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COUNTY LEAGUE NEWS on behalf of Cheshire Clubs Cricket Committee (4 Cs) AUG 31 / SEPTEMBER 2019 Champion Chester! National finals for Nantwich & Toft Oxton and Congleton win Divs 1 & 2 Haslington & Ashton on Mersey in the CCCL PLUS News from 2nd & 3rd XI cricket 2019 1st XI Stats Hyde win the Cheshire Cup UK Fast T20 Finals CCCL PREMIER LEAGUE IN SEPTEMBER A quick word with In complete contrast to the that saw Marple’s relegation final day drama of 2018, the back to Division 1 confirmed RICK MOORE 2019 Premier League season after a heavy defeat at Nant- was effectively concluded at wich. Marple also lost their Although he admits that there is the (soggy) end of August, with local derby with Hyde but not a sadness when another season two match days still to play. It before Andrew Greasley re- comes to an end, Rick has was on Aug 31st that Chester turned 7-48. Nantwich them- thoroughly enjoyed his first Boughton Hall secured a sec- selves recovered their league season as captain of Chester in his fifth year ond title in three years, an 8 form well after a poor run, no there, finishing with the Premier League title and wicket win over already rele- mean feat considering the reaching the final of two cup competitions. “Yes, gated Grappenhall - set up by amount of cricket their 1st XI we were naturally disappointed to lose out in a 104 opening partnership have played in 2019. Their those finals but I had no complaints, Toft & Hyde between Rick Moore and War- last day 10 run win over Wid- played better than us and deserved it. But other- ren Goodwin - meant that nes featured a spectacular wise we have enjoyed lots of success this season, Neston’s failure to take the hundred from no. 9 Oliver Chester is a big club but everyone pulls in the last Hyde wicket in a rain- Griffiths, as Nantwich recov- same direction, which makes my job easier. It’s affected match at Werneth ered from 66-8 to reach 216. also been pleasing to contribute with bat and Low assured CBH of top spot. The week before, Widnes had ball.” Rick considers their win over Alderley Edge After a second wicket stand of in August as a key moment. “The pitch was offer- taken all 10 Cheadle wickets ing a fair bit for the bowlers and we faced a good 130, Neston were always in for 46 at Kingsway as the attack including Stephen Parry, we had injuries to control, but Hyde’s last pair hosts went from 75-0 to 121 cope with, we were chasing 233, then I got a held out valiantly and the visi- all out, Majid Majeed continu- duck...but we got over the line with younger play- tors had to settle for a highly ing his fantastic form with 6- ers and debutants doing the bulk of the work, I creditable runners-up spot, 9, and finishing as leading was thrilled to bits with that.” What does Rick feel with Will Evans topping the run wicket taker in the Premier about the on-going debate about win/lose crick- scoring table in all three divi- Division. Cheadle and Toft et? “Perhaps a combination of win/lose games sions. Subsequent victories both managed just two victo- and timed games, like other leagues have done, over Hyde and OP made it 15 ries in their last 11 games is a way forward. Personally I get a lot of satisfac- wins out of 22 in the season but did enough to survive, as tion from winning games where we take 10 wick- for CBH and a final margin to did OP who rallied well after a ets bowling second, we’ve done that 7 times this second spot of 77 points. It slow start and won three of year and it is a very satisfying way to win a game.” was also the 31st of August their last five to make sure. FINAL PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE, AND THE FINAL FORM GUIDE AUG 31 & SEPT HONOURS BOARD TEAM PTS FORM GUIDE AUG 31 & SEPT PTS C CHESTER B.H. 432 CHESTER B.H. 75 Centurions: NESTON 355 TIMPERLEY 75 Sam Perry 130, AE v Cheadle, 14.9 TIMPERLEY 338 ALDERLEY EDGE 57 Oliver Griffiths 110, Nant v Wid, 14.9 NANTWICH 330 NANTWICH 52 ALDERLEY EDGE 327 NESTON 45 Bowling: HYDE 316 WIDNES 44 Andrew Greasley 7-48, Marp v Hyde, 14.9 WIDNES 274 OULTON PARK 40 Majid Majeed 6-9, Wid v Chead, 7.9 Dom Ashling 6-56, Timp v Nest, 14.9 CHEADLE 242 HYDE 34 Jimmy Lomas 6-83, Toft v Grapp, 14.9 OULTON PARK 238 GRAPPENHALL 30 Stephen Parry 5-24, AE v Toft, 7.9 TOFT 226 TOFT 21 Richard Wilkinson 5-46, AE v Chead, 14.9 Harry Newton 5-68, OP v Grapp, 7.9 R MARPLE 165 GRAPPENHALL 15 R GRAPPENHALL 131 MARPLE 7 CCCL PREMIER DIVISION 2019 STATS & FACTS TOP 10 HIGHEST SCORES TOP 5 MOST RUNS DATE SCORE PLAYER FOR OPP PLAYER RUNS TEAM 25.5 181 WILL EVANS NESTON TOFT WILL EVANS 932 NEST 18.5 153* WARREN GOODWIN CBH MARPLE RICK MOORE 845 CBH 4.5 152 WILL EVANS NESTON GRAPP WARREN GOODWIN 768 CBH 24.8 150* LUKE ROBINSON NANT NEST JOHNATHAN CAMPBELL 659 WID 20.4 133 RICK MOORE CBH TOFT SAM PERRY 588 AE 14.9 130 SAM PERRY AE CHEAD 18.5 117 STEVE RIMMER NANT TOFT TOP 5 AVERAGES 22.6 117 WILL EVANS NEST MARP (MIN 11 INNS) 1.6 116* MICHAEL ECKARD NEST CHEAD PLAYER AV. TEAM 20.4 116 JAMES MORGAN MARP TIMP WARREN GOODWIN 54.86 CBH 10.8 116 JOHNATHAN CAMPBELL WID GRAPP WILL EVANS 51.78 NEST There was a total of 21 centuries in the Premier league this year; as well RICK MOORE 49.71 CBH as Will Evans’ three, Warren Goodwin, Rick Moore, Robert Sehmi, Sam GRANT HODNETT 45.82 TIMP Perry and Johnathan Campbell hit two each. Tom Forster, Luke Young, Abhishek Kulkarni and Oliver Griffiths hit a century apiece. LUKE CAMDEN 44.23 NEST TOP 5 TOTALS (BEST & WORST!) DATE TOTAL TEAM OPP DATE TOTAL TEAM OPP 18.5 306-1 CBH MARP 2.6 56 NANT HYDE 25.5 298 NEST TOFT 3.8 62 CHEAD HYDE 4.5 293-5 NEST GRAPP 13.7 66 MARP WID 20.4 284-8 TOFT CBH 4.5 67 OP CHEAD 20.4 283-5 CBH TOFT 31.8 70 MARP NANT Only one total of 300 or more in 2019, compared to 10 in 2018 (plus 3 others of 290+). There were 18 totals of less than 100 (completed innings) compared to 15 such totals in 2018. TOP 10 BEST BOWLING TOP 5 MOST WICKETS DATE PLAYER FIGURES FOR OPP PLAYER WKTS TEAM 25.5 MAJID MAJEED 8-26 WID GRAPP MAJID MAJEED 50 WID 25.5 JOSH DOOLER 8-48 CHEAD NANT ASH DAVIS 47 NEST 1.6 BEN GIBBON 8-59 OP TIMP JACK WILLIAMS 45 CBH 15.6 SCOTT JOHNSTON 7-27 TIMP CHEAD SCOTT JOHNSTON 40 TIMP 20.4 ASH DAVIS 7-35 NEST WID LLOYD ASPIN 38 CBH 20.4 WILL HOLMES 7-39 CHEAD GRAPP GLENN HANNAH 38 HYDE 14.9 ANDREW GREASLEY 7-48 MARP HYDE (MIN 20 WKTS) 7.9 MAJID MAJEED 6-9 WID CHEAD TOP 5 AVERAGES 17.8 WILL DUNKERLEY 6-10 TOFT MARP PLAYER AV. TEAM STEPHEN PARRY 8.50 AE 4.5 COLE TURNER 6-19 HYDE TOFT MAJID MAJEED 13.44 WID There were 55 five wicket hauls in the Premier Division this season, with Majid Majeed, Ben Gibbon, Ash Davis, Daniel RICHARD WILKINSON 13.56 AE Cranmer (Hyde) and Stephen Parry (OP) all achieving this three TOM HYSLOP 14.12 OP times. ASH DAVIS 14.19 NEST CCCL DIVISION ONE IN SEPTEMBER A quick word with The first match day of Septem- giving them real hope - and ber was the crucial day in Divi- when news came through of MATT GREGSON sion 1, as Oxton secured the no play at Romiley, Urmston title and Didsbury an immedi- suddenly had a 20 point “Absolutely delighted!” Matt can ate return to the Premier cushion going into their final sum up his feelings very easily League after their relegation in fixture, which despite losing after leading Didsbury back to 2018. At the bottom, Upton’s at Davenham, they did not let the Premier Division at the first drop into Division 2 was con- slip, surviving by 4 points. attempt, in his second year as firmed, as Sale (dramatically) The umpires at Romiley on captain. “2018 in the Prem was a real wake-up and Macclesfield (comfortably) the 7th were not convinced for us, and having achieved our aim of an imme- sealed victories which secured that the landing areas for the diate return, we are looking to be more competi- their Div 1 status. Macc had bowlers at one end were go- tive for longer in more games. We seemed to find received confirmation of an 11 ing to be fit, and allied to con- ways to lose matches in the Prem, whereas this point deduction for a slow over cerns over parts of the out- year we have found ways to win them.” It was a rate earlier in the season, field, the match was called slow start from Didsbury, losing three of their first which sucked them right into off (Bramhall’s fifth cancella- five games before suffering only one further re- the mire for a second succes- tion in 7 matches, incidental- verse.