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FIXTURES Saturday 31st July, Sunday 1st August 2010

Double programme this weekend

Make or break weekend for Barrow



Chorley President Frank Henry makes a leaving presentation to pro JJ Smuts

RECORD breaking Chorley professional JJ Smuts has been replaced by two top quality substitutes this weekend.

Smuts broke the club's 23-year-old record for the number of runs scored in a season by a professional at the club at Lancaster last week. He soon scored the seven runs he needed to overtake New Zealander Stuart Duff's 1987 total of 719 and went on to make 34 in Chorley's rain-affected draw which was his last game for the club due to his departure this week to join the Emerging South Africa side for their tour of Australia.

Smuts, who also hit Chorley's record individual score when making an undefeated 177 at Carnforth scored 747 league runs at 57.46 and currently leads the run charts ahead of Darwen pro Mohammad Zaman Khan (738), St Annes' Atiq Uz-Zaman (686), Netherfield pro Nick Kruger (641) and Preston's Adam Parker (605).

However, Chorley have arranged top quality replacements for this weekend's double header of Northern League games. South African based all rounder Andrea Agathagelou, the professional for Lancashire League side Rishton, will deputise for Satruday's home derby against league leaders Leyland.
Agathagelou is a regular with Lancashire's second XI and sub-pro'd for Lancaster earlier this season.

There is an added edge in that Leyland professional Brett Pelser is Agathagelou's skipper at his South African provincial side.
On Sunday, fellow South African all rounder Hendro Puchert from Central Lancashire League side Clifton will take the Chorley sub pro role for the away clash at Preston.

Meanwhile, young all-rounder Louis Sweeney has clinched the Chorley Cricket Club Player of the Month award for June, sponsored by the White Hart, Chorley. Sweeney has played an important part in Chorley second XI's surge to the top of the table, and had impressed second XI skipper Ian Mawdesley with important contributions in all areas of the game.

"Louis has done well with both the bat and the ball and also in the field and I have been delighted with his efforts," said Mawdesley. "He may not have scored as many runs as some of his colleagues but he bats lower down the order and he has chipped in at vital times with wickets, runs and catches. Louis clearly has a bright future ahead of him." Sweeney scored 65 runs in June and also took eight wickets and held four catches.

He follows something of a family dynasty as father Alan has played at the club and still makes occasional third team appearances while elder brother Sam represented Chorley with distinction before recently moving on.

The player received his prize of a food and drink voucher for the White Hart from the pub's landlord Paul Mulhearn. "I'd like to congratulate Louis and it's great to see yet another highly promising youngster enjoying success at Chorley," he said. The Chorley CC Player of the Month award is open to all players, with the winner being chosen by the skippers of the club's senior sides.



Chorley's Player of the Month, Louis Sweeney receives his award from Paul Mulhearn

In Division One leaders Leyland (played 16-186) return from a cultural tour of Malta to face Chorley on Saturday and then take on Lancaster at Fox Lane on Sunday. Leyland lost their three-match series against a Maltese sports club 2-1, the last game by ten wickets during their week-long stay on the island.

Barrow (16-154) face what skipper Daryl Wearing describes as a 'make or break' weekend in their title chase as they host reigning champions St Annes (16-160) on Saturday before travelling to fourth-placed Blackpool (17-141) on Sunday. Jon Miles, Greg Platten and Graham Dawson, all Cumberland CCC regulars will miss the county's three-day game at Slough against Bucks starting on Sunday in order to play for their club. Charles Boucher returns for St Annes after missing last week's defeat at Darwen.

St Annes pro Dinuka Hettiarachchi leads the wicket-taking chart with 62 including no less than ten five-wicket hauls. His fellow Sri Lankan countryman, the Barrow pro Pasan Wanasinghe has taken 54 wickets and Kendal pro Ross McMillan 42. Darwen's Kamran Anwar and Lancaster's Ben Simm are locked on 36 wickets apiece in the chase for the Castle Bowling Award with Kendal spinner Chris Miller on 33.



Darwen's Kamran Anwar has taken 36 wickets so far this season

Barrow vice-captain Chris D'Leny is leading the pack for the Malcolm Beaty wicketkeeping award with 23 victims behind the timbers, one ahead of Leyland's Matthew Watkinson with Darwen's Jordan Clarke and John Huck (Netherfield) tied on 20 apiece.

Latham Baxendale Twenty20 Cup holders Netherfield are at Fleetwood on Saturday before entertaining Lancashire Colts. Sixth-placed Morecambe will be without Ikram Ullah on county duty on Sunday against Carnforth but wicketkeeper Lewis Edge will be available after football commitments.



St Annes veteran David Bartholomew

In the Division Two game of the weekend Chorley (16-149) are at second placed Leyland (14-143) on Saturday before hosting sixth-placed Preston on Sunday.

Leyland travel to reigning champions Lancaster, currently in fifth place, on Sunday.

Third-placed Blackpool (15-143) aim to make up for their blank Saturday when they play Barrow at Ernest Pass on Sunday.

Fourth-placed Darwen (16-135) are at home to Morecambe before travelling to Fleetwood

Fixtures
Saturday 31st July
Division One
(Round 18 of 26)
1-00pm start

Barrow v St Annes

Chorley v Leyland

Fleetwood v Netherfield

Kendal v Carnforth

Lancaster v Preston

Morecambe v Darwen

Blackpool no game

Division Two
(Round 17 of 26)
start 1-00pm

Carnforth v Kendal

Darwen v Morecambe

Leyland v Chorley

Netherfield v Fleetwood

Preston v Lancaster

St Annes v Barrow

Blackpool no game


Fixtures
Sunday 1st August
Division One
(Round 19 of 26)
1-00pm start

Blackpool v Barrow

Carnforth v Morecambe

Darwen v Fleetwood

Leyland v Lancaster

Netherfield v Lancashire Colts

Preston v Chorley

St Annes v Kendal

Division Two
(Round 19 of 26)
1-00pm start

Barrow v Blackpool

Chorley v Preston

Fleetwood v Darwen

Kendal v St Annes

Lancaster v Leyland

Morecambe v Carnforth

Netherfield no game


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