Cricket: Results round-up

Sep 17 2007 by Our Correspondent, Liverpool Daily Post

BUSINESS ASSISTANCE LIVERPOOL COMPETITION 1ST XI ECB PREMIER LEAGUE

HIGHTOWN (t) (25) 226-6d (34.1 overs) (Sutcliffe 69, Vosloo 50, Whelan 44, Phillips 32) v HUYTON (3) 65 (23.4) (Connolly 22, Morrison 15; Heathcliff-Core 5-28) Result: Hightown won by 161 runs

LEIGH (3) 107 (33.2) (Alex Roussak 48, Banner 15; Farrell 3-22) v ORMSKIRK (t) (25) 227-5d (35.4) (Kelliher 118, IM Glayzer 67 [100-4th wkt], JA Illingworth 24) Result: Ormskirk won by 120 runs

LYTHAM (10) 249 (56) (Wisniewski 80, Hilton 60*, Mulligan 45; Jackson 5-84) v SOUTHPORT AND BIRKDALE (t) (25) 250 (53.3) (JJ Hine 63, Jackson 46, Baker 34; Wisniewski 5-73) Result: Southport and Birkdale won by 1 run

MAGHULL (t) (24) 201-8d (55) (Forrest 58*, Snodgrass 40, Bower 33; Bourne 4-67, Aherne 3-43) v WALLASEY (8) 193 (33) (Bourne 86, Pugh 19, DG Luxon 17; Bower 4-52, Swiers 4-70) Result: Maghull won by 8 runs

NEW BRIGHTON (25) 286-6d (41.5) (Ryder 113, DR While 42 [125-2nd wkt], ML Evans 59*, DF Johnstone 25) v COLWYN BAY (t) (8) 254 (62.5) (Morris 87, PJH Leach 66, JM Leach 33; Ryder 4-30) Result: New Brighton won by 32 runs

NORTHERN (8) 229 (51) (Mullaney 65, S Cole 39, Hey 37, KA Garcia 32*; SJ Rimmer 5-67, Miller 3-68) v FLEETWOOD HESKETH (t) (20) 294-6d (62) (55 overs = 250-5) (ND Rimmer 84, SJ Rimmer 57 [138-1st wkt], Wareing 68*, Sykes 25*) Result: Fleetwood Hesketh won by 65 runs

ST HELENS RECS (3) 119 (45) (S Lyon 30, Brown 21; Purser 5-35, Davis 3-25) v BOOTLE (t) (25) 221-4d (48.3) (IA Cockbain 85, Warren 38*, Prince 38, Lloyd 29, I Cockbain 23*; Martindale 3-68) Result: Bootle won by 102 runs

Final positions: Bootle (435 pts), New Brighton (430), Ormskirk (416), Northern (412), Lytham (392), Colwyn Bay (381), Fleetwood Hesketh (310), Hightown (302), Southport and Birkdale (294), Wallasey (270), Maghull (239), St Helens Recs (221), Huyton (129-R), Leigh (125-R) (R=relegated)

1ST XI FIRST DIVISION

HIGHFIELD (t) (25) 260-5d (55 overs) (Astle 98, MN Farrell 65 [103-1st wkt], Astle and CG Liptrot 58 [115-2nd wkt], Mollitt 30*; Swift 3-64) v AINSDALE (7) 222 (51.1) (Waqar Khan 45, Fazakerley 29, Swift 26, M Causey 22; CG Liptrot 5-38) Result: Highfield won by 38 runs

LIVERPOOL (t) (25) 221-5d (46) (Nealey 106*, Ho 41* [123*-5th wkt], Rogers 39) v ORRELL RED TRIANGLE (3) 126 (52.1) (Smith 66, Cooper 16; Clarkson 5-25, Edwards 4-26) Result: Liverpool won by 95 runs

NEWTON LE WILLOWS (10) 225 (54.5) (Lyon 91, IE Walkden 38, Scott 35, Boardman 30; Crilly 6-94, Rogan 4-73) v FORMBY (t) (20) 254 (56.2) (55 overs = 253-8) (Hadden 144, Conlan 32, Morris 25; Scott 3-43, Birchall 3-54) Result: Formby won by 29 runs

PRESTATYN (24) 223-3 (32) (Hantam 100, Boughey 44* [125-3rd wkt], Taylor 63) v RAINHILL (t) (6) 221-9d (47) (Ellis 93, Smith 44, McDonald 25; Hantam 5-59, Owen 3-77) Result: Prestatyn won by 7 wickets

SEFTON PARK (5) 54 (24) (Jackson 23; Ata-ur-Rehman 5-33, Butler 5-4-1-3) v NORTHOP HALL (t) (22) 146 (45.5) (Ata-ur-Rehman 38, Kennedy 30; Poskitt 5-44, Baird 3-23) Result: Northop Hall won by 92 runs

SOUTHPORT TRINITY (25) 123-3 (17.2) (Foster 47, van der Walt 27, C Hodge 23*) v ST HELENS (t) (2) 122 (28.3) (Lawless 33, Horabin 21; Hall 5-58, Haynes 3-51) Result: Southport Trinity won by 7 wickets

WIGAN (6) 171-9 (50) (Redmond 40, Ford 26, Cooper 22*; JR Nation 4-55, Jenions 3-68) v WAVERTREE (t) (7) 201-6d (57) (55 overs = 187-5) (Carver 81, Negi 43; JM Taylor 3-46) Result: match drawn

Final positions: Formby (423 pts-P), Prestatyn (366-P), Northop Hall (364), Newton le Willows (346), Sefton Park (334), Highfield (300), Wigan (299), St Helens (275), Wavertree (248), Liverpool (248), Ainsdale (241), Orrell RT (232), Rainhill (228-R), Southport Trinity (177-R). (P=promoted, R=relegated to MSCA)

2ND XI PREMIER DIVISION

BOOTLE (25) 158-6 (44 overs) (M Gill 57, Johnson 36, AP Gill 18) v NEWTON LE WILLOWS (t) (5) 157 (47.4) (45 overs = 147-6) (C Chambers 58, Evans 52, Halliwell 45; WG Smith 4-40, AP Gill 3-17) Result: Bootle won by 4 wickets

COLWYN BAY (7) 252-6 (41) (Wallace 104, Williams-Grey 58, van Wyk 35) v NEW BRIGHTON (t) (8) 257-5d (43.3) (MI Burns 124, KP Burns 67 [132-2nd wkt]; Woodward 3-44) Result: match drawn

FLEETWOOD HESKETH (t) (7) 230 (42) (Watts 89, Green 36*; P Jones 3-21) v NORTHERN (25) 232-5 (37.5) (Snellgrove 137*, NA Doggett 40) Result: Northern won by 5 wickets

HUYTON (t) (0) 90-9 a/o (24.2) (Foley 31, M Pile 23; Cunliffe 4-18) v WIGAN (25) 93-1 (26.2) (Aconley 37*, Yates 31, Dawber 21*) Result: Wigan won by 9 wickets

ORMSKIRK (t) (7) 207-5d (45) (S Illingworth 100, JA Glayzer 48) v LIVERPOOL (22) 211-5 (46) (Diggle 60, M Williams 58 [106-2nd wkt], Robson 51*) Result: Liverpool won by 5 wickets

SOUTHPORT AND BIRKDALE (25) 156-4 (40.3) (AS Bolton 51, D Skelton 33, L Bolton 31, Armstrong 24) v HIGHFIELD (t) (5) 152 (43.3) (Cunniffe 52, Ramsdale 37; Armstrong 4-13, L Bolton 4-17) Result: Southport and Birkdale won by 6 wickets

WALLASEY (6) 195-8 (43) (RAC Eagles 83, Corbett 56, Conlan 24; P Kelly 5-85) v SEFTON PARK (t) (8) 197-5d (45) (Seabury 51, Davies 39, Isaac 35) Result: match drawn

Final positions: Bootle (411 pts), New Brighton (369), Wigan (342), Northern (318), Ormskirk (308), Colwyn Bay (305), Southport and Birkdale (269), Liverpool (260), Highfield (244), Fleetwood Hesketh (241), Wallasey (222), Sefton Park (215), Newton le Willows (212-R), Huyton (123-R). (R=relegated)

2ND XI FIRST DIVISION

AINSDALE (t) (2) 129 (46.1 overs) (45 overs = 124-8) (Walker 40; McGurk 4-34) v LYTHAM (25) 130-0 (24.2) (Cartmell 65*, Virdee 54* [130*-1st wkt]) Result: Lytham won by 10 wickets

FORMBY (t) (20) 178-4 (30) (Halpin 62, K Jones 39, Mills 39) v ST HELENS RECS (6) 177 (42) (Stocks 65, Critchley 21; Kenyon 4-26, AWE Poole 3-37) Result: Formby won by 6 wickets

NORTHOP HALL (25) 54-0 (7.3) (Barnes 36*, RJ Roberts 17*) v MAGHULL (t) (0) 50 (21) (M Gillespie 17; Dunn 3-13, Higginson 3-17) Result: Northop Hall won by 10 wickets

ORRELL RED TRIANGLE (t) (20) 174-5 (45) (Tickle 52, A Mottram 38, Baybutt 36, Martinus 28*) v LEIGH (5) 170 (39.3) (Ishtiaq Beg 31, Wood 23, Shepherd 20; A Sixsmith 3-16, Martinus 3-34) Result: Orrell Red Triangle won by 5 wickets

RAINHILL (t) (5) 152 (37.1) (Williams 39, Wilson 35; Phillips 3-33) v PRESTATYN (25) 153-5 (23) (Walley 60, D Harris 40) Result: Prestatyn won by 5 wickets

ST HELENS (9) 272 (45) (Moncrieff 133*, Graham 25 [123-4th wkt], Metcalf 55, Hurst 32) v SOUTHPORT TRINITY (t) (9) 199-8 (45) (Nolan 38, Andrew 32, Roberti 23, Airey 31*; GL Williams 4-64) Result: match drawn

WAVERTREE (t) (25) 220-7d (45) (Barrett 62, Robinson 33, S Guy 30, Fitzgerald 30) v HIGHTOWN (3) 92 (32) (McKeon 35; R Lloyd 5-4-7-5) Result: Wavertree won by 128 runs

Final positions: Northop Hall (382 pts-P), Lytham (382-P), Formby (349), Southport Trinity (325), St Helens (312), St Helens Recs (287), Wavertree (262), Leigh (250), Ainsdale (248), Orrell Red Triangle (247), Maghull (244), Prestatyn (222), Rainhill (170-R), Hightown (141-R). (P=promoted, R=relegated to MSCA)

THE RIGHT MOVE ABROAD CHESHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE ECB PREMIER DIVISION

ALDERLEY EDGE (won toss, 25 pts.) beat CHRISTLETON (10 pts.) by 90 runs. Alderley Edge 308-6 dec. (55 overs: S. Rauf 143, M. Currie 59, P. Allen 4-111); Christleton 216 (46 overs: G. Newell 45, P. Allen 45, M. Warnes 4-40, M. Warren 3-53).

BRAMHALL (3 pts.) lost to HYDE (won toss, 25 pts.) by 5 wickets. Bramhall 56 (23 overs: T. Young 5-30 inc. hat-trick ); Hyde 57-5 (11.1 overs: J. Duffy 35, R. Hurlston 5-29).

CHESTER BOUGHTON HALL (11 pts.) drew with OULTON PARK (won toss, 10 pts.) Oulton Park 228-9 inn. cl. (60 overs: J. Guest 74, G. Emmett 49no, W. Goodwin 3-25, A. Kegg 3-71); Chester 197-7 (50 overs: M. Griffiths 53, W. Goodwin 44, N. Dumelow 4-85, C. Jones 3-42).

NESTON (23 pts.) beat BOWDON (14 pts.) by 2 wickets. Bowdon 228-6 dec. (55 overs: R. Wilkinson 80, D. Ball 47, B. Jones 36, J. Farrow 4-34); Neston 229-8 (53 overs: J. Smith 80, C. Hackett 54, S. Clifford 43no).

TOFT (25 pts.) beat WIDNES (7 pts.) by 5 wickets. Widnes 147 (48 overs: P. Bertenshaw 3-53, D. Brock 3-56); Toft 149-5 (35 overs: A. Carolan 53, S. Hardstaff 51).

URMSTON (won toss, 25 pts.) beat NANTWICH (9 pts.) by 64 runs. Urmston 246-8 dec. (55 overs: B. O’Brien 63, O. Sadler 3-61); Nantwich 182 (50 overs: O. Sadler 41, C. Grindley 3-38, R. Senior 3-68).

Final points (22 games): Oulton Park 345 (champions) ; Neston 330; Hyde 320; Urmston 320; Bowdon 311; Alderley Edge 307; Toft 281; Nantwich 279; Chester 269; Widnes 261; Christleton 218 (relegated); Bramhall 187 (relegated).

FIRST DIVISION

ALSAGER (5 pts.) lost by 82 runs to BIRKENHEAD PARK (22 pts.) Birkenhead Park 156-9 dec. Alsager 74

BOLLINGTON (25 pts.) beat MACCLESFIELD (won toss, 4 pts.) by 10 wickets. Macclesfield 152 Bollington 153-0

BREDBURY ST. MARK’s (won toss, 16 pts.) drew with HEATON MERSEY (11 pts.) Bredbury 249 Heaton Mersey 204-8

CHEADLE (25 pts.) beat TIMPERLEY (won toss, 10 pts.) by 3 wickets. Timperley 145 Cheadle 146-7

POYNTON (8 pts.) lost to DIDSBURY (won toss, 23 pts.) by 8 runs. Didsbury 168 Poynton 160

UPTON (won toss, 8 pts.) drew with OXTON (14 pts.). Oxton 190-8 dec.Upton 175-7

Final points: Macclesfield 372 (champions); Heaton Mersey 334 (promoted); Oxton 331; Didsbury 310; Bollington 300; Poynton 297; Cheadle 297; Timperley 292; Upton 267; Birkenhead Park 235; Bredbury 225 (relegated); Alsager 168 (leaving league).

SECOND DIVISION

BURNAGE (won toss, 15 pts.) lost to SALE (25 pts.) by 1 wicket. Burnage 202 Sale 207-9

CHEADLE HULME (won toss, 10 pts.) lost to MIDDLEWICH (25 pts.) by 7 wickets. Cheadle Hulme 208-5 dec. Middlewich 209-3

GRAPPENHALL (7 pts.) drew with WARRINGTON (won toss, 17 pts.) Warrington 242-6 dec. Grappenhall 144-8

HALE BARNS (won toss, 6 pts.) lost to WINNINGTON PARK (25 pts.) by 3 wickets.Hale Barns 169-9 Winnington Park 171-7

IRBY (11 pts.) lost to MOBBERLEY (won toss, 25 pts.) by 4 wickets. Irby 229-6 dec. Mobberley 232-6

TATTENHALL (won toss, 24 pts.) beat CONGLETON (9 pts.) by 4 wickets. Congleton 176-9 dec. Tattenhall 179-6

Final points: Cheadle Hulme 369 (champions); Warrington 313 (promoted); Burnage 310; Sale 304; Grappenhall 294; Mobberley 288; Tattenhall 284; Middlewich 279; Irby 265; Hale Barns 261; Winnington Park 248; Congleton 235 (relegated to Meller Braggins Cheshire League). Marple and Stockport Georgians are promoted from Meller Braggins Cheshire League.