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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. 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. 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)
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| Club | P | W15 | W12 | D4 | D1 | l | NR4 | BP | Pts |
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| 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 |
![]() Sam Bell took six wickets in Fleetwood's win at Barrow |
Leyland moved closer to the Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League (incorporating Readers Cricket Balls) title despite being denied by Kendal's last pair in a drawn game and go into Bank Holiday Monday's crucial home match against Barrow in the driving seat.
Beginning the day 17 points ahead of Barrow Leyland earned nine points from their drawn game against Kendal at Fox Lane in a rain reduced match. But Barrow gained only three points after losing at home to Fleetwood.
With three games to go Leyland lead Barrow by 23 points, with defending champions St Annes in third place 32 points adrift of the top.
Leyland collapsed from 116 for 2 to 165 all out at Fox Lane with Kendal's Cumberland county off-spinner Chris Miller taking seven for 24 from 18.4 overs.
Miller achieved a new Kendal amateur bowling record surpassing the 52 wickets taken jointly by Jiva Malik and Brian Evans and now has 58 wickets for the season.
Opener Luis Reece batted fluently to make 70 from 89 balls for Leyland including seven fours and three sixes. Rain lopped off 12 overs from Kendal's reply and with Reece on his way to taking four for 41 they were in trouble at 55 for 5. But Nick Lewthwaite hit 43 off 42 balls and Stu Parkin 21 off 24 balls to lead a revival. Andrew Makinson bowled Lewthwaite and Reece trapped Miller leg before and ran out Parkin but the last par of Paul Dowker and Mark Phillips survived Reece's final over in a tense finish to salvage a draw at 134 for 9.
Fleetwood recovered from 40 for 4 to reach 198 for 8 at Ernest Pass and then go on to earn a deserved victory by 44 runs. Graham Dawson did the early damage with three wickets including that of Fleetwood pro Matthew Frith who had scored 91 for Derbyshire Second XI the day before.
![]() Barrow captain Daryl Wearing goes close to dismissing Mark Wilkinson, who started Fleetwood's revival from 40 for 4 |
Mark Wilkinson led the resistance with 35 off 51 balls before Adam Sharrocks (39) and Chris Stanhope (41 not out) steered the visitors to a challenging total on a green-looking pitch, Ryan Smith making a late-innings 30 off 24 balls. Dawson finished with four for 41 and spinner Gary Collins took three for 46.
![]() Chris Stanhope made valuable middle order runs for Fleetwood |
Sam Bell was Fleetwood's hero with an inspired spell of six for 47 off 20 overs. The opening bowler claimed three victims bowled, another leg before, one caught behind and saw Jon Miles brilliantly caught by Smith.
Barrow recovered from 73 for 7 thanks to late innings resistance from Rob Lightfoot (24 not out), skipper Daryl Wearing (19) and Collins (26) but Frith bowled Collins to clinch the win and finish with three for 46.
![]() Matt Frith completes Fleetwood's win by bowling Gary Collins |
Leyland (played 22-243pts) lead Barrow (22-220) by 23
points with St Annes (22-211) in third, followed by Darwen (22-190)
and Blackpool (22-173).
Morecambe and Lancaster are tying on 154
points ahead of their derby clash on Monday.
Morecambe, captained for the first time by Mark Woodhead, lost a thriller by one run at home to St Annes. Atiq Uz-Zaman hit 57 off 86 balls in the visitors' 163 with Tommy Clough, who stepped down as captain after the Readers Cup Final, returning outstanding figures of seven for 29 from 13 overs of off-spin.
The home side were well placed at 130 for 3, Ikram Ullah hitting 43 and Phil Dennison 35 but then lost five wickets for seven runs, pro Mandla Mashimbyi bowled by opposite number Dinuka Hettiarachchi for 35 in his farewell home appearance. Ian Izzat then hit 20 off 23 balls before being caught behind off pace-man Ben Dowling (four for 39). Hettiarachchi then trapped Graeme Cassidy leg before on his way to five for 71 from 24.3 overs.
Lancaster confirmed their huge improvement on last season's wooden spoon after beating the weather and Blackpool in the last over at Stanley Park. The home side struggled to 120 from 49.1 overs with Michael Moore hitting 44 not out from 99 balls. Pro Roy Silva took two for 31, Tim Barry three for 17 from 13 overs and off-spinner Ben Simm claimed three for 63 after bowling unchanged to go past the half century of wickets for the season.
Rain delays left Lancaster eventually with 34 overs and Richard Gleeson, a recent selection for Cumberland, bowled unchanged to take five for 57 off 17 overs. But solid contributions from Barry (22), Kiran Uppour (26) and David Heywood (20 not out) saw Lancaster home with two balls remaining.
Ryan Nelson batted throughout Carnforth's innings of 233 for 5 at Windsor Park to hit an undefeated 105 off 155 balls. The talented left-hander, who played for Cumberland last season reached his second Northern League hundred. Rehman Shah made 57 off 89 balls and posted 118 for the third wicket with Nelson with Chorley's sub-pro Atif Sheikh, the Derbyshire Second XI and Engalnd Under-19s left-arm opening bowler taking two for 60.
Carnforth pro Gareth Pedder then claimed his first Northern League hat-trick, accounting for Adam Peacock, Sheikh and Michael Critchley in successive balls as Chorley slumped to 26 for 4.
Rain lopped 11 overs off Chorley's reply but with James Reynard making 52 off 47 balls and Will Moulton 62 off 68 balls they comfortably salvaged a draw at 168 for 7.
There was no play in the game at Parkside Road where Netherfield were due to play Darwen. Netherfield have now had the misfortune to have six games abandoned, one more than Lancaster.
BARROW v FLEETWOOD
Fleetwood (15pts) defeated Barrow (3pts) by 44 runs
Fleetwood 198 for 8 (C Stanhope 41no, G Dawson 4 for 41) Barrow 154 (S Bell 6 for 47)
BLACKPOOL v LANCASTER
Lancaster (12pts) defeated Blackpool (1pt) by 3 wickets
Blackpool 120 (M Moore 44no) Lancaster 123 for 6 (R Gleeson 5 for 57)
CHORLEY v CARNFORTH
Carnforth (9pts) winning draw; Chorley (4pts)
Carnforth 233 for 5 (R Nelson 105no, R Shah 57) Chorley 168 for 7 (W Moulton 62, J Reynard 52, G Pedder 3 for 54 including hat-trick)
LEYLAND v KENDAL
Leyland (9pts) winning draw; Kendal (4pts)
Leyland 165 (L Reece 70, C Miller 7 for 24) Kendal 133 for 9 (N Lewthwaite 43, L Reece 4 for 41)
MORECAMBE v ST ANNES
St Annes (15pts) defeated Morecambe (5pts) by 1 run
St Annes 163 (Atiq Uz-Zaman 57, T Clough 7 for 29) Morecambe 162 (I Ullah 43, D Hettiarachchi 5 for 71, B Dowling 4 for 39)
NETHERFIELD v DARWEN
Match abandoned (4pts each)
No play
Preston no game
| Club | P | W15 | W12 | D4 | D1 | L | NR4 | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyland | 22 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 243 |
| Barrow | 22 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 220 |
| St Annes | 22 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 211 |
| Darwen | 22 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 190 |
| Blackpool | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 173 |
| Morecambe | 22 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 154 |
| Lancaster | 22 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 154 |
| Netherfield | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 133 |
| Kendal | 23 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 133 |
| Fleetwood | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 49 | 119 |
| Preston | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 118 |
| Carnforth | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 48 | 108 |
| Chorley | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 43 | 94 |
| Lancashire Colts | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 72 |
Blackpool continued their inconsistent , up and down season with a defeat at the hands of the improving Lancaster today at Stanley Park. Put in to bat, Danno`s boys struggled all the way down the order to come to terms with some tight , but to be fair, not particularly threatening bowling from the Lune Road visitors.
John Mounsey and Alex Smith got the home side off to a steady start with 37 for the first wicket but when the more dominant partner, Mounsey was dismissed for 23 with the score on 37 in the18th over, it was the signal for a dramatic batting collapse of epic proportions.
Blackpool`s batsmen were the victims of their own inability to to take a positive stance against the accuracy of Ben Simm(3 for 63 in 24.1), Roy Silva(2 for 31 in 12) and veteran Tim Barry(3 for 17 in 13).
Danno`sboys were guilty of "timid" batting and several of them simply waved the white flag as if under some strange form of hypnosis. Hogarth, Danson and Mercer all bagged ducks as only Michael Moore showed any real resistance with a 99 ball innings of 44 not out which included 3 fours and one straight 6 off the bowling of Simm.
Running between the wickets and picking up singles was weary by the home batsmen and it was only when Gleeson (14) and Sissons(6) came to the wicket that this aspect of the game improved.
The stats for the game tell their own story. Blackpool were bowled out for 120 in 49.1 overs and of the 296 balls faced only 73 were scored off as 223 deliveries were "dot balls". Only 7 boundary 4s and 1 six were hit with a miserly 39 singles , a tally which really is not good enough.Lancaster bowled 16 maidens.
In contrast, Lancaster, because of several rain delays had only 34 overs to reach their target which they managed with 2 balls to spare and 4 wickets in hand. The visitors received 93 fewer balls than the seasiders, scoring off 60 of them with only 143 dot balls, as Blackpool`s bowlers only managed to bowl 5 maidens between them. Richard Gleeson was once again the pick of Danno`s bowlers bowling unchanged (17o.4m.57r,5wkts)as all the Lancaster batsmen contributed to the victory chase Uppoor top scoring with 26 and the experienced David Heywood finishing the game on 20 not out.
Lots to think about before Monday`s derby game with Fleetwood, when a much improved performance will be required if we are to beat our local rivals.
Master batsman Steven Croft is a firm believer that the side with the most singles in the game will usually win that game. Food for thought , Fellers. See you Monday......Mick
In Division Two leaders Leyland were frustrated by the weather and saw their game at Kendal abandoned. They gained only four points as consolation and so Blackpool, who won by nine wickets at Lancaster to gain 12 points closed the gap at the top to just ten.
Leyland (21-220) lead Blackpool (21-210) with three games to play. Chorley (21-187) are third despite losing at bottom club Carnforth with Darwen (21-185) in fourth.
Blackpool skipper Kevin Reid took four for 38 and Ross Parker three for 35 as Lancaster were dismissed for 105 at Lune Road. Adrian Darlington (43 not out) and Prashant Aga (44 not out) then steered Blackpool to a nine wickets win.
Carnforth were inspired by Jordan Relph who hit an undefeated 69 off 77 balls with six fours and two sixes as they beat Chorley by three wickets at Lodge Quarry. David Catterall top scored with 51 in Chorley's 149 as Lewis Bradley and off-spinner Bradley Hoyle each took four wickets.
Andrew Cook took six for 59 as Netherfield were bowled out for 96 at Birch Hall, Rishi Girdhari top scoring with 30. Opener Scott Jackson steered Darwen home with an unbeaten 38 off 71 balls and Mark Bennett made 34 as the home side reached their target for the loss of six wickets.
Gulam Maje hit an unbeaten 61 in Morecambe's six wicket win at St Annes after club chairman Nick Milner took four for 20 in 17.5 overs in the home side's 114.
CARNFORTH v CHORLEY
Carnforth (12pts) defeated Chorley (3pts) by 3 wickets
Chorley 149 (D Catterall 51, B Hoyle 4 for 18, L Bradley 4 for 59) Carnforth 150 for 7 (J Relph 69no)
DARWEN v NETHERFIELD
Darwen (12pts) defeated Netherfield (1pt) by 4 wickets
Netherfield 96 (A Cook 6 for 59, M Horsfield 4 for 36) Darwen 98 for 6
FLEETWOOD v BARROW
Barrow (12pts) defeated Fleetwood (0pts) by 6 wickets
Fleetwood 118 (L Mendis 4 for 22) Barrow 122 for 4 (R Adams 42)
KENDAL v LEYLAND
Match abandoned (4pts each)
No play
LANCASTER v BLACKPOOL
Blackpool (12pts) defeated Lancaster (0pts) by 9 wickets
Lancaster 105 ( K Reid 4 for 38) Blackpool 106 for 1 (P Aga 44no, A Darlington 43no)
ST ANNES v MORECAMBE
Morecambe (12pts) defeated St Annes (0pts) by 6 wickets
St Annes 114 (N Milner 4 for 20) Morecambe 115 for 4 (G Maje 61no)
Preston no game
St Annes v Carnforth
St Annes 12pts defeated Carnforth 3pts by 6 wickets
Carnforth 184 (J Cornthwaite 51, W Tomlinson 48, G Costin 5-52) St Annes 185 - 4 (A Taylor 67, P Williams 61
| Club | P | W15 | W12 | D4 | D1 | l | NR4 | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyland | 21 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 220 |
| Blackpool | 21 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 210 |
| Chorley | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 187 |
| Darwen | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 185 |
| Morecambe | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 155 |
| St Annes | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 150 |
| Preston | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 142 |
| Barrow | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 138 |
| Lancaster | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 132 |
| Netherfield | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 124 |
| Fleetwood | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 122 |
| Kendal | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 89 |
| Carnforth | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 41 | 65 |
![]() The history of Morecambe Cricket Club has just been published |
Well respected Northern League Umpire and long standing Morecambe CC member and former player John Butler has made his first entry into the world of writing with a splendid club history of Morecambe Cricket Club entitled 'Cricket down the Lane'.
The book has 170 pages and includes rich historical details and anecdotes as well as some superb photographs and interesting statistics with many references to players, professionals and officials associated with the club.
Copies of the book may be ordered from Morecambe Cricket Club, Woodhill Lane, Morecambe LA4 4NL, price £9.99 plus £2.75 for postage and packing. Cheques should be made payable to Morecambe Cricket Club. The book is also available from the club during opening hours and on match-days while John is in the process of organising an official launch when it is hoped many current and former Morecambe players will attend.
Former Morecambe club professional Ashwell Prince, the current South African Test star has kindly written the foreword. Prince writes fondly of his time at Woodhill Lane.
"The two years spent at the club has most certainly stood me in good stead for what was to follow," Prince writes. "As a young professional you very soon become aware of the pressure on you as you are the only paid player in the team and people obviously expect more.
"This teaches one responsibility as you soon learn that you have to find a way to deal with these pressures. When things are not going that well on the field, it can be very lonely when you are a long way away from home in a foreign country, far away from friends and family and support structures that you would normally have at home.
"I would like to thank all the people who have helped me have a wonderful and unforgettable two years at the club."
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