FIXTURES AND TEAM NEWS WEEKEND OF 23RD, 24TH AND MONDAY 25TH AUGUST
Three games for Morecambe and Leyland over Bank Holiday weekend
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LEAGUE GAMES SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST
DIVISION ONE
With five games to go leaders Blackpool (182pts) travel to Netherfield and Fleetwood over the Bank Holiday weekend. Second placed Kendal (171pts) play St Annes at home before the local derby at Parkside Road against Netherfield on Monday. Morecambe in third (165pts) travel to Carnforth and then host Lancaster. In-form Nettherfield have 159 pts and Leyland are fifth on 156 pts. With 15pts for a winning team batting first and 12pts for a win batting second the situation could easily change over the weekend. Chorley (147pts) have no game on Saturday while defending champions St Annes have 144 pts.
Netherfield pro Callum Ferguson has scored 1,150 league runs and with five games left has the Netherfield professional batting record and the league batting record in his sights. Pierre van Bruyn holds the former (1,159 in 2005), Kendal's Terry Hunte the latter (1,351 in 1994).
Darwen's Gareth Cordingley needs 13 runs to complete 10,000 league runs.
Carnforth pro Ryan Bailey plays his final game for the club on Saturday. Dalton's professional W Van Zyl deputises on Monday at Barrow.
CARNFORTH v MORECAMBE
Carnforth: A Hornby (Capt), T Barnfield (Wkt), R Bailey (Pro), D Moore, R Parker, R Forsyth,B Hornby, A Cowperthwaite, J Denwood, G Denwood, W Quinn
Morecambe: Lomas (Capt), Woodhead, Goyal, Smith, Thistlethwaite, Pedder, Gudgeon (WK), Lee, Gates, Clough, Martin (Pro)
DARWEN v BARROW
Darwen: Cook (Capt), Ashraf (Pro), J Clarke (WK), J Cordingley, G Cordingley, Anwar, Hampson, Clarkson, C Clarke, Anderson, Burke
Barrow: Wearing (capt), Clark, I Kermode, Myles (WK), R Lightfoot, M Studt, Wilcock, Miles, N Lauderdale, Livingstyone, Wanasinghe (pro)
FLEETWOOD v LANCASTER
KENDAL v ST ANNES
Kendal: Ullah (Cap/Wk); Howarth; Hunte; Killiner, Du Plessis, Ashburner; Lewthwaite; Yasin; Simm; Parkin; McMillan (pro)
St Annes' Andy Kellett reports: On Saturday for their trip to Kendal St Annes 1st X1 are boosted by the return of batsmen Adam Taylor and Sean Bickerdike. However all rounder Stephen Twist is at a wedding for the weekend and is therefore unavailable. Gareth Costin returns to the 2nd X1.On Monday, captain Duncan Whalley is working, Gareth Evans is available again and plays instead of Whalley. Russ Bradley will captain the team. Team: Whalley, Bickerdile, Bradley, Musgrave, O'dea, Patel, Taylor (A), Taylor (D), Uz-Zaman, Whitehead, Ahmed
LEYLAND v PRESTON
Preston have just one change, Paul Mann replacing captain Glenn Johnstone who is unavailable. Team: Bilal Asad, S Patel, M Bavla, J McDonald, Y Patel, J Davies, L Vahaluwala, C Williams, P Mann, F Saiyed, M Parekh
Leyland: K Cross, C Parkinson, P Cummings, A Khan, I Farrington, A Makinson, J Rounding, M Watkinson, S Pallett, D Makinson, S Cartwright
NETHERFIELD v BLACKPOOL
Blackpool: Danson, Darlington, A. Hogarth, M. Moore, C. Outram, M. Penney, L. Reece, A. Smith, J. Smith, M. Taylor, S. Weereakoon
Chorley no game
DIVISION ONE
MONDAY 25 AUGUST
1pm start
BARROW v CARNFORTH
Carnforth: A Hornby (Capt), T Barnfield (Wkt), W Van Zyl (Pro), D Moore, R Parker, R Forsyth, B Hornby, A Cowperthwaite, J Denwood, G Denwood, W Quinn
Barrow: Wearing (capt), I Allington, P Renney (WK), G Dawson, Clark, Miles, Livingstone, I Kermode, R Lightfoot, Wanasinghe (pro), Wilcock
CHORLEY v DARWEN
Chorley: Catterall (Capt), Tolley (WK), de Wet (pro), Holdsworth, Eastham, Critchley, Purnell, Moulton, Peacock, McCullagh, Lee
FLEETWOOD v BLACKPOOL
Blackpool: Danson, Darlington, A. Hogarth, Mercer, C. Outram, M. Penney, L. Reece, A. Smith, J. Smith, M. Taylor, S. Weereakoon
MORECAMBE v LANCASTER
Morecambe: Lomas (Capt), Woodhead, Goyal, Dennison, Thistlethwaite, Pedder, Gudgeon (WK), Lee, Gates, Clough, Martin (Pro)
NETHERFIELD v KENDAL
ST ANNES v LEYLAND
St Annes: Bradley (Capt), Evans, Bickerdile, Musgrave, O'dea, Patel, Taylor (A), Taylor (D), Uz-zaman, Whitehead, Ahmed
PRESTON no game
DIVISION TWO
SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST
BARROW v DARWEN
LANCASTER v FLEETWOOD
MORECAMBE v CARNFORTH
Carnforth: L Potter (Capt), W Tomlinson (Wkt), M Bradley, G Russell, M Preston, L Barnes, B Harrison, G Baxendale, J Gibson, D Marachel, J Cornthwaite
PRESTON v LEYLAND
ST ANNES v KENDAL
St Annes' Andy Kellett reports: ON Saturday, Andy Kellett, Gareth Costin, Rick Thomas and Nick Jones return to the team after missing last weeks win at Barrow. Nathan Armstrong, Martin Wardrop and Simon owen miss out. St Annes are also without Dan Stoneman who is at a wedding. Same team Monday for their trip to Leyland. Team: Kellett, Bartholomew, Bolus, Costin, Jarvis, Jones, Thomas, Ward, Watson, Wilks, Willis
CHORLEY, BLACKPOOL, NETHERFIELD no game
DIVISION TWO
MONDAY 25 AUGUST
1pm start
CARNFORTH v BARROW
Carnforth: L Potter (Capt), J Whincup (Wkt), A Benson, M Bradley, M Preston, G Russell, W Tomlinson, L Barnes, B Harrison, G Baxendale, J Gibson
DARWEN v CHORLEY
Chorley: Oakes, D Catterall, Demming, Richardson, Flood, Sweeney, Mawdsley, Millward, Maguire, Harty, Bentham
KENDAL v NETHERFIELD
LEYLAND v ST ANNES
LANCASTER v MORECAMBE
PRESTON, BLACKPOOL, FLEETWOOD no game
SUNDAY 24th AUGUST
FURNESS BUILDING SOCIETY CUP
1-30pm start
DIVISION ONE
Semi-Final
Morecambe v Leyland
Morecambe v Leyland rearranged from last Sunday when no play was possible
This semi-final is to be decided by a bowl-out in no play is possible again.
The Final of the Furness Building Society Cup will be Morecambe or Leyland v Preston on Sunday 31 August (1pm start).
DIVISION TWO
Semi-Final
1-30pm start
Darwen v Morecambe
If no play is possible this semi-final will be re-arranged for Sunday 31 August.br> The final is scheduled for Sunday 7 September when Preston will play the winners of this semi-final at West Cliff (1pm start).
LEADING STATISTICS
DIVISION ONE
MOST RUNS
1150 Callum Ferguson
858 Ryan Bailey
826 Atiq Uz-Zaman
798 Pasan Wanasinghe
721 Ameer Khan
MOST WICKETS:
59 Ross McMillan
51 Ameer Khan
51 Friedel de wet
51 Mansoor Ahmed
49 Bruce Martin
WICKET-KEEPERS:
28 James Smith (22c/6st)
27 Duncan Whalley (16c/11st)
26 Damian Gudgeon (16c/10st)
26 Ikram Ullah (23c/3st)
FIELDERS:
15 Mark Lomas
13 Oliver Killiner
13 Chris Parry
HIGHEST SCORE:
162 not out Ryan Bailey
BEST BOWLING:
8 for 22 Lukman Vahaluwala
DIVISION TWO
MOST RUNS
543 Andy Kellett
499 Dave Newton
465 Danny Welbourne
463 Alan Richardson
439 Gulam Maje
MOST WICKETS:
48 Andy Armstrong
48 Christian Davies
45 Andrew Starkie
43 Nick Milner
36 Graeme Cassidy
WICKET-KEEPERS:
29 Stuart Parker (21c/8st)
23 David Watson (11c/12st)
FIELDERS:
13 Philip Hartley
12 John Hotham
HIGHEST SCORE
141 not out Neil Lauderdale
BEST BOWLING
8 for 41 Richard Thomas
Castle Amateur Awards
Batting, Bowling & Fielding
Division One
(sponsored by Castle Financial & Mortgage Services, Penwortham, Preston)
BATTING:
Atiq Uz-Zaman 826
Stephen Twist 635
Terry Hunte 568
Chris Parry 567
Josh Tolley 556
BOWLING:
Scott Clement 39
Ben Simm 38
Richard Gleeson 37
Stephen Twist 36
Graham Lee 36
FIELDING:
Mark Lomas 15
Oliver Killiner 13
Chris Parry 13
WICKET-KEEPERS:
James Smith 28
Duncan Whalley 27
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