The fourth round of matches in Northern Premier League 2024 season saw Chorley defeat leaders Fleetwood
There were also wins for Blackpool, Fulwood & Broughton, Garstang, Longridge and Netherfield
DIVISION ONE:
Fleetwood v Chorley
Chorley won the toss at Broadwater and chose to bat first, They got off to a bad start losing early wickets, the innings was held together by Marques Ackerman with 70, the middle order gave some support, Ben Simpkins 18, Edwin Moulton 11, Kieran Yould 11 and James Dunn 10no as Chorley were bowled out for 150 in 49.3 overs
The Fleetwood bowling was Matthew Siddall 4-59 from 15 overs, Jeremy Davies 3-29 off 9.3, Vathsal Govind 2-29 from 10 and Declan Clerkin 0-26 off 15.
In reply Fleetwood were bowled out for 108 in 45.2 overs with Harry McAleer top scoring with 29 and contributions from Vathsal Govind 17, Declan Clerkin 17 and Jeremy Davies 14.
The wickets were shared around the Chorley bowlers, Matt Dawson leading the way with 4-39 from 10.2 overs, Edwin Moulton 2-11 off 11, James Dunn 2-14 from 7, Marques Ackerman 1-15 off 5, Sam Steeple 1-16 from 7 and Will Moulton 0-10 off 5
Garstang v Euxton
Euxton won the toss at the Riverside Sports ground and elected to bat first, They got off to a terrible start, Max Harper was out the first ball of the innings caught off the bowling of Ian Walling for 0, 0-1
James Bone came in at three but lost partner Ben Houghton caught by Danny Gilbert off Ian Walling for 0 (9 balls), 3-2, Aneeq Hassan was the new batsman and with Bone began to move the score along, their partnerwhip was 61 when Aneeq Hassan was caught behind by Michael Wellings off Danny Gilbert for 38 (54 balls), 64-3
Danny Gilbert quickly accounted for the incoming batsman Zane Gilger caught by Hugo Croft for 0 (6 balls), 70-4. Jack Shovelton replaced Gilder, James Bone was the next to go after a battling innings he fell caught by Imran Butt off Tom Higson for 24 (62 balls), 82-5.
Chris Pearson joined Jack Shovelton and they took the score to 100 only for Chris Pearson to become Tom Higson's second wicket caught by Kaduji Raihan for 6 (14 balls), 100-6.
Joseph Barker was next in but with only three runs added he was bowled by Ian Walling for 3 (7 balls), 103-7. Louis Sweeney became Shovelton's next partner and they were going along nicely until Michael Walling took the vital wicket of Jack Shovelton bowled for 52 (54 balls), 150-8
Louis Sweeney's fighting innings came to an end bowled by Danny Gilbert for 10 (49 balls), 152-9. Michael Walling closed the Euxton innings on 157 in 45.2 overs by trapping Joseph Bowden lbw for 2 (11 balls) with Danny Curtis 3no (12 balls).
For Garstang Danny Gilbert took 3-30 from 12 overs, Ian Walling 3-50 off 12, Michael Walling 2-5 from 4.2, Tom Higson 2-35 off 10 and Waris Khan 0-24 from 7
Garstang did not get off to a good start losing Michael Walling bowled by Jack Shovelton for 0 (4 balls), 6-1. Imran Butt came to the wicket and with Tom Higson steadily moved the score along until Tom Higson was caught and bowled by Louis Sweeney for 22 (46 balls), 59-2
Mark Walling replaced Higson and with Imran Butt had the winning line in sight, Joseph Barker spoilt the party having Imran Butt caught by Louis Sweeney for 56 (101 balls), 134-3.
Mark Walling followed soon after bowled by Ben Houghton for 42 (58 balls), 138-4. Ashton Charles 12no (20 balls) and Hugo Croft 6no (14 balls) saw the hosts home on 158-4 in 38.5 overs
The Euxton bowling was Jack Shovelton 1-9 from 5 overs, Ben Houghton 1-11 off 3, Joseph Barker 1-15 from 7, Louis Sweeney 1-26 off 5, Chris Pearson 0-11 from 4, James Bone 0-15 off 2, Joseph Bowden 0-18 from 3 and Aneeq Hassan 0-47 off 9.5
Kendal v Blackpool
Blackpool won the toss at Shap Road and invited the hosts to bat first, Harry Birkman removed the top three, bowling Sam Dutton for 3 (15 balls), 4-1, then having number three Lewis Richardson caught behind by Andrew Needham for 1 (8 balls), 12-2, and two runs later Freddie Fallows suffering the same fate caught behind by Andrew Needham for 8 (24 balls), 14-3
Evan Williams and Bradley Earl were the new batsmen with the task of rebuilding the innings, they were making slow progress until they both fell to Matthew Grindley, Evan Williams caught by Stuart Ashford for 14 (39 balls), 43-4. Bradley Earl was caught behind by Andrew Needham for 13 (42 balls), 57-5.
Finlay Richardson and Tim Boyd continued the fight, Finlay Richardson was next out lbw to Josh Boyne for 21 (38 balls), 76-6.
Sam Sharp replaced Richardson but lost his partner Tim Boyd bowled by Shivam Chaudhary for 9 (46 balls), 80-7.
Chris Miller was the new batsman but quickly became Josh Boyne's second victim caught behind by Andrew Needham for 2 (4 balls), 89-8, Josh Boyne bowled Louis Backhouse with his next ball for 0 (1 ball), 89-9
Kuldeep Singh came in at 11 and stuck around with Sam Sharp but with the score on 111 he was run out for 7 (28 balls) as Kendal were all out in 46.5 overs. Sam Sharp was 22no (44 balls).
For Blackpool Harry Birkman took 3-7 from 6 overs, Josh Boyne 3-21 off 8.5, Matthew Grindley 2-23 from 15, Shivam Chaudhary 1-10 off 7, Ansar Noorani 0-8 from 2, Dylan Henshall 0-19 off 5 and William Vause 0-20 from 3
Blackpool got off to the same start as the hosts losing Dylan Henshall lbw to Sam Sharp for 0 (10 balls), 3-1. Shivam Chaudhary joined Kasim Munir and with victory in sight their partnership was 96 broken by Louis Backhouse having Kasim Munir lbw for 21 (82 balls), 99-2
Andrew Needham was next in but was soon out lbw to Lewis Richardson for 5 (8 balls), 109-3. Josh Boyne 4no (3 balls) and Shivam Chaudhary 70no (88 balls) saw the visitors to victory on 113-3 in 30.4 overs.
The Kendal bowling figures were Lewis Richardson 1-11 from 1.4 overs, Sam Sharp 1-15 off 7, Louis Backhouse 1-17 from 5, Kuldeep Singh 0-11 off 5, Freddie Fallows 0-14 from 4, Chris Miller 0-13 off 4 and Evan Williams 0-24 from 4
Longridge v Leyland
Longridge won the toss at the Newsham Memorial ground and decided to bat first, Joshua Mullin and Luke Platt opened but were soon parted, Joshua Mullin lbw to Kurtis Watson for 2 (8 balls), 4-1.
The host's number three was Zac Christie who was tied down, he fell caught by Kurtis Watson off Levi Wolfenden for 2 (23 balls), 33-2, Next in was Taariq Chiecktey and with Luke Platt had the scoreboard ticking over, Iain Critchley broke the partnership having Luke Platt caught by Levi Wolfenden for 31 (49 balls). 51-3
The new batsman was Rob Hollinghurst who fell to the Wolfenden/Critchley combination out for 0 (13 balls), 57-4. Alex Mason replaced Hollinghurst and became victim number three for Iain Critchley lbw for 13 (18 balls), 98-5. Chiecktey's new partner was Tom Turner and they were scoring at a run a ball, The partnership was 166 broken with Tom Turner being caught by Karl Cross off Levi Wolfenden for 75 (76 balls), 264-6.
Taariq Chiecktey reached his hundred and was out on the last ball off the Longridge innings for 128 (113 balls)(11x4 4x6) as the hosts closed on 279-7 in their 50 overs with Rhys Morgan 3no (5 balls).
For Leyland Iain Critchley took 3-54 from 11 overs, Levi Wolfenden 2-69 off 13, Kurtis Watson 1-53 from 8, Andrew Jacques 1-67 off 13 and Benjamin Baker 0-18 from 5.
Karl Cross and James Critchley opened for the visitors and gave them a good start with a partnership of 45 broken by Alex Mason having James Critchley caught behind by Tom Turner for 27 (34 balls), 46-1.
Jacob Wright was the visitors number three, the introduction of Jake Durnell had an immediate effect as he bowled Karl Cross for 22 (50 balls), 66-2. Kurtis Watson was next in, runs were hard to come by and Jake Durnell claimed his second victim Jacob Wright caught by Luke Platt for 17 (44 balls), 83-3.
Levi Wolfenden replaced Wright, Jake Drnell struck again bowling Kurtis Watson for 21 (36 balls), 106-4, Andrew Makinson was the new batsman, a patten was forming in the visitors innings of a wicket falling around the twenty run partnership, Levi Wolfenden fell into this equation caught behind by Tom Turner off Alex Mason for 27 (29 balls), 128-5
James Rounding was the new batsman, Jonathan Millward struck with two wickets in one over, James Rounding was the first caught by Jake Durnell for 3 (14 balls), 152-6, followed three balls later with Tom Turner catching Benjamin Baker for 0 (3balls), 152-7.
Jake Durnell claimed his fourth wicket new batsman Iain Critchley caught by Luke Platt for 1 (7 balls), 155-8, number ten Adam Sexton was soon out caught by Alex Mason off Jonathan Millward for 3 (6 balls), 158-9.
For the fifth time in the innings the twenty run partnership equation came into force for the last two with Andrew Makinson falling caught behind by Tom Turner off Jonathan Millward for 52 (48 balls) as Leyland were bowled out for 179 in 46 overs with Andrew Jacques 0no (5 balls).
Jonathan Millward 4-50 from 13 overs and Jake Durnell 4-61 off 15 did the damage supported by Alex Mason 2-39 from 13 and Matt Greenall 0-27 off 5.
Mawdesley Netherfield
Mawdesley won the toss at Rectory Field and chose to bat first and lost an early wicket that of Lee Berrie caught by Josh Dixon off Josh Wills for 9 (20 balls), 9-1.
Number Three was Dominic Hendricks and with Daniel Unsworth were steadily moving the score along until Matt Jackson had Daniel Unsworth caught behind by Lewis Edge for 17 (50 balls). 47-2.
Jon Stone was the next man in and with Hendricks were going well with a partnership of 129 broken with five overs remaining when Jon Stone was caught by Reece Irving off Oli Wileman for 51 (78 balls). 176-3
Dominic Hendricks farmed the bowling but lost his new partner Nathan Tengrove bowled by Samuel Medhurst for 0 (3 balls), 178-4, Oli Wileman then accounted for Fyffe Dennis lbw for 0 (2 balls) 179-5.
Joshua Unsworth replaced Dennis and became Wileman's third wicket caught by Ben Barrow for 2 (9 balls), 185-6. Christoher Andrews 4no (4 balls) was in next and with Dominic Henrickes 99no (135 balls) saw the hosts close on 193-6 in their 50 overs.
The Netherfield bowling was Oli Wileman 3-42 from 9 overs, Matt Jackson 1-20 off 7, Josh Wills 1-33 from 13, Samuel Medhurst 1-37 off 11, Isaac Medhurst 0-14 from 3 and Reece Irving 0-41 off 7
Josh Dixon and Reece Irving gave the visitors a good start of 35, Joshua Unsworth made the breakthrough with Josh Dixon lbw for 24 (26 balls), 35-1.
Ben Barrow joined Irving and they had a partnership of 132 broken by Ben Barrow out caught by Lee Bernie off Matthew Parkinson for 74 (77 balls), 167-2.
Dominic Hendricks gave the hosts some hope taking two wickets in an over, Reece Irving caught by Jon Stone for 58 (118 balls), 177-3, three balls later he trapped Lewis Edge for 0 (3 balls), 177-4.
Will Beeden had a new partner in James Royce, Royce was run out by Jon Stone for 0 (2 balls), 186-5, that was the last success for the hosts as Will Beeden 19no (21 balls) and Oli Wileman 6no (6 balls) saw Netherfied to victory on 197-5 in 42.1 overs.
The bowling figures for the hosts were Dominic Hendricks 2-20 from 6.1 overs, Joshua Unsworth 1-21 off 7, Matthew Parkinson 1-59 from 10, Nathan Trengrove 0-10 off 3, Lee Berrie 0-21 from 5, Joshua Adamson 0-21 off 4 and Neil O'Malley 0-34 from 7.
St Annes v Fulwood & Broughton
Fulwood & Broughton won the toss at Vernon Road and elected to bat first, Mitch Bolus made the early breakthrough bowling Jon Fenton for 4 (6 balls), 13-1, he then had Matthew Smith caught by Yohan De Silva for 9 (11 balls), 22-2.
The new batsmen were Brendan Morris and Simon Kerrigan and they put on 119 runs separated when Brendan Morris was caught behind by James Bradley off Joe Davies for 75 (71 balls), 141-3. James McWilliam was in next and carried on from were Morris left off..
The return of Mitch Bolus to the attack saw the loss of five wickets for twelve runs with Bolus taking three bowled, THe first wicket to fall was James McWilliam bowled by Bolus for 53 (58 balls), 226-4, then the prize wicket of Simon Kerrigan caught by Nathan Bolus of Mitch Bolus for79 (92 balls). 233-5.
New batsman Ben Parkinson became Mitch Bolus's fifth wicket bowled for 2 (4 balls), 237-6. Mark Smith came in and was bowled by Mitch Bolus for 0 (2 balls), 237-7. Yohan De Silva trapped Lewis Wellings lbw for 0 (5 balls), 238-8.
Muhammad Zaid had watched the collapse at the other end but he was the next victim of Mitch Bolus bowled for 16 (20 balls), 252-9. The last pair of Khalil Patel 8no (21 balls) and Chris Brookes 11no (10 balls) saw the visitors close on 267-9 in their 50 overs.
Mitch Bolus had the figures of 7-76 from 15 overs with Joe Davies 1-44 off 7, Yohan De Silva 1-53 from 15, Ashen Daluwattage 0-20 off 2, Lukman Vahauwala 0-27 from 5 and Tom Bradley 0-37 off 6
St Annes made a bright start with an opening partnership of 37 broken by Jon Fenton bowling Luke Jardine for 16 (19 balls), 37-1.
The hosts number three was Nathan Bolus who was soon out bowled by Simon Kerrigan for 4 (6 balls), 56-2. Lukman Vahaluwala was next in but disaster for St Annes he was run out by James McWilliam for 7 (15 balls), 75-3
Nathan Armstrong joined Yohan De Silva and were looking in a good position when with their partnership on 113 Nathan Armstrong suffered the same fate as his predecessor run out by James Mc William for 46 (77 balls), 188-4
Joe Davies came in next but lasted only three balls caught behind by James McWilliam off Lewis Wellings for 0. 189-5. Yohan De Silva reached his hundred but was then caught behind by James McWilliam off Simon Kerrigan for 103 (115 balls) (11x4 2x6), 191-6
Mitch Bolus and Ryan Birkman were the new batsman, Simon Kerrigan struck for the visitors putting them in a strong position with two wickets in three balls, He had Mitch Bolus caught behind by James McWilliam for 3 (6 balls), 206-7, followed two balls later having Ashen Daluwattage caught by Mark Smith for 0, 206-8
Tom Bradley joined Ryan Birkman and they continued to go for the runs, Disaster struck for the home side with their partnership on 40 Tom Bradley was run out by Simon Kerrigan for 11 (16 balls), 246-9
Ryan Birkman was bowled in the last over for 47 (37 balls)(6x4 1x6) by Khalil Patel as St Annes were all out for 258 in 49.3 overs with James Bradley 0no (2 balls).
Simon Kerrigan had the visitors best figures with 4-36 from 15 overs, Khalil Patel had 1-26 off 4.3, Lewis Wellings 1-33 from 5, Jon Fenton 1-62 off 9, Brendan Morris 0-35 from 5 and Chris Brookes 0-47 off 11.
James Mc Willam the Fulwood & Broughton wicketkeeper was involved in five wickets, three caught behind and two run outs.
FIRST DIVISION SCORES
Fleetwood v Chorley
Chorley (15 pts) defeated Fleetwood 3 (pts) by 42 runs
Chorley 150 (Marques Ackerman 70, Matthew Siddall 4-59), Fleetwood 108 (Matt Dawson 4-39)
Garstang v Euxton
Garstang (15 pts) defeated Euxton (1 pt) by 6 wickets
Euxton 157 (Jack Shovelton 52), Garstang 158-4 (Imran Butt 56, Mark Walling 42)
Kendal v Blackpool
Blackpool (15 pts) defeated Kendal (0 pts) by 7 wickets
Kendal 111, Blackpool 113 -3 (Shivam Chaudhary 70no)
Longridge v Leyland
Longridge (15 pts) defeated Leyland (2 pts) by 100 runs
Longridge 279-7 (Taariq Chiecktey 128, Tom Turner 75), Leyland 179 (Andrew Makinson 52, Jonathan Millward 4-50, Jake Durnell 4-61)
Mawdesley v Netherfield
Netherfield (15 pts) defeated Mawdesley (3 pts) by 5 wickets
Mawdesley 193-6 (Dominic Hendricks 99no, Jon Stone 51), Netherfield 197-5 (Ben Barrow 74, Reece Irving 58)
St Annes v Fulwood & Broughton
Fulwood & Broughton (15 pts) defeated St Annes (6 pts) by 9 runs
Fulwood & Broughton 267-9 (Simon Kerrigan 79, Brendan Morris 75, James McWilliam 53, Mitch Bolus 7-76), St Annes 258 (Yohan De Silva 103, Ryan Birkman 47, Nathan Armstrong 46, Simon Kerrigan 4-36)
Settle no Game
NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
| Club |
P |
W15 |
D6 |
D7 |
T |
D1 |
D0 |
L |
NR5 |
BP |
Pen |
Pts |
| Fleetwood |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
48 |
| Leyland |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
41 |
| Netherfield |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
36 |
| Chorley |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
| Fulwood & Broughton |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
33 |
| Settle |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
| Blackpool |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
30 |
| St Annes |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
24 |
| Garstang |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
| Longridge |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
20 |
| Kendal |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
| Euxton |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
| Mawdesley |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
