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Match Day 30th August 2010

Unbelievable win for Barrow keeps title chase alive

Leyland extend lead in Division Two

By Michael Latham


Leyland pro Brett Pelser is caught and bowled by Gary Collins

Leyland were 11 runs away from lifting the Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League (incorporating Readers Cricket Balls) title on a dramatic afternoon at Fox Lane but Barrow's unbelievable victory has kept their hopes alive.

Barrow were bowled out for just 94 before a large crowd at Fox Lane as Leyland's inspirational professional Brett Pelser took seven for 33. The South African bowled Greg Platten fourth ball and shattered the stumps of three other Barrow batsmen in a brilliant spell, backed by Luis Reece's two for 32. Only Chris D'Leny who made a fighting 51 off 65 balls with five fours and one six provided prolonged resistance. D'Leny was last man out, caught in the deep by Leyland captain David Makinson after a defiant innings.



Chris D'Leny hits high against Brett Pelser during his match-winning 51

Leyland had to contend with an injury to wicketkeeper Matthew Watkinson who retired hurt with a swollen knee, Peter Cummings and then Reece sharing stints behind the timbers. Reece and Chris Parkinson gave Leyland a flying start with 32 before Graham Dawson claimed the former's wicket.

The introduction of left arm spinner Gary Collins into the attack changed the game and Collins bowled superbly to take four for 18 including the key wicket of Pelser caught-and-bowled for 1. He was supported by Lancashire Academy member Liam Livingstone who bowled his first long stint of the summer after suffering a broken arm in the winter on a tour of India.

Switching from his usual leg-spin to off-spin Livingstone supported his colleague with an inspired spell of four for 16 as Leyland buckled under the pressure of a fired-up Barrow fielding performance and were bowled out for 84.


Liam Livingstone took four for 16 in Barrow's unbelievable win

Barrow pro Pasan Wanasinghe claimed the last wicket, trapping Watkinson leg before amid scenes of jubilation from Daryl Wearing's players.



Barrow's players celebrate keeping the title race alive

Leyland (played 23- 246pts) now lead Barrow (23-235pts) by 11 points with two games left. Leyland's last two games are at Preston and home to Darwen while Barrow visit Chorley before hosting Preston.

St Annes (23-220) are third but were left to reflect on a winning draw against Preston who will have a big say in the title race in the next fortnight.

St Annes captain Andy Kellett hit his second Northern League Division One century, his first being 101 not out against Morecambe in 1991. Kellett batted superbly to make an undefeated 111 off 141 balls including 12 fours in his side's 254 for 2 at Vernon Road.

Teenager Nathan Armstrong confirmed his rich promise with 61 and Russ Bradley hit an undefeated 69 after the prolific Atiq Uz-Zaman was bowled by Preston captain Lukman Vahaluwala for 4.

Vahaluwala then made an unbeaten 56 off 60 balls as Preston closed 217 for 8 after opener Sajid Patel made 75 off 86 balls. St Annes pro Dinuka Hettiarachchi bowled unchanged to take seven for 76 off 25 overs and now has 92 wickets at an average of 11.04 for the season.

Readers Cup holders Darwen continued their fine recent form with a resounding win over Chorley. Darwen's talented teenager Kamran Anwar reached the milestone of 50 wickets for the first time as Chorley collapsed to 49 all out in reply to Darwen's 200. Anwar took two for 15 off seven overs but was eclipsed by cup final hero Neil Cordingley who collected five for 25 with Chris Wade weighing in with two for five.

Darwen skipper John Cordingley top-scored with 50, Chris Clarke making 38 and Anwar 34 off only 25 balls. Chorley had the services of Norden's South African professional Michael Price as sub-pro. Price went into the game with on the back of a prolific season for his club having taken 65 wickets and scored 1,412 runs but was caught behind off Anwar for a duck after taking three for 72.

Morecambe professional Mandla Mashimbyi enjoyed a fairytale end to his career as he hit an undefeated 100 off 50 balls to propel his side to an eight wickets derby day win at Lune Road. Mashimbyi's magnificent knock included 12 fours and four sixes and was warmly applauded by the home players and spectators as well as the Morecambe contingent.

Mashimbyi will now return to his homeland to take on a coaching role having announced his retirement as a player due to a chronic knee problem. Morecambe will employ a sub-professional for their last two games.

Mashimbyi hit 720 runs at 48.00 and took 43 wickets at 20.21 for Moreambe in 2010.

Ryan Smith hit a six to win the game and finished 34 not out, having shared an unbroken stand of 135 with his professional.

Earlier Tim Barry grafted for 52 off 126 balls in Lancaster's 147, Chris Williams taking four for 50.

Blackpool fought hard in their local derby with Fleetwood and had to be satisfied with a winning draw with the issue in doubt until the last over. Alex Smith hit 46 off 84 balls and Andy Furniss a rapid 46 not out from 33 balls in Blackpool's 186 for 7, Michael Clinning taking three for 72 from 18 overs.

Richard Gleeson took the wickets of the first four Fleetwood batsmen on his way to five for 71 off 19 overs but Adam Sharrocks (46) and Chris Stanhope (32) kept the visitors in the hunt. Steven Mercer came into the attack to take three for 33, with Rob Sissons claiming four victims behind the stumps as Fleetwood, 148 for 5 at one stage closed on 178 for 9. Gleeson has taken 44 wickets at 20.68 this year.

Netherfield won the Kendal derby at Shap Road by three wickets, overhauling Kendal's 172 with 16 balls to spare. Opener Jack White hit 52 off 102 balls for Kendal but pro Ross McMillan (37) and Terry Hunte (38) were both dismissed by Netherfield pro Nick Kruger when apparently well-set. Kruger claimed five for 61 and Marc Hadwin five for 53.

Valuable contributions by Kruger (26), Ben Haddrick (35), John Huck (32) and Craig Walmsley (21) got Netherfield home despite McMillan bowling unchanged to take three for 61 and Oliver Field taking two fine catches and affecting a run out.

Carnforth defeated Lancashire Colts by five wickets at Lodge Quarry to earn their fourth win of the season- and their first batting second.

Professional Gareth Pedder celebrated re-signing for a third year with another fine all-round performance, reaching 50 wickets for the season and then hitting 46 off 52 balls to go past the 500-runs mark as Carnforth passed the Colts total of 159 with Tom Barnfield and Adam Cowperthwaite sharing an unbroken stand of 42.

Cumberland county bowler Cowperthwaite enjoyed his best stint of the summer, taking six for 49 off 15.4 overs. Carnforth had earned praise from the umpires for their sportsmanship in Saturday's game at Chorley, supplying a substitute fielder for all but one ball of their innings after Billy Smith sustained an injury to the webbing on his hand.

FIRST DIVISION SCORES

BLACKPOOL v FLEETWOOD

Blackpool (10pts) winning draw; Fleetwood (5pts)

Blackpool 186 for 7 (A Smith 46, A Furniss 46no) Fleetwood 178 for 9 (A Sharrocks 46, R Gleeson 5 for 71)

CARNFORTH v LANCASHIRE COLTS

Carnforth (12pts) defeated Lancashire Colts (2pts) by 5 wickets

Lancashire Colts 159 (A Cowperthwaite 6 for 49) Carnforth 162 for 5 (G Pedder 46)

DARWEN v CHORLEY

Darwen (15pts) defeated Chorley (3pts) by 151 runs

Darwen 200 (J Cordingley 50, J Lee 5 for 58) Chorley 49 (N Cordingley 5 for 25)

LANCASTER v MORECAMBE

Morecambe (12pts) defeated Lancaster (1pt) by 8 wickets

Lancaster 147 (T Barry 51, C Williams 4 for 50) Morecambe 151 for 2 (M Mashimbyi 100no)

KENDAL v NETHERFIELD

Netherfield (12pts) defeated Kendal (4pts) by 3 wickets

Kendal 172 (J White 52, M Hadwin 5 for 53, N Kruger 5 for 61) Netherfield 173 for 7

LEYLAND v BARROW

Barrow (15pts) defeated Leyland (3pts) by 10 runs

Barrow 94 (C D'Leny 51, B Pelser 7 for 33) Leyland 84 (G Collins 4 for 18, L Livingstone 4 for 16)

ST ANNES v PRESTON

St Annes (9pts) winning draw; Preston (4pts)

St Annes 254 for 2 (A Kellett 111no, R Bradley 69no, N Armstrong 61) Preston 217 for 8 (S Patel 75, L Vahaluwala 56no, D Hettiarachchi 7 for 76)

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

Division One

Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts
Leyland 23 5 11 2 2 2 1 25 246
Barrow 23 7 8 1 1 4 2 21 235
St Annes 23 4 10 3 0 4 2 20 220
Darwen 23 7 3 4 1 6 2 39 205
Blackpool 23 5 5 2 2 6 3 26 183
Morecambe 23 1 8 1 1 9 3 38 166
Lancaster 23 1 6 3 2 6 5 34 155
Netherfield 23 2 5 1 1 8 6 26 145
Kendal 24 2 1 4 3 10 4 60 137
Fleetwood 23 3 0 4 2 12 2 53 124
Preston 23 4 0 1 6 8 4 36 122
Carnforth 23 3 1 1 3 13 2 48 120
Chorley 23 1 2 0 4 14 2 46 97
Lancashire Colts 12 1 2 1 0 6 2 23 74


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Match Day Report by Michael Moore

Blackpool v Fleetwood
Derby Day Drama as old rivals fight it out to very last ball

Bank Holiday Monday and old rivals Fleetwood were the guests today at Stanley Park to take part in what was to be a thrilling encounter. In true local derby fashion, any result was possible right up to the start of the last over in this exciting, hard fought duel, with Blackpool just having the edge in a winning draw, taking 10 points to Fleetwood`s 5.

Batting first in good conditions for cricket, Blackpool suffered an early reverse, when opener John Mounsey (5) fell victim to the pacey , if erratic Ryan Smith, clinging on to a return catch (13 for 1). Alex Smith was joined by Michael Moore promoted to no.3 for today and the pair took the score to 71 before Smith(46) was removed by Joe Bell for an attractive 46 in 84 balls.

Moore`s patient innings of 31 ended when he attempted to increase the strike rate only to be caught at cover by Clarke off the bowling of Mike Clinning (3 for 72 in 18)

This brought Andy Furniss to the crease and he seemed to enjoy the freedom offered by the middle order spot . He batted superbly for his 46 not out off only 33 deliveries, as he made sure that his side posted a challenging total of 186 for 7. He was ably assisted by a run -a-ball 18 from skipper Danson who had demoted himself to no.8 for some reason.

For Fleetwood, Fish took 2 for 32 in his 8 over spell. Furniss`s innings included one big 6 and 3 boundary fours.

In reply the visitors started of soundly with an opening stand of 30 between James Wilson (6) and pro Matt Frith(23). But when Gleeson removed these 2 in quick succession and then lay claim to Clinning (9) and Wilkinson(8)became a victim of the "on fire" Andy Furniss, Blackpool looked to be in the ascendancy.

When the talented Dean Bell(22) became Gleeson`s 4 th scalp, Fleetwood appeared to be reeling.

But Blackpool/Fleetwood games are never that predictable and today was no exception as Sharrocks (46) and Stanhope (32) set about firstly repairing the damage and then putting their side in a strong challenging position. The pair added 66 for the 6th wicket when Stanhope became Gleeson`s 5th wicket, as the game continued to seesaw one way and the other.

Wily Steve Mercer removed the dangerous Sharrocks with the score on 169 for 7 and in the last over of the game with Fleetwood requiring 10 runs for victory with 3 wickets in hand, he secured his team`s 10 point draw by having both Smith and Clarke stumped by the lightning quick Rob Sissons who continues to impress.

Mercer returned figures of 3 for 33 in 10 , Furniss 1 for 39 in 15 and paceman Richard Gleeson yet another magnificent return of 5 for 71 in his 19 overs.

A truly great game of cricket with some sparkling stuff from both sides , which proved , to me at least , that there is still good value in a draw, as neither side deserved to lose this game. Young Craig Brown was admirable in his efforts in the field

5th place , Fellers and two key away games to finish the season off. 14 points from the 2 games will see us qualify for next season`s Lancs Cup . Good luck , Fellers. Bring on Darwen........Mick


SECOND DIVISION

In Division Two Leyland stretched their lead at the top to 16 points with two games to go after Blackpool's shock defeat at Fleetwood.

Leyland (played 22-229pts) lead Blackpool (22-213) with Chorley (22-202) in third and Darwen (22-188) fourth.

Leyland rattled up the day's highest score, making 242 for 4 at Ernest Pass with Wes Royle hitting 102 off 139 balls and Dan Hall 86 off 113 balls. The pair shared a second wicket stand of 171.

But Barrow battled hard in reply, Ian Allington following up 18 overs with the ball by making 65 off 92 balls and Robin Adams 51 off 77 balls and they closed out on 218 for 8 despite Steven Pallett taking three for 32.

Leyland took nine points from the game but rivals Blackpool gathered only three after they were bowled out for 97 at Broadwater, Darren Bell taking six for 26 for Fleetwood. The oldest of the three Bell brothers at the club, with Sam and Dean currently playing in the first team, Darren is a left arm seamer and he destroyed Blackpool's hopes after they had restricted the home side to 132.
Wayne Clarke bolstered the Fleetwood innings with 52 as Sam Owen took five for 42 and Ross Parker four for 40.

After losing at Carnforth on Saturday Chorley bounced back with an emphatic win over Darwen thanks to Jack Bentham's fine all-round display. Bentham hit 55 in Chorley's 169 and then hastened Darwen's demise to 59 all out with a spell of five for six from seven overs. Sam Tolley hit 47 for Chorley with Darwen's Chris Davies taking five for 49.

Morecambe chairman Nick Milner took six for 16 off 19.1 overs to spearhead his side's 47 runs win over Lancaster at Woodhill Lane.

Milner has now passed the notable milestone of 500 runs and 50 wickets in the season.
Luke Walker hit 45 with Tom Whitehouse taking four wickets.

Meanwhile Josh Stafford took eight wickets for Netherfield in the Kendal derby but finished on the losing side. Kendal prevailed in a tense finish by six runs as Andy Dugdale took four wickets to bowl out Netherfield for 147. Donovan Du Plessis hit 58 for Kendal.

Adam Taylor hit his second half century in successive days as St Annes beat Preston. After making 67 in Sunday's win over Carnforth in the re-arranged game, the classy opener made 67 again in a 28 runs win at West Cliff, the home side were dismissed for 119.

SECOND DIVISION SCORES

BARROW v LEYLAND

Leyland (9pts) winning draw; Barrow 4pts

Leyland 242 for 4 (W Royle 102, D Hall 86) Barrow 218 for 8 (I Allington 65, R Adams 51)

CHORLEY v DARWEN

Chorley (15pts) defeated Darwen (3pts) by 110 runs

Chorley 169 (J Bentham 55, S Tolley 47, C Davies 5 for 49) Darwen 59 (J Bentham 5 for 6)

FLEETWOOD v BLACKPOOL

Fleetwood (15pts) defeated Blackpool (3pts) by 35 runs

Fleetwood 132 for 9 (W Clarke 52, S Owen 5 for 42, R Parker 4 for 40) Blackpool 97 (D Bell 6 for 26)

MORECAMBE v LANCASTER

Morecambe (15pts) defeated Lancaster (3pts) by 47 runs

Morecambe 160 (L Walker 45, T Whitehouse 4 for 51) Lancaster 113 (N Milner 6 for 16)

NETHERFIELD v KENDAL

Kendal (15pts) defeated Netherfield (4pts) by 6 runs

Kendal 153 (D Du Plessis 58, J Stafford 8 for 58) Netherfield 147 (A Dugdale 4 for 49)

PRESTON v ST ANNES

St Annes (15pts) defeated Preston (1pt) by 28 runs

St Annes 147 for 5 (A Taylor 67) Preston 119

Carnforth no game

Sunday result

Division Two

ST ANNES v CARNFORTH

St Annes (12pts) defeated Carnforth (3pts) by 6 wickets

Carnforth 184 (J Cornthwaite 51, W Tomlinson 48, G Costin 5 for 52) St Annes 185 for 4 (A Taylor 67, P Williams 61)


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

Division Two

Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 l NR4 BP Pts
Leyland 22 5 8 5 0 1 3 26 229
Blackpool 22 6 8 2 0 5 1 15 213
Chorley 22 5 6 2 4 3 2 35 202
Darwen 22 6 4 0 4 3 5 26 188
Morecambe 22 5 5 2 0 7 3 15 170
St Annes 23 5 3 1 4 7 3 34 165
Preston 22 3 3 3 1 7 5 29 143
Barrow 22 2 4 2 3 7 4 37 142
Fleetwood 22 2 5 1 1 11 2 34 137
Lancaster 22 2 6 0 0 9 4 17 135
Netherfield 22 5 1 0 0 13 3 29 128
Kendal 23 3 0 1 3 11 5 32 104
Carnforth 22 0 1 1 0 18 2 41 65


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