Yorkshire 252-9 (50 overs): Leaning 72, Plunkett 49 not out; Topley 4-56
Essex 232 (47.5 overs): Westley 54, ten Doeschate 52; Plunkett 3-58
Yorkshire won by 20 runs
Yorkshire booked a place in the semi-finals of the One-Day Cup with a 20-run victory over Essex at Chelmsford.
After being asked to bat, the Tykes made 252-9 thanks to Jack Leaning's composed 72 and an unbeaten 49 off 32 balls from Liam Plunkett.
Essex looked well placed at 189-5 with James Foster and Ryan ten Doeschate (52) sharing a half-century stand.
But both fell in quick succession to all-rounder Will Rhodes and the hosts were eventually all out for 232.
Yorkshire will now play Gloucestershire at Headingley on Sunday, 6 September.
Earlier, the visitors, who lost returning England opener Adam Lyth for 36, had looked set for a much bigger total at 163-3 with Leaning and Gary Ballance both well set.
However, once Ballance nicked Ravi Bopara behind for 32 it triggered a spectacular collapse which saw Yorkshire fall to 202-9, led by Reece Topley with 4-56.
But Plunkett smashed three fours and three sixes in his attacking innings, including 29 off the final two overs to take Yorkshire to a respectable total.
In the chase, Tom Westley got Essex off to a fine start as he made 54, but once Plunkett (3-58) uprooted his stumps and soon removed the dangerous Jesse Ryder and Bopara, the hosts found themselves struggling on 129-5.
Foster and ten Doeschate's partnership of 60 swung the momentum once again, but after ten Doeschate picked out Tim Bresnan on the boundary, Essex's hopes quickly faded.
Bresnan then had the final say with the ball as he bowled Topley in the 48th over to wrap up the win.
Surrey 273 (49.5 overs): Roy 112; Tredwell 3-47, Coles 3-48
Kent 233 (37.4 overs): Coles 100; T Curran 3-22
Surrey won by 17 runs (D/L method)
Surrey and England opener Jason Roy hit a fine century to set up a 17-run win over Kent in a rain-affected One-Day Cup quarter-final match at the Oval.
Roy struck 112 off 116 balls, but his dismissal sparked a collapse which saw the hosts lose their last eight wickets for 81 as they were bowled out for 273.
Kent reached 22-2 before rain saw them set a revised 251 off 40 overs.
Matt Coles smashed a career-best 100 to take Kent close but was last man out as they were dismissed for 233.
Kent looked to be heading towards a big defeat at 169-9, before Coles hit nine sixes in his magnificent 73-ball innings as he put on 64 for the last wicket with Matt Hunn, who scored only one.
However, just as the visitors sensed pulling off a stunning victory, Coles nicked Tom Curran (3-22) behind.
Jason Roy has scored 400 runs in this year's competition at an average of exactly 50. He has hit two hundreds and one half-century in eight innings.
Earlier Roy, who has been named in England's ODI and T20 squads to face Australia, was the mainstay of a Surrey innings which saw no other batsman pass fifty.
Once the 25-year-old was caught by Alex Blake off James Tredwell (3-47) in the 36th over, the rest of the batting line-up folded as the innings ended with one ball remaining.
Teenage paceman Sam Curran then continued his fine debut season removing Kent openers Daniel Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly, before a heavy rain shower led to a delay of more than an hour.
Once play resumed at 20:00 BST, older brother Tom Curran took two quick wickets and Zafar Ansari removed Sam Billings cheaply as Kent slumped to 49-5.
Darren Stevens showed some resistance with 37 off 35 balls before he edged James Burke behind to leave Kent eight down and still needing 111 to win off 77 balls.
Coles then provided the late fireworks, but couldn't quite get his side over the line as Surrey set up a semi-final clash with Nottinghamshire at the Oval on Monday, 7 September.
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