Match Day 28th May 2005 A WIN FOR LEYLAND - AND FOR LANCASTER By Gerry Wolstenholme Two teams without a win to their names so far this season broke their ducks on Saturday and one of them, Leyland, won their first game since the 2003 season. Congratulations to both Leyland and Lancaster on well-deserved victories. Leyland stunned last season's champions Fleetwood who were bowled out for a measly 95 with wickets to all four bowlers used. Adam Parker had 2-5 from six overs, four of which were maidens, before he was injured and had to be replaced, Steve Pallett had 2-39, James Wright had 3-33 and Brian Tennant had 3-9 off nine overs, three of which were maidens. For Fleetwood it was a batting calamity as professional Doug Watson did his job and scored 65 with seven fours and two sixes but only John Wright of the rest reached double figures as he made 11. There were nine extras so the other nine Fleetwood batsmen contributed just 10 runs between them as there were six no scores on the card, one not out. Leyland were then in trouble in their reply and lost five quick wickets before Wright, 33 not out, and Tennant, 29 not out, took them to victory. Steve Hill took 3-15 from 12 overs for Fleetwood. Lancaster put Chorley in at Lune Road and then restricted their opponents to 166-7 to which Tom Smith contributed 70 and Nigel Heaton 38 while Yasim Bari took 4-62 for Lancaster. Lancaster replied with a fine opening stand from David Heywood, who was there at the end with 83 not out, and Jamie Heywood, 41, and then Ian Parkinson's 29 not out helped his side to 170-3 and a seven wicket victory. Barrow also won as they bowled Darwen out for 121 at Birch Hall with Gareth Cordingley getting the top score of 38 and Keith Semple, 27, and Chris Clarke, 26, also making reasonable contributions. Rawl Lewis took 4-31 and Ray Mowat 4-36 before Ian Allington, 68, and Dean Williams, 41 not out, almost took Barrow to a 10-wicket win but it needed Lewis to come in and win the game with a six at 123-1. There was a win too for Netherfield who disposed of Leyland Motors who batted first and made 184-8 with Peter Cummings making 64 and Faisel Patel 63 while Scott Clement took 5-42 for Netherfield. In reply Craig Walmsley made 51, Pierre de Bruyn 32 and Gareth White 28 as Sifton Prince's 2-40 and Atif Ashraf's 2-46 were not enough to prevent Netherfield making 189-6 to achieve victory four wickets. The game at Shap Road was drawn when Kendal made 213-5 before declaring and Preston replied with 151-9. Kabir Khan made 66 from 95 balls with six fours and two sixes and Simon Little made 54 from 121 balls with one six and four fours while Kevin Howarth scored a quick 32 not out. For Preston extras made the most significant contribution with exactly 50! Munaf Bavla was next best with 37 and there was 26 from Andrew Miller but it was Glenn Johnstone, 14 not out, and Rhys Williams who held on for Preston to earn a draw despite Chris Miller taking 4-29 from 15 overs. Blackpool and Morecambe also drew at Stanley Park after the home side had rattled up 246-3 with Justin Kreusch making 97 not out and Charles Boucher 86. Morecambe replied with 211-5, Phil Dennison 74 not out and the superbly named Malliebonque Maketa an excellent 51 not out. Scores in brief (home sides in bold): Blackpool 246-3 (Kreusch 97*, Boucher 86), Morecambe 211-5 (Dennison 74, Maketa 51*) Blackpool 8 points, Morecambe 4 points Darwen 121 (Lewis 4-31, Mowat 4-36), Barrow 123-1 (Allington 68, Williams 41*) Darwen 0 points, Barrow 12 points Kendal 213-5 dec (Khan 66, Little 54), Preston 151-9 (Miller 4-29) Kendal 10 points, Preston 3 points Chorley 166-7 (Smith T 70, Bari 4-62), Lancaster 170-3 (Heywood D 83*, Heywood J 41) Chorley 2 points, Lancaster 12 points Fleetwood 95 (Watson 65), Leyland 97-5 Fleetwood 1 point, Leyland 12 points Leyland Motors 184-8 (Cummings 64, Patel 63, Clement 5-42), Netherfield 189-6 (Walmsley 51) Leyland Motors 4 points, Netherfield 12 points SURRIDGE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division One Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts St Annes 7 1 3 1 1 0 1 7 67 Blackpool 8 2 0 2 0 1 3 10 60 Netherfield 7 1 1 2 1 0 2 13 55* Barrow 8 1 1 1 1 1 3 10 54 Morecambe 7 1 0 2 1 1 2 12 44 Kendal 7 0 1 1 1 1 3 13 42 Darwen 8 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 41 Fleetwood 8 1 0 1 0 3 3 8 39 Chorley 8 1 0 0 3 1 3 11 39* Leyland 7 0 1 1 0 2 3 7 35 Preston 7 1 0 0 1 2 3 5 31* Lancaster 7 0 1 0 0 3 3 6 30 Leyland Motors 7 0 1 0 0 4 2 9 29 * 2 points deducted for Slow Over Rate Every game in the Second Division resulted in one side or the other winning with four sides being bowled out for under 100. Best batting of the day came from Chorley's Ian Oakes who made 75 as his side won by six wickets against Lancaster while the best bowling went to Netherfield's Russell Miller who had 5-32 and with Ryan Wilson taking 4-32 Leyland Motors were dismissed for 85 when chasing Netherfield's modest 116. Scores in brief (home sides in bold): Barrow 162 (Heffernan 45), Darwen 165-7 (Chatterton 63, Bonner 54*, Mullin 4-46) Barrow 4 points, Darwen 12 points Lancaster 174 (Parker 58, Masterton 40), Chorley 179-4 (Oakes 75) Lancaster 2 points, Chorley 12 points Leyland 83 (Clarke 4-20), Fleetwood 84-3 (Emsley 59*) Leyland 0 points, Fleetwood 12 points Blackpool 53 (Gifford 4-27), Morecambe 57-1 Blackpool 0 points, Morecambe 12 points Netherfield 116, Leyland Motors 85 (Miller 5-32, Wilson 4-35) Netherfield 15 points, Leyland Motors 3 points Preston 212-7 dec (Dixon 53), Kendal 98 Preston 15 points, Kendal 2 points SURRIDGE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division Two Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts Chorley 8 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 66 Morecambe 7 0 3 2 0 0 2 10 62 Barrow 8 0 3 1 1 1 2 11 60 Fleetwood 8 1 2 0 1 2 2 11 59 Netherfield 7 2 0 2 1 0 2 9 56 Preston 7 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 55 St Annes 7 0 3 0 1 0 3 3 52 Darwen 8 0 2 2 0 2 1 12 48 Leyland Motors 7 0 1 2 1 2 1 13 38 Blackpool 8 0 0 1 0 4 3 12 28 Leyland 7 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 16 Kendal 7 0 0 0 1 5 1 10 15 Lancaster 7 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 12 MATCH ACTION HIGH SCORING DRAW Blackpool 246-3, Morecambe 211-5 By Gerry Wolstenholme There were 457 runs for the loss of only eight wickets at a benign Stanley Park on Saturday but the game petered out into a tame draw with Morecambe, 211-5, 36 runs short of victory chasing Blackpool's 246-3. Morecambe won the toss, asked Blackpool to bat and suffered at the hands of Steven Croft in the first over when professional Mark Orchard bowled too short and Croft helped himself to 10 runs courtesy of three pulled shots. However Orchard quickly found a better line and length and the scoring had slowed slightly when Orchard put down Boucher at slip from what seemed to be a routine catch off Peter Stephens when the batsman had made three and in typical fashion he struck the following ball to the boundary to add insult to injury. However Blackpool did lose a wicket at 27 when Croft, 19, steered Orchard to Malliebonque Maketa in the gully and a second wicket went down at 31 when Tim Barry, nought, flashed hard at Orchard and Phil Dennison at slip took a good head-high catch. There followed a partnership of 136 in 106 minutes between Boucher and Justin Kreusch although the former did have his moments of luck, most notably in one over from Warren Quinn when, on 29, Gareth Peddar just failed to hold onto a low chance as he ran in from mid-off and then when he got his fingertips to a powerful shot that flew to the boundary for four. He was also missed off a caught and bowled chance to Quinn when he had made 61. Kreusch also had an escape when Brendan Hetherington failed to hold onto a chance off Jono Gates when the South African had made 27 and then he escaped when he picked up what seemed to be a moving ball and returned it to bowler Orchard who appealed for his dismissal. After consultation with the square leg umpire and a chat with the Morecambe captain the game continued with Kreusch still at the wicket. The partnership was eventually broken when Boucher was adjudged run out, much to his chagrin, after Mark Woodhead had sent in a return and he was gone for 86 made from 115 balls with nine fours. Steve Mercer joined Kreusch and the pair ran superbly well and struck out to put on 79 in only 43 minutes as the Morecambe fielding became a little ragged. And, after the 52 overs, Kreusch had made 97 not out from 129 balls with two sixes and five fours and Mercer had made a cameo 30 not out from 42 balls as Blackpool closed on 244-3. Orchard took the only two wickets to fall to a bowler for 72 runs. Morecambe's reply began as positively as Blackpool's innings had ended and there were quickly 35 runs on the board before Barry's first over found Woodhead, 18, playing on. Dennison and Orchard were then in no trouble and added 64 in 54 minutes before the latter walked down the track to Michael Taylor and was bowled for 26 at 99-2. Dennison, on 60, was then dropped at point by Boucher and Maketa was missed from a stumping chance when he had made 25, but the pair prospered and put on 68 in 62 minutes to keep their side in with a chance of victory before Dennison swung across the line and was bowled by Kreusch for a fine 74 made from 128 balls with six fours. In the same over the injured Peddar was also bowled by Kreusch and Morecambe were 167-3. The effervescent Hetherington hit lustily and made a quick 19 before he drove to extra cover where a diving Paul Danson took the catch off Barry and the wicketkeeper was gone at 193-4. There was just time for Maketa to reach a deserved half-century by which time the game had run away from Morecambe who had to settle for a draw at 211-5 with Maketa 51 not out and Tommy Clough four not out. There were two wickets each for Barry, for an economical 34 runs from 16 overs, and Kreusch, for 57 runs while Michael Taylor had 1-20.

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