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COUNTY LEAGUE NEWS
on behalf of Cheshire Clubs Cricket Committee (4 Cs)
APRIL 2021
Sun-blessed start!
Two uninterrupted weekends kick off 2021
Runs flow across the County
Encouraging signs for clubs
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CHESHIRE COUNTY CRICKET LEAGUE
SP O NS OR S CCCL
FROM THE EDITOR
Prince that a long hiatus in the
middle of games whilst the funeral
service took place that was being
proposed at one stage. Such com-
mon sense has not been in the
minds of the lawmakers when it
Well, I don’t know about you but comes to relaxing lockdown re-
that’s done me the power of strictions though. It is utterly bi-
good - superb early season zarre how a group of people who
weather that has enabled a lot are sitting in fairly close proximity,
of cricket to be played already chatting and watching cricket forcement officers about who have
across the board, from high oc- whilst ordering drinks from the the power to issue substantial
tane Premier League right the club bar via table service (sans the fines to clubs not ensuring proper
way through to net practice and scotch egg requirement of 2020) procedures, the last thing anyone
junior coaching sessions. It’s are deemed perfectly okay whilst, needs just now. Please bear this in
been wonderful to be back and say, an elderly man out quietly mind as we head into May and the
I hope, like me, cricket lovers walking his dog and sitting down start of evening cricket with the
across Cheshire are appreciat- to enjoy a bit of cricket in the sun 1st & 2nd XI T20s, as well as a
ing again the simple pleasures for 30 minutes, a long way from surfeit of weekend action coming
of the greatest of team games. anyone else, is breaking the law up, and let’s hope the weather
The opening day started with all as it stands! Hopefully it won’t be continues to hold. As ever, the
matches observing the silence long before this nonsensical situa- newsletter will attempt to reflect
to mark the funeral of Prince tion is reviewed and also relaxed. fairly on all that has been going on
Philip (as per the photo from It has been great to see clubs and I would love to be able to post
Chester BH v Oxton), and with buzzing with life on match days a wide range of photos from
all due respect this was a much again, but it’s still important that around the county, so please do
more sensible and appropriate Covid-safe practices are in place get snapping and sending!
tribute to the cricket-loving and adhered to, as there are en-
CBH HONOUR DON NEW LEAGUE WEBSITE
Chester Boughton Hall have renamed
their scoring facility the Don Speakman
Scoreboard in memory of their greatly
loved and well known scorer who sadly
died in January, the club conducting a
touching ceremony before their opening
fixture against Oxton. There’s a full fea-
ture on CBH’s excellent website.
The new look league website is already proving popular and all
clubs are reminded that it is the ‘go to’ place for all County league
related matters, including regulations, statistics and news. There
is currently vital information about the distribution of pink balls
ahead of the 1st and 2nd XI T20 competitions. The address:
cheshirecountycl.org.uk
CCCL PREMIER LEAGUE SP O NS OR S CCCL
Champions Chester Boughton Hall are heart. Widnes slumped from 73-2 to intent with two emphatic wins; a
already showing why they will be the 83 all out in a horror show as Phil stonking 129 run margin
team to beat with two contrasting Stockton and Olly Griffiths took 8-8 against a strong Timperley on
wins that showed their ability both to between them. Widnes lost again on day 1 (Timpers losing 10 wick-
dominate and to hold their nerve. On Sat, and in only posting 130 at ets for 88 runs) and an 8 wicket
the opening day CBH unveiled the Neston (Ali Chugtai making 72, their demolition of Hyde, whose 131
Don Speakman scoreboard (see oppo- only double figure innings) were was actually respectable having
site) and there’s no doubt Don himself fearing the worst but they will be been 32-7. The week before had
would have been absolutely delighted pleased to have made the hosts seen Hyde lose at Moss Lane
to watch Warren Goodwin showing scrap every inch of the way, having although there was also much
again why he is arguably the most them 121-8 before Neston got fine cricket to enjoy as AE even-
prized of all Premier League wickets home, making it two out of two for tually triumphed. A 2nd wkt
with a blistering 144 off 124 balls them after reaching 283-9 at King- stand of 160 between Ed Foster
(with 108 of those in boundaries), as sway the previous week and winning (92) and Sam Perry (73) saw AE
he and Lee Dixon added 166 for the a good game by 66 runs despite Will wonderfully poised at 170-1 but
4th wkt, CBH rattling up 303 in 48 Holmes and Josh Dooler adding they lost 7-47 as Hyde fought
overs against Oxton. Harry Killoran 107 for the 5th wicket for Cheadle, back. The visitors were soon all
added 4-41 to an earlier 43 as only who then made the shortest of trips over the place at 21-4 but a
Mahdi Quadri (66*) resisted signifi- up the A34 to Didsbury, who have feisty 73 from Adam Worrall al-
cantly. However it was a different sto- been involved in two high scoring most took Hyde to safety,
ry for CBH on Saturday - a thrilling last games. An opening stand of 172 in Worrall last out in the 53rd over.
ball victory at Nantwich. With the 32 overs between Tim Hughes AE played out an entertaining
hosts needing 6 off the last ball to (114) and debutant Charles Lowen draw on Saturday at Oxton,
win, Jimmy Warrington went for it only (82) led to a total of 295-5 and a where Henry Dobson batted
to be excellently caught at 3rd man by 114 run win at Toft, before posting throughout for 113 before Per-
George McCormick, his fourth catch of 256-9 on Saturday. However, this ry’s fine form continued with
the innings. Despite this disappoint- was to be the visitors’ day as Sub- 115, AE limited to 5 of the 9
ment, Nantwich will, without doubt, haan Mahmood followed up his 4- they needed off the last over. As
also be on the premises this year and 42 with 51 in an opening stand of for Toft, a brilliant chase of 242
after almost overcoming the champi- 103 with Elliot Bullock, who hit a at Timperley gave them a real
ons following their opening day superb 125 off 153 balls, Cheadle boost, a run a ball 6th wkt stand
trouncing of Widnes (a game that last- winning by 5 wickets. Oulton Park of 118 between Andrew Jackson
ed 40.1 overs) they will be in good have also issued an early notice of and Tom Roe the feature.
PREMIER LGE TABLE APRIL FACTS & STATS
APRIL HONOURS BOARD
TEAM PTS
PREM NUMBERS
CHESTER BH 50
5019
Warren Goodwin 144, CBH v Oxton, 17.4
NESTON 50 Sam Perry 115, AE v Oxton, 24.4
OULTON PARK 50 Tim Hughes 114, Dids v Toft, 17.4
DIDSBURY 35 r uns i n 1 2 m at c he s Henry Dobson 113*, Oxton v AE, 24.4
ALDERLEY EDGE 32
CHEADLE
NANTWICH
TOFT
32
32
29
12 t ot als of 240+
Chris Hackett 6-29, Nest v Wid, 24.4
Ben Gibbon 6-36, OP v Hyde, 24.4
Phil Stockton 5-6, Nant v Wid, 17.4
Richard Wilkinson 5-49, AE v Hyde, 17.4
OXTON 21
3
Steve Green 5-54, Dids v Toft, 17.4
TIMPERLEY 13 Ash Davis 5-63, Nest v Chead, 17.4
HYDE 8 1 5 0+ p ar t ne r s hi ps Shaneil Patel 5-102, Nant v CBH, 24.4
WIDNES 5
SP O NS OR S CCCL CCCL DIVISION ONE
Three sides sit pretty at the top of dinary tussle with Congleton. Ross game as skipper with 83 but will
Division 1 after some competitive Zelem made 105 out of Bowdon’s have been less than impressed to
cricket. Bramhall, Bowdon & Grap- 195-8 before the visitors col- see Bolly tumble from 96-1 to 170
penhall all have realistic ambitions lapsed to 44-6. Skipper Jack all out. Jack Clark (52) and Greg
for returning to the Prem and will all Goode (90 off 87) led a superb Dixon (45) reeled off 89, but
be satisfied to have made a perfect recovery as Congleton got to with- Bramhall slumped to 138-8 as
start, albeit in differing ways. Grap- in 32 runs of a win. The week be- Toby Phipps (4-19) gave Bramhall
pers had a tight squeak in a tense fore, Booth Street saw one of two the willies, before they regrouped
opening day tussle which saw matches where both sides passed and edged to victory. Phipps went
Marple lose 10-86 after Albert Hall 200, as a gripping afternoon saw even better on Saturday with 6-49
and James Crisall had carefully put Congleton (236-6) pip Warrington as Urmston, who had clung on to
on 90 for the 1st wkt. Josh Hayes (234-8), who were indebted to draw with Brooklands the week
returned 5-29 with Adam Roylance Jonathan Fletcher (105 off 100). before, would have settled for
then contributing 67 in a 3 wkt win. Ben Heades 70 off 68 was the 230 at the toss but not after Harry
Saturday was a different story with ballast in a 112 run psp with Jack Singh (105) and Chris Watson (84,
an eye-watering 200 run hammering Goode before a 7th wkt stand of after 56 the week before) put on
of Davenham. Roylance hit 70 off 46 took the hosts to a thrilling 137 for the 1st. Bolly were 49-4
47 before Grant Hodnett (113 off win. Sale broke a number of club but Jerome Jones’ 101* led a fab-
93) and Peter Barnes (98) made records in piling up 295-7 at their ulous fightback as the lower order
hay, Grappers 316-3. An Arran tip-top Dane Rd HQ on the open- stepped up and saw the hosts
McCabe hat-trick put the tin lid on it ing day, Tyrone Lawrence remind- home by 2 wkts. Denied the last
for the visitors despite skipper Ben ing everyone of his quality with Urmston wicket on day 1, Brook-
Gough (54*) carrying his bat, but 133 off 98. Macc made a decent lands took their frustration out on
Davenham face a tough season if fist of their reply, reaching 240-5 Marple in a performance that was
this result and their opening day but then lost on Saturday as all Hart, AJ and Chris sharing 9-54
thrashing by Bowdon are anything to Bramhall made it two from two as they won by 89 runs, with
go by. That match lasted just 42 with a five wicket win, more com- Marple skipper Jim Morgan (75)
overs, the formidable pair of Chris fortable than their tense 2 wkt contributing 70% of his team’s
Ashling and Matthew Tully returning victory on the opening day against 107. In Saturday’s other game,
8-43 between them, and they again Bollington, where both sides suf- Sale recovered from 61-6 (Sam
combined on Saturday with 7-55 fered shuddering collapses. Hunt 63*) as they won at Warring-
this time as Bowdon won an extraor- Calum Rowe marked his first ton by 81 runs.
DIVISION ONE TABLE APRIL STATS AND FACTS
APRIL HONOURS BOARD
TEAM PTS
DIV 1 NUMBERS
BOWDON 50
4452
Tyrone Lawrence 133, Sale v Macc, 17.4
BRAMHALL 50 Grant Hodnett 113, Grapp v Dav, 24.4
GRAPPENHALL 50 Ross Zelem 105*, Bowd v Cong, 24.4
BROOKLANDS 40 r uns i n 1 2 m at c he s Jonathan Fletcher 105, Cong v Warr, 17.4
Harry Singh 105, Urms v Boll, 24.4
SALE 38
6 2
Jerome Jones 101*, Boll v Urms, 24.4
BOLLINGTON 34
CONGLETON 30 t o ns & 90+ inns
MACCLESFIELD 16 Toby Phipps 6-49, Boll v Urms, 24.4
Matthew Tully 5-22, Bowd v Dav, 17.4
URMSTON 16
MARPLE
WARRINGTON
13
13 3 innings of 105
Hat-trick:
Arran McCabe, Grapp v Dav, 24.4
DAVENHAM 1
CCCL DIVISION TWO SP O NS OR S CCCL
Division 2 has had two similar sets of arms’ length. HB’s Ben Hicks and Christleton racked up 497
fixtures, with one high scoring run then produced the performance runs between them as the visi-
chase in each fixture set, accompa- of his life on Saturday, a power- tors coasted home by 7 wkts.
nied by five other much lower scoring ful 77 taking HB to 242-9, There was no hint of the run glut
games. The surprise result of the before coming in at full tilt down when Mobberley were reduced
opening day was at Upcast Lane, the hill at Brooks Drive to return to 30-3, but Ibrar Latif (82) and
where Lindow were beaten by Ashton- 7.5-5-7-8 as Upton imploded to Matt Mountney (73) took full toll
on-Mersey. The hosts lost 7-39 in a 28 all out. Extras top scored on of their snooker-table outfield to
collapse which saw them dismissed a day to forget for the visitors, rack up 247-9. Unfazed, Christ-
for 140 in 36 overs as Edward Faulk- who were even gladder to get an leton’s methodical reply saw
ner returned a splendid 8-51. Faulk- opening day win on the board three batsmen record half-
ner later discovered the other side of when Stockport’s long trip was centuries, Josh Joseph (53)
cricket as he was out first ball but in vain, Upton winning by 6 wkts, helping pave the way for an
James Lines’ 60 made sure AOM did- Matt Owen’s unbeaten 51 the unbroken 4th wkt stand of 104
n’t fluff theirs as they got home by 3 feature. Stockport Georgians as the Joneses - Josh Morgan-J
wickets. On Saturday, AOM were in- have also won one, lost one - (61*) and Mike (69) - kept up
volved in a remarkable game, Faulk- their opening day 4 wkt win over with each other and the re-
ner again to the fore with a superb Romiley perhaps lacked some of quired rate, as the visitors won
110 as AOM posted a formidable 267 the comfort they would have with 9 balls remaining. Despite
-8. Opponents Alvanley, having mean- hoped for after dismissing the another Morgan-Jones half cen-
dered their way to a winning 139-3 visitors for 113, Ned Bailey’s 66 tury on Saturday Christleton
against Barrow the week before, took proving more decisive than could only muster 184 when
on the challenge with Chris Wright’s James Bashford’s 5-32. Geor- they entertained Romiley, who
64* the highest of a number of contri- gians were then very much sec- pulled off a heartening 5 wkt
butions, Alvanley securing victory with ond best as Lindow recovered triumph after being in some per-
4 balls remaining despite Faulkner’s from their poor first game with a il at 130-5, captain Tom Rolph
4-64. The more low scoring affairs in solid 8 wkt win, Rob Herriott’s making 52. Mobberley and
the other fixtures were not without 71 in an opening partnership of Stockport drew on Saturday
note, however. On the opening day, 99 the standout performance. which means that Barrow are
Hale Barns’ 168 was 41 runs too The game of the opening day in the only side to have lost both of
many for Haslington. Luke Skade’s the division was at Church Lane, their April games, Haslington
60* rescued HB from 58-5, and Joe where in complete contrast to chasing the 174 they needed to
Cooper’s 7-41 then kept the hosts at the other fixtures, Mobberley win by five wkts at The Croft.
DIVISION TWO TABLE APRIL FACTS AND STATS
TEAM PTS DIV 2 NUMBERS APRIL HONOURS BOARD
ALVANLEY 50
3 96 5
Edward Faulkner 110, AOM v Alv, 24.4
HALE BARNS 50
ASHTON ON MERSEY 35
CHRISTLETON 33 runs in 12 match
Edward Faulkner 8-51, AOM v Lind, 17.4
LINDOW 32 Ben Hicks 8-7, HB v Upt, 24.4
HASLINGTON
ROMILEY
UPTON
30
29
29
20 scores of 50+
Joe Cooper 7-41, HB v Hasl, 17.4
Abdul Aqeel 5-24, Mobb v Stock, 24.4
James Bashford 5-32, Rom v SG, 17.4
Tom Gledhill 5-46, Hasl v Barr, 24.4
STOCKPORT GEORGIANS 27
538
Michael Rowlands 5-73, Alv v AOM, 24.4
MOBBERLEY 21
BARROW 11
STOCKPORT 8 AOM v Alvanley match aggregate
SP O NS OR S CCCL
CCCL 2ND & 3RD XI
Like their 1st XI counterparts, both Neston & Oulton start, beating Toft and only just unable to snare the last
Park have made perfect starts in the 2nd XI Premier Cheadle wicket on Saturday. Marple have had a diffi-
Division. Matt Brookes and Matt Strong both made cult start but plenty of games remain. In 2nd XI Division
hundreds for the Parkgate side as they beat Marple 1, Grappenhall and Oxton won both their April fixtures
on Saturday, following up their opening day win over to lead the way. Grappers inflicted similar pain on luck-
Cheadle in which Chris Hackett scored 80 and bowled less Davenham to their 1s, winning by 101 runs, and
15 overs (2-46). There have been a couple of breath- Ben Clissold made 103*for them as they beat Heaton
less finishes too; on the opening day AE finished on Mersey on the opening day. Oxton beat Davenham on
244-8 (Will Valentine 87, and 35 extras) chasing day one and then won the derby with Upton by 64 runs,
Hyde’s 245-6, while on Saturday, the rare bird of a Molly Price 3-1. Sale’s Mike Bishop made 107 off 109
level scores draw occurred when Macclesfield trav- balls (20 x 4, 1 x 6) as they beat Warrington on Sat. In
elled to near neighbours Toft, who needed two off the 2nd XI Division 2, Didsbury 2A and Widnes are the ear-
last ball to overtake Macc’s 219-7 but could only ly leaders with two wins apiece. There were two centu-
manage a single, Ewan Williams finishing 65*. There ries in a brilliant match at Neston as visitors Tattenhall
were two hundreds in a high scoring match at Moss were put to the sword by Jamie Wilson’s 107 as Neston
Lane on Saturday where Thomas Graham’s 124 in racked up 239-7. Tatt’s 243-6 was a wonderful re-
Bowdon’s 268-3 was almost matched by Dirk Yaha- sponse (especially after losing by 101 runs on the
thugoda, whose 117 took AE to 258-8 in a very tight opening day) with ‘unsure’ scoring 113 - very disap-
finish. CBH’s Andrew Metcalf also made a ton on Sat- pointing not to be able to credit the centurion. Urm-
urday, 101 out of 267-4 against Nantwich, who re- ston’s Hasnain Sheikh took 8-83 as they won at AOM
plied with 255-8 in the 58 overs they faced. This was on day one, but Bolly’s Cameron MacKinnon (97*) and
CBH’s second draw after being frustrated by a Dave Waters (62) put on 159 for the 1st against them
Bowdon rearguard on the opening Saturday having on Sat in their 7 wkt win. Chris Beckley scored 115*
posted 240-4. Didsbury 2s have made a promising for Cheadle Hulme 2s in their 96 run win over Upton.
3RD XI T20 MINI GROUPS
The 3rd XI T20 got off to a good start with two full rounds of games. There were no shocks as such in the opening round,
although notable results included wins for the new look Marple & Compstall side, and the equally new Trafford Metrovicks.
Hyde’s 132 run demolition of Stockport Trinity featured an astonishing innings of 97 off just 32 balls by Hridoy Nath, who hit
13 sixes! After Sunday’s matches the equations in all of the groups are fairly clear. Holders Didsbury will face off with their
Premier League counterparts Stockport Georgians to determine who progresses from 8, both sides having two wins. Runners-
up in 2019, and with a NRR of 4.25 (!) only a highly unlikely hideous loss to Heaton Mersey can prevent Hyde qualifying from
7. In 6, one of three sides could qualify but Bramhall are in
pole position, while Grappenhall have won two from two in 3
and will progress if they beat Bowdon, who can’t qualify - but
Hale Barns could also get through with the right set of
results. Toft’s Phil Raikes hit 122 off 69 on debut as they
walloped OP by 117 runs on Sunday, but Elworth top this
group and play OP next. In 4, Timperley racked up 214-0
(Shahnawaz Khan130 off 58, Zain Bhatti 66 off 62) in
beating Ashley, setting up a decider with Sale (who have a
better NRR). Macclesfield are all set to win 1 with a healthy
NRR and winless Langley facing them on Sun. A confusing
and inadequate posting of results in 5 means the situation
there is unclear, but Alderley Edge have two wins thus far.
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