Gleeson wrecks Chorley with seven wickets
Preston skipper Lukman Vahaluwala is bowled by Luis Reece |
Leyland stole a march on their title rivals in the Furness Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League incorporating Readers Cricket Balls.
On a rain-hit afternoon, the defending Champions defeated Preston by five wickets at Fox Lane to move within one point of St Annes at the top.
St Annes' scheduled game at Morecambe was called off in mid-morning after torrential rain overnight. Andy Kellett's side then suffered the agony of seeing Leyland make a 2pm start against Preston and edge towards a valuable win.
Chorley's title hopes took a severe battering when they were defeated by nine wickets at Stanley Park, Cumberland County fast bowler Richard Gleeson taking 7/24 as the visitors were bowled out for 63.
St Annes (played 16-152pts) lead Leyland (16-151) by just one point at the top with Netherfield third (16-131) and Chorley in fourth place (14-128).
In the only other Division One game played Barrow earned a nine wickets win at Carnforth.
The games at Darwen and Netherfield were abandoned.
Luis Reece and Peter Cummings laid the foundation for Leyland's victory when play got underway an hour late at Fox Lane in a match reduced to 42 overs.
Peter Cummings was Leyland's bowling hero |
Reece took the first three wickets to fall, claiming caught-and-bowled to dismiss Sajid Patel and Paul Paynter and clean bowling Preston captain Lukman Vahaluwala.
Vahaluwala had hit his first ball, from pro Brett Pelser over mid-wicket for six and reached 28 off 34 balls until Reece uprooted his off stump.
Preston subsided to 64 for 8 despite Ben Harrison battling through 68 balls for 14; but Yasin Patel and Charlie Williams gave them hope with an unbroken ninth wicket stand of 38, Patel finishing unbeaten on 31. Preston closed on 102/8, Cummings claiming 4/20 off eleven overs and Reece 3/23 off ten overs.
Reece batted freely to make 36 off 35 balls until he was caught by Paul Painter off Andrew Starkie.
Starkie and Vahaluwala bowled well in tandem to leave Leyland struggling on 77/5. Starkie claimed 3/30 with Vahaluwala and pro Saeed Bariwala each taking one wicket.
Andrew Makinson eased Leyland's nerves with a hard-hit unbeaten 23 off 16 balls including two sixes and two fours to take his side home in partnership with David Fisher.
Andrew Makinson saw Leyland home with some big hits |
Harrison sustained a badly dislocated thumb catching Pelser off Starkie and was taken to hospital.
At Stanley Park Chorley were dismissed for 63 in 25.2 overs as paceman Gleeson, backed by some superb fielding took 7/24 off 13 overs.
Alex Smith took four catches to take the plaudits from a hugely impressive display of out-cricket by Paul Danson's side.
Threatening rain clouds, which caused an interruption after seven overs of Blackpool's reply, eventually cleared.
John Mounsey (34 not out) and Andy Furniss (24 not out) saw Blackpool home after the early loss of Alex Smith.
South African Pieter Malan continued his prolific batting displays as Barrow won by nine wickets at Lodge Quarry.
In a match reduced to 40 overs Carnforth set a testing target of 215 after Darren Moore (75) and pro Gareth Pedder (99no) shared a fifth wicket stand of 141.
Moore faced 94 balls and hit six fours and four sixes; Pedder was agonisingly one short of a well deserved century after facing just 77 balls and hitting eleven fours and three sixes. Carnforth reached 214/5.
Daryl Wearing took 3/92 for Barrow and then was promoted to makeshift opener, contributing 32 in a stand of 58 with Malan.
Malan and Liam Livingstone then saw Barrow home in an unbroken stand of 157.
Malan hit an unbeaten 107 off 118 balls with 13 fours and two sixes.
He has now made 869 league runs at an average of 86.90 with four league hundreds and has Callum Ferguson's all-time record of 1,381 runs in his sights.
Livingstone, aged 17, followed up his match-winning 97 not out against Morecambe with an undefeated 70 off 56 balls including eight fours and two sixes.
FIRST DIVISION SCORES
Blackpool v Chorley
Blackpool (12pts) defeated Chorley (0pts) by 9 wickets
Chorley 63 (R Gleeson 7/24) Blackpool 64 - 1
Carnforth v Barrow
Barrow (12pts) defeated Carnforth (3pts) by 9 wickets
Carnforth 214 - 5 (G Pedder 99no, D Moore 75) Barrow 215 - 1 (P Malan 107no, L Livingstone 70no)
Darwen v Kendal
Match abandoned (4pts each)
Leyland v Preston
Leyland (12pts) defeated Preston (1pt) by 5 wickets
Preston 102 - 8 (P Cummings 4/20), Leyland 106 - 5
Morecambe v St Annes
Match abandoned (4pts each)
Netherfield v Lancaster
Match abandoned (4pts each)
Fleetwood free date
Sunday 17th July
Chorley v Lancashire Colts
Match abandoned (4pts each)
FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY
( INCORPORATIN READERS CRICKET
BALLS )
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division One
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
L |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| St Annes |
16 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
19 |
152 |
| Leyland |
16 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
26 |
151 |
| Chorley |
15 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
27 |
132 |
| Netherfield |
16 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
20 |
131 |
| Morecambe |
15 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
18** |
123 |
| Kendal |
16 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
29 |
112 |
| Barrow |
16 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
35 |
112 |
| Blackpool |
15 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
26 |
110 |
| Darwen |
14 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
21 |
107 |
| Lancaster |
15 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
16 |
90 |
| Preston |
16 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
35 |
74 |
| Carnforth |
15 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
33 |
71 |
| Lancashire Colts |
8 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
62 |
| Fleetwood |
15 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
35 |
62 |
** 2 points deducted for slow over rate
Division Two (2nd XI)
In Division Two defending champions Leyland extended their lead at the top.
Only two games started; Leyland wrapping up victory at Preston in double-quick time after dismissing the home side for 69.
Leg-spinner Tayyab Afsar took 4/1 off just 13 balls and Steven Pallet 3/9 in Leyland's victory charge as Craig Crook batted with impressive resolution to make 40.
Leyland hardly had things all their own way in reply; they collapsed from 41/0 to 42/5 with Kit Patel taking three quick wickets. But skipper Ian Farrington and Stuart Parker saw them home without further loss.
Leyland (15-184) lead Chorley (14-143) by 41pts with Blackpool (15-142) in third place.
In a match reduced to 34 overs per side Blackpool reached 130/6 at Windsor Park, Harrison Clark making 49 off 73 balls. Chris Harty bowled 15 overs to take 3/40.
Chorley collapsed to 54/5 in reply but skipper Ian Mawdesley made an unbeaten 51 off 69 balls to steer his side to 118/7 at the close, Mike Tidmus, skipper Kev Reid and Ross Parker each taking two wickets.
Chorley Seconds skipper Ian Mawdesley hits out against Blackpool's Mike Tidmus |
The remaining Division Two fixtures were abandoned.
SECOND DIVISION SCORES
Barrow v Carnforth
Match abandoned (4pts each)
Chorley v Blackpool
Blackpool (6pts) winning draw; Chorley 2pts
Blackpool 130 - 6 (H Clark 49), Chorley 118 - 7 (I Mawdesley 51no)
Kendal v Darwen
Match abandoned (4pts each)
Lancaster v Netherfield
Match abandoned (4pts each)
Preston v Leyland
Leyland (12pts) defeated Preston (1pt) by 5 wickets
Preston 69 (C Crook 40, T Afsar 4/1), Leyland 70 - 5
St Annes v Morecambe
Match abandoned (4pts each)
Fleetwood free date
FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY
( INCORPORATING READERS
CRICKET BALLS )
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division Two
| Club |
P |
W15 |
W12 |
D4 |
D1 |
L |
NR4 |
BP |
Pts |
| Leyland |
15 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
184 |
| Chorley |
14 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
143 |
| Blackpool |
15 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
142 |
| Netherfield |
15 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
3++ |
129 |
| Darwen |
14 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
14 |
120 |
| Barrow |
15 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
34 |
109 |
| Kendal |
15 |
2 |
1 |
2*** |
0 |
7 |
3 |
24 |
87 |
| Morecambe |
15 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
22 |
86 |
| Carnforth |
15 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
32 |
81 |
| Preston |
15 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
23 |
72 |
| St Annes |
15 |
0 |
3 |
2*** |
3 |
4 |
3 |
12++ |
72 |
| Lancaster |
15 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
15 |
70 |
| Fleetwood |
14 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
18 |
69 |
++ 15points deducted
*** Tied match 5 points
