Match Day 4th June 2005 LEYLAND TRIUMPH AGAIN - AND SO DO ST ANNES By Gerry Wolstenholme Resurgent Leyland had a second win in three games on Saturday to take them to their highest spot in the table for many a long time but at the top St Annes continued their progress with a demolition job on hapless Barrow. Netherfield kept the pressure on the Fylde Coast side with a win over bottom of the table Preston. Leyland's win over Lancaster at Fox Lane was so emphatic that substitute professional, Gaekwad, neither batted nor bowled! Lancaster were routed for 75 with Lee Sparks making 17 and Jamie Heywood 16 and Steve Pallett taking 4-25 and Brian Tennant 3-11. Chris Parkinson, 40 not out, and Alex Mercer, 25 not out, saw Leyland home by 10 wickets with 76-0. St Annes batted first at Vernon Road and amassed 265-4, Adrian Darlington top scoring with 87 and Ian Austin making 48 and Adam Cotton 46. Barrow then suffered the ignominy of being bowled out for 34 to lose by a massive 231 runs with no batsman reaching double figures, Dean Williams with nine and Rob Lightfoot with seven being their best efforts as Shane Harwood took 6-20, to take his wicket tally to 36 for the season, and Steven Twist took 4-14. The Barrow lads were graceful in defeat, sportingly applauding St Annes to a man as they left the field. Netherfield restricted Preston to 160-7 with Munaf Bavla making 38 and John Winter 32 not out while the spinners, Richard Hadwin, 2-55, and Nick White, 2-48, took the bowling honours. Pierre de Bruyn, 55, Tommy Prime, 47, and Gareth White, 41 not out, then took Netherfield comfortably to 164-3 and victory by seven wickets. Fleetwood also won, defeating Kendal, who were the only team to win at Broadwater last season, by three wickets. But they made hard work of it by losing, yet again, their middle order for very little as off-spinner Chris Miller took 4-26. Fortunately professional Doug Watson continued his good form and he was still there at the end with 73 not out from 118-7. This followed Dave Fish's star performance as he took 7-41 as Kendal were dismissed for 116 with Simon Little top scoring with 60. Chorley and Morecambe drew at Woodhill Lane as the visitors made a modest 162-6 with contributions from Neil Bannister, 36, Ian Oakes, 28, Ian Mawdsley, 26 not out, Tom Smith, 24, and Grav Dhar, 23 not out as Peter Stephens took 4-46. Morecambe limped to 114-7 in 49 overs with Mal Maketa making 27 and Phil Dennison 23. There was also a draw at Darwen where the home side made 203-6, Gareth Cordingley making 56 and brothers Neil 55 and John 23 not out while Keith Semple made 26. Leyland Motors once again relied heavily on professional Atif Ashraf who made 108 not out from their 138-7 Scores in brief (home sides in bold): Darwen 203-6 (Cordingley G 56, Cordingley N 55), Leyland Motors 138-7 (Ashraf 108*) Darwen 9 points, Leyland Motors 2 points Kendal 116 (Little 60, Fish 7-41), Fleetwood 118-7 (Watson 73*, Miller 4-26) Kendal 2 points, Fleetwood 12 points Lancaster 75 (Pallett 4-25), Leyland 76-0 (Parkinson 40*) Lancaster 0 points, Leyland 12 points Chorley 162-6 (Stephens 4-46), Morecambe 114-7 Morecambe 2 points, Chorley 8 points Preston 160-7, Netherfield 164-3 (de Bruyn 55, Prime 47, White G 41*) Preston 2 points, Netherfield 12 points St Annes 265-4 (Darlington 87, Austin 48, Cotton 46), Barrow 34 (Harwood 6-20, Twist 4-14) St Annes 15 points, Barrow 0 points SURRIDGE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division One Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts St Annes 9 2 4 1 1 0 1 7 94 Netherfield 9 1 2 3 1 0 2 19 77* Blackpool 9 2 0 2 1 1 3 13 64 Darwen 10 1 2 1 2 0 3 8 65 Fleetwood 10 1 1 2 0 3 3 13 60 Barrow 9 1 1 1 1 2 3 10 54 Leyland 9 0 2 1 1 2 3 11 52 Kendal 9 0 1 1 2 2 3 19 49 Chorley 10 1 0 1 3 2 3 17 49* Morecambe 9 1 0 2 2 2 2 13 46 Lancaster 9 0 2 0 0 4 3 6 42 Leyland Motors 9 0 1 1 1 4 2 13 38 Preston 9 1 0 0 1 4 3 7 33* * 2 points deducted for Slow Over Rate While five teams were bowled out for under 100 in the Second Division, Darwen's Dominic Heys made 108 not out as his side defeated Leyland Motors by six wickets, making 185-4 in reply to 184-8. Perhaps the most astonishing result of the day was at Chorley where the home side were dismissed for just 77, courtesy of Gulam Maje's 6-35, but then won by 11 runs as Morecambe were bowled out for 66! Phil Hartley of Netherfield had the day's best bowling figures as he returned 6-32 as Preston were dismissed for 56 and he was more fortunate than Maje for his side won by six wickets with 57-4. Scores in brief (home teams in bold): Barrow 163 (Hughes 52, Bickerdike 5-33), St Annes 92-6 (Parker 5-38) Barrow 7 points, St Annes 4 points Chorley 77 (Maje 6-35), Morecambe 66 Chorley 15 points, Morecambe 3 points Kendal 78 (Gregson 4-33), Fleetwood 82-2 Kendal 0 points, Fleetwood 12 points Lancaster 40, Leyland 41-1 Lancaster 0 points, Leyland 12 points Leyland Motors 184-8 (Totham 68, Richardson 61, Grant M 4-39), Darwen 185-4 (Heys 108*) Leyland Motors 3 points, Darwen 12 points Preston 56 (Hartley 6-31), Netherfield 57-4 Preston 0 points, Netherfield 12 points SURRIDGE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division Two Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts Chorley 10 2 3 1 1 0 3 7 90 Fleetwood 10 2 3 0 1 2 2 11 86 Netherfield 9 3 1 2 1 0 2 9 83 Morecambe 9 0 4 2 0 1 2 13 77 Barrow 9 0 3 2 1 1 2 14 67 Darwen 10 0 3 2 1 2 1 17 66 St Annes 8 0 3 0 2 0 3 6 56 Preston 8 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 55 Leyland 9 1 1 0 1 3 3 3 43 Leyland Motors 9 0 1 2 1 4 1 16 41 Blackpool 9 0 0 1 0 5 3 15 31 Kendal 9 0 0 0 1 7 1 13 18 Lancaster 9 0 0 0 1 5 2 3 12 MATCH ACTION FLEETWOOD GAIN REVENGE Kendal 116, Fleetwood 118-7 By Gerry Wolstenholme Fleetwood gained revenge for their only home defeat of last season by defeating Kendal but they made hard work of it as they lost their middle order cheaply and it was only the gritty determination of professional Doug Watson that saw them through. They had bowled Kendal out for 116 with Dave Fish taking seven wickets and taking his tally this season to 30 wickets and then battled to reach 118-7 after 55.2 overs and victory by three wickets. Fleetwood won the toss and put Kendal in to bat on a track that had a tinge of dampness in it, not surprising with the rain of the previous week. The decision very quickly looked an excellent one as Kendal lost two wickets with only four runs on the board and one of those was the dangerous Terry Hunte. Tom Blundell forced Ikram Ullah to get a leading edge and Fish at mid-on took a comfortable catch and that was 0-1. Hunte then tried to drive Blundell on a track not conducive to that particular shot at that early stage and he only succeeded in giving John Wright at mid-off a leaping catch and that was 4-2. Damien Gudgeon and Simon Little started to repair the innings and they put on 55 runs for the third wicket before the former edged Fish to James Ellis and was gone for 12 at 59-3. A watchful Kabir Khan helped Little to take the total to 93 before Fish, who at that point had 1-24 from 12 overs, began to wreak his havoc. Khan fell leg before wicket for 13 and from 93-4 the innings subsided to 116 all out as Fish took a remarkable 6-17 in six overs. The crucial wicket came at 94 when Little, having played beautifully to reach 60 from 94 balls with one straight six off Fish and nine fours, was bowled by the same bowler. Ahmed Elech played a little too soon and gave Fish a low return catch and he was gone for seven at 101-6. Dave Fallows was leg before wicket to Fish without scoring and without addition to the total, Adam Cowperthwaite made five before Wright caught him off Fish who then had James Rafferty leg before wicket for a duck at 113-9. Chris Miller made one before he charged Watson and was stumped by Ellis and that left Kevin Howarth stranded on 10 and Kendal all out for 116 in 46.3 overs. Fleetwood's reply began well and Watson and Ellis put on 44 before the latter, having been dropped by Rafferty at deep square leg when 10 and survived a run out chance from the next ball, was bowled by Miller for 12 as he played all round a ball from the off spinner. Michael Clinning made eight before he gently lobbed a catch to Fallows at short mid-on and that was 62-2. Fallows had Andrew Clough leg before wicket for nought at 68-3 and it was 77-4 when Wright, one, half swept Fallows only to present Howarth at backward square leg with a simple catch. Fortunately Rob Clark presented Watson, who was going along nicely, with some support and the pair took the total to within striking distance of the Kendal score before, at 111, Howarth trapped Clark leg before wicket for 17. Adam Sharrocks made one and Wayne Clarke a duck as Kendal crowded the batsmen sensing an unlikely chance of victory and both batsmen were caught at silly mid-off by Ullah off Miller. Adam Breakall defended the three remaining balls of the Miller over and then, from the second ball of the next over, the 167th ball that he had received, Watson struck Howarth for a boundary, his 10th, through extra cover to take his personal score to 73 not out and Fleetwood to victory by three wickets at 118-7.

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