Cheshire County Cricket League

2017 SEASON: NEWSLETTER NO. 13 – JULY 15

King’s School pitch

not the problem

PLAYING on neutral territory at The King’s School, Chester, Timperley’s ECB Premier League title hopes took another knock when they lost a low-scoring game by nine runs against strugglers Bramhall.

Obliged to play on neutral territory due to ongoing problems at their Stockport road ground, Timperley are booked to return to King’s for at least the next two games and will be hoping for a rapid improvement in their batting to halt a run of only two wins in the last eight outings.

They did well to dismiss a weakened Bramhall line-up for 110, Nathan Brown taking 4-33 and Rudolf Brenner 3-26. Then Timperley’s batting let them down – all out 101 in 33 overs, Chris Canning top-scoring with the game’s highest innings of 29. Bramhall match-winner was new paceman Chris Sanders – who made his Cheshire debut next day – with a superb 6-26.

Quizzed about the condition of the pitch, experienced panel umpire Alistair Davies replied: “It was fine. Ian Greensmith and I gave it 18 marks out of 20 and the outfield 19. King’s had done a fine job preparing the ground and the teas. It was just poorish batting by both teams”.

While Timperley dropped to fifth place, Alderley Edge maintained their nine points lead by winning a high-scoring game at Didsbury by two wickets. Number nine batsman Liam Booth top-scored in Didsbury’s 232 with a fine knock of 86, aided by Mike Taylor, 68 in an eighth wicket stand of 166, while the reliable Richard Wilkinson took 6-52. Alderley replied with 233-8 after being 150-6, due to MGS skipper Ed Fluck, 50 and Tom Foreman, 36. Nick Anderson took 3-39 and Matt Gregson 3-64.

Keep an eye on CBH

Chester remain a threatening second after beating Grappenhall by five wickets . Grappers were bowled out for 119, Arthur Pennington 44, while Will Owen claimed 4-49 and Jack Williams 3-23. CBH were some trouble at 61-4, but went on to win at 121-5 thanks largely to Harry Killoran’s unbeaten 28 not out

Cheadle and Neston were involved in their second tied game of the season in a thriller at Kingsway. Cheadle totalled 227-7, Josh Dooler 59 not out, Will Holmes 45. To which Neston replied with 227 all out, David Hurst 59, James O’Neill 49. Neston tail ender Paul Stimson was dismissed by Rashid Amin off the final delivery of a gripping game.

Toft rise to third after beating Hyde by 26 runs at Booth’s Park. Toft totalled 234, Dan Cranmer 4-49. Hyde’s poor league form continued when they were bowled out for 208, Dave Fitzsimmons 52, James Duffy 50, Jimmy Lomas claiming 5-39 and Rob Jones 5-59.

Nantwich confirmed fourth spot with a five wickets win at home to Bowdon, whom they inserted and dismissed for 157, Jack Tipton 34, Jimmy Warrington 4-49. Irish star Niall O’Brien, 48 and Luke Robinson, 46 not out led the Dabbers’ response of 160-5. Bright spot for bottom of the table Bowdon: Dewi Jones scored 30 and took 3-31.

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DIVISION 1: Marple on rise

MARPLE continued their rich vein of form in Division One with a thrilling late victory at Warrington and look likely to challenge leaders Oulton Park and Davenham for a promotion place..

Marple restricted their hosts to 218-9, Johan Els 61, Brad McIntosh 36, Andy Greasley 3-59, Patrick Morahan 3-61. Marple replied with 221-9, the winning runs coming with one ball remaining thanks to not out innings of 43 from Morahan and 39 by Andrew Hall. Earlier Mark Makin hit 61 and Mark Bennett 35. Bowlers James Rudd captured 3-52 and Ashley Scholes 3-56.

Leaders Oulton continued their good form with a 91-run victory at Upton after posting 220-5, Matt Jamieson 62 not out, Ben Gibbon 52 not out, Danny Leach 44, Martin East 43. Upton were dismissed for 129 (Chris McArthur 46) by Andy Hards, 3-29 and Matt Parkinson, 3-33.

Trailing by 19 points, Davenham also won comfortably, by 60 runs against challengers Widnes at Butcher’s Stile. Daverham totalled an above par 237-7, Sam Hunt 77, Danny Moore 4-93, then dismissed Widnes for 177, Marcus Fourie 53, Ben Gough 4-58.

Oxton beat fading Bollington by eight wickets in the Wirral after dismissing their visitors for 182, Tom Barrass 65, Pat Magann 3-41, Greg Shillinglaw 3-34. An unbroken third wicket stand of 148 between Jamie Crawley, 84 and Marc De Brabender, 82 saw Oxton sail home at 184-2.

Urmston inflicted bottom club Weaverham’s 11th defeat by nine wickets at the UCG after dismissing their visitors for 133, James Espley’s 7-46 being the best bowling analysis of the day. Calum Turner hit 85 not out in U’s response of 139-1.

Macclesfield declared at 245-5 in the 46th over at Sale, Tom Tudor 94, Rob Porter 54. Sale stuck it out to close on 215-9, Jeremy McFarlane 81 not out, Greg Gyves 54, Tom Key 4-70.

DIVISION 2: First defeat for Barrow

BARROW suffered their first defeat of the season at Lindow in Division Two, but runners-up Romiley also failed to pocket full points in a high-scoring draw at Northwich.

Barrow were held to a modest 142-8, their top scorers being openers Iro De Silva and Alex Reid, both with 29, against keen bowling, especially from Alex Matthews 3-48. Lindow went on to win at 147-3 with two overs left, thanks to Ryan O’Brien, and Jamie Peel scooring 72 and 38 respectively in an unbroken fourth wicket stand worth 95.

Romiley ran up 268-5 at Northwich, Tom Rolph, 94 and Naseem D’Souza, 89 enjoying a 152-run partnership for the first wicket, before Andy Dufty hit back with 3-53. Northwich reached a modest 164-7 in reply, Sri Lankan Chandra Wathukarage scoring 51 and skipper Mark Walker 39 not out.

Plaudits to Bredbury St. Mark’s for registering the first win of the season, by 87 runs at home to fellow strugglers Tattenhall. Major Khan top scored with 75 aided by Darren Carr 43 in Bredbury’s handsome 246-5. Tattenhall were then bowled out for 159, Joe Prince 53, Oliver Usher claiming 4-18 from 4.2 overs at the death.

Alvanley kept up their surge with a five wickets win at Mobberley where their key players were Billy Ouzounidis with 4-31 and Lee Ainsworth 3-36 in the home side’s all out 130. Later, Mike Rowlands, 50 and veteran Andy Bennion, 35 not out batted well in a response of 134-5. Nick Butters took 3-40 for Mobberley.

Brooklands are another team on the up, their sixth win of the season being by six wickets at Christleton, whom they bowled out for 110, Rob Leech taking 4-27. Jack Bagshaw, 47 top-scored in Brooklands’ reply of 111-4.

Stockport won by seven wickets against Cheadle Hulme at Cale Green, after they had dismissed their hosts for 152, Mobashir Hasan 53, Kyle Gavin 3-30. Sam Edwards hit an unbeaten 52 for Stockport after tea.

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SATURDAY, JULY 15 MATCH DETAILS

ECB Premier League

At Kingsway:

CHEADLE v NESTON (won toss)

Cheadle 227-7 (55 overs: Dooler 59no, Holmes 45, Naveed Yuosaf 33);

Neston 227 all out (55 overs: Hurst 59, O’Neill 49, Holmes 3-35, Rashid Amin 3-60)

Match tied: 16 pts. each

At Boughton Hall Avenue:

CHESTER BOUGHTON HALL (won toss) v GRAPPENHALL

Grappenhall 119 (51 overs: Pennington 44, Owen 4-49, Williams 3-23);

Chester 121-5 (40 overs: Killoran 28no, Guest 3-39).

Chester (25 pts.) beat Grappenhall (2 pts.) by 5 wickets

At Wilmslow Road

DIDSBURY (won toss) v ALDERLEY EDGE

Didsbury 232 (49 overs: Booth 86, Taylor 68 = 166 for 8th wicket, Wilkinson 6-52)

Alderley Edge 233-8 (59.3 overs: Ed Fluck 50, Foreman 36, Anderson 3-39, Gregson 3-64).

Alderley Edge (25 pts.) beat Didsibury (9 pts.) by 2 wickets

At Whitehouse Lane:

NANTWICH v BOWDON (won toss)

Bowdon 157 (55 overs: Tipton 34, Joes 30, Warrington 4-49);

Nantwich 160-5 (33 overs: O’Brien 48, Robinson 46no, Jones 3-31).

Nantwich (25 pts.) beat Bowdon (4 pts.) by 5 wickets

At The King’s School, Chester

TIMPERLEY (toss) v BRAMHALL

Bramhall 110 (42 overs: Sanders 26, Brown 4-31, Brenner 3-26).

Timperley 101 (33 overs: Canning 29, Sanders 6-26).

Bramall (25 pts.) beat Timperley (4 pts.) by 9 runs.

At Booth’s Park:

TOFT v HYDE (won toss)

Toft 234 (55 overs: Unsure 72, Sehmi 30, Gates 30, Cranmer 4-49);

Hyde 208 (53 overs: Fitzsimmons 52, Duffy 50, Partrdge 31, Lomas 5-39, Jones 5-59).

Toft (25 pts.) beat Hyde (7 pts.) by 26 runs

PICK of DAY

BATTING: Liam Booth (Didsbury) 86 v Alderley Edge

BOWLING: Chris Sanders (Bramhall;) 6-26 v Timperley.

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Division 1

At Butcher’s Stile:

DAVENHAM v WIDNES (won toss)

Davenham 232-7 (50 overs: Hunt 77, Loveridge 40, Moore 4-93)

Widnes 177 (48 overs: Fourie 53, Hewitt 30, Gough 4-58).

Davenham, (25 pts.) beat Widnes (6 pts.) by 55 runs

At Townfield Lane:

OXTON (won toss) v BOLLINGTON

Warrington 173 (42 overs: Els 83, Porter 4-30, Melrose 3-66);

Macclesfield 176-6 (38 overs: Tudor 77no, Batey 3-27).

Macclesfield (25 pts.) beat Warrington (8 pts.) by 4 wickets

At Dane Road:

SALE (won toss) v MACCLESFIELD

Macclesfield 245-5 dec. (46 overs: Tudor 94, Porter 64, Birchall 44);

Sale 215-9 (54 overs: McFarlane 86no, Gyves 54, Kenyon 4-70);

Match drawn: Macclesfield 15 pts. Sale 7 pts.

At Old Greasby Road:

UPTON (won toss) v OULTON PARK

Oulton Park 220-5 (50 overs: Jamieson 62no, Gibbon 52no, Leech 44, East 43);
Upton 129 (36 overs: McArthur 46, Hards 3-29, Parkinson 3-33).

Oulton Park (25 pts.) beat Upton (3 pts.) by 91 runs

At UCG:

URMSTON (won toss) v WEAVERHAM

Weaverham 133 (48 overs: Espley 7-46, Cole Turner 3-27);

Urmston 139-1 (26 overs: Callum Turner 85no).

Urmston (25 pts.) beat Weaverham (1 pt.) by 9 wickets

At Warrington Sports Club:

WARRINGTON v MARPLE (won toss)

Warrington 218-9 (50 overs: Else 61, McIntosh 36, Greasley 3-59, Morahan 3-61);

Marple 221-9 (49.5 overs: Makkin 62, Morahan 43no, Hall 39no, Bennett 35, Rudd 3-52, Scholes 3-56).

Marple (25 pts.) beat Warrington (12 pts.) by 1 wicket

PICK OF DAY

BATTING: Tom Tudor (Macclesfield) 94 v Sale

BOWLING: James Espley (Urmston) 7-46 v Weaverham.

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Division 2

At Hillside Road:

BREDBURY ST. MARK’S v TATTENHALL (won toss)

Bredbury 246-5 (50 overs: Major Khan 75, Carr 43, Mairs 32, Keyworth 34);

Tattenhall 159 (42 overs: Prince 53, Windell 31, Usher 4-18).
Bredbury (25 pts.) beat Tattenhall (4 pts.) by 87 runs

At Little Heath:

CHRISTLETON (won toss) v BROOKLANDS

Christleton 110 (42 overs: Leach 4-27);

Brooklands 111-4 (18 overs: Bagshaw 47, Carroll 38).

Brooklands (25 pts.) beat Christleton (3 pts.) by 6 wickets

At Upcast Lane:

LINDOW (won toss) v BARROW

Barrow 142-8 (50 overs: De Silva 29, Reid 29, Matthews 3-48);

Lindow 147-3 (48 overs: O’Brien 71no, Peel 38no).

Lindow (25 pts.) beat Barrow (5 pts.) by 7 wickets

At Church Lane:

MOBBERLEY v ALVANLEY (won toss)

Mobberley 130 (38 overs: Spilsbury 23, Ouzounidis 4-31, Ainsworth 3-36);

Alvanley 134-5 (38 overs: Rowlands 50, Bennion 34no, Butters 3-40).

Alvanley (25 pts.) beat Mobberley (4 pts.) by 5 wickets

At Moss Farm

NORTHWICH (won toss) v ROMILEY

Romiley 268-5 (50 overs: Rolph 94, Mohin D’Souza 89 = 152 for 1st wicket, A Dufty 3-53);

Northwich 164-7 (50 overs: Chandra Wathukarage 51, M. Walker 39no).

Match drawn: Romiley 14 pts., Northwich 5 pts.

At Cale Green:

STOCKPORT v CHEADLE HULME (won toss)

Cheadle Hulme 152 (35 overs: Mobashir Hasan 53, Gavin 3-30);

Stockport 153-3 (43 overs: Edwards 52no, Ayden Van Eeden 37).

Stockport (25 pts.) beat Cheadle Hulme (5 pts.) by 7 wickets

PICK OF DAY

BATTING: Tom Rolph (Romiley) 94 v Northwich

BOWLING: Oliver Usher (Bredbury) 4-18 v Tattenhall.

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TABLES INC. SATURDAY, JULY 15: all played 13

ECB Premier League

W T WD RD LD A/C L Bat Bowl Pts. (25) (16) (3) (2) (1) (7)

ALDERLEY E. 10 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 9 265

CHESTER BH 9 0 0 0 1 0 3 19 11 256

TOFT 8 0 1 0 0 1 3 9 10 229

NANTWICH 6 0 3 0 0 1 3 31 19 216

TIMPERLEY 6 0 2 0 1 1 3 322 16 212

NESTON 4 2 1 0 2 1 3 18 17 179

DIDSBURY 4 0 1 1 1 0 6 35 24 165

CHEADLE 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 25 21 153

*BRAMHALL 3 0 0 0 3 1 6 33 26 151

HYDE 2 1 2 1 0 1 6 42 21 144

GRAPP’HALL 3 0 1 0 1 2 6 21 22 131

BOWDON 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 23 29 102

* Bramhall record includes 7 pts. for defeat in a match of less than 80 overs duration.

Division 1 W WD RD LD A/C L Bat Bowl Pts.

OULTON PARK 9 1 0 1 0 2 11 14 254

DAVENHAM 7 3 0 0 1 2 30 14 235

MARPLE 5 4 0 2 1 1 45 22 213

WIDNES 6 2 0 3 0 2 29 21 209

BOLLINGTON 6 1 0 1 0 5 25 17 203

*OXTON 6 1 0 1 1 4 19 8 195

MACCLESFIELD 4 2 1 2 0 4 51 23 185

URMSTON 4 2 0 1 1 5 38 19 171

* UPTON 5 0 0 1 1 6 20 10 169

SALE 3 0 0 3 1 6 27 17 124

*WARRINGTON 2 0 0 1 0 10 46 19 122

* WEAVERHAM 1 0 0 1 0 11 28 20 74

* Oxton, Upton ,Warrington & Weaverham records include 7 pts. for matches of less than 80 overs duration