day 2 on 292-3, in response to Surrey's 458-8 declared.

Rudolph moved to 99 with a single off the last ball of the day, with Gale on 70. The pair, who came together at 123-3, have put the visitors within touching distance of the follow-on target of 317.

In the afternoon session, Anthony McGrath was lbw to Pedro Collins for 53 - he hit 11 boundaries in his belligerent half-century.

Adam Lyth's vigil came to an end when he drove hard at Saqlain Mushtaq and edged to second slip for 40.

The pair had mounted a recovery following the loss of Joe Sayers, who was dismissed three balls before lunch in Yorkshire's response to Surrey's 466-8 declared, leaving his side 22-1.

Surrey had resumed on 396-5 and Tim Bresnan had finally ended the home side's mammoth sixth-wicket partnership, removing double centurion Mark Butcher and then centurion Matt Nicholson.

Butcher had made 205, with the score at 425, when he was caught by Adil Rashid at short mid-wicket. He and Nicholson, who was then bowled for 133, had put on 232 together.

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan claimed his first wicket for Yorkshire, yorking Jimmy Ormond. Surrey were then 458-8 and added a few more runs before declaring.


Wednesday's play

When Anthony McGrath had wicketkeeper Jon Batty well caught at slip by Joe Sayers, Surrey were in trouble on 193-5, but Butcher (189no) and Matt Nicholson (103no) consolidated and put the home side in command.

Yorkshire had been in the ascendancy when, early in the afternoon session, Deon Kruis struck in successive overs after Oliver Hannon-Dalby had removed Mark Ramprakash to claim his first wicket in first-class cricket.

Kruis had Usman Afzaal caught behind, and then pinned Alistair Brown lbw, both for ducks, to reduce Surrey to 121-4. The hosts, who won the toss and decided to bat, had been 108-1 at lunch.

Hannon-Dalby, an 18-year-old Yorkshire debutant, had Ramprakash caught at second slip. Ramprakash, county cricket's best batsman of the last decade, had been pursuing his 100th first-class century. He made 29.

Tim Bresnan made Yorkshire's only breakthrough of the morning, having Scott Newman caught behind in his second over to end Surrey's opening stand of 41.

Yorkshire handed debuts to Pakistani fast-bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Hannon-Dalby.

Rana posed a couple of problems in his opening spell of six overs, which cost him 20 runs. Replacing him, Hannon-Dalby began with a maiden. His five-over spell conceded just eight runs.

Read the full report of day one in Thursday's Yorkshire Post.