A good selection of Lancashire League games this weekend with Lowerhouse taking on Walsden in the Charity Shield/Ron Singleton Trophy at the Brooks on Saturday.

Sunday Div 1
Crompton v Church
Lowerhouse v Todmorden
Ramsbottom v Darwen
Rochdale v Accrington
Walsden v Burnley

Sunday Div 2
Bacup v Littleborough
Colne v Rawtenstall
East Lancashire v Rishton
Enfield v Milnrow
Haslingden v Nelson
Middleton v Great Harwood

There's a fixture missing from Div 1. Clitheroe V ?

Norden?

claretfern wrote:Norden?

Yes, Clitheroe v Norden

A bit off topic, but cricket related. When did Lancashire League expand the number of teams, and what was the reason for expansion?

I have fond memories of attending Lancs League games back in the day. I saw all the top professionals such as Wes Hall, Charlie Griffiths, Lance Gibbs, Conrad Hunte et al.

Good times.

The major restructuring took place last year with the addition of teams from the Central Lancs League and elsewhere, not sure on the reason but travel distances have gone up. Great Harwood to Middleton is quite a trek.

CleggHall wrote:The major restructuring took place last year with the addition of teams from the Central Lancs League and elsewhere, not sure on the reason but travel distances have gone up. Great Harwood to Middleton is quite a trek.

The official word was to strengthen the league. I think the gap between top and bottom had got so large they needed two divisions.

Good wins for the ' House and Burnley today, against Todmorden and Wallsden respectively ... In Division 2, wins also for Nelson & Colne ...

Colne winning says a lot about the need for the split tbh, or does that feel harsh?

5 wicket win for the Bacup

Rishton stuffed East Lancs by 84 runs.

Stunning result at Enfield. Milnrow 49 all out after 5.1 overs. Enfield knock them off in 1.5 overs. Adam Bracewell 55 not out off 10 balls!

BigRedrose wrote:Stunning result at Enfield. Milnrow 49 all out after 5.1 overs. Enfield knock them off in 1.5 overs. Adam Bracewell 55 not out off 10 balls!

BigRedrose wrote:Stunning result at Enfield. Milnrow 49 all out after 5.1 overs. Enfield knock them off in 1.5 overs. Adam Bracewell 55 not out off 10 balls!

Someone enjoyed the Easter Sunday beers

BigRedrose wrote:Stunning result at Enfield. Milnrow 49 all out after 5.1 overs. Enfield knock them off in 1.5 overs. Adam Bracewell 55 not out off 10 balls!

I suspect this may be " Fake News " ....

Ok, Bordeaux and Clarets4me, check it out yourselves. You can apologise later.

All results are on 'PLAY-CRICKET.COM' phone app follow the Lancashire Cricket League thread.

BigRedrose wrote:Stunning result at Enfield. Milnrow 49 all out after 5.1 overs. Enfield knock them off in 1.5 overs. Adam Bracewell 55 not out off 10 balls!

The game lasted 7 overs? And Milnrow scores at 10 an over whilst being bowled out at the same time?

That's exactly what it says on the scorecard from the app. Complete with bowling figures. Bracewell hit bowler Paul Cragg for 6 successive sixes in the first over. Bye first ball of 2nd over followed by 3 sixes and a single.

Foulthrow wrote:The game lasted 7 overs? And Milnrow scores at 10 an over whilst being bowled out at the same time?

Enfield's " Twitter " feed reports an 8 wicket win for Enfield, after they chased down 182 .... same result, although rather more prosaic !!

Well if the Play cricket app score is a hoax, someone has gone to a lot of trouble to input a lot of data. Just checked again still saying same result.

The forth six actually stopped an armed robber getting away as well. Went through a car windscreen and knocked the getaway driver out.

Division 1

Clitheroe v Norden
no details

Crompton v Church
Crompton 243 Church 228
Crompton won by 15 runs

Lowerhouse v Todmorden
Lowerhouse 204/6 Todmorden 183/9
Lowerhouse won by 21 runs

Ramsbottom v Darwen
Ramsbottom 185/7 Darwen 92
Ramsbottom won by 93 runs

Rochdale v Accrington
Accrington 211/5 Rochdale 215/9
Rochdale won by 1 wicket

Walsden v Burnley
Walsden 109 Burnley 110/5
Burnley won by 5 wickets

Sunday Div 2

Bacup v Littleborough
Littleborough 176/8 Bacup 180/5
Bacup won by 5 wickets

Colne v Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall 133 Colne 136/4
Colne won by 6 wickets

East Lancashire v Rishton
Rishton 247/7 East Lancs 163
Rishton won by 84 runs

Enfield v Milnrow
no details

Haslingden v Nelson
Nelson 141 Haslingden 131
Nelson won by 10 runs

Middleton v Great Harwood
Middleton 235/9 Great Harwood 159
Middleton won by 76 runs

BigRedrose wrote:Stunning result at Enfield. Milnrow 49 all out after 5.1 overs. Enfield knock them off in 1.5 overs. Adam Bracewell 55 not out off 10 balls!

Enfield have won by 8 wickets chasing 182

BigRedrose wrote:That's exactly what it says on the scorecard from the app. Complete with bowling figures. Bracewell hit bowler Paul Cragg for 6 successive sixes in the first over. Bye first ball of 2nd over followed by 3 sixes and a single.

I'd be betting one of Adam Bracewell's mates has got hold of the password for reporting the scores, and has had a bit of fun with it !!

Clitheroe beat Norden (12pts). Clitheroe scored 213 (for about 8) and Norden were bowled all out for 170-ish.

Low scores accross the board really with batting conditions as good as they could get.

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Good win for the mighty Colne to start the season! Great to see a decent crowd on the Horsfield for a change as well.

jrgbfc wrote:Good win for the mighty Colne to start the season! Great to see a decent crowd on the Horsfield for a change as well.

Amazing what a bit of good weather will do. £340 gate, which for the first game of the season is probably a record - and the bar looked like it was doing pretty well, too!

Big crowd down at Lowerhouse yesterday saw a good game between two good sides.

Great to see so many people attending a league game and enjoying the weather and the facilities.

The weather brings folk out but engaging with the community on social media reminds them that the club is there when the sun is shining.