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Match Day 12th June 2010

JJ Smuts is a Chorley record-breaker

Makinson junior is leaders Leyland's hero

By Michael Latham



JJ Smuts (left with helmet) returns to the pavilion after his record-breaking innings

Leyland maintained their 12-point lead over reigning champions St Annes in the Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League (incorporating Readers Cricket Balls) as third-placed Blackpool gained three points on the top two clubs as the three leading sides all won.
Barrow moved up to fourth after gaining maximum points at Fleetwood while Darwen confirmed their improved form with a win over Netherfield.
But the individual honours went to Chorley's South African professional JJ Smuts who recorded the highest score in his club's 59-year-old Northern League history with a sensational unbeaten 177 in his side's emphatic victory at Carnforth.

Leyland (127pts) reacted superbly last week's one wicket defeat at the hands of St Annes as they fought hard to win by five wickets at Kendal. Andrew Makinson, son of captain Dave was the hero with an accomplished unbeaten 75 off 96 balls including three fours and five sixes.
Makinson junior steered his side home with just four balls to spare in partnership with James Rounding who finished 36 not out from 41 balls.

The pair came together with Leyland 123 for 5 chasing Kendal's 190. Leyland had been 26 for 3 with Luis Reece and pro Brett Pelser falling to Kendal skipper and pro Ross McMillan and Tom Foster adjudged leg before to Stu Parkin. That became 34 for 4 as Karl Cross was caught behind off McMillan. But opener Chris Parkinson grafted his way to 57 off 115 balls and helped revive the innings before Makinson took centre stage.
Earlier, Terry Hunte top-scored for Kendal with 53 off 56 balls, including five fours and two sixes. Openers Gareth Ashburner (38) and Jack White (32) set a solid foundation but McMillan was bowled by Reece for four. Peter Cummings wrecked the tail with an inspired spell of five for 29.

St Annes (115pts) romped to a nine wickets win over fourth-placed Morecambe at Vernon Road. Atiq Uz-Zaman cruised to a superb unbeaten hundred off 86 balls including 15 fours and one six and unselfishly blocked out to allow Charles Boucher to compete an accomplished unbeaten 103 off 83 balls against his former club including 19 fours and one six. The pair shared an unbroken second wicket stand of 177 as St Annes won with 14.5 overs in hand.
The consistent Chris Williams, a fine acquisition from Westmorland League side Silverdale made 68 off 85 balls in Morecambe's 226 for 6. Sub-pro David Wiese, the former Darwen pro who was deputising for fellow countryman Mandla Mashimbyi who has returned to South Africa following a family bereavement made 56 off 60 balls. St Annes pro Dinuka Hettiarachchi bowled unchanged to take four for 74.

Blackpool (103pts) earned 15 points for defeating Lancaster at Lune Road. Opener John Mounsey made 55 and Sri Lankan pro Nimesh Perera 59 in Blackpool's 206 for 6. A Lancaster side lacking captain Michael Stevens and the experienced David Heywood then subsided to 129 all out despite a defiant 71 from Tim Barry. Promoted from the Second XI after several impressive performances, teenaged seam bowler Mike Tidmas wrecked the Lancaster reply with an inspired spell of five for 19.



JJ Smuts hits Darren Nelson for one of his ten sixes

The most remarkable performance of the day came at Lodge Quarry where Chorley's 21-year-old professional JJ Smuts re-wrote the club's record books with a memorable display.
Smuts will leave his Chorley engagement prematurely after being called into the South Africa Emerging Players squad for a tour of Australia that begins in late July. But he left a lasting memory with an unbeaten 177 that deleted Bob Yardley's 151 not out back in 1978 as the club's highest individual score in the Northern League.
Smuts reached a chanceless hundred off 46 overs including 12 fours before cutting loose in remarkable fashion. In the last four overs Smuts hit 77 runs off 22 balls including ten sixes and three fours as Chorley reached 278 for 6.



JJ Smuts reaches his century with an on drive against Darren Nelson

With professional Gareth Pedder restricted to just two overs by a groin injury sustained in the warm-up Carnforth bowlers Darren Nelson and John Denwood bore the brunt of Smuts' remarkable assault. Both had bowled tidily until the onslaught as Nelson finished with four for 122 off 25 overs and Denwood with one for 133 off 23 overs.
The consistent Ryan Nelson led bottom club Carnforth's response, opening with 38 off 82 balls until he was superbly caught by Will Moulton off Smuts for 38 in the 24th over. Carnforth lost four wickets with the score on 94 and were bowled out for 139 with 8.3 overs remaining, Kieran McCullagh, Smuts, Billy Smith and James Reynard each taking two wickets.



Chorley close in on victory at Carnforth

Barrow (92pts) moved above Morecambe (87pts) into fourth after defeating Fleetwood at Broadwater. The home side were without their injured professional and captain Matt Frith through a shoulder injury but fought doggedly before being dismissed for 170 to lose by 46 runs.
Barrow captain Daryl Wearing was the hero with an inspired spell of seven for 44 off 13.3 overs after coming on as second change. Wearing claimed the important wickets of opener Mark Emsley (34) and Mark Wilkinson (35) to help break Fleetwood's resistance.
Former Cockermouth opener Greg Platten continued his impressive start to his Northern League career with an accomplished 86 off 121 balls in Barrow's 216 for 7. Fellow opener Jon Miles made 44 and Darren Clark 32 as Ryan Smith returned three for 59 off 19 hostile overs.

Darwen continued their impressive recent run with a 12-points win over Netherfield at Birch Hall. Kamran Anwar (four for 23) and Neil Cordingley (four for 35) helped reduce the visitors to 16 for 5 but Ben Haddrick fought hard to make 54 off 63 balls and take his side to a competitive 119 in partnership with skipper Marc Hadwin (34 off 36 balls). The pair shared an eighth wicket stand of 50.
Darwen were indebted to a mature unbeaten 49 off 81 balls from Alex Davies as they got home by six wickets, Davies sharing in an unbroken fifth wicket stand of 51 with skipper John Cordingley.

FIRST DIVISION SCORES

CARNFORTH v CHORLEY

Chorley (15pts) defeated Carnforth (1pt) by 139 runs

Chorley 278 for 6 (JJ Smuts 177no, D Nelson 4 for 133), Carnforth 139

DARWEN v NETHERFIELD

Darwen (12pts) defeated Netherfield (0pts) by 6 wickets

Netherfield 119 (B Haddrick 54, K Anwar 4 for 23, N Cordingley 4 for 35), Darwen 120 for 4 (A Davies 49no)

FLEETWOOD v BARROW

Barrow (15pts) defeated Fleetwood (4pts) by 46 runs

Barrow 216 for 7 (G Platten 86, J Miles 44), Fleetwood 170 (D Wearing 7 for 44)

KENDAL v LEYLAND

Leyland (12pts) defeated Kendal (4pts) by 5 wickets

Kendal 190 (T Hunte 53, P Cummings 5 for 29), Leyland 193 for 5 (A Makinson 75no, C Parkinson 57, R McMillan 4 for 55)

LANCASTER v BLACKPOOL

Blackpool (15pts) defeated Lancaster (1pt) by 77 runs

Blackpool 206 for 6 (N Perera 59, J Mounsey 55), Lancaster 129 (T Barry 71, M Tidmas 5 for 19)

ST ANNES v MORECAMBE

St Annes (12pts) defeated Morecambe (3pts) by 9 wickets

Morecambe 226 for 6 (C Williams 68, D Wiese 56, D Hettiarachchi 4 for 74), St Annes 232 for 1 (C Boucher 103no, Atiq Uz-Zaman 100no)

Sunday 13th June

Preston v Lancashire Colts

Lancashire Colts (5pts) winning draw; Preston (1pt)

Lancashire Colts 133 for 4 (36o) (A Arumagam 58no), Preston 124 for 5 (22o) (A Parker 46)

FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

Division One

Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts
Leyland 11 3 6 0 0 1 1 6 127
St Annes 11 1 7 1 0 0 2 4 115
Blackpool 11 4 3 0 0 3 1 3 103
Barrow 10 2 4 0 1 3 0 13 92
Morecambe 10 1 4 1 0 3 1 16 87
Darwen 10 1 3 2 0 3 1 20 83
Netherfield 10 1 2 1 1 3 2 16 68
Chorley 11 1 2 0 2 5 1 18 63
Lancaster 11 0 2 2 0 5 2 23 63
Kendal 11 1 0 2 1 5 2 29 61
Fleetwood 11 1 0 1 1 7 1 23 47
Lancashire Colts 6 1 1 1 0 2 1 10 45
Preston 11 1 0 0 4 4 2 18 45
Carnforth 10 0 0 0 1 8 1 22 27


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Match Report by Michael Moore

Lancaster v Blackpool

Blackpool swept to an impressive77 run victory at Lune Road on a beautiful warm and sunny afternoon,a result which keeps up the pressure on 2nd placed St. Annes, as Danno`s Boys narrowed the gap to just 12 points.

Invited to bat by stand-in skipper Brendan Hetherington, Blackpool`s opening pair of John Mounsey and Alex Smith got the visitors off to a commanding start putting on 86 for the first wicket. The 2 batsmen looked well set for an even bigger partnership until Perrieman ran Smith out for 44 with some sharp fielding in the covers.
Next man in , Andy Furniss looked to be settling in nicely when he walked across a straight one from veteran all rounder Tim Barry to be adjudged lbw for 14 (108 for 2).Mounsey(55) then completed his half century with a boundary 4 from off spinner Ben Simm, before scooping one up to mid off (148 for 3)
Blackpool professional Nimesh Perera contributed a fine half century (59), striking 6 fours in his positive 57 ball innings to help his side to a very respectable 206 for 6 in the allotted 50 overs. Lancaster`s most succesful bowler was Sri Lankan professional Roy Silva, returning 3 for 54 in his 15 overs.

Former Blackpool player Tim Barry set about the reply as if he had a train to catch as it looked like he intended finishing the game in record quick time, taking a particular liking to paceman Richard Gleeson.

But the introduction of Blackpool`s teenage bowler Mike Tidmas in the 11th over of the innings turned the game completely on its head.With the last ball of his first over he trapped opener Heywood lbw for 7 (48-1) and the first ball of his second over found the edge of professional Silvas bat for a comfortable catch through to keeper Rob Sissons meaning the young paceman was on a hat trick. Hirst survived that delivery but it was not long before

Tiddy was wreaking havoc amongst the Lancaster batsmen. In 7 stunning overs he reduced the opposition to 76 for 5 for personal figures of 5 for 19. At this stage Skipper Danson was forced to remove the youngster from the attack in line with ECB bowling restrictions for under 19 year olds. Otherwise I feel sure that the home side would not have reached three figures

Only stalwart Barry(71) showed any real resistance until the naggingly accurate Steve Mercer produced an edge for pro Perera to take a decent low catch at first slip. The same combination removed keeper Hetherington(1) and the Lune Road Gang subsided to a paltry 129 all out.Another superb performance by Danno`s Boys who now have 103 points for the season and are now just a win away from second spot.

Well done Fellers. Keep that momentum going. Big weekend coming up .
See you at the 20/20 Mick


DIVISION 2

In Division Two leaders Leyland wrapped up an emphatic 197 runs win over Kendal before four o'clock. Australian teenaged guest player Daniel Hall hit an unbeaten 100 off 46 balls, including 14 fours and four sixes and Nathan McDonnell 80 off 46 balls including 17 fours as Leyland rattled up 234 for 3 declared off only 25 overs. Kendal were dismissed for just 37 in reply, Steven Pallett taking six for four.

Leyland (104pts) lead Darwen (98pts) by six points after Gary Jackson's men won by five wickets at Netherfield, Mark Bennett anchoring their reply to the home side's 157 with 69 not out. Former First XI skipper Andrew Cook made a welcome return to form with five for 50 off 17.5 overs.

Chorley (95pts) remained in third place after romping to a eight wicket win over Carnforth, Stu Naden (49) and Jack Bentham (49 not out) leading the way. Chris Harty took five for 22 as Carnforth were dismissed for 149 despite a battling 44 from skipper Lee Potter.

Adam Taylor hit an undefeated 67 and Matt Grindley 57 in St Annes' 187 for 6 at Woodhill Lane. Ashley Ward then took six for 29 as Morecambe were dismissed for 159 despite Nick Milner's battling 67.

Blackpool skipper Kevin Reid took four for 31 and Ross Parker three for 49 to help dismiss reigning champions Lancaster for 153 at Stanley Park and spearhead his side's three wicket win. Reid was 22 not out at the close after Prashant Aga (36) and Harrison Clark (34) made valuable contributions with the bat.

At Ernest Pass Barrow left arm spinner Gary Collins returned six for 40 in his side's four wicket win over Fleetwood, Ashley Mowat (39 not out) and Glenn Kermode (31 not out) combining in an unbroken seventh wicket stand of 72.

SECOND DIVISION SCORES

BARROW v FLEETWOOD

Barrow (12pts) defeated Fleetwood (3pts) by 4 wickets

Fleetwood 165 (J Partington 43, G Collins 6 for 40), Barrow 168 for 6

BLACKPOOL v LANCASTER

Blackpool (12pts) defeated Lancaster (3pts) by 3 wickets

Lancaster 153 (K Reid 4 for 31), Blackpool 154 for 7

CHORLEY v CARNFORTH

Chorley (12pts) defeated Carnforth (1pt) by 8 wickets

Carnforth 149 (L Potter 44, C Harty 5 for 22), Chorley 152 for 2 (S Naden 49, J Bentham 49no)

LEYLAND v KENDAL

Leyland (15pts) defeated Kendal (0pts) by 197 runs

Leyland 234 for 3 (D Hall 100no, N McDonnell 80), Kendal 37 (S Pallett 6 for 4)

MORECAMBE v ST ANNES

St Annes (15pts) defeated Morecambe (2pts) by 28 runs

St Annes 187 for 6 (A Taylor 67no, M Grindley 57), Morecambe 159 (N Milner 67, A Ward 6 for 29)

NETHERFIELD v DARWEN

Darwen (12pts) defeated Netherfield (2pts) by 5 wickets

Netherfield 157 (A Cook 5 for 50), Darwen 160 for 5 (M Bennett 69no)

Preston no game

FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY
( INCORPORATING READERS CRICKET BALLS)
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

Division Two

Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts
Leyland 9 3 3 2 0 0 1 11 104
Darwen 10 3 3 0 1 2 1 12 98
Chorley 10 2 3 1 3 0 1 18 95
Blackpool 9 3 3 1 0 1 1 4 93
St Annes 9 2 2 1 1 2 1 15 78
Preston 10 1 2 2 1 3 1 18 70
Lancaster 10 2 2 0 0 5 1 9 67
Morecambe 10 1 3 0 0 5 1 10 65
Netherfield 10 3 0 0 0 6 1 12 61
Barrow 9 0 3 0 1 4 1 14 55
Fleetwood 9 0 2 1 0 5 1 17 49
Kendal 10 1 0 0 1 6 2 19 43
Carnforth 9 0 0 0 0 8 1 10 14

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