Division Two
Division 2 Round Up:
Four Northern League Division Two games managed to avoid the inclement weather on Bank Holiday Monday.
Blackpool, fresh from victory against Morecambe took on Chorley at Stanley Park. Chorley won the toss and had no hesitation in asking Blackpool to bat.
Chris Harty was particularly accurate and prevented the Blackpool batsmen from scoring at any great rate, Skipper Sam Owen made a patient 44 and he was ably assisted by Ciaran Johnson 36 before Jake Muncaster made 33 in good time.
Ian Oakes was the pick of the Chorley bowlers as he picked up 6 for 34.
Chorley's innings had a turbulent start as Chris Baines and Dec Fisher both picked up wickets in their first over.
Alex Howarth 23 and Joe Barker 32 came together to give the innings some impetus but when Howarth was bowled by Baines the scoring rate slowed and the Blackpool attack moved swiftly to clean up the tail to give them 15 points.
Fleetwood put in a stellar performance as they beat Morecambe at Broadwater, bowling first they restricted the Woodhill Lane side to 159-6 from their allocation of 39 overs.
Matthew Derham 37 and Steven Fisher 48 made a good start for Morecambe but wickets began to fall as Wayne Clarke 4-26 came into the attack, Phillip Dennison 42 provided late momentum as he guided Morecambe to a respectable total.
Fleetwood's batsmen then made short work of the target as Paul Willis made 79 not out in an innings which had seven 4's and three 6's, he was assisted by Wayne Clarke who put in a fine all round performance as he hit 51no to see Fleetwood home in the 37th over.
Leyland had to settle for a winning draw at Vernon Road as St Annes finished 158-7 in the setting sun.
Earlier the Fox Lane side had scored well to record a total of 191-8 from their 45 overs. Hamza Khan 65 and Ross Bretherton 61 were the mainstays of the Leyland batting line-up whilst Kev Reid bowled with accuracy to pick up 3-21.
St Annes had a decent start as Geeth Malinda Kamburugamuwe 22 and Alex Bradley 21 built a good foundation from which to build but it was not to be as the Leyland attack bowled with precision to thwart the St Anne's batsmen ensuring that they could not score at the required rate.
The game petered out to a draw as David Bartholomew 30no and Kevin Reid saw out the remaining overs to frustrate the Leyland bowlers.
Penrith claimed the spoils in the only Cumbrian derby match which went ahead as Kendal travelled to the Eden Valley to face Penrith.
Penrith won the toss and elected to field, they made immediate inroads as Dan Morland 3-28 picked up three early wickets, Paul Dodds (41) was the only Kendal batsmen to offer any resistance to the quartet of Penrith bowlers as Kendal were bowled out for 89 in 33 overs.
Kendal had a good start as they removed both Penrith openers cheaply but this was as good as it got for the Shap Road team as Eddie Robson 30no and Kieron Trevaskis 27no saw the Tynefield Park outfit home in the 28th over.
SECOND DIVISION SCORES
Blackpool v Chorley
Blackpool (15 pts) defeated Chorley (3 pts) by 80 runs
Blackpool 155 - 9 (Sam Owen 44, Ian Oakes 6-34), Chorley 75
Fleetwood v Morecambe
Fleetwood (15 pts) defeated Morecambe (2 pts) by 9 wickets
Morecambe 159 - 6 (Steven Fisher 48, Phillip Dennison 42, Wayne Clarke 4-26), Fleetwood 160 - 1 (Paul Willis 79, Wayne Clarke 51)
Netherfield v Barrow
Match Abandoned 5pts to each side
Penrith v Kendal
Penrith (15 pts) defeated Kendal (0 pts) by 7 wickets
Kendal 89 (Paul Dodds 41), Penrith 91 - 3
Preston v Darwen
Match Abandoned 5pts to each side
St Annes v Leyland
Leyland (11 pts) winning draw St Annes (5 pts)
Leyland 191 - 8 (Hamza Khan 65, Ross Bretherton 61), St Annes 158 - 7
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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
Division Two
| Club |
P |
W15 |
D6 |
T |
D1 |
D0 |
L |
NR5 |
BP |
Pts |
| Blackpool |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
| Fleetwood |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
| Netherfield |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
35 |
| Chorley |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
33 |
| Penrith |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
33 |
| Leyland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
29 |
| St Annes |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
20 |
| Preston |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
| Morecambe |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
| Barrow |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
| Darwen |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| Lancaster |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
| Kendal |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
