DIVISION ONE:
Blackpool v Penrith - Stanley Park
Blackpool's reign at the top of the Northern League continued as they picked up a resounding victory over Penrith at Stanley Park.
Batting first on a track which had seen Kia Super League action on the afternoon previous, the Stanley Park outfit began well with openers Matthew Houston 43 and Ciaran Johnson 45 scoring runs with ease on a track which offered little assistance to the Penrith attack.
With such a foundation in place Daryl Mitchell was well positioned to take advantage of such a wicket and he did just that as he scored his second century of the season, making a breezy 106 not out in an unbroken partnership of 139 with Andrew Furniss who made 57 not out as the pair guided Blackpool to a mammoth total 272-3 at the 50 over mark.
In defence of their total Blackpool wasted little time as a returning Richard Gleeson 4-32 and Chris Baines 1-22 made good use of the new ball, taking the heart out of the Penrith batting line up as none of the top five could make a telling contribution in the face of an accurate opening gambit from the Blackpool pair.
Jonathon Osborne 23* and Zakhele Qwabe 21 then formed a partnership of 33 in an otherwise barren card as they gave an element of respectability to the Penrith response.
However, this proved in vain as off spinner Josh Boyne continued his good form in collecting 4-22 to clean up the Penrith lower order and reduce the Eden Valley outfit to 97 all out and give Blackpool fifteen points, retaining their 18-point advantage at the top of the league.
Fleetwood v Kendal- Broadwater
Fleetwood became outright occupiers of second position in the league as they claimed a straightforward victory over Kendal at Broadwater.
After electing to bowl Matt Clark's side made good progress as they removed both Kendal openers cheaply,
Ben Phillips 11 and Syed Ali 11 then steadied the ship but progress was limited as both fell to Travis Dean 2-27 and Adam Parker 2-26 respectively.
Wesley Fernando then entered the piece and he made steady progress with the bat as he built small partnerships with Darren Nightingale 27 and Adnan Ghaus 20 to get the scoreboard moving in the right direction.
Fernando ended the pick of the batsman as he made a commendable 71 before he was removed by Mike Clinning 3-1, as the Shap Road outfit ended 161 all out in the 43rd over.
In response Fleetwood were initially placed on the back foot as Travis Dean was removed for just two by Chris Miller 3-54 but things improved as Adam Parker 36 and Dean Bell 23 calmed any nerves.
This was followed by contributions from Wayne Clarke 18 and Patrick Ashton 33 but all fell before they could make a major impact on the game.
Fortunately Mike Clinning 12no and Mat Clark 4no were on hand to guide Fleetwood home to a three wicket victory in the 44th over.
Lancaster v Barrow - Lune Road
Netherfield v Morecambe - Parkside Road
Netherfield put in a superb performance to beat Morecambe by 100 runs at Parkside Road as they made the Woodhill Lane attack toil in the fine conditions which prevailed on Saturday afternoon.
Batting first the Cumbrian side made a shaky start as they were reduced to 31-2 by the Morecambe opening pair, although, any wobbles soon subsided as Brad Earl 37 and Tom Bruce added 93 for the third wicket.
Bruce was joined by John Huck 63 who wasted little time in a typically bullish innings as he supported Bruce in a partnership of 116.
Bruce was the mainstay of the card as he blitzed his way to 118 from just 89 balls in an innings which included nine boundary fours and six sixes to propel the Parkside Road outfit to 288-5 at the 50 over mark and claim his second century of the season.
The chase was always certain to be an uphill task for the Woodhill Lane side but they made a good fist of it as Josh Dixon 63 and Gareth Pedder 15 started watchfully to get them off to a good start but a cool wind of change arrived when the change bowlers were introduced into the attack.
Lewis Richardson 1-14 removed Pedder before Marc Hadwin 3-60 claimed the key wicket of Saeed Anwar Jnr.
Some resistance followed from the Morecambe top order but they struggled to keep up with the rate as Dixon fell to Bruce 2-42 and Hadwin turned the screw further removing both Lewis Edge 22 and Ryan Pearson 40.
Complete capitulation then followed as the lower order folded to leave Morecambe 188 all out in the 46th over.
Preston v Chorley - West Cliff
Chorley maintained the gap between themselves and Kendal as they picked up a comprehensive victory over Preston at West Cliff.
Bowling first the Windsor Park outfit were rebuffed for a short period as Sajid Patel 18 and Lukman Vahaluwala 10 kept the new ball at bay.
However, the patience of the Windsor Park outfit soon payed off as both were removed, this brought further success as Ian Oakes 4-32 accounted for two further Preston batsmen before Mustafa Durrani 50 and Miya Lunat 29 brought some stability to the innings.
The pair made comfortable progress but were unable to score at any great rate as the Chorley attack bowled with accuracy, eventually the same fate befell them as both were removed by Oakes before Joe Barker 2-10 cleaned up the tail to leave Preston 140 all out in the 50th over.
In response to the target Chorley made good progress as their top order batted with diligence in the face of some precise bowling from the Preston attack.
Stuart Naden 24 and Ian Dickinson 38no got things moving before Nekoli Parris 23 and Ed Moulton 31no built upon their good work to see Chorley to an eight wicket victory in the 42nd over.
St Annes v Darwen - Vernon Road
Darwen's winning streak was brought to a shuddering halt as St Annes put in a consummate all round performance to pick up a four wicket victory over the East Lancashire side at Vernon Road.
After losing the toss Darwen were asked to bat and it proved to be a wise decision from Matt Grindley 3-40 as he and the St Annes professional, Shadley Van Schalkwyk made a mockery of the Birch Hall top order with the top four falling for a combined total of nine runs.
Mark Friend 43 and Reece Davies 24 then brought some resistance to the fore but it proved unsustainable as Friend was adjudged LBW to Grindley, this prompted a return to the attack for the South African paceman and he was rewarded with two further wickets in claiming 6-30 to reduce Darwen to 102 all out in the 35th over.
In defence of their total Darwen made a positive start as they claimed wickets with some regularity but scores of 25 from Gurman Bains and 26 from Tom Higson put any miracle out of reach for the Birch Hall outfit before three quick wickets from Chris Wade 3-25 made things interesting.
Fortunately Henry Higson 13no and Mitch Bolus 6no were on hand to see St Annes across the line as they finished 106-6 in the 32nd over.
FIRST DIVISION SCORES
Blackpool v Penrith
Blackpool (15 pts) defeated Penrith (0 pts) by 175 runs
Blackpool 272 - 3 (Daryl Mitchell 106no, Andy Furniss 57no, Ciaran Johnson 45, Matthew Houston 43), Penrith 97 (Joshua Boyne 4-22, Richard Gleeson 4-32)
Fleetwood v Kendal
Fleetwood (15 pts) defeated Kendal (3 pts) by 3 wickets
Kendal 161 (Wesley Fernando 71),Fleetwood 162 - 7
Lancaster v Barrow
Barrow (15 pts) defeated Lancaster (2 pts) by 2 wickets
Lancaster 125 (Javed Khan 4-36), Barrow 129 - 8 (Michael Wellings 41, Liam Moffat 4-31)
Netherfield v Morecambe
Netherfield (15 pts) defeated Morecambe (1 pt) by 100 runs
Netherfield 288 - 5 (Tom Bruce 118, John Huck 63), Morecambe 188 (Josh Dixon 63, Ryan Pearson 40)
Preston v Chorley
Chorley (15 pts) defeated Preston (0 pts) by 8 wickets
Preston 140 (Mustafa Durrani 50), Chorley 141 - 2
St Annes v Darwen
St Annes (15 pts) defeated Darwen (1 pts) by 4 wickets
Darwen 102 (Mark Friend 43, Shadley Van Schalkwyk 6-30), Preston 106 - 6
CHORLEY BUILDING SOCIETY
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division One
| Club |
P |
W15 |
D6 |
T |
D1 |
D0 |
L |
NR5 |
BP |
Pts |
| Blackpool |
17 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
200 |
| Fleetwood |
17 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
182 |
| Barrow |
17 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
20 |
180 |
| Leyland |
16 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
18 |
167 |
| Chorley |
17 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
23 |
147 |
| Netherfield |
17 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
18 |
124 |
| Kendal |
16 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
26 |
124 |
| St Annes |
16 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
25 |
123 |
| Preston |
17 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
26+ |
102 |
| Darwen |
17 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
22 |
88 |
| Lancaster |
16 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
12* |
84 |
| Penrith |
16 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
34 |
79 |
| Morecambe |
17 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
33+ |
73 |
* 5 pionts deducted for late input of scorecard
+ 2 points deducted for slow over rate
Division Two
Division 2 Round Up:
Barrow v Lancaster
Barrow were awarded the game as Lancaster were unable to field a team
Chorley v Preston
At Windsor Park Chorley batted first and had a good start with Matthew Moore 13 and Max Harper.
With the departure of Moore the Chorley innings collapsed and was only held together by a magnificent innings of 70 from Max Harper. Nigel Eastham 10 was the only other batsman to reach double figures as Chorley were bowled out for 114 in 43 overs
Zahoor Ahmed was the chief destroyer taking 4-5 off 6 overs ably supported by Ahmed Masour 3-29 and Hamza Ahmed 2-29
Preston's reply followed the same course as that of the Chorley innings. Moshin Patel carried his bat with 41no as Preston were dismissed for 80 in the 45th over.
Max Harper made it a superb afternoon for him taking 4-17 off 11 overs backed up by Jack Busch 3-16 0ff 11.4 overs. Lewis Saunders, Matthew Tinsley and William Harvry took 1 wicket each.
Darwen v St Annes
Batting first the St Annes innings never got off the ground as they were bowled out for 79 in 32.5 overs.
Several batsmen got a start but could not follow it up. David Bartholomew 15 top scored with Josh Taylor 12, Kevin Reid 12 and Pauls Wilks 10 the batsmen to reach double figures
The wickets were shared amongst the Darwen bowlers, Christian Davies and Greg Lawrenson taking 3 with Sam Ashworth taking 2 and William Atkinson taking 1
When Darwen replied Zac Whalley was dismissed for 6 and Michael Horsfield joined John Painter to put them in a strong position when Painter was out for 18.
The introduction of Kevin Ried and David Bartholomew in to the attack put a break on things and caused a miny collapse as 3 quick wickets fell, Two to Reid 2-6 off 7 and 1 for Bartholomew 1-9 off 6
The Darwen captain joined Horsfield and they saw them home reaching 80-5 in 29,3 overs with Michael Horsfield 28no and Greg Lawrenson 13no
Kendal v Fleetwood
Kendal won the toss and decided to bat. They started disastrously with Matthew Clarke run out without scoring.
They lost another two wickets before Oliver Tyson and Joseph Dodds began to rebuild the innings.
After watchful innings Tyson was out for 44 from 123 balls and Joseph Dodds 22off 56 balls.
Theinnins then folded except for W Zaman 10 in 14 balls as Kendal were all out for 98 from 43.4 overs
Thw wickets were shared amongst the Fleetwood bowlers, Jack Wilkinson 3-18 from 12, Jonathan Amor 2-22 from 12, Will Reader 2-24 from 10 and Charlie Clark 2-8 from 2.4
In reply the Fleetwood batsmen had no problems knocking off the runs in 20.4 overs. James Wilson 50no and Benjamin Reader 43no
Morecambe v Netherfield
Morecambe won the toss and invited the visitors to bat.
Four of the top 6 got into their twenties and one into his thirties but none could consolidate thier innings.
Craig Walmsley top scored with 37 and the four in their 20's were new recruit Geeth Malinda Kamburugamuwe 29, Theo Gallagher 28 Brendon Herron and Stephen Jones both scoring 23
The Netherfield innings closed after their 45 overs on 182-9. Muhammed Patel took 3-53 from 12 supported by George Oyston 2-20 from 7, Lloyd Smith 2-33 from 7 and Jake Smith 1-36 from 10
Matthew Derham 47 and captain Andy Bird 47 lead the chase but fell just short bowled out for 160 in the 43over. Scott Clement 4-30 from 12 and Michael Curran 4-51 from 11.1 did the damage for Netherfield
Penrith v Blackpool
Blackpool won the toss and asked the home side to bat.
Eddie Robson 50 and Dan Morland 35no were the backbone of the innings as Penrith were all out in the 43 over for 155.
Joel Watson 4-27 from 9.3 and Matthew Siddall 4-43 from 12 were the main Blackpool wicket takers
The Blackpool reply was disaster being 23-3 ut a stand between Dan Barling and Stuart Ashford took the score to 77 when Ashford was out for 20 from 64 balls.
Dan Barling continued to hold the innings together but continued to lose partners. When he was out for 63 off 121 balls the innings ended shortly afterwaeds as Blackpool were bowled out for 140 in 45.4 overs.
This was a blow to Blackpool's title hopes as this was a game they would have expected to win
Sunday 7th August
Barrow v Blackpool
Barrow won the toss and chose to bat and were bowled out for 113 in 40.4 overs. Their main runmakers being Matthew Wall 29, Ian Allington 25 and Sam Henderson 22
Sam Owen was the pick of the bowlers for Blackpool with 6-17 off 11 overs
The Blackpool batting had a bad day as they were bowled out for 55 in 24.5 overs with only Dan Barling 20 and Jake Muncaster 16 making double figures
Sam Henderson with 6-27 off 9.5 overs doing the damage aided by Patrick Allington 2-10 with Ciaran Dawes and Matthew Wall taking a wicket each
SECOND DIVISION SCORES
Barrow v Lancaster
Barrow (15 pts) awarded match against Lancaster (0 pts)
Lancaster unable to field a team
Chorley v Preston
Chorley (15 pts) defeated Preston (6 pts) by 2 wickets
Chorley 114 (Max Harper 70, Zahoor Ahmed 4-5), Preston 80 (Moshin Patel 41no, Max Harper 4-17)
Darwen v St Annes
Darwen (15 pts) defeated St Annes (1 pt) by 5 wickets
St Annes 79, Darwen 80 - 5
Kendal v Fleetwood
Fleetwood (15 pts) defeated Kendal (0 pts) by 10 wickets
Kendal 98 (Oliver Tyson 44), Fleetwood 100 - 0 (James Wilson 50no, Benjamin Reader 43no)
Morecambe v Netherfield
Netherfield (15 pts) defeated Morecambe (5 pts) by
Netherfield 182 - 9, Morecambe 160 (Matthew Derham 47, Andy Bird 47, Scott Clement 4-30, Michael Curran 4-51)
Penrith v Blackpool
Penrith (15pts) defeated Blackpool (6 pts) by 10 runs
Penrith 155 (Eddie Robson 55, Joel Watson 4-27, Matthew Siddal 4-42), Blackpool 140 (Dan Barling 63)
Sunday 7th August
Barrow v Blackpool
Barrow (15 pts) defeated Blackpool (3 pts)by 58 runs
Barrow 113 (Sam Owen 6-17), Blackpool 55 (Sam Henderson 6-27)
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division Two
| Club |
P |
W15 |
D6 |
T |
D1 |
D0 |
L |
NR5 |
BP |
Pts |
| Blackpool |
18 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
16 |
213 |
| Netherfield |
17 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
197 |
| Leyland |
16 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
34 |
184 |
| Chorley |
17 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
180 |
| Fleetwood |
17 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
32 |
151 |
| Morecambe |
17 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
27 |
139 |
| St Annes |
17 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
31 |
134 |
| Penrith |
16 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
14 |
125 |
| Darwen |
17 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
18 |
105 |
| Barrow |
18 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
38 |
105 |
| Preston |
17 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
24 |
80 |
| Kendal |
16 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
20 |
75 |
| Lancaster |
15 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
11+* |
42 |
* 5 pionts deducted for late input of scorecard
+ 2 points deducted for slow over rate
