Rainhill overtake Alder at the top

Jul 28 2008 by Our Correspondent, Liverpool Daily Post

ALDER had to settle for a draw at home to Southport Trinity and lost top place to Rainhill in the Bromborough Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance.

Kevin Murray and Dave Andrew, each with 69, and Mike War-ing 50 helped South-port to 241-8. Alder closed 35 runs behind with their last pair together. Ken Highdale top scored with 60. Andrew took 5-74 for the visitors, Graham Talbot 4-24 for Alder.

Rainhill had a 115-run win over Parkfield Liscard. Mike Rother-am hit 63 and Matt Dale 51 for the winners and Tony Wilding had a 4-11 haul. Adam Young for the Wirral side finished with 5-35.

Burscough had eight wickets to spare against Sutton. Madura de Silva led the way with an unbeaten 69.

Norley Hall cruised to a 121-run victory over visiting Haydock Gary Hughes contri-buted 58 and Matt Norval 40 while Peter Kay finished with 7-27.

Caldy’s march up the table was halted as they fell by three wickets in a low-scoring affair against Prescot & Odyssey. Venkat Mudiliar claimed 5-19 for the winners.

Birkenhead St Mary’s eased to a 100-run win at Tranmere Vics. Steve McGennity 120 and Shakeel Nawaz undefeated on 67 batted well. Nawaz followed up with 5-50 and Abdul Chippa claimed 4-29.

Manweb and Moor-field played out a close draw. Suresh Perise struck a fine unbeaten 135 for Manweb and the batsmen to shine for Moorfield were Terry Buck 70 not out, Mike Harrison 44 and Neil Maher 42.

SCORES: Merseyside and Southport Alliance: Alder 206-9 (K Highdale 60, D Andrew 5-74) Southport Trinity 241-8dec (K Murray 69, D Andrew 69, M Waring 50, G Talbot 4-24), Burscough 122-2 (M de Silva 69no) Sutton 119, Caldy 88 (V,Mudiliar 5-19) Prescot & Odyssey 89-7, Manweb 250-7dec (S,Perise 135no, M,Reynolds 4-85), Moorfield 235-8 (T,Buck 70no, M,Harrison 44, N,Maher 42, TJayawardana 4-55), Norley Hall 234-9dec (G Hughes 58, M Norval 40), Haydock 113 (P Kay 7-27), Rainhill 194 (M Rotheram 63, M Dale 51, A Young 5-35), Parkfield Liscard 79 (A Wilding 4-11), Tranmere Vics 117 (S Nawaz 5-50, A Chippa 4-29) Birkenhead St Mary’s 217-2dec (S McGenity 121, S Nawaz 67no). Merseyside Competition: Shaftesbury 182 (P Charters 97) Singlehurst 183-3 (S Jamieson 108no), Old Xaverians 133 Mossley Hill 100 (K Coogan 4-34), Goodlass 65 Maritime 231-6dec (A Kavinanithy 62, T Jayawardana 60, H Wijesingh 55), Cheshire Lines 71-3 Hale 70 (M Ward 7-17), Bromborough 83 (S Price 5-48) Whitefield 203-3dec (L Price 89, S Cargill 68no), Aigburth 163 (J Kelly 6-41) St Mary’s College OB 218-7dec (J Kelly 46, C Nolan 41). Meller Braggins Cheshire League Div One: Runcorn 125 Ashton on Mersey 126-4. Div Two: Chester CO 171-5dec Lymm OP 175-3. Div Three: CH Ladybridge 174-7dec Castrol Superseal 128-9, Wirral 195, Bunbury 226-6dec Wistaston Village 190-8 (D Fletcher 4-58) Parkonians 188 (W Walker 51).