Apr 21 2008 by Our Correspondent, Liverpool Daily Post
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE (NW) LIVERPOOL COMPETITION 1ST XI ECB PREMIER LEAGUE
(t) BOOTLE (25) 222-9d (53.5 overs) (Parry 98, Kelliher 30, Snellgrove 25, I Cockbain 21; Clubb 4-36) v COLWYN BAY (5) 103 (37.3) (SE Morris 42, Jones 18; Davis 5-29) Result: Bootle won by 119 runs
FLEETWOOD HESKETH (25) 101-0 (21.3) (Wells 52*, ND Rimmer 44*) v (t) HIGHTOWN (1) 100 (36.1) (Sutcliffe 25, Heathcliff-Core 22; Mullen 4-32, Prince 4-32) Result: Fleetwood Hesketh won by 10 wickets
LYTHAM (24) 193-6 (44.5) (Long 35, Wisniewski 33, Knight 28; Bourne 3-53) v (t) WALLASEY (6) 192-8d (56) (55 overs = 183-7) (Harrison 58, Parker 38, Bourne 32; Rigby 3-32) Result: Lytham won by 4 wickets
(t) NEW BRIGHTON (25) 221-2d (53.4) (PA Hale 60*, DR While 56* (119*-3rd wkt), Thompson 48, JP While 31) v MAGHULL (5) 191 (53.3) (McDonnell 91, Madanayake 39, Ring 24; Nawab 4-60, ML Evans 3-23) Result: New Brighton won by 30 runs
(t) NORTHERN (7) 168 (53.3) (S Cole 64, KA Garcia 39, Woods 26, J Cole 22; Woods 5-33, Bullick 3-50) v ST HELENS RECS (25) 174-8 (56.3) (Jenkins 53*, Latham 47, Woods 33; Woods 4-73) Result: St Helens Recs won by 2 wickets
ORMSKIRK (25) 119-3 (35.3) (MS Glayzer 49, JA Illingworth 34, Simpson 21*) v (t) FORMBY (2) 115 (57.3) (55 overs = 113-8) (Mahadanaarachchi 34, Reading 16; Kerrigan 3-24, Bandy 3-38) Result: Ormskirk won by 7 wickets
SOUTHPORT AND BIRKDALE (25) 211-4 (48.2) (Baker 90*, Fletcher 34*, Aston 34) v (t) PRESTATYN (6) 208 (51.1) (Boughey 48, Heyns 47; Labuschagne 5-26, Jackson 3-45) Result: Southport and Birkdale won by 6 wickets
1ST XI FIRST DIVISION
(t) AINSDALE (15) 221 (59 overs) (Waqar Khan 44, Waqas Chughtai 30; CD Whelan 5-73) v LIVERPOOL (15) 221-2d (42) (Das 119*, O'Leary 48 [142-1st wkt], Titmuss 32) Result: match tied
HUYTON (0) 76 (40) (Essery 22, DW Platt 10; Ata-ur-Rehman 6-32, Nolan 4-11) v (t) NORTHOP HALL (20) 78-0 (28.2) (A Smith 56*, AT Roberts 18*) Result: Northop Hall won by 10 wickets
LEIGH (6) 109 (41) (Roussak jnr 38, Hibbert 20; Liptrot 4-41, White 3-39) v (t) HIGHFIELD (22) 143 (44) (C Williams 51, Hargreaves 32, Casham 19; Jafar Nazir 5-27, Roussak jnr 3-27) Result: Highfield won by 34 runs
(t) NEWTON LE WILLOWS (20) 123-4 (50.4) (M Fearnley 33, IE Walkden 26*, Boardman 24*; Baird 3-36) v SEFTON PARK (3) 122 (45.5) (Bellis 36, Phythian 26; MR Walkden 5-50) Result: Newton le Willows won by 6 wickets
ORRELL RED TRIANGLE (25) 250-5d (47.2) (Riley 115, Smith 72 [115-3rd wkt], Adnan Malik 40) v (t) WIGAN (3) 109 (44.2) (Ford 34, Panda 22; Adnan Malik 4-21) Result: Orrell Red Triangle won by 141 runs
(t) RAINFORD (20) 90-3 (18) (Harrison 41, Tonge 21*) v SKELMERSDALE (1) 89 (31) (Armstrong 26, Wright 24*; Filson 3-19, Williams 3-20, Lambert 3-25) Result: Rainford won by 7 wickets
ST HELENS (0) 76 (43.1) (Moore 28, R Supria 13; Guy 6-27) v (t) WAVERTREE (20) 78-0 (26.3) (Negi 52*, Gardiner 20*) Result: Wavertree won by 10 wickets
2ND XI PREMIER DIVISION
COLWYN BAY (1) 136 (45 overs = 123-9) (46.2 overs) (Wallace 38, Toy 20*; Cuthill 5-40, Harrison 3-29) v (t) NEW BRIGHTON (20) 137-0 (27.3) (KP Burns 71*, AF Hodgson 50*) Result: New Brighton won by 10 wickets
HIGHFIELD (25) 136-1 (31.4) (Melling 92*, Atkinson 26* [125*-2nd wkt]) v (t) NORTHERN (2) 133 (42.2) (Gee 29, M Garcia 27; Peet 6-30) Result: Highfield won by 9 wickets
(t) LIVERPOOL (20) 141-4 (43) (Ho 66, MJ Jackson 37) v FLEETWOOD HESKETH (4) 140 (34.4) (Murphy 43, I Walker 32; Lunt 3-25) Result: Liverpool won by 6 wickets
(t) NORTHOP HALL (20) 105-5 (27.4) (Higginson 26, Kars 21*; Cartmell 3-21) v LYTHAM (2) 104 (51.2) (45 overs = 88-8) (Hibberd 34; Urwin 3-10, Kars 3-27) Result: Northop Hall won by 5 wickets
SEFTON PARK (7) 166 (46) (45 overs = 157-9) (I Squires 39, Jones 30; Taylor 5-22, Meredith 3-22) v (t) ORMSKIRK (7) 133-8 (47) (Meredith 37, Burns 33; Shah 4-32) Result: match drawn
(t) WALLASEY (20) 184-7 (41.4) (Carruthers 45, Corbett 31, AV Eagles 28; L Bolton 3-72) v SOUTHPORT AND BIRKDALE (5) 183 (54.3) (45 overs = 146-4) (Devlin 39, D Skelton 34, A Bolton 29, Wainwright 24; AV Eagles 3-31) Result: Wallasey won by 3 wickets
(t) WIGAN (20) 125-6 (37.2) (Aconley 37, Wright 26*, J Leyland 21) v BOOTLE (4) 122 (51.2) (Radford 58, AP Gill 28; Cunliffe 4-29, Shirley 3-33) Result: Wigan won by 4 wickets
2ND XI FIRST DIVISION
(t) FORMBY (20) 159-2 (36 overs) (Fraser 51*, Russell 50*, Eastwood 30) v NEWTON LE WILLOWS (4) 158 (40) (Patterson 44, J Humphreys 24, A Barlow 20; Russell 3-35, C Williams 3-41) Result: Formby won by 8 wickets
(t) MAGHULL (20) 134-1 (24.1) (Davies 80*, M Gillespie 29*) v ST HELENS (2) 133 (39.1) (Hurst 43, Metcalf 42; Devine 5-31, Barlow 3-8) Result: Maghull won by 9 wickets
NORLEY HALL (6) 162-7d (44.5) (Atkinson 56, Jones 22*; Griffiths 3-44) v (t) HUYTON (4) 111-7 (49) (Conlan 35*, DJ Platt 13; McLaughlin 5-29) Result: match drawn
(t) PRESTATYN (4) 125-4 (38) (D Harris 43, Bona 42*, RE Owen 25) v BURSCOUGH (6) 210-4d (50) (45 overs = 177-3) (Webster 90, Fairclough 59*) Result: match drawn
(t) ST HELENS RECS (1) 82 (22.5) (Huyton 23; Wilson 4-6, Cottrell 3-36) v LEIGH (25) 206-3d (40) (Jones 58, Dempster 54, SJ Williams 39*) Result: Leigh won by 124 runs
(t) SOUTHPORT TRINITY (3) 144 (49.2) (Roberti 53, P Hodgson 30; Damen 4-43, Norbury 3-37) v AINSDALE (25) 208-3d (42) (Fitzpatrick 74, Newcombe 59 [131-1st wkt], Bolton 47) Result: Ainsdale won by 64 runs
WAVERTREE (4) 103 (49.2) (45 overs = 90-9) (Stephens 35, Barrett 18; Pallett 6-28) v (t) ORRELL RED TRIANGLE (20) 104-8 (30) (Baybutt 27, P Lawrence 17; Shoaib Khan 4-20) Result: Orrell Red Triangle won by 2 wickets
THE RIGHT MOVE ABROAD CHESHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE ECB PREMIER DIVISION
Alderley Edge (won toss) v Toft Toft 192-8 dec. (55 overs: N. Muirhead 55no, E. Bones 51, S. Mudalige 31, J. Whittaker 5-53, M. Walker 3-55); Alderley Edge 193-9 (54.4 overs: J. Usher 55no, S. Rauf 46, N. Muirhead 3-14). Alderley Edge (20 pts.) beat Toft (9 pts.) by 1 wicket.
Bowdon v Nantwich (won toss) Bowdon 146-9 inn. closed (60 overs: R. O’Neill 33, S. Bramhall 29no, C. Hampshire 6-51); Nantwich 125 (47 overs: R Howell 48, G. Battaciotto 32, A. Syddall 4-30, R. Kitzinger 4-40). Bowdon (21 pts.) beat Nantwich (7 pts.) by 21 runs.
Hyde (won toss) v Widnes. Widnes 179-8 dec. (55 overs: 179-8 dec. (55 overs: T. Hurdley 76, D. Naughton 46, T. Young 4-24, G. Peacock 3-20); Hyde 152-9 (55 overs: J. Farmer 39, M. Morris 35, T. Evans 4-59, D. Pascoe 3-36). Match drawn: Widnes 13 pts., Hyde 9.
Heaton Mersey (won toss) v Oulton Park Oulton Park 272-6 dec. (55 overs: D. Leech 90, J. Kettle 76, N. Dumelow 65, B. McDonald 3-79); Heaton Mersey 165-7 (55 overs: B. McDonald 99no, G. Emmett 4-46). Drawn: Oulton Park 16 pts., Heaton Mersey 7.
Neston (won toss) v Macclesfield Macclesfield 171-9 dec. (55 overs: N. Allen 54, K. Sawas 48, A. Clarke 3-21); Neston 111 (42 overs: J. Smith 33, B. Cutbill 4-31, C. Melrose 3-38). Macclesfield (25 pts.) beat Neston (6 pts.) by 60 runs.
Urmston (won toss) v Chester Boughton Hall. Chester 174 (50 overs: D. Cruikshank 95); Urmston 104 (48 overs: I. Dawdood 43, N. Pearson 4-11, W. Goodwin 4-25). Chester Boughton Hall (23 pts.) beat Urmston (6) by 70 runs.
FIRST DIVISION
Bollington (won toss). v Warrington. Warrington 169-8 dec. (50 overs: J Hughes 60, D. Hutchinson 42no, N. Ali 4-65, M. Ali 3-42); Bollington 94 (34 overs: M. Dawson 30, S. Heydon 3-10, D. Hutchinson 3-35). Warrington (23 pts.) beat Bollington (4 pts.) by 75 runs.
Bramhall v Oxton. Match cancelled due to unfit ground: 7 pts. each.
Cheadle v Cheadle Hulme (won toss). Cheadle 169-8 dec. (52 overs: D. Schuppan 53, S. Hall 27, E. McCray 3-47, T. McDonald 3-50); Cheadle Hulme 51 (40 overs: R. Malook 4-4, D. Schuppan 3-7). Cheadle (23 pts.) beat Cheadle Hulme (4 pts.) by 118 runs.
Christleton (won toss) v Poynton. Poynton 152-9 inn. closed (55 overs: R. Clarke 33no, S. De Silva 3-33, I. De Silva 3-34, M. Parkinson 3-39); Christleton 135-9 (45 overs: D. Graham 44, D. Thompson 3-14, S. Turner 3-36). Match drawn: Christleton 9 pts., Poynton 8.
Didsbury v Birkenhead Park (won toss). Birkenhead Park 109 (47 overs: M. Barnes 60, P. Sperring 4-18); Didsbury 110-3 (25 overs: N Anderson 51no, P. Sperring 35no). Didsbury (25 pts.) beat Birkenhead Park (4 pts.) by 7 wickets.
Timperley v Upton (won toss) Timperley 92 (34 overs): M. Bishop 36, G. Dixon 5-27; Upton 93-4 (45 overs). Upton (20 pts.) beat Timperley (2 pts.) by won by 6 wickets.
SECOND DIVISION
Burnage v Stockport Georgians. Match cancelled due to unfit ground: 7 pts. each.
Grappenhall v Hale Barns (won toss). Grappenhall 167-8 dec. (50 overs: W. Sharp 52, S. Titchard 42no, C. France 31); Hale Barns 94-8 (50 overs: C. Park 5-24) Grappenhall (12 pts.) drew with Hale Barns (6 pts.). .
Irby v Winnington Park (won toss). Irby 173 (50 overs: P. Rennie 41, M. Newman sen. 36, D. Thomas 30, S. O’Neill 4-51, J. Cowell 3-38); Winnington Park 60 (32 overs: S. Hurworth 5-33). Irby (23 pts.) beat Winnington Park (5 pts.) by 113 runs.
Marple(won toss) Bredbury St. Mark’s. Bredbury 167-7 dec. (50 overs: D. Carr 70); Marple 153-7 (50 overs: W Sugden 71no). Match drawn: Bredbury 10 pts., Marple 8 pts.
Middlewich (won toss) v Tattenhall. Tattenhall 156 (50 overs: J. Gibbon 45, R. Mulvihill 31, T. Gledhill 4-54); Middlewich 125 (46 overs: S. Price 347, D. Lewis 9-52). Tattenhall (22 pts.) beat Middlewich (7) by 31 runs.
Sale v Mobberley (toss). Sale 234-3 dec. (49 overs: J-P. Lee 107no, I. Harrop 72no, D. Halkon 49); Mobberley 201-8 (51 overs): M. Lennon 69, P. Hussain 53, R. Halkon 6-61). Match drawn: Sale 16 pts., Mobberley 9.