Match Day 4th September 2010 Leyland's title in both divisions Double top for Leyland By Michael Latham Leyland players and supporters celebrate winning both league titles at Fox Lane There were wild scenes of celebration at Fox Lane as darkness fell on a glorious summer's evening after both the First and Second XIs clinched their respective league titles in the Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League (incorporating Readers Cricket Balls). League chairman Norman Poole presented captain David Makinson with the Division One trophy and captain Chris Dovey with the Division Two trophy as players and supporters joined together to mark a superb achievement by the club. League chairman Norman Poole presents Leyland captain David Makinson with the Division One championship trophy The present Leyland CC was formed after Leyland and Farrington CC and Leyland Motors CC joined together in February 2007. Leyland had previously been division one champions in 1961, 1981 and 1991 and Leyland Motors champions in 1973. Leyland were division two champions in 1952 and 1955 and Leyland Motors champions in 1953. The last team to win both divisions in the same season were Morecambe in 2006. Leyland, who visited West Cliff to take on Preston began the day with an 11-point lead over a Barrow side, fresh from their dramatic 10 runs win at Fox Lane kept the title race alive, who were at Chorley. Both sides were aware that showery rain was forecast for the early evening. Leyland struggled on a slow-paced pitch and battled to 126 for 8 against Preston with Chris Parkinson (25), Henry Thompson (29 not out off 71 balls) and James Rounding (27) the major contributors. Parkinson and Luis Reece posted 43 for the first wicket but thereafter Leyland had to battle hard against Bilal Asad and Manoj Parekh. Asad, who bowled 25 overs despite being hampered by a hamstring injury took four for 43 while the veteran Parekh gave another master-class on his return to the side, taking three for 34 from 16 overs. Preston's replay never got off the ground as Leyland pro Brett Pelser continued his fine late season bowling form. Pelser took eight for 22 from 12.3 overs and with skipper Makinson weighing in with two for four from seven overs a Preston side lacking star amateur batsman Adam Parker, who was unavailable for the game, were dismissed for just 45 at 5.39pm. Sajid Patel was the only home batsman to reach double figures, making 23 off 66 balls. Leyland then had an anxious wait to discover the result from Chorley where Barrow had to win to keep alive their championship hopes. Barrow posted 205 with England U17s star Liam Livingstone providing the mainstay of their innings with 58 off 111 balls. Chris D'Leny made 32 off 37 balls as Chorley sub-pro Gaurav Dhar, who is on the MCC Young Professionals squad, wheeled away with his leg-spin to take six for 83 from 19 overs. Chorley battled hard after recent dismal batting displays, Dhar making 40 off 60 balls and Michael Critchley 21 off 85 balls. Will Moulton then hit 45 off 50 balls until he was bowled by Barrow pro Pasan Wanasinghe. Wanasinghe took four for 26 off 16 overs but the Chorley batsmen were in obdurate mood, skipper Andy Holdsworth and wicketkeeper Alex Weetman frustrating the home side by batting through 38 balls to salvage a creditable draw at 160 for 7 as the game finished at 7.02pm. The final five overs of the Chorley innings were relayed ball-by-ball by mobile 'phone back to Fox Lane where Ian Farrington, the Leyland fixture secretary passed on the commentary to the assembled throng on the outfield. The final result was received with great jubilation in Leyland. Leyland have 261 points with one game left, against Darwen at Fox Lane next Saturday. Barrow (244pts) lead defending champion St Annes (232pts) by 12 points with Darwen 205pts) fourth, Blackpool (195pts) fifth and Morecambe (178pts) sixth. Third-placed St Annes hosted Lancashire Colts, who were completing their first season in the league. The Colts reached 199 as Ben Dowling took four for 48. Despite losing openers Atiq Uz-Zaman and skipper Andy Kellett for ducks St Annes reached their target with two wickets to spare, teenager Nathan Armstrong hitting a superb 75 off 124 balls to spearhead the victory charge. Darwen, in fourth place played Blackpool, one place below them at Birch Hall. Cumberland county bowler Richard Gleeson reached the 50-wickets mark for the second season in succession as Darwen were routed for just 50, Andy Furniss contributing the other four wickets. Blackpool lost John Mounsey in achieving their target just before a quarter-to-three. Lancaster were at home to Netherfield and emerged with a winning draw from a thrilling game. Jamie Heywood hit 51 in Lancaster's 190 for 9, Netherfield pro Nick Kruger taking five for 61. Despite 45 from opener Ben Haddrick and 51 from Cumberland batsman Alex Atkinson Netherfield fell just short on 188 for 9, off-spinner Ben Simm taking four for 84 and leg-spinner Alex Metcalfe three for 40 on his return from a knee injury. Kendal played the final game of their season when they hosted Morecambe at Shap Road and relied on a fine 85 from captain/pro Ross McMillan for reaching 152. McMillan faced 89 balls and hit 13 of the 15 boundaries in the Kendal innings. Morecambe sub-pro Arslan Mir took five for 36 and the former Pakistan U19s star then hit an unbeaten 48 to steer his side to a six wickets win, Ikram Ullah making 64 off 71 balls against his former club. There was a high-scoring game at Broadwater where Fleetwood confirmed their late season revival by earning 15 points against Carnforth. Professional Matt Frith hit 89 before being run out and Adam Sharrocks (53 not out) and Ryan Smith (50 not out) shared an unbroken stand of 96 from 55 balls as Fleetwood reached 270 for 5. Adam Hornby's 41 and Tom Barnfield's 52 provided the mainstays of Caernforth's reply as then were bowled out for 196 despite a late flurry from Lewis Bradley (34). Frith, who has been playing for Derbyshire Seconds in recent weeks, took four for 32 and Smith three for 51. Leyland- Division One champions 2010 FIRST DIVISION SCORES CHORLEY v BARROW Barrow (9pts) winning draw: Chorley (6pts) Barrow 205 (L Livingstone 58, G Dhar 6 for 83),Chorley 160 for 7 (W Moulton 45, G Dhar 40, P Wanasinghe 4 for 26) DARWEN v BLACKPOOL Blackpool (12pts) defeated Darwen (0pts) by 9 wickets Darwen 50 (R Gleeson 6 for 19, A Furniss 4 for 24) Blackpool 52 for 1 FLEETWOOD v CARNFORTH Fleetwood (15pts) defeated Carnforth (4pts) by 74 runs Fleetwood 270 for 5 (M Frith 89, A Sharrocks 53no, R Smith 50no) Carnforth 196 (T Barnfield 52, A Hornby 41, M Frith 4 for 32) KENDAL v MORECAMBE Morecambe (12pts) defeated Kendal (1pt) by 6 wickets Kendal 152 (R McMillan 85, Arslan Mir 5 for 36) Morecambe 156 for 4 (I Ullah 64, Arslan Mir 48) LANCASTER v NETHERFIELD Lancaster (10pts) winning draw; Netherfield (7pts) Lancaster 190 for 9 (J Heywood 51, N Kruger 5 for 61) Netherfield 188 for 9 (A Atkinson 54, B Haddrick 45, B Simm 4 for 84) PRESTON v LEYLAND Leyland (15pts) defeated Preston (2pts) by 81 runs Leyland 126 for 8 (Bilal Asad 4 for 43) Preston 45 (B Pelser 8 for 22) ST ANNES v LANCASHIRE COLTS St Annes (12pts) defeated Lancashire Colts (5pts) by 2 wickets Lancashire Colts 199 (A Arumagan 56, E Bullcock 44, B Dowling 4 for 48) St Annes 201 for 8 (N Armstrong 75) FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY ( INCORPORATIN READERS CRICKET BALLS ) NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division One Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts Leyland 24 6 11 2 2 2 1 25 261 Barrow 24 7 8 2 1 4 2 26 244 St Annes 24 4 11 3 0 4 2 20 232 Darwen 24 7 3 4 1 7 2 39 205 Blackpool 24 5 6 2 2 6 3 26 195 Morecambe 24 1 9 1 1 9 3 38 178 Lancaster 24 1 6 4 2 6 5 40 165 Netherfield 24 2 5 1 2 8 6 32 152 Fleetwood 24 4 0 4 2 12 2 53 139 Kendal 25 2 1 4 3 11 4 61 138 Preston 24 4 0 1 6 9 4 38 124 Carnforth 24 3 1 1 3 14 2 52 124 Chorley 24 1 2 0 5 14 2 51 103 Lancashire Colts 13 1 2 1 0 7 2 28 79 TO SEE MIKE LATHAM'S PICTURES OF THE DAY Chorley v Barrow Click Here Leyland CC Champions - Photo's Click Here MATCH REPORT By Michael Moore Darwen v Blackpool Needing 14 points from their last 2 games Danno`s Boys travelled to Birch Hall looking to bag the bulk of them in one game , which is exactly what they did, absolutely annihilating the 4th placed team and making it possible even at this late stage for Blackpool to finish in 4th place. Be that as it may, with other results going our way, we have definitely finished no lower than 5th place and therefore qualify for next seasons Lancs Cup. Well done lads.Justly deserved. Danno won the toss and in bowler friendly conditions inserted the home side and with some justification, as Andy Furniss claimed the first wicket in his first over, having Nathan Jackson caught behind by the excellent James Smith, playing his next to last game for Blackpool as work commitments take him across the border to Yorkshire next year. We all wish you well for the future James and thank you for your great service to BCC. Rick Gleeson then made his first mark on the game clean bowling Chris Lowe for 1 in the 4th over and from thereon in wickets fell like ninepins as both of Blackpool`s strike bowlers made merry. The key wicket was that of Mohammad Zaman Khan, Darwen`s prolific run toting pro, totally deceived by Ricky G as he shouldered arms only to be cleaned up middle stump by the rampant Gleeson, who with Furniss blew the remaining Darwen batsmen away without too much difficulty Gleeson finished with 6 for 19 from his 11overs bringing his tally to 50 for the season with one game to go and Furniss 4 for 24 from 11.2 as Darwen were bowled out for 50 in 22.2 overs. Wow! In reply Danno`s Boys cruised past the meagre target with 66.3 overs to spare as the whole game was wrapped up by 17 minutes to 3!!. Could be a long night , Fellers! John Mounsey , who has had a magnificent season in his 2nd year at the Northern League side was the only wicket to fall , caught at 2nd slip by Anwar off the bowling of Chris Wade. Alex Smith finished on 25 not out and Michael Moore 12 not out as Blackpool picked up 12 points in record time. Unbelievable win today, guys , keep it up for one more week and finish on a high note. Don`t forget nets on Tuesday....Mick SECOND DIVISION In Division Two Leyland were 16 points ahead of their nearest challengers Blackpool going into the penultimate round of games. Leyland were at home to Preston while Blackpool hosted Darwen at Stanley Park. Blackpool skipper Kevin Reid took seven for 33 to dismiss Darwen for 119. Adrian Darlington (50) and Prashant Aga (57 not out) then steered Blackpool to victory by eight wickets. Reid became the third bowler to reach 50 wickets in Division Two, emulating teammate Ross Parker (54) and Morecambe skipper Nick Milner (54). Reid has taken 51 wickets. But their efforts were in vain as Leyland wrapped up a comfortable win over Preston at Fox Lane. Daniel Hall hit an unbeaten 70 to steer Leyland to 200 for 4 declared and in the process beat John Pallett's club batting record in division two. Hall has scored 846 runs and leads the Scratching Shed batting awards. Pallett scored 793 runs for Leyland in 1991. Wes Royle (40) and Tom Reece (44) were the other main contributors as Yasin Patel took three for 33. Leagie chairman Norman Poole presents captain Chris Dovey with the Division Two championship trophy Stephen Cartwright and Tayyab Afsar then each collected five wickets as Preston were dismissed for 60. Leyland (244pts) lead Blackpool (225pts) with one game to play, with Chorley (208) third and Darwen (188) fourth. Chorley lost by one wicket in a thriller at Ernest Pass against Barrow, Lakmal Mendis top-scoring with 50 for the home side. Kendal's 15-year-old opener Darren Nightingale hit 92 in his side's shock seven wickets win at Morecambe while Carnforth's teenaged batsman Jason Cornthwaite made an unbeaten half-century in his side's winning draw against Fleetwood. Netherfield beat Lancaster by seven wickets at Parkside Road. SECOND DIVISION SCORES BARROW v CHORLEY Barrow (12pts) defeated Chorley (6pts) by one wicket Chorley 183 for 7 (D Catterall 49, I Mawdesley 42, C Nicholson 4 for 60) Barrow 187 for 9 (L Mendis 50, Extras 43, R Flood 5 for 44) BLACKPOOL V DARWEN Blackpool (12pts) defeated Darwen (0pts) by 8 wickets Darwen 119 (K Reid 7 for 33) Blackpool 123 for 2 (P Aga 57no, A Darlington 50) CARNFORTH v FLEETWOOD Carnforth (10pts) winning draw; Fleetwood (6pts) Carnforth 186 for 9 (J Cornthwaite 54no, Father S Jones 43, T Clarke 4 for 50) Fleetwood 167 for 9 (J Gregson 50, A Singleton 42, D Nelson 5 for 68) LEYLAND v PRESTON Leyland (15pts) defeated Preston (0pts) by 143 runs Leyland 200 for 4 dec (D Hall 70no, T Reece 44, W Royle 40) Preston 60 (S Cartwright 5 for 15, T Afsar 5 for 30) MORECAME v KENDAL Kendal (12pts) defeated Morecambe (3pts) by 7 wickets Morecambe 201 for 5 dec (K Tharmalingam 72, N Milner 72no) Kendal 205 for 3 (D Nightingale 92) NETHERFIELD v LANCASTER Netherfield (12pts) defeated Lancaster (2pts) by 7 wickets Lancaster 166 (M Nazir 4 for 31, J Stafford 4 for 48) Netherfield 170 for 3 (R Girdhari 47, R Lambert 41, S Jones 41no) St Annes 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 23 6 8 5 0 1 3 26 244 Blackpool 23 6 9 2 0 5 1 15 225 Chorley 23 5 6 2 4 4 2 41 208 Darwen 23 6 4 0 4 4 5 26 188 Morecambe 23 5 5 2 0 8 3 18 173 St Annes 23 5 3 1 4 7 3 34 165 Barrow 23 2 5 2 3 7 4 37 154 Fleetwood 23 2 5 1 2 11 2 39 143 Preston 23 3 3 3 1 8 5 29 143 Netherfield 23 5 2 0 0 13 3 29 140 Lancaster 23 2 6 0 0 10 4 19 137 Kendal 24 3 1 1 3 11 5 32 116 Carnforth 23 0 1 2 0 18 2 47 75

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