Review for 7th July 2012 By Richard Edmondson Round 15 Fleetwood go top John Mason's unbeaten 81 in Netherfield win DIVISION 1 ROUND UP: Fleetwood go top of The Northern Cricket League, whilst Barrow slip up by the sea side, as both Netherfield and Kendal close in on the top two, following a dramatic afternoon of action in The Northern Cricket League. Carnforth v Fleetwood: Adam Parker's 55 off 89 balls helped Fleetwood to the top of the division after defeating a resilient Carnforth side by 8 wickets at Lodge Quarry. The visitors were chasing down Carnforths first innings total of 152-3, as both Parker and Mike Clinning (41 off 69 balls), put on a crucial first wicket partnership of 86. Carnforth's Bradley Hoyle returned the best bowling figures as he ended with 3-22. Earlier Ryan Nelson top scored for the hosts with 78 in 133 balls, whilst Carnfroth Professional Toby Bulcock was unbeaten on 51 off 92 balls. In fact both Nelson and Bulcock put on a second wicket partnership of 93 to frustrate the visiting team. However Fleetwood's good bowling and fielding was crucial as they restricted the hosts to 152-3, The wickets were shared around with Shaun Liebisch, Joe Bell and Naveed Yousef taking 1 wicket each Blackpool v Barrow: Barrow dropped to second place after losing their 2nd straight game, losing by seven wickets at Blackpool. The visitors were skittled out for 95 in 36.4 overs, Andy Furniss doing the damage with 4-36. Liam Livingstone made 22 off 60 balls, with him being the only batsman to make any kind of impact. Richard Gleeson (2-29), Dale Deeb (2-17) and Steven Mercer (2-28), with the other wickets. In the reply Blackpool knocked the runs off in 29.4 overs as they reached 101-3, Professional Dale Deeb top scoring with an unbeaten 41 off 31 balls. Steven Croft (23 off 64 balls) and Nicholas Wall ( 26 off 61 balls), also making crucial runs. Darwen v Kendal: Kendal's resurgence continues after an emphatic 8 wicket win at Darwen. The hosts skittled out in 23.5 overs for 49, with Darwen's final six wickets falling for 6 runs off 29 balls in just 20 minutes Jack White and Chris Miller doing all the damage again with White taking 5-27, and Miller taking 4-4. In their reply it only took Kendal 11.2 overs, as they reached 51-2, Paul Dodds (24 off 37). Netherfield v Morecambe: Netherfield also keep up the pressure at the top after a comfortable 8 wicket win over Morecambe at Parkside Road. Morecambe were put in and were bowled out for 132 in 49.3 overs, Both Ikram Ullah (19) and Mark Woodhead (13) frustrated the hosts with a partnership of 32 in 11.4 overs. Their was also a 3rd wicket stand of 46 between Umar Amin (33) and Tom Barnfield, with Morecambe causing early concern for the hosts, Morecambe Pro Umar Amin batting in vein However Netherfield kept at it as former Morecambe player Chris Williams returned figures of 3-36. Morecambe's last 4 wickets falling for just 2 runs, as Cobus Pienaar (2-23), Stuart Nixon (2-29) and Stuart Dixon (1-9) also making key contributions. Cobus Pienaar celebrates after taking a wicket In the chase a partnership of 82 in 16.3 overs between Marc Brown and John Mason set the platform with John Mason going on to top score with an unbeaten 81 off 66 balls, as Netherfield reached 135-2 in 24.4 overs. Morecambe's Tom Barnfield The Preston v Lancaster game was called off due to a water logged pitch,with Chorley v St Annes suffering the same fate with the game called off in the afternoon, following a pitch inspection. FIRST DIVISION SCORES Blackpool v Barrow Blackpool (12 pts) defeated Barrow (0 pts) by 7 wickets Barrow 95 (A Furniss 4-38), Blackpool 101 - 3 (D Deeb 41 no) Carnforth v Fleetwood Fleetwood (12 pts) defeated Carnforth (1 pt) by 4 wickets Carnforth 152 - 3 (R Nelson 78, T Bulcock 51 no),Fleetwood 153 - 4 (A Parker 55, M Clinning 41) Chorley v St Annes Match Abandoned 4 pts each Darwen v Kendal Kendal (12 pts) defeated Darwen (0 pts) by 8 wickets Darwen 49 (J White 5-27, C Miller 4-4), Kendal 51 - 2 Netherfield v Morecambe Netherfield (12 pts) defeated Morecambe (0 pts) by 8 wickets Morecambe 132, Netherfield 135 - 2 (J Mason 81 no) Preston v Lancaster Match Abandoned 4 pts each Leyland no game FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY ( INCORPORATIN READERS CRICKET BALLS ) NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division One Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts Fleetwood 15 3 6 1 0 1 4 6 143 Barrow 15 5 4 0 0 4 2 8 139 Netherfield 14 4 2 3 0 2 3 20 128 Kendal 14 4 3 2 0 3 2 15 127 Leyland 14 4 2 3 1 2 2 14 119 Blackpool 14 1 4 1 2 3 3 14 95 Preston 14 3 0 2** 2 4 3 25 93 Morecambe 15 2 2 1 2 4 4 14 90 Darwen 15 1 1 2** 2 5 4 30 84 Chorley 14 1 2 1 0 9 1 19 66 Lancaster 15 1 2 0 2 8 2 17 66 St Annes 14 0 2 0 3 5 4 19 62 Lancashire Colts 8 3 0 1 0 4 0 7 56 Carnforth 15 1 0 0 1 9 4 19 51 ** 5 points for a Tie Division Two (2nd XI) Division 2 Round Up: SECOND DIVISION SCORES Barrow v Blackpool Blackpool (12 pts) defeated Barrow (3pts) by 1 wicket Barrow 104 (S Owen 4-21), Blackpool 105 - 9 (G Bains 40 no) Fleetwood v Carnforth Match Abandoned 4 pts each) Kendal v Darwen Kendal (7 pts) winning draw Darwen (4 pts) Kendal 135 (M Phillips 45, C Davies 4-27), Darwen 131 - 9 Lancaster v Preston Match Abandoned (4 pts each) Morecambe v Netherfield Match Abandoned 4pts each St Annes v Chorley St Annes (7 pts) winning draw Chorley (3 pts ) St Annes 175 - 8 (M Mead 5-59), Chorley 61 - 5 Leyland no game Chorley 2nd XI 2012 FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY ( INCORPORATING READERS CRICKET BALLS ) NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division Two Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts Barrow 14 6 2 0 0 3 3 5 131 Leyland 13 5 2 2 0 1 3 10 129 Netherfield 14 5 2 0 1 3 3 10 122 Chorley 14 3** 3 1 1 2 4 13 115 St Annes 14 2 3 2 3 2 2 26 111 Fleetwood 14 4 1 1 0 3 5 11 107 Morecambe 14 1 3 1 1 4 4 14 86 Blackpool 13 0 5 0 1 5 2 15 84 Darwen 14 3** 1 0 3 6 1 15 79 Carnforth 14 0 2 2 0 7 3 29 73 Kendal 14 1 2 1 0 7 3 14 69 Preston 14 1 2 0 0 8 3 5 56 Lancaster 14 1 0 0 0 9 4 8* 37 * 2 ptoints deducted for Slow over rste ** 15 points awarded because Lancaster unable to field a team

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