Highlights from day three
Yorkshire were kept waiting on the brink of their first title in 13 years as James Taylor revealed some belated Nottinghamshire resistance at Trent Bridge.
Reprising his captain Chris Read's defiance in a first-innings 203 all out, and benefiting from one of two significant Yorkshire fumbles when he was dropped in the slips on one by Gary Ballance off Ryan Sidebottom, Taylor dug in finish unbeaten on 56 and take the hosts to 149 for five.
Yorkshire therefore still had work left for the final day here, as they seek to wrap up their 32nd title with a match to spare.
Only Read, with 81, kept the champions elect at bay for long in Notts' first descent on another sunny morning.
Then following on still a mammoth 329 behind, the hosts stuttered again to nine for two - before Taylor and Alex Hales proved there was life left yet in a team who began this LV= County Championship Division One fixture with an outside chance of winning the title themselves.
There was little to suggest they would be delaying the glory for the White Rose when, after resuming on 60 for four, they faltered to 139 for eight at lunch against Sidebottom, who took 3-35, Jack Brooks, 4-58, and Adil Rashid 3-52.
Read refused to budge, but others were unable to provide lasting support.
Opener Michael Lumb shouldered arms to a very good delivery from Brooks which straightened to rap the left-hander on the pads, close enough to the top of off stump to convince umpire Martin Saggers of lbw.
Notts' other overnight batsman, Riki Wessels, soon pushed forward and edged Sidebottom behind.
Luke Fletcher helped Read add 41 but could not resist a big hit at Rashid, did not get to the pitch and was well held by Brooks running back at extra cover.
Rashid then struck again just five balls later, Jake Ball misreading a googly as he too played no shot and went lbw.
On a surface with plenty of help for their leg-spinner, and acting captain Joe Root rotating his potent seam attack, Yorkshire appeared to have everything in their favour.
Even after Harry Gurney helped put on 63 for the last wicket, Read climbing into a succession of pulls off Brooks to finish with 15 fours off 154 balls, Notts were bowled out in only 66.2 overs when the number 11 finally fell.
They would need to last a whole lot longer second time round to make Yorkshire sweat.
Yet they lost Steven Mullaney to the very first ball, lbw when Sidebottom went full but perhaps pitched marginally outside leg, and then Lumb edged Brooks to third slip in the second over.
Yorkshire's unexpected generosity kicked in before tea, though, Hales dropped first on four by Adam Lyth at second slip off Sidebottom - and then Taylor escaping too.
The third-wicket pair put on 62 before Hales drove a sharp return catch back at a perfect height for Brooks in his follow-through, and Yorkshire did not strike again until the final hour when Jonny Bairstow was alert - and Samit Patel most definitely was not, stumped casually lifting his back foot with the wicketkeeper standing up to Steve Patterson.
Wessels also went before the close, for the second time in the day, bowled on the back foot pushing across one from Sidebottom.
But Taylor, who had been part of Notts' collapse to 25 for four the previous evening, was in no mood to make it easy for Yorkshire again - and as he chiselled out a gritty 94-ball half-century, it dawned on one and all that they would be back for more on Friday after all.