Cheshire County Cricket League
2017 SEASON: NEWSLETTER NO. 21: SEPTEMBER 9
Rain helps CBH clinch
second Premiership title
ON a day of intermittent rain on Saturday, only one ECB Premier League match reached a conclusion. That was sufficient for Chester Boughton Hall, six wicket winners at Toft, to clinch their second title after a four-season lapse.
In a reduced 80 overs game at Toft, Chester restricted the home side – without the one-match suspended Rob Jones - to 154-9 from the 40 overs available. James Scott, 35 top-scored while Will Owen took 3-39.
Chester replied with a confident 155-4 from 25 overs led by Ric Moore 39 and Alex Money 35.
How very well the club’s new “Saturday skipper” has done in his first season. Take a bow Ross Dixon.
Nantwich, now 26 points behind Chester with Didsbury at home to come, can take solace from the fact that they only escaped relegation to Division One on the final day 12 months ago.
In the only other game started, at Grappenhall, the Dabbers posted a rapid 201-4 declared from 32 overs thanks to fine knocks of 73 by Henry Dobson, 53 to Niall O’Brien and 40 from Ryan Brown, while Aussie Aaran McCabe took 2-28.
Later, Grappers found themselves in deep trouble against Jimmy Warrington (3-13) at 31-3 from 11 overs when the rain chased the players off.
At the foot of the table, neither Hyde nor Bowdon was able to start. Runners-up in 2016, Bowdon are already down while Hyde, who won the title as recently as 2015, will need to win at Chester, then hope that Cheadle and Grappenhall both draw blanks in order to retain senior status.
Games unstarted were Cheadle v Bowdon; Didsbury v Bramhall, Neston v Timperley and Hyde v retiring champions Alderley Edge who cannot finish lower than third.
Cheshire Cup final off again
SUNDAY’s re-arranged Cheshire Cup final between Neston and Chester was called off on Saturday evening so wet was the state of the ground. It has been re-arranged for the third time and becomes the final major fixture in the Cheshire cricket season, at Parkgate on Sunday, September 17 starting at 12 noon.
It would be a real feather in Chester’s cap if they were to complete a major Cheshire double.
And huge plaudits would go to Neston on the other hand if they if they defy the form-book and wind up a decent season with a significant victory.
O Also off on Sunday was the Joseph Holt 3rd XI Finals Day at Warrington which
involved semi-finalists Nantwich, Neston, Didsbury and Stockport.
This event will go ahead at Walton Lea next Sunday (12 noon).
SEPTEMBER 9 NEWSLETTER: p2
Title Day for Oulton Park as
Marple line up second place
A WEEK after ensuring promotion from Division One, Oulton Park recorded their 15th victory – more than any other club in the league – to clinch the title.
Skipper Pat Roberts was presented with the silverware by League chairman David Humpage at the tea interval of their game against Sale at Little Budworth, which they went on to win by nine wickets.
In an 80 overs game, Sale posted 177-8 at half-way thanks largely to their Lancashire 2nd XI batsman Brooke Guest, whose classy 103 lasted 114 balls and included 12 fours and a six. Matt Parkinson was the best home bowler with took 3-45.
Oulton responded with a comfortable 179-1 from just 28 overs after a 124-run opening stand between Martin East, 70 and Danny Leech, 58 followed by 30 from Matt Jamieson.
Marple moved into a commanding second place when they won by 42 runs at Upton in the only other fixture which got off the blocks. Reduced to 60 overs, the game saw Marple inserted to post 141-6 at half-way, Andrew Hall contributing 55 and Dave Williams taking 3-22. Upton were bowled out for 99, Chris McArthur 28. The damage was done by Andy Greasley, 4-27 and Jack Grundy, 4-37. This win eases Marple 16 points clear of third-placed Macclesfield. And the rivals meet in the season’s last game at Macc.
Cancelled were Bollington v Davenham – who can no longer finish in the top two – Oxton v Urmston; Widnes v Macclesfield and relegated duo Weaverham v Warrington.
Cheadle Hulme sre docked 60 points
and lose league status
CHEADLE Hulme, one of the league’s best- known and most successful clubs with a glittering record of success which included six senior titles in the first eight seasons after being founder members in 1975, have had 60 Division Two points docked.
This follows a probe which found that they had fielded two ineligible players n two successive games. They will now finish bottom of Division Two, which means relegation to the UK Fast Cheshire League in 2018.
The Grove Park club fielded ineligible players in their victory over Barrow and winning draw against Tattenhall on August 26 and September 2 respectively. One of the players is reported to have been under suspension at the time by a club in the Greater Manchester League.
Cheadle Hulme will thus go down into the UKFast League alongside Bredbury St. Mark’s who were promoted only a year ago. Neither club was engaged on Saturday, their games at Romiley and at Christleton respectively both being rained off.
Also cancelled were Brooklands v Northwich and Lindow v Alvanley.
Key match was between promotion rivals Barrow and Stockport, the Cale Green side posting 160-7 in the 30 overs available, George Barber 40, James Barber 37. Barrow got close at 157-5, Alex Reid 72, Mark Green 4-53. Ending 13 – 7 points to the good, Stockport stay second 13 points behind leaders Barrow, with Romiley two points further back and even fourth-placed Alvanley still in with a chance.
There was a rare tussle in the Tattenhall v Mobberley game at the Flacca where the visitors posted a modest 105 (Nick Butters 31, Stuart Sadler 3-17, Gary Forster 3-27). Tatters slumped to 53-9 before being bowled out for 99, last pair Forster and Alan Brock with a combined age of 104 almost doubling the score before being parted, a stand which greatly impressed umpire Chris Rigg. Matt Rose claimed 5-50 and Abdul Aqeel 4-26.
Final fixtures on Saturday see Barrow go to Northwich; Stockport host Tattenhall; new boys Romiley travel to Mobberley and Alvanley host Cheadle Hulme.
Should be interesting and keep chairman Humpage busy deciding where to go to present the winners’ trophy.
SEPTEMBER 9 NEWSLETTER: p3
Match details from Saturday, September 9
ECB Premier League
At Kingsway:
CHEADLE v BOWDON
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Wilmslow Road:
DIDSBURY v BRAMHALL
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Broad Lane:
GRAPPENHALL (won toss) v NANTWICH
Nantwich 204-4 dec. (32 overs: H Dobson 73, N. O’Brien 54, R Brown 40, A. McCabe 2-28);
Grappenhall 31-3 (11 overs; J Warrington 3-13).
Match abandoned due to rain: Nantwich 11 pts., Grappenhall 7 pts.
This was an 80 overs match.
At Werneth Low:
HYDE v ALDERLEY EDGE
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Parkgate:
NESTON v TIMPERLEY
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Booth’s Park:
TOFT v CHESTER BOUGHTON HALL
Toft 154-9 (40 overs: J Scott 35, W. Owen 3-39);
Chester 155-4 (25 overs: R Moore 39, A Money 35).
Chester (25 pts.) beat Toft (7 pts.) by 6 wickets.
This was an 80 overs match.
Best of Season:
Batting: Ryan Brown (Nantwich) 763 runs
Bowling: oHamish Winter-Irving (Alderley Edge) 65 wickets.
SEPTEMBER 9 NEWSLETTER: p4
Division 1
At The Recreation Grond:
BOLLINGTON v DAVENHAM
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Little Budworth:
OULTON PARK (won toss) v SALE
Sale 177-8 (40 overs: B Guest 103, M. Parkinson 3-45);
Oulton Park 179-1 (28 overs: M East 70, D. Leech 58 = 124 for 1st wicket, M Jamieson 30).
Oulton Park (25 pts.) beat Sale (7 pts.) by 9 wickets.
This was an 80 overs match.
At Townfield Lane:
OXTON v URMSTON
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Old Greasby Road:
UPTON (won toss) v MARPLE
Marple 141-6 (30 overs: A Hall 55, D Williams 3-22);
Upton 99 (21 overs: C. McArthur 28, A. Greasley 4-27, J Grundy 4-36).
Marple (25 pts.) beat Upton (7 pts.) by 42 runs.
This was as 60 overs match
At Wallerscote Road
WEAVERHAM v WARRINGTON
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Beaconsfield Road:
WIDNES v MACCLESFIELD
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
BEST of SEASON:
Batting: Marcus Fourie (Widnes) 821 runs
Bowling: Muhammed Kashif (Oulton Park) 59 wickets
SEPTEMBER 9 NEWSLETTER: p5
Division 2
At The Croft:
BARROW (won toss) v STOCKPORT
Stockport 160-7 (30 overs: G Barber 46, J Barber 37, M Green 28);
Barrow 157-5 (30 overs: A. Reid 72, M Green 4-53).
Match drawn: Stockport 13 pts., Barrow 7 pts.
This was a 60 overs game.
At Brooklands Sports Club:
BROOKLANDS v NORTHWICH
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Little Heath:
CHRISTLETON v BREDBURY ST. MARK’S
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Upcast Lane :
LINDOW v ALVANLEY
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At Birchvale Drive:
ROMILEY v CHEADLE HULME
Match cancelled: 7 pts. each
At The Flacca:
TATTENHALL v MOBBERLEY (won toss)
Mobberley 105 (31 overs: N Butters 31, Abdul Aqeel 27, S Sadler 3-17, G. Forster 3-27).
Tattenhall 99 (31 overs: C. Windell 17, M Rose 5-50, Abdul Aqeel 4-16).
Mobberley (25 pts.) beat Tattenhall (7 pts.) by 6 runs.
This was a 70 overs match.
O In last week’s Newsletter Northwich v Christleton was incorrectly reported as a 71-run win for Christleton. In fact, Northwich drew the match with a points allocation of 13-6 in Christleton’s favour.
The league table published was correct
BEST of SEASON:
Batting: oKevin Carroll (Brooklands) 789 runs
Bowling: Abdul Aqeel (Mobberley) 52 wickets
SEPTEMBER 9 NEWSLETTER: p6
TABLES INC. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9: all played 21
ECB Premier League
W T WD RD LD A/C L Bat Bowl Pts. (25) (16) (3) (2) (1) (7)
CHESTER B.H. 14 0 0 1 1 1 4 21 18 399 champ
NANTWICH 11 0 3 3 0 1 3 53 23 373
ALDERLEY ED. 12 0 0 0 2 2 5 12 20 348
*TOFT 9 0 2 0 1 2 7 35 26 314
*TIMPERLEY 8 0 3 0 1 3 6 43 24 305
NESTON 7 2 1 1 2 3 5 34 20 292
DIDSBURY 7 0 1 1 1 3 8 42 29 273
*BRAMHALL 5 0 1 0 4 3 8 55 35 250
*GRAPP’HALL 6 0 2 0 1 3 9 32 31 236
CHEADLE 5 2 0 0 0 1 13 39 33 236
HYDE 3 1 3 1 1 4 8 53 33 217
*BOWDON 4 0 0 0 1 1 15 29 35 179 rel
*Bowdon, Bramhall, Grappenhall, Timperley and Toft records include 7 points from a match of less than 80 overs duration.
Division 1 W WD RD LD A/C L Bat Bowl Pts.
OULTON PARK 15 1 0 2 0 3 15 18 413 champ
MARPLE 10 5 0 2 2 2 51 30 362
MACCLESFIELD 10 2 1 2 1 5 51 27 346
WIDNES 10 3 0 3 1 4 43 29 341
DAVENHAM 10 3 0 0 2 6 39 22 334
*BOLLINGTON 10 1 0 1 1 8 27 23 325
*URMSTON 7 3 0 1 2 8 54 24 284
* UPTON 8 0 0 2 2 9 26 16 271
*OXTON 7 1 0 1 3 9 38 20 265
SALE 5 1 0 4 2 9 45 28 220
*WARRINGTON 2 0 0 2 2 15 54 29 155 rel
* WEAVERHAM 1 0 0 1 2 17 38 32 110 rel
* Bollington, Oxton, Sale, Upton (2), Urmston, Warrington & Weaverham records include 7 points from a match of less than 80 overs duration
Division 2 W T WD RD LD A/C L Bat Bowl Pts.
BARROW 11 0 1 0 2 2 5 25 19 364
*STOCKPORT 11 0 1 1 1 0 6 45 18 351
ROMILEY 10 1 2 1 0 2 5 31 23 349
*ALVANLEY 10 0 4 1 1 1 4 42 23 343
LINDOW 10 0 1 1 2 2 5 24 30 325
BROOKLANDS 9 0 2 0 2 2 6 39 31 320
*NORTHWICH 7 0 4 0 3 2 5 55 30 292
MOBBERLEY 7 0 1 0 1 1 11 45 32 262
CHRISTLETON 7 0 2 0 1 2 9 37 25 258
TATTENHALL 5 0 0 0 5 0 11 33 49 237
BREDBURY 3 0 1 1 0 1 15 36 34 177 rel
**CHEADLE H. 4 0 1 0 2 2 12 42 33 148 rel
Cheadle Hulme 60 pts. deducted for fielding ineligible players in two games.
*Alvanley, Cheadle Hulme (2), Northwich, Romiley and Stockport records include 7 points from a match of less than 80 overs duration
SEPTEMBER 9 NEWSLETTER: p7
FINAL DAY FIXTURES & UMPIRES: Saturday, September 16
ECB Premier League (12 noon unless stated)
ALDERLEY EDGE V NESTON Ian Greensmith & Steve Walton
BOWDON V BRAMHALL Paul Herring & Dion Kelly
CHEADLE V TOFT Ged Kinsey & David Tate
CHESTER BOUGHTON HALL V HYDE Trevor Burnett & Alistair Davies
NANTWICH V DIDSBURY (11.30 a.m.) Darrin Clark & John Williams
TIMPERLEY V GRAPPENHALL (11 a.m.) Brian Boys & Graham Pugh
First Division (all 12.30 p.m.)
DAVENHAM V OULTON PARK Graham Harris & David Moss
MACCLESFIELD V MARPLE David Gane & Gary Zimmer
SALE V WEAVERHAM Ray Prescott & Ian Wilson
UPTON V OXTON Jain Ankit & Ken Rothwell
URMSTON V BOLLINGTON Grahan Cookson & Jon Hacking
WARRINGTON V WIDNES Barrie Burns & Simon Smith
Second Division (all 12.30 p.m.)
ALVANLEY V CHEADLE HULME Graham Church & Martin Roberts
BREDBURY ST. MARK’S V BROOKLANDS Peter Davies & James Emmerson
LINDOW V CHRISTLETON Steve Jackson & Geoff Young
MOBBERLEY V ROMILEY John Potts & David Williams