Match Day 31st August and 1st September 2013 A DAY OF SUPRISES By Richard Edmondson Daniel Salpietro hits a century for league leaders Barrow The race for the Division One title will go into the final day of the season as both Barrow and Leyland got winning draws, the season is set for an exciting finish BARROW V NETHERFIELD Sub Professional Daniel Salpietro hit a stunning 105 off 145 balls ,and returned figures of 4-61 as Barrow had to settle for a winning draw with Netherfield. The hosts recovering well from 21-2, closed on 224-6, Salpietro and Michael Wellings 72 off 116 balls, saving the innings, after both Ryan Brown and Dean Williams went early. Daniel Salpietro was run out by Chris Parry and his innings included 13 fours, whilst Michael Wellings hit 8 fours Stuart Nixon 2-29, Nathan Chambers 1-59. and Colin Ackermann 1-70 were Netherfield's wicket takers with 2 run outs In reply Netherfield fell to 14-3 in double quick time and were never in it as they closed on 120-8, 3 overs were lost due to rain reducing the game to 47 overs. Greg Hall batting well for 35 off 63 balls, and Chris Parry with 28 off 41 balls lead the fight back, but when they were out Scott Clement and Nathan Chambers were left to block out the game as Netherfield held on. Daniel Salpietro with 4-61 and Daryl Wearing 3-29 took the wickets for Barrow LEYLAND V KENDAL Leyland also had a winning draw with Kendal. Kendal played well and bowled the hosts out for 170 with Chris Parkinson 47 off 68 balls and Sub professional Mohammed Zaman Kahn scoring 38 off 61 balls were Leyland's main run makers. Nick Lewthwaite taking 4-36 and Chris Miller 2-33 were Kendal's best bowlers In reply Pieter Malan lead the chase with 72 off 114 balls with good contributions from Ryan Nelson 33 off 101 balls,and Gary Baker with 20 off 39 balls who kept Kendal in the hunt but they were 7 runs short closing on 163-6, David Makinson the Leyland captain had their best bowling figures taking 3-50. PRESTON V LANCASTER Lancaster's Danny Welbourne rolled back the years with an unbeaten 130 as Lancaster eased to a 93 run victory at Preston. Wellers was in relentless form, whilst Jannisar Kahn also batted well for 67 as Lancaster declared on 230-2 in the 46th over. Preston in reply were all out for 137 in 40.4 overs, Soyeb Dukanwala and Miya Ahmed Lunat both scoring 38 runs. Lancaster Skipper Ben Simm taking 4-37 , Matthew Liver 3-24 and Iain Burstoe 3-21 bowled Lancaster to victory. ST ANNES V DARWEN Darwen pulled off a 13 run victory over St Annes, After a slow start 90 off 30 overs Darwen attacked the bowling to make 196-8 off 50 overs, Chris Lowe with 48 off 51 balls, John Cordingley 45 off 83 balls and Neil Cordingley scored an unbeaten 31 off 56 balls. Toby Bulcock taking 3-38 had the best figures for the host's. St Annes also made a slow start and captain Andy Kellett 45 off 72 balls held the innings together with Sajid Nalbandh 47 off 58 balls. When they were out Callum Jones 35 off 41 balls and Alex Naylor 27 off 27 balls. Took the game to Darwen but were all out for 183 in 49th over Alan Kruger taking 4-77, John Cordingley 2-42 put Darwen in a strong positon but Chris Wade with 3-23 bowled well at the end to remove both Naylor and Jones to secure victory for the visitors Neil Bradley of St Annes played his last Northern League game, he played his first game in 1986. FLEETWOOD V MORECAMBE Fleetwood had to settle for a winning draw with Morecambe, the hosts who didn't have a professional declared on 230-5 off 49.5 overs Naveed Yousaf 84 off 81 balls, Adam Parker 63 off 73 balls, and Joe Bell with 45 off 84 balls. In reply Morecambe held on closing on 180-6, Ryan Smith unbeaten on 75 off 112 balls and Josh Dixon with 53 off 92 balls. Joe Bell 3-33 was Fleetwood's best bowler Josh Dixon had a good weekend, 53 against Fleetwood and 46 against the Colts Photo courtesy of Tony North BLACKPOOL V CHORLEY Chorley defeated Blackpool by 5 wickets, Richard Gleeson opening the batting scored 101 off 142 for the hosts as Blackpool closed on 171-8 off 50 overs. Iain Critchley bowling well with figures of 4-27 for Chorley Chorley knocking the runs off in 48.4 overs, Gaurav Dhar with an unbeaten 60 off 85 balls and Ian Dickinson with 42 off 99 balls. For Blackpool there were 2 wickets each for Steven Mercer and Andy Furniss. MORECAMBE V LANCASHIRE COLTS Morecambe defeated the Lancashire Colts by 6 wickets in the Sunday fixture at Woodhill Lane. The Colts all out for 152 their top scorer being Daniel Lamb with 41 off 76 balls. Tommy Clough and James Law bowled all through and each 5 wickets. In reply Morecambe knocked the runs off in 40.2 overs closing on 153-4. Josh Dixon with 46 making a platform for the win FIRST DIVISION SCORES Barrow v Netherfield Barrow (9 pts) winning draw Netherfield (2 pts) Barrow 224 - 6 (D Salpietro 105, M Wellings 72), Netherfield 120 - 8 (D Salpietro 4-61) Blackpool v Chorley Chorley (12 pts) defeated Blackpool (3 pts) by 5 wickets Blackpool 171 - 8 (R Gleeson 101, I Critchley 4-27), Chorley 172 - 5 (G Dhar 60no, I Dickinson 42) Fleetwood v Morecambe Fleetwood (8 pts) winning draw Morecmabe (5 pts) Fleetwood 230 - 5 dec (N Yousaf 84no, A Parker 63, J Bell 45), Morecambe 180 - 6 (R Smith 75no, J Dixon 53) Leyland v Kendal Leyland (7 pts) winning draw Kendal (6 pts) Leyland 170 (C Parkinson 47, N Lewthwaite 4-36), Kendal 163 - 6 (P Malan 72) Preston v Lancaster Lancaster (15 pts) defeated Preston (0 pts) by 93 runs Lancaster 230 - 2 dec (D WElbourne 130no, J Khan 67), Preston 137 (B Simm 4-37) St Annes v Darwen Darwen (15 pts) defeated St Annes (5 pts) by 13 runs Darwen 196 - 8 (C Lowe 48, J Cordingley 45), St Annes 183 (S Nalbandh 47, A Kellett45, A Kruger 4-77) Sunday 1st September Morecambe v Lancashire Colts Morecambe (12 pts) defeated Lancashire Colts (1 pt) by 6 wickets Lancashire Colts 152 (D Lamb 41, J Law 5-72, T Clough 5-75), Morecambe 152 - 4 (J Dixon 46, R Smith 43) CHORLEY BUILDING SOCIETY ( INCORPORATING READERS CRICKET BALLS) NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division One Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts Barrow 22 5 6 3 1 4 3 26 198 Leyland 22 5 5 4 0 3 5 25 196 Lancaster 22 5 5 2 1 5 4 19+ 179 Morecambe 22 2 7 1 4 5 3 26 160 Fleetwood 22 2 6 3 1 7 3 31 158 Kendal 22 1 5 2 5 6 3 41 141 St Annes 22 2 4 2 5 6 3 36 139 Chorley 22 2 6 1 2 8 3 17+ 137 Darwen 22 2 2 5 3 5 5 38 135 Netherfield 21 0 6 3 1 7 4 30 131 Blackpool 22 2 2 3 2 9 4 36+ 120 Lancashire Colts 11 1 1 0 2 5 2 18 55 Preston 22 0 1 0 2 15 4 14+ 44 + 5 pionts deducted for late input of result Division Two (2nd XI) Division 2 Round Up: Morecambe lead by 13 points and only need 2 points to win the Second Division Title as both Barrow and Leyland slipped up. MORECAMBE V FLEETWOOD Morecambe eased to a 8 wicket win over Fleetwood, Ayush Sharma with 6-19 was Fleetwood destroyer as they were all out for 83 in 35.2 overs. Wayne Clarke top scoring with 31. The hosts took only 26.2 overs to reach their taget of 85-2 with Ayush Sharma 30 and Gulam Maje 29 setting up the win then Matthew Derham's unbeaten 15 seeing Morecambe home. Ayush Sharma 6-19 for Morecambe against Fleetwood Photo courtesy of Tony North NETHERFIELD V BARROW Barrow suffered a surprise 69 run defeat to Netherfield at Parkside Road. The hosts all out for 186 in 40.3 overs. Brendan Herron with 69 and Stuart Dixon teed off with a quick fire 28. Patrick Allington taking 3-54 for the visitors. Barrow all out for 117 in 35.1 overs only Toby Mowat with 35 offering any resistance and Stuart Dixon with outstanding figures of 4-9 doing the damage KENDAL V LEYLAND It was the shock of the season at Shap Road as Kendal defeated Leyland by 1 wicket in a thrilling contest. Leyland declaring on 200-7 in 42 overs. Tom Reece with 58 off 72 balls, and Sam Oldham with an unbeaten 37 off 57 balls. Darren Nightingale with 3-42 for Kendal Kendal edging home in 47.4 overs, The runs were spread amongst the team Nick Phillips 38 off 44 balls,Oliver Field 30 off 27 balls and Stuart Nelson with 22 off 17 balls. Marcus Hill winning it with an unbeaten 14 off 21 and Ryan Nightingale with 4 off 11. Jake Peake taking 4-33, and Andrew Jacques with 3-44 doing their best to achieve a Leyland victory Action from the Kendal v Leyland game DARWEN V ST ANNES St Annes won by 2 wickets at Darwen. The hosts closing on 108-7 off 45 overs. Zac Whalley with 26, Sam Painter 25 and Ian Bateson 24. Richard Thomas taking 3-6 in his 12 overs St Annes took 35.1 overs to gain their victory total of 109-8. Luke Wilks and Jake Higson both with 28. Graham Ainslie taking 4-30 and Zac Whalley with 3-36 making St Annes fight for their win CHORLEY V BLACKPOOL Blackpool beat Chorley by 5 wickets. Chorley batting first were all out for 97. Michael Tidmas and Ash Moreau took 3 wickets each for Blackpool The visitors knocked the runs off in 30 overs closing on 101-5. Daniel Dixon with 25 and Matthew Houston with 23. LANCASTER V PRESTON Lancaster won by 2 wickets against Preston. Preston were all out in 37.2 overs for 119. Syed Ajmal Abbas Shah their top scorer with 41 Tom Burrow had figures of 5-33 for Lancaster Lancaster were made to fight for their win and reached their taget of 120-8 off 46.3 overs Rik Ghosh closing on 31 off 56. Syed Ajmal Abbas Shah with 4-29 and Amer Abbas Kahn 3-27 bowling well for Preston Morecambe CC 2nd XI Photo courtesy of Tony North SECOND DIVISION SCORES Chorley v Blackpool Blackpool (12 pts) defeated Chorley (1 pt) by 5 wickets Chorley 97 (A Peacock 54), Blackpool 101 - 5 Darwen v St Annes St Annes (12 pts) defeated Darwen (2pts) by 2 wickets Darwen 108 - 7, St Annes 109 - 8 Kendal v Layland Kendal (12 pts) defeated Leyland (6pts) by 1 wicket Leyland 200 - 7 dec (T Reece 58), Kendal 201 - 9 (J Peake 4-33) Lancaster v Preston Lancaster (12 pts) defgeated Preston (2 pts) by 2 wickets Preston 119 (Syed Ajmal Abbas Shah 41, T Burrow 5-33), Lancaster 120 - 8 (Syed Ajmal Abbas Shah 4-29)), Morecambe v Fleetwood Morecambe (12 pts) defeated Fleetwood (0 pts) by 8 wickets Fleetwood 83 (A Sharma 6-19), Morecambe 85 - 2 Netherfield v Barrow Netherfield (15 pts) defeated Barrow (3 pts) by 69 runs Netherfield 186 (B Herron 69), Barrow 117 (S Dixon 4-9) CHORLEY BUILDING SOCIETY ( INCORPORATING READERS CRICKET BALLS) NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Division Two Club P W15 W12 D4 D1 L NR4 BP Pts Morecambe 21 6 7 0 3 3 2 14 199 Barrow 21 8 3 1 0 7 2 18 186 St Annes 21 1 9 3 2 2 4 26 179 Leyland 21 4 4 5 0 4 4 33 177 Blackpool 21 3 7 1 2 4 4 17 168 Darwen 21 1 6 3 2 5 4 34 151 Chorley 21 4 3 3 1 7 3 24+ 145 Kendal 21 1 5 0 1 10 4 20+ 112 Fleetwood 21 2 3 3 0 10 3 16++ 106 Netherfield 21 1 2 2 4 9 3 34 97 Lancaster 21 1 2 0 5 9 4 15+ 75 Preston 21 1 0 1 2 14 3 23+ 56 + 5 pionts deducted for late input of scorecard

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