Cricket: POTTER'SSUPER SPELL BRINGS FIRST CENTURY; Cheshire County League.Byline: MIKE TALBOT-BUTLER UPTON'SIan Potter became the first batsman to chalk up a century in the First Division of the Murray Smith There are several people named Murray Smith.
The south Cheshire side managed a modest 148-9,Steve Farr Steven Farr (born December 12, 1956 in La Plata, Maryland), is a former professional baseball player who pitched primarily as a closer in the Major Leagues from 1984-1994. Farr attended DeMatha High School outside of Washington, D.C. and then American University. 62, with promising 15-year-oldLee Dixon taking 3-10 and Ian Linwood 3-31. Potter dominated Upton's reply,his 101 coming out of 152-6, with six overs to spare, the next highest scorer being Graham McGowan with 13. This was Upton's third win in five starts and served as an excellent appetiser to a Festival weekend at Old Greasby Road. With an eight-wicket victory at Grappenhall,Widnes stepped up their increasingly impressive bid for promotion. Grappenhall were restricted to 161-7, Steve Hartley 34,Will Sharp 32 and Widnes made light of their task, racing to victory thanks to the continuing fine form of Tony Hurdley (62)and Aussie Adam Landry,54 not out. The left-handedLandry is one of Widnes'best overseas acquisitions for some time with a divisional best of 212. Widnes currently lie seven points behind Winnington Park Winnington Park Rugby Football Club is situated in Winnington, Northwich in Cheshire, England. The club runs both rugby union and rugby league teams. Both codes play at Winnington Park Rugby ground. Rugby Union The club was founded in 1907 as a rugby union club. , who moved back to the top courtesy of a four-wicket home win against struggling Brooklands whom they dismissed for 120, withJames Cowell taking 5- 38. Park responded with 121-6, giant Aussie Craig Little making 37 and James Lewis James Lewis can refer to:
Poynton dropped to third after managing only eight points from a low-scoring draw at home to Cheadle Hulme, whose Adam Wilde top-scored with 43 in a declared tally of 157-9,Damien Thompson claiming 5-63. Poynton's normally strong batting failed and it was left to skipper Steve Douglas to bail his side out with an unbeaten 35 in a closing tally of 115-8. Alsager moved into the top half with a six-wicket home win against Heaton Mersey who ran up 167-6,Matthew Norbury 59. Alsager were in trouble at 30- 4 before their fifth-wicket pair of Kiwi Tim Wilson (68)and skipper Garry Pickford (59) knocked the runs off with a 144partnership. Toft were indebted to a fine spell of legs pin bowling by Indian all-rounder Manoj Roy for a 57-run win against Warrington after themselves being dismissed for 125, Lewis Nunn picking up 6-53 andPaul Agar Agar, in the Bible Agar (ā`gər), the same as Hagar. agar, substance obtained from seaweed agar (ä`gär, ā`–, ăg`är) 4-55. Roy took 6- 14 off 17 overs without delivering a bad ball as Warrington slumped to 65 all out. In Division Two,Birkenhead Park broke their duck in a low- scoring home game against Bredbury St Mark's. Park struggled to 102- 9 off the full 55 overs,Graham Barlow tieing them down with 4- 24 and Dave Bradley 4-25,but Park's JohnCostain took control after tea with a magnificent spell of seam bowling. His 7-18 ripped through the normally strong Bredbury batting and bowled them out for 59, the season's lowest score in any division. Irby lost their first game, but remain runners- up. They were all out for 70 at home to Cheadle,having no answer to the swing bowling of Dave Dooler who used the conditions ideally to return 7- 28. Cheadle had earlier been kept in check at 113, Chris Gibson 5-32. Mobberley registered their maiden victory at home to Timperley by eight wickets chasing 154-9. |
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