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Round-up details September 25 Final Saturday results for the 2011 season. Division One: Belton Park v Grantham - no result received; Spalding 205-9 (S Juckes 86), Sleaford 2nd 206-8 (P Roberts 75). Division Two: Stamford 2nd 162, Boston 3rd
128 (P Deans 64); Stamford 2nd 152 (J Morley 64), Sleaford Sunday
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Round-up details September 18 South Lincolnshire and Border League champions
Billingborough took their total of victories in 2011 to 19 when they defeated
Sleaford 2nd in their final fixture of the season. Stamford are
safe in second place but Moulton Harrox could be overtaken by Spalding and
Belton Park, should both win their last matches – against Sleaford 2nd
and Grantham respectively - next weekend. At the bottom of the table, Boston
2nd had an unexpected boost when Grantham conceded their match
against Stamford, the resulting points deduction putting the Gorse Lane side
into last place. In Division Two, one match proved eventful for
12-year-old Jack Timby of Boston 3rds who hit 31 runs and shared a fifth
wicket stand of 70 with Paul Tetther who made 74 in his side’s win over
Ropsley. At the top of the Division, Skegness 2nd must wait until
next weekend, when Stamford 2nd have two matches, against Boston 3rd
and Sleaford Sunday. Stamford need 38
points from these two games to snatch the title from the seasiders. Blankney sealed the Division Three championship with a win
over Pinchbeck, finishing on equal points with Blankney who beat Spalding 3rd
but going top on the countback of victories – Blankney with 13 and Baston 12. Div One: Lindum Ramblers 195 (Watkins
55), Belton Park 173; Sleaford 2nd 146-9 (Tilley 5-28), Billingborough
147-4; Spalding 228-6 (M Kearns snr 68), Moulton Harrox 64; Woodhall Spa 2nd
192-9 (Haslam 70), Bourne 2nd 194-6 (T Bentley 59); Grantham conceded to Stamford Town. Div Two: Boston 2nd 196-9
(Tetther 74), Ropsley 126; Sleaford
Sunday 175-9, Billingborough 2nd 129 (Colyn 6-19). Div Three: Spalding 3rd 142,
Baston 143-4 (Bower 58); Pinchbeck 116, Blankney 118-1 (Behan 53no); Claypole
158 (Dobbie 54no, A Gilbert 5-42); Timberland 2-0 – rained off. |
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Round-up details September 11 Billingborough clinched the South Lincolnshire and
Border League championship with a slender 12 run victory over Stamford who
picked up sufficient points to guarantee they finish runners-up. Dan Duke hit
99 for the leaders who made 247 for eight, only to see Stamford reach 235
before the final wicket fell, Andrew Hulme with 76 and Steve Scott taking six
wickets for Billingborough. At the bottom of the table Boston 2nd
gained a welcome victory over Woodhall Spa 2nd but can’t now
escape last place after Bourne also won, beating Sleaford 2nd by
just one run. Bourne hit 174 only to see their opponents’ innings come to a
close on 173 for nine. And at Grantham, Lee Eyett hit is maiden century for
Spalding – and the league’s one ton of the day - finishing with 108 to help
his side to victory. Division Two is set to go right to the wire after
leaders Skegness and challengers Stamford 2nd both picked up 20
points, Richie Hewitt enjoying a good day for the seasiders with 55 runs and
four wickets. Cavaliers ended one of their best seasons in the league in
third place after overcoming Ropsley, but it was 14-year-old bowler Josh Lord
who stole the show, taking five Cavaliers wickets for 41 runs. David Curran’s
six for 10 for Welby in their victory over Heckington ensure that Welby
finished the season in fourth. Division Three remains neck-and-neck, leaders Blankney
and second placed Baston both picking up 20 points against Burgh &
District and Pinchbeck respectively and a severely depleted Moulton Harrox
Sunday team also getting the maximum against Claypole. While the top two still have a game to play, Moulton
have completed their programme and have to settle for third place. Spalding 3rd
consolidated fourth place despite losing to Timberland for whom Andy Lowe
took four wickets for just one run off 25 balls. Division One: Boston 2nd 184 (Epton 57), Woodhall Spa
2nd 125-8; Bourne 2nd 174 (Rickett 5-26), Sleaford 2nd
173-9 (Harrop 65); Market Deeping 2nd 150-8 (Hyman 52no), Lindum
Ramblers 152-6 (Taylor 74no); Belton Park 93 (Richardson 56no, M Barnett
5-34), Moulton Harrox 95-1 (J Barnett 55no); Spalding 215-8 (Eyett 108),
Grantham 106; Billingborough 247-8 (Duke 99), Stamford 235 (Hulme 76, Scott
6-49).
Division Two: Thomas Cook 132, Stamford 2nd
134-2 (Flynn 66no); Heckington 112 (Curran 6-10), Welby 116-4; Cavaliers 182
(Lord 5-41), Ropsley 89; Skegness 2nd 216-9 (Hewitt 55),
Billingborough 2nd 53. Division Three: Spalding 3rd
100,Timberland 101-5; Burgh 46 (N Gilbert 5-17, Evans 5-25), Blankney 48-0;
Pinchbeck 72 (Lamin 6-10), Baston 73-3; Claypole 227 (Sullivan 58), Moulton
Harrox Sunday 228-5 (Broomfield 79). |
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Round-up details September 4 Billingborough’s championship celebrations were put on
hold after the South Lincolnshire and Border League Division One leaders went
down to Spalding in a low scoring game in which Jamie Juckes and Ansar
Hussain each took five wickets. Having been bowled out for 124, Spalding’s
bowlers fought back to dismiss the top team for 110, Hussain with five for
12. However, Billingborough still lead Stamford by 32 points with two games
to go after the second placed side hit a massive 294 for seven, Chris Bore
and Andrew Hulme both making centuries, but were unable to bowl Woodhall Spa
2nd out to take maximum points, the Jubilee Park side making 233 for seven.
Boston 2nd slipped to bottom place in the table after going down to Bourne
while Market Deeping increased their changes of avoiding relegation with a
win over Grantham. Simon Godby was the pick of the Division One bowling
with six for 36 in Sleaford 2nd’s victory over Belton Park. Skegness 2nd saw
their lead over Stamford 2nd at the top of Division Two cut to seven points
after going down to Spalding 2nd by just two wickets. And Welby stay fourth after beating
Billingborough 2nd in a game that saw a century on either side. The weather intervened to rain off Division Three
leaders Moulton Harrox Sunday’s game against Pinchbeck, blowing the top of
the table wide open. Blankney beat
North Luffenham to go second on equal points with Baston who overcame Burgh
& District. These two are only
two points behind Moulton and both have a game in hand on the top team. Kevin
Jacques hit the only ton in this division, making an unbeaten 116 for
Claypole in their victory over Grantham 2nd. Division One: Sleaford 2nd 223-5 (B Burrows
50), Belton Park 204-9 (Godby 6-36); Lindum Ramblers 170, Moulton Harrox
173-7; Grantham 99, Market Deeping 103-1 (N Andrews 50no); Stamford Town
294-7 (Bore 100, Hulme 118no), Woodhall Spa 2nd 233-7 (McCarrick 75); Bourne
2nd 198-9, Boston 2nd 158 (Epton 54); Spalding 124, Billingborough 110 (J
Juckes 5-63, Hussain 5-12). Division Two: Billingborough 2nd 175-3
(Stanley 110no), Welby 176-4 (M Whatton 105no); Ropsley 130-8, Thomas Cook
95; Skegness 2nd 152-8 (Hewitt 70), Spalding 2nd 153-8 (Dale 52); Sleaford
Sunday 62-3 v Cavaliers – abandoned after 17 overs; Heckington conceded to
Stamford 2nd. Division Three: Claypole 245-7 (K Jaques 116no), Grantham 2nd 186-8 (Stephenson 52); Burgh & District 47, Baston 48-1; North Luffenham 198-4 (Hodson 93, Head 50), Blankney 200-5 (Behan 93, Butcher 3-11 – hat trick); Timberland 83-8, Blankney 84-3; Moulton Harrox Sunday 73-2 v Pinchbeck – abandoned after 16 overs. |
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Round-up details August 28 South Lincs and Border League leaders Billingborough
scored a six wicket victory over third placed Belton Park while second placed
Stamford Town recorded a similar victory over Boston 3rd. This opened up a gap between the top two and the rest of
the division, with Billingborough – for whom Geordie Scott took seven wickets
- now firm favourites for the title. But at the bottom of the table, Bourne 2nd closed the
gap on Boston 2nd to two points and both are still within touching distance
of Market Deeping 2nd. In Division Two, Cavaliers lost their chance to move
closer to leaders Skegness when they went down to Stamford 2nd who are now
only seven points adrift of second place with two games in hand but whose
place could still be threatened by Welby who scored a tight 10 run win over
Spalding 2nd. Blankney won the battle of the Division Three challengers but Baston gained sufficient points to move into second place, on equal points with Spalding 2nd with Blankney nine points behind but with a game in hand. And Timberland’s hopes of victory at North Luffenham
were dashed when rain stopped play with the visitors needing 16 runs for
victory. Division One: Belton Park 84 (G Scott
7-22), Billingborough 86-4; Bourne 2nd 132-7, Lindum Ramblers 134-2 (Knowles
65no, Watkins 51no); Boston 2nd 88, Stamford 92-5; Moulton Harrox 176-9
(Beale 54), Market Deeping 2nd 137-9; Sleaford 2nd 150-9, Spalding 145-8;
Grantham v Woodhall Spa 2nd – abandoned, no play. Division Two: Cavaliers 100, Stamford 2nd
103-1 (Williams 55); Heckington 177no (Garfoot 56, Stocks 6-34), Ropsley 33;
Welby 144-8, Spalding 2nd 134-9; Billingborough 2nd 210-5 (King 97no), Boston
3rd 46 (George 6-14). Division Three: Baston 167-8 (Davies 54),
Blankney 168-7 (Thomas 60); North Luffenham 123, Timberland 105-7 – game
abandoned; Burgh & District v Grantham 2nd – game abandoned. |
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Round-up details August 21 Stamford Town hit the highest total in South Lincolnshire
and Border League Division One to consolidate their second place helped by
Josh Prentice who made the day’s only century. But Billingborough look set
for the championship after another victory, this time over Boston 2nd who are
now only three points ahead of Bourne 2nd at the bottom of the table.
Prentice hit an unbeaten 100 to help his side to 250 for nine before Simon
Lem took five wickets to bowl Market Deeping 2nd out for 138 and
Billingborough had an eight wicket win over Boston. Archie Stroud hit his
maiden league half century for Bourne who managed to pick up eight points in
their game against Spalding and a Barnett family effort kept Moulton Harrox
in fourth place, Harry taking five wickets and Jack hitting 96 in a tight two
wicket win over Sleaford 2nd. Skegness and Cavaliers continue to do
battle for Division Two honours, both recording similar scores in victories
over Billingborough 2nd and Boston 3rd respectively. Welby’s Simon Meadows
just missed out on a century when he was bowled on 98 by Paul Roberts, who
then hit 51 as Sleaford Sunday claimed a five wicket win. In Division Three, Baston and Blankney kept up their
challenge for honours, Blankney with an eight wicket win over Claypole and
Baston hitting the division’s highest score of 246 for four against
Timberland. Danny Ashley of Grantham 2nd put in the best all-round
performance, taking six Pinchbeck wickets then hitting an unbeaten 68 to take
his side to victory. And Jim Clarke also had a good day, making an unbeaten
58 and taking six wickets in second placed Spalding 3rd’s win over Burgh and
District. Division One: Boston 2nd 90, Billingborough
94-2 (G Scott 50); Woodhall Spa 2nd 151-9 (McCarrick 59), Lindum Ramblers
155-2; Sleaford 2nd 150 (H Barnett 5-45), Moulton Harrox 153-8 (J Barnett
96); Spalding 232-6 (Hussain 73), Bourne 2nd 194-5 (Binns 50, A Stroud 67no);
Stamford Town 250-9 (Bore 58, T Williams 51, J Prentice 100no), Market
Deeping 2nd 138 (Lem 5-47); Grantham conceded to Belton Park. Division Two: Ropsley 67, Heckington 68-7;
Skegness 2nd 214-9 (Hewitt 75, Vyas 57), Billingborough 2nd 185-7 (Chessum
67); Cavaliers 214-7, Boston 3rd 175-9 (Baxter 56); Spalding 2nd 90-9, Thomas Cook 92-2; Welby 199-4
(Meadows 98), Sleaford Sunday 203-5 (Roberts 51). Division Three: Claypole 169-8, Blankney
170-2 (Donald 70); Baston 246-4 (Lamin 70), Timberland 87; Pinchbeck 113
(Ashley 6-17), Grantham 2nd 114-4 (Ashley 68no); Spalding 3rd 207-9
(Nottingham 65, Clarke 58no), Burgh & District 158 (Sharp 64, Blackmore
51, Clarke 6-35); North Luffenham conceded to Moulton Harrox Sunday. |
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Round-up details August 14 The top three in South Lincolnshire & Border League
Division One all came away with victories to leave positions unchanged. Leaders
Billingborough scored a convincing win over Grantham while second placed
Stamford Town got the better of fourth placed Spalding but dropped a point on
the leaders. Third placed Belton Park were involved in the tightest game at
home to bottom side Bourne 2nd for whom Tom Bentley hit his maiden century to
help his side to 202 for four. Belton
were then taken right to the wire with Andy Sheardown hitting the winning
four off the last ball of the match. However, Bourne picked up enough points
to increase their chances of avoiding relegation and are now just nine behind
Boston 2nd – who went down to Moulton Harrox – with a game in hand. Skegness and Cavaliers continued their battle at the top
of Division Two with Cavaliers picking up 20 points against Heckington while
the leaders failed by just two runs to catch Thomas Cook’s score of 170 for
7, of which Vidit Matta hit division two’s only century. Cavaliers are now 25
behind Skegness, both on equal games, while Stamford 2nd, who beat
Billingborough 2nd, are seven behind Cavaliers with a game in hand. And Welby have pulled up to fourth, 10
behind Stamford. It was all change in Division Three where North Luffenham slipped to fourth after going down by four wickets to Spalding 3rd for whom two batsmen – Stuart Parker and Kevin Nottingham – made maiden 50s. This moved Spalding up to second, 16 behind leaders Moulton Harrox Sunday, but Baston, with two games in hand, are only 20 points adrift of the top team following an eight wicket victory over Claypole. Blankney also kept up their challenge, winning a much higher scoring game against Timberland while Grantham 2nd successfully chased Pinchbeck’s 208 for six to win by three wickets. Division One: Grantham 91, Billingborough
93-1 (G Scott 57); Moulton Harrox 197-6, Boston 2nd 117; Market Deeping 2nd
119 (Bee 5-45), Woodhall Spa 2nd 120-7; Sleaford 2nd 187-8 (Gascoyne 62)
Lindum Ramblers 125; Stamford Town 188-8 (Williams 72), Spalding 128; Bourne
2nd 202-4 (T Bentley 100no, Knowles 51), Belton Park 204-8 (Turner 54). Division Two: Ropsley 113-7, Welby 116-5;
Stamford 2nd 210-9 (Williams 81), Billingborough 2nd 118-9; Thomas Cook 170-7
(Matta 101), Skegness 168-9 (M Santini 57); Heckington 66, Cavaliers 67-0;
Spalding 2nd 117, Sleaford Sunday 55 (Hendry 5-17). Division Three: North Luffenham 168 (Hodson
56), Spalding 3rd 170-6 (Parker 62, K Nottingham 52); Claypole 136, Baston
137-2 (Howard 59); Blankney 250-8 (C Donald 53), Timberland 193-6 (Wright
50); Pinchbeck 208-6 (Riley 59, Brown 94), Grantham 2nd 210-7 (Donnellan 61);
Moulton Harrox Sunday 205-6 (Broomfield 87), Burgh & District 109. |
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Round-up details August 7 Results went mainly to form in South Lincolnshire and
Border League Division One where the top four teams all recorded victories. Bourne
2nd put in an improved performance but fell 31 runs short of leaders
Billingborough’s score with nine wickets down while Stamford 2nd overcame
Lindum Ramblers who were bowled out for 175, chasing 234. Belton Park, who
are third, scored a six wicket win over Boston 2nd while Spalding beat Market
Deeping by eight wickets. It was the same story in Division Two where leaders
Skegness beat Heckington by eight wickets, second placed Cavaliers got the
better of Peterborough rivals Thomas Cook, Stamford 2nd scored a convincing
win over Boston 3rd and Spalding 2nd came out on top against bottom side
Ropsley. Neil Williams hit the day’s only century with 101 for Stamford 2nd,
for whom Ben Peck then took five wickets.
Fifth placed Welby kept up their challenge after Jonathan Durham took
six wickets in their victory over Billingborough 2nd. And on Sunday, Sam
Elliott had a good day for Heckington, hitting 55 and taking seven for 14 as
his side beat Sleaford Sunday in a low scoring game. Baston continue to threaten the top two in Division
Three following their nine wicket win over Timberland while second placed
North Luffenham also won by nine wickets against Claypole. But leaders Moulton Harrox Sunday were
pegged back after torrential rain forced the abandonment of their game when
Spalding 3rd were 31 overs into their innings, chasing Moulton’s 185. Division One: Woodhall Spa 2nd 126 (Bee
73), Moulton Harrox 128-2 (Jex 69no); Stamford 234-8 (Pigott 55no), Lindum
Ramblers 175; Boston 2nd 139 (Hook 54), Belton Park 140-4 (Richardson 52no);
Sleaford 2nd 153-9, Grantham 66 (Rickett 6-13); Market Deeping 198-6 (Witt
53), Spalding 200-2 (Charlton 72no); Billingborough 212-9, Bourne 2nd 181-9
(Bentley 59, G Scott 5-26). Division Two: Stamford 2nd 221-4 (Williams
101, Flint 60), Boston 3rd 66 (Peck 5-22); Billingborough 2nd 116-9 (Durham
6-20), Welby 117-4; Spalding 2nd 180-6 (East 62), Ropsley 118 (Youles 55);
Cavaliers 187-8 (Kennedy 86), Thomas Cook 129; Heckington 119, Skegness 2nd
120-2 (Jacobs 55no); Heckington 92 (Elliott 55), Sleaford Sunday 47 (Elliott
7-14). Division Three: Timberland 64 (Lamin 5-12),
Baston 65-1; Claypole 80, North Luffenham 84-1; Blankney 213-9 (Donald 63),
Grantham 2nd 55 (Gilbert 6-21); Pinchbeck 118-9, Burgh & District 119-4;
Moulton Harrox Sunday 185-8 (Barnett 53), Spalding 3rd 107-8 off 31 overs –
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Round-up details July 31 The top of Division One of the South Lincolnshire and
Border League saw no change as Billingborough and Stamford both claimed 20 points
against Woodhall Spa 2nd and Moulton Harrox respectively. But Market Deeping
moved up out of the bottom two after a tight game against Sleaford 2nd who
were bowled out for 157, just 10 runs short of their opponents score. Belton Park stay third as, despite five
wickets for Spalding’s Mike Kearns jnr, they came away with a 30-run victory.
And Ramblers kept up their challenge with an eight-wicket win over Boston 2nd
who slipped to 11th in the table. Stewart Mudie hit the day’s only century, scoring an
unbeaten 146 in Grantham’s victory over Bourne 2nd while Cavaliers Mohamed
Jazeem had the biggest wicket haul with six for 22 against Billingborough 2nd
in Division Two. Cavaliers completed a successful two weeks that has seen
them beat both top teams, resulting in a move up to second above their
opponents who were bowled out for 102 chasing a seemingly modest 132.
Skegness got back to winning ways but were unable to bowl out bottom side
Ropsley who hung on to their last wicket to deny the top team maximum points. The closest games of the weekend were in Division Three
where Timberland beat Pinchbeck by just five runs and Moulton Harrox Sunday
and Spalding 3rds both won by only two wickets against Grantham 2nd and Burgh
& District respectively. Division One: Boston 2nd 116 (M Benson
5-31), Lindum Ramblers 117-2 (Taylor 68no); Market Deeping 2nd 167-7
(Wheatley 56no), Sleaford 2nd 157; Grantham 253-4 (S Mudie 146no), Bourne
183-9 (Knowles 50); Stamford 229-9 (Pigott 56, M Barnett 5-59), Moulton
Harrox 168; Belton Park 160 (M Kearns jnr 5-55), Spalding 130; Billingborough
253-7 (Harrison 76, Brown 56), Woodhall Spa 150. Division Two: Stamford 2nd 207 (Williams
61, Prentice 58), Spalding 2nd 157 (Dale 53); Boston 3rd 101, Welby 102-3
(Wilson 51); Cavaliers 123 (Kennedy 57), Billingborough 2nd 102 (Jazeem
6-22); Skegness 218 (Hewitt 60, Sylvester 75), Ropsley 132-9; Sleaford Sunday
227 (Rickett 58), Thomas Cook 118. Division Three: Timberland 192-5 (Mickleburgh
59, Durward 77), Pinchbeck 188 (Carter 5-42); North Luffenham conceded to
Blankney; Claypole conceded to Baston; Grantham 2nd 166 (Donnellan 52no),
Moulton Harrox Sunday 167-8 (Barnett 59); Burgh & District 161, Spalding
3rd 162-8 (Sharp 5-41). |
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Round-up details July 24 Billingborough kept up their charge for the South
Lincolnshire and Border League Division One title with an eight wicket win
over Lindum Ramblers while Stamford 2nd remain second following a similar
victory over Sleaford 2nd. Chris Bore hit an unbeaten 108 for Stamford who
restricted Sleaford to 163 for nine and opened up a gap over the chasing
group after third placed Belton Park went down to Woodhall Spa 2nd. Steve
Scott took five catches in the field for Billingborough who bowled Lindum out
for 121. And Bourne 2nd won the
battle of the bottom two to move within eight points of opponents Market
Deeping 2nd. Leaders Skegness suffered their second defeat in
Division Two but rivals Billingborough 2nd failed to capitalise, going down
to Heckington by 10 runs. A second wicket partnership of 95 between Dave
Robinson (83) and Alex Glover (53) set up Cavalier’s victory over the
seasiders but the Peterborough side were made to work hard for their win as
Skegness came within 14 runs of their opponents’ score of 198 for seven
before the final wicket fell. Again
it was Robinson who turned the game, taking three lower order wickets in five
overs. Scott Sharp hit a maiden half century in Heckington’s total of 150 and
Billingborough were then bowled out for 140 while Kev Manning’s 60 off 46
balls saw Boston 3rd to victory over Sleaford Sunday. But the closest game in
this division was at Ropsley where Stamford reached 176 for three only to see
their opponents come within two runs of this score for the loss of five wickets. Division Three also saw a close game at Pinchbeck where
Steve Robinson took five wickets to restrict Claypole to 132 all out in their
pursuit of their hosts’ 144 for seven. North Luffenham drew away at the top
when Baston beat challengers Moulton Harrox Sunday by five wickets. Steve Richardson took six for 19 for
Baston as Moulton were bowled out for 111. Blankney are now one of the best
placed to challenge the leaders after David Thomas and Lee Williams shared a
third wicket partnership of 224 to take their side to 280 for three. Thomas hit the day’s highest total of 148
not out and Williams made 95 before Spalding 3rd were bowled out for 136. Division One: Grantham 133-6 (Wing 55no),
Moulton Harrox 137-2 (Jex 66); Belton Park 117 (Hunt 5-45), Woodhall Spa 2nd
118-4 (Bee 56); Lindum Ramblers 121 (Taylor 57), Billingborough 123-2; Bourne
2nd 209-7 (Knowles 56), Market Deeping 2nd 128; Spalding 217-9 (Hendry 60),
Boston 2nd 156-8; Sleaford 2nd 163-9, Stamford 164-2 (Bore 108no). Division Two: Heckington 150 (Sharp 68),
Billingborough 2nd 140; Thomas Cook 85 (Orrey 5-14), Welby 86-2; Boston 3rd
111 (Lamming 8-16), Spalding 2nd 116-3; Cavaliers 198-7 (Robinson 83, Glover
53), Skegness 184 (Hewitt 50); Stamford 176-3 (Peck 53), Ropsley 174-5;
Sleaford Sunday 147 (Cheer 5-29), Boston 3rd 149-4 (Manning 60). Division Three: Pinchbeck 144-7 (Smith 59),
Claypole 132 (North 54, Robinson 5 wkts); Blankney 280-3 (Thomas 148no,
Williams 95), Spalding 3rd 136; Burgh & District 85, North Luffenham 88-1
(Brew 65no); Moulton Harrox Sunday 111 (Barnett 61, Richardson 6-19), Baston
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Round-up details July 17 With every Saturday match washed out, the sole
South Lincolnshire and Border League match to be completed was played
on the following day when Moulton Harrox Sunday beat Claypole by
eight wickets after bowling the Newark side out for 105. Jack Barnett hit an
unbeaten 72 for Moulton to give them the lead in Division Three, three
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Round-up details July 10 Dan Duke recorded the South Lincolnshire & Border
League’s best bowling figures of the weekend to help Billingborough retain
their unbeaten record at the top of Division One. Duke took seven for 42 as
Moulton Harrox were out for 100, a total the leaders overtook for the loss of
one wicket. Stamford stay second following their defeat of bottom side
Bourne, Brian Bennett taking five wickets for just 11 runs for Stamford and
Belton Park posted a similar result, staying third after beating Market Deeping
2nd who are now only one place above Bourne. The surprise result of the day came in Division Two
where Stamford 2nd demolished leaders Skegness for just 61 and went on to win
by seven wickets. This allowed
Billingborough 2nd to close the gap at the top following their nine wicket
win over Boston 3rd, Thomas Cook staying third despite going down to
Heckington and Cavaliers shooting back into the top half of the table after
beating Sleaford Sunday. Ropsley’s new-look team picked up valuable points
with a win over Spalding 2nd who are now fourth, four points behind Thomas
Cook. Andrew Jones hit 89 for Ropsley
in their six wicket victory. Division Three’s top team also suffered a reversal, North
Luffenham going down to Grantham 2nd. Moulton Harrox Sunday moved into
second, having caught up their game in hand over Spalding 3rd, who were
without a game. And Pinchbeck opened up the gap at the foot of the table with
victory over bottom side Burgh & District. Division One: Moulton Harrox 100 (Duke
7-42), Billingborough 101-1 (Newman 59); Boston 2nd 201-8 (Baxter 57, Manning
75no), Grantham 135; Bourne 2nd 141-7 (Bennett 5-11), Stamford 142-2
(Williams 53no); Woodhall Spa 2nd 146-9 (Bee 72), Sleaford 2nd 105; Lindum
Ramblers 157, Spalding 159-6; Market Deeping 2nd 147, Belton Park 148-2. Division Two: Skegness 2nd 61, Stamford 2nd
62-3; Boston 3rd 107, Billingborough 2nd 108-1 (W Chessum 60no); Spalding 2nd
171-5 (East 69), Ropsley 172-4 (Jones 89); Thomas Cook 161, Heckington 162-7
(Majeed 5-32); Sleaford Sunday 147-9 (Markham 63, Robinson 5-10), Cavaliers
148-7. Division Three: Claypole v Blankney –
cancelled, waterlogged pitch; North Luffenham 140, Grantham 2nd 144-4
(Nichols 55no); Burgh & District 88 (Boekestyn 5-18), Pinchbeck 89-2;
Moulton Harrox Sunday 196-7, (Scourfield 57) Timberland 96. |
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Round-up details July 3 Four centuries, an eight wicket haul and the first
victory of the season for Bourne 2nd
were the highlights of the South Lincolnshire and Border League
weekend. Stamford moved into second place in Division One after
beating rivals Grantham by just 14 runs, thanks in part to Josh Prentice who
claimed eight wickets for 53 runs off his 12 overs. Leaders Billingborough,
for whom Geordie Scott made 100, picked up another 20 points with victory
over Sleaford 2nd while Lindum Ramblers took over in third following a high
scoring game against Belton Park who hit 242 for five – Dan Turner with an
unbeaten 108 – only to see Lindum reach their target with two wickets and one
over in hand, De Silva making 111 for the Lincoln side. Bottom side Bourne
2nd recorded their first victory of the season, beating Woodhall Spa 2nd who
lost five of their wickets to Andrew Knowles and Nick Andrews took six for 11
in Market Deeping 2nds win over Boston 2nd. Skegness extended their lead at the top of Division Two
to 45 points with a win over Heckington in which the seasiders’ skipper
Alistair Ainsworth hit an unbeaten 105.
Billingborough 2nd kept up their challenge, beating Spalding 2nd who now
lie fourth, three points behind Thomas Cook who scored a five wicket win over
Ropsley. And Welby moved into the top
half of the table following their victory over Boston 3rd. North Luffenham won the Division Three top of the table
battle against Spalding 3rd and are now six points ahead of their rivals with
a game in hand. Moulton Harrox Sunday went third following their win over
Blankney but Baston continue to threaten all three teams after beating
Grantham 2nd for whom Alex Cross took six wickets. Douglas Russell then
replied with five for Baston who are 33 points behind the leaders but have
two games in hand. Claypole, who are fifth, hit the highest total of the day
with a massive 325 for seven against Timberland who were then bowled out for
149. Claypole’s score included a
maiden half century for 17 year old Andy Attewell who went on to make 81. Division One: Market Deeping 2nd 164 (Hyman
59, Muzar 6-29), Boston 2nd 77 (N Andrews 6-11); Belton Park 242-5 (Turner
108no, Lumb 76), Lindum Ramblers 243-8 (De Silva 111, Quincey 59); Stamford
222-9, Grantham 208 (Mudie 77, Prentice 8-53); Bourne 2nd 164 (Bentley 60),
Woodhall Spa 2nd 125 (Knowles 5-19); Sleaford 2nd 206 (Hutson 55),
Billingborough 207-4 (Scott 100); Moulton Harrox 145, Spalding 147-6. Division Two: Stamford 2nd 270-6 (Morley
95, Williams 78no), Cavaliers 139); Spalding 2nd 165-9 (East 50),
Billingborough 2nd 166-7 (King 95no); Boston 3rd 139, Welby 142-5; Ropsley
99, Thomas Cook 100-5; Heckington 167-6 (Morley 72), Skegness 168-2 (Ainsworth
105no). Division Three: North Luffenham 222-7 (Brew
85), Spalding 3rd 88; Baston 194 (Cross 6-53), Grantham 2nd 51 (Russell
5-13); Claypole 325-7 (Ryder 96, Barnsdale 94, Attewell 81), Timberland 149;
Moulton Harrox Sunday 210-6 (Barnett 73, Scourfield 69), Blankney 158-8
(Thomas 64). |
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Round-up details June 26 Billingborough suffered their first defeat of the season
in South Lincolnshire and Border League Division One at the hands of Stamford,
who moved up to fourth in the table. Challengers Grantham and Moulton Harrox
failed to take advantage of the leaders’ result, allowing Belton Park to move
up to second after the slimmest of victories by over Moulton. Only seven
points now separate second and seventh in the table, with Grantham just two
behind second place and two ahead of Moulton who were bowled out for 132 and
claimed nine Belton Park wickets before the home side claimed victory. Lindum
Ramblers’ 14-year-old batsman Will Wright took his runs total for the season
past the 300 mark with an innings of 65 to help his side to a nine wicket win
at Market Deeping. And Spalding CC enjoyed a successful weekend with all
three teams winning, the 2nd XI consolidating their second place
in Division Two with victory over Heckington. Billingborough 2nd stay third, just seven points
adrift with two games in hand while Cavaliers kept their place in the top
half of the table after Dave Kennedy hit the day’s only century in the
victory over Boston 3rd. Adam Smith hit a maiden half-century and
George Kyme took six wickets for Sleaford Sunday but could not prevent their
side going down to Thomas Cook by 45 runs. Spalding 3rd, meanwhile, were making sure
they remained top of Division Three with a five wicket win in a low scoring
game against Pinchbeck but North Luffenham continue to threaten following
their ten wicket win over Timberland in which David Brew took six wickets.
Luffenham are 12 points behind Spalding with a game in hand – and the two meet
next weekend at The Oval. Division One: Market Deeping 2nd
141 (De Silva 5-29), Lindum Ramblers 145-1 (Wright 65); Billingborough 111
(Williams 5-24), Stamford 115-8; Spalding 189-8 (M Kearns snr 62), Grantham
98; Moulton Harrox 132, Belton Park 133-9 (Sheardown 54no); Sleaford 2nd
221 (Godby 79, Gunthorp 5-55), Bourne 138-8 (Rickett 5-19); Woodhall Spa 2nd
121, Boston 2nd 123-8. Division Two: Heckington 62 (Lamming 5-21),
Spalding 2nd 63-3; Ropsley 95 (Cox 5-24), Billingborough 2nd
96-2; Stamford 2nd 174-8 (Williams 83), Welby 126; Cavaliers 278-4
(Kennedy 100, Glover 63), Boston 3rd 89; Thomas Cook 200 (Arvind
89, Shah 65, Kyme 6-32), Sleaford Sunday 155-8 (Smith 52, Majeed 5-26).
Division Three: Timberland
48 (Brew 6-20), North Luffenham 49-0; Pinchbeck 78, Spalding 3rd
81-5; Blankney 140-9, Grantham 2nd 70 (Donald 5-40); Burgh &
District v Claypole – cancelled, waterlogged pitch; Baston 158-8 (Morris 69,
Cusack 5-39), Moulton Harrox Sunday 159-7 (Scourfield 62no). |
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Round-up details June 19 Boston bowler Paul Deans had his club officials running
to the record books after recording an amazing nine wickets for just 10 runs
in his side’s South Lincolnshire & Border League Division One match
against Bourne 2nd. Deans’ haul came off 9.5 overs, with four
maidens and gave his side their first victory of the season as well as
opening up the gap over their opponents at the bottom of the table. Billingborough marched on at the top with a convincing
victory over Belton Park but Grantham are still in hot pursuit after a five
wicket win against Market Deeping. Third placed Moulton Harrox had their game
washed out at Lindum Ramblers. Division Two brought the most exciting game of the day,
which once again involved Cavaliers. Batting first at Spalding, the
Peterborough side finished on 178 for nine, Alex Glover with 60 and Heath
Ripley taking five wickets for the home side – who ended 177 for nine.
Leaders Skegness, who have yet to lose a game, beat Welby by three wickets
while second placed Sleaford Sunday beat Ropsley. However, the following day, Sleaford lost the opportunity to
close the gap on Skegness when they went down heavily to Spalding 2nd,
for whom new signing Barry Stanway took eight wickets to push his team up
from eighth to third in the table. Steve Ryder hit his maiden century – and the only ton of
the day - for Claypole in their Division Three victory over leaders Spalding
3rd, which allowed North Luffenham to close the gap with a win
over Pinchbeck. Division One: Market Deeping 141-7, Grantham
143-5; Boston 2nd 197 (Troops 52), Bourne 2nd 134 (Knowles 50, P Deans 9-10 –
this is correct); Billingborough 211-5 (Scott 60), Belton Park 94; Stamford
132, Woodhall Spa 137-6 (Wright 65); Lindum Ramblers v Moulton Harrox –
abandoned, no play. Division Two: Heckington 92 (Kelly 5-27),
Boston 3rd 94-4; Stamford 2nd 139 (Williams 79), Thomas Cook 140-6; Sleaford
Sunday 229-3 (Miller 69, Godby 76), Ropsley 104; Cavaliers 178-9 (Glover 60,
Ripley 5-33), Spalding 2nd 177-9; Welby 141 (Meadows 54), Skegness 143-7;
Sleaford Sunday 54 (Stanway 8-29), Spalding 2nd 55-5. Division Three: Burgh & District 88,
Blankney 89-3; Claypole 218-9 (Ryder 113), Spalding 145; North Luffenham
161-6 (Wills 75no), Pinchbeck 89-7; Timberland 139 (Stephenson 6-32),
Grantham 2nd 140-3. |
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Round-up details June 12 Billingborough now lead Division One of the South
Lincolnshire and Border League by 36 points following victory in a close game
against Spalding. But below the leaders, just three points separate the next four
teams with Grantham second - on equal points with Moulton Harrox but with one
victory more - and Belton Park and Sleaford 2nd in hot pursuit.
Dave Newman added another 94 to his ever-growing runs total as Billingborough
made 228 for eight but Spalding put in a valiant pursuit and were only 14
runs short of the target when their final wicket fell. Newman has now passed
the 400 run mark for the season as has Jack Barnett of Moulton Harrox who hit
72 as his side enjoyed a comfortable victory over Market Deeping 2nd
while Grantham won a low scoring game against Woodhall Spa 2nd.
Belton Park had a much closer game, beating Sleaford 2nd by only
14 runs and It was even tighter at bottom side Bourne where Matt Benson took
seven for 23 to restrict the home side to 181 all out – a total Lindum
Ramblers had just equalled when their final wicket fell. Skegness march on at the top of Division Two, now 46
points ahead of second placed Billingborough 2nd who have a game
in hand. Skegness won a low scoring
match against Boston 3rd by 17 runs while Billingborough
convincingly beat Thomas Cook. The closest game in this division saw Spalding
2nd beat Cavaliers by just six runs. Spalding 3rd beat Timberland by two wickets
to stay top of Division Three, with North Luffenham second and Moulton Harrox
third despite both being rained off on Sunday. Baston’s win over Grantham 2nd, in which two Baston
bowlers each took five wickets, leaves them in fourth place. Division One: Grantham 140-8
(Steer-Jones 55), Woodhall Spa 2nd 114; Moulton Harrox 248-9
(Barnett 72, Smith 72), Market Deeping 2nd 103; Billingborough
228-8 (Newman 94, Smith 56), Spalding 214; Stamford 258-8 (Bore 107, Bennett
53no), Boston 2nd 236-9; Belton Park 198-4 (Richardson 86),
Sleaford 2nd 184 (Roberts 73); Bourne 181 (Benson 7-23), Lindum
Ramblers 181.
Division Two: Spalding 2nd 158 (Dale 56, Hayes 5-29), Cavaliers 152 (Taylor 57); Skegness 2nd 125-8 (Jacobs 50), Boston 3rd 108 (Richardson 5-37); Stamford 2nd 258-7 (Sewell 80, Birch 52no), Ropsley 157-9; Heckington 137, Welby 104; Billingborough 2nd 211-6 (Stanley 93), Thomas Cook 102 (Wells 5-16). Division Three: Baston 180 (Bower 61),
Grantham 2nd 74 (Russell 5-22, L Davies 5-48); Timberland 157-7
(Tonge 50), Spalding 3rd 158-8 (Bright 75); Pinchbeck 68-4 v
Moulton Harrox – match abandoned; Burgh & District v North Luffenham –
match abandoned. |
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Round-up details June 5 Billingborough opened up a 25 point gap over Sleaford 2nd
at the top of South Lincolnshire and Border League after picking up 20 points
against Boston 2nd while Sleaford 2nd took 17 from their victory over Moulton
Harrox. Bowlers dominated in the leaders’ match, Paul Deans taking six
wickets for Boston and Roy Tilley replying with five for Billingborough.
Lindum Ramblers moved into the top half or the table after hitting the
division’s highest team total of the day of 258, Will Wright contributing 79
and Matt Haslam taking five wickets for Woodhall Spa who were then bowled out
for 98. On equal points with Lindum are Stamford who beat Market Deeping by
five wickets thanks in part to an unbeaten 82 from Andrew Hulme while,
despite five wickets for Matt Pottle, Bourne 2nd remain anchored at the
bottom of the table after going down to Spalding for whom Ansar Hussain hit
an unbeaten 89. Skegness moved even further ahead at the top of Division
Two after a comprehensive 10 wicket win over Stamford 2nd while Welby got
back to winning ways with victory over Cavaliers and Thomas Cook won a high
scoring game against Boston 3rd.Joe Braithwaite took 11 wickets in
Heckington’s two matches – five on Saturday when his team went down heavily
attempting to chase Spalding’s 258 for nine and six on Sunday when Heckington
scored an unexpected win over Sleaford Sunday who are now only three points
ahead of Welby in second place. Division Three leaders Spalding stay above North
Luffenham after both recorded victories, Spalding beating Blankney and
Luffenham – who have a game in hand on Spalding - coming out on top in the
day’s highest scoring game after chasing down Claypole’s 228 for six to win
by six wickets. Grantham 2nd’s Danny Ashley hit the day’s highest total of
150 not out against an under-strength Burgh & District team. Grantham made 277 for three before bowling
Burgh out for 109. Division One: Billingborough 218 (Deans
6-51), Boston 2nd 92 (Tilley 5-38); Lindum Ramblers 258 (Wright 79, Haslam
5-53), Woodhall Spa 2nd 98; Market Deeping 2nd 185-7, Stamford 189-5 (Hulme
82no); Spalding 172-8 (Hussain 89no, Pottle 5-29), Bourne 2nd 156-9; Moulton
Harrox 156-9 (Barnett 61), Sleaford 2nd 157-9. Division Two: Billingborough 2nd 79 (Miles
5-17), Ropsley 80-5; Thomas Cook 229-8 (Manohar 60), Boston 3rd 160; Welby
190-9, Cavaliers 166-8; Spalding 2nd 258-9 (East 88, Eyett 71, Braithwaite
5-57); Heckington 112; Stamford 2nd 137 (Williams 50), Skegness 2nd 138-0
(Ainsworth 70no, O’Dare 59no); Heckington 174 (Ellliott 77), Sleaford Sunday
138 (Braithwaite 6-30). Division Three: Baston 172-9 (Morris 74no),
Pinchbeck 173-7 (Smith 90); Claypole 228-6 (Ryder 69), North Luffenham 229-4
(Brew 73no, Binley 84); Blankney 127, Spalding 3rd 131-5; Grantham 2nd 277-3
(Ashley 150no), Burgh & District 109; Moulton Harrox Sunday 176 (Cusack
61), Timberland 138 (Durward 50, Todd 6-36). |
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Round-up details May 29 Billingborough won the South Lincolnshire and Border
League top of the table battle to take a 13-point lead over opponents Grantham
who are now only three ahead of Belton Park. Daniel Turner was the man of the
match for Belton, taking five Bourne wickets then hitting 60 runs in his
side’s eight-wicket victory. The closest game in Division One saw Lindum Ramblers
beat Sleaford 2nd by just eight runs, Will Wright hitting 82 for Ramblers and
Paul Roberts making 90 for Sleaford.
This left Sleaford in fourth place with Moulton Harrox, who beat
Boston 2nd, in fifth. Skegness continued their good run at the top of Division
Two with a nine wicket win over Cavaliers who dropped to fifth. Sleaford Sunday consolidated their second
place with a win at Stamford, John Mountain and Phil Sneath each hitting
centuries. But Billingborough, now third, are in a good position to
challenge Sleaford, having two games in hand, as have Heckington for whom Sam
Elliott took a hat trick in his 6-28 which helped his side to beat Thomas
Cook. Division Three provided the tightest game of the day,
Spalding 3rd retaining top position after a three run win over Grantham 2nd
whose last wicket fell on 255 as they pursued Spalding’s 258 for nine of
which Jamie Jukes hit 99. Timberland moved into third after a nine run victory
over Pinchbeck but only 13 points separate third and eighth. Division One: Billingborough 169-8,
Grantham 129-9 (Scott 5-34); Bourne 2nd 132-9 (M Richardson 73, D Turner
5-35), Belton Park 133-2 (D Turner 60); Market Deeping 2nd 130, Woodhall Spa
2nd 131-6 (Bee 59); Moulton Harrox 161-9 (J Barnett 93), Boston 2nd 113;
Lindum Ramblers 229-9 (Wright 82), Sleaford 2nd 221-9 (Roberts 90). Division Two: Billingborough 2nd 191-9
(Stanley 65), Spalding 2nd 143 (Cox 5-41); Heckington 194 (D Kew 50), Thomas
Cook 141 (Elliott 6-28 inc hat trick); Cavaliers 82 (Richardson 5-32),
Skegness 2nd 83-1; Ropsley conceded to Boston 2nd; Sleaford Sunday
269-1 (J Mountain 114no, Sneath 127), Stamford 198 (Bennett 75, Williams 52,
Mapletoft 5-57). Division Three: Spalding 3rd 258-9 (J Jukes
99), Grantham 2nd 255 (Tomlinson 83, Ashley 59, Green 5-38); Timberland 133,
Pinchbeck 124; Baston 136-9, Burgh & District 108 (Lamin 6-26); Blankney
254-5 (Thomas 65, Behan 59), Moulton Harrox Sunday 156. |
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Round-up details May 22 Grantham’s victory over Sleaford 2nd opened up a gap at the
top of South Lincolnshire and Border League Division One. Grantham are now
second, just two points behind Billingborough while Sleaford are 12 points
adrift in third and are being threatened by Belton Park, who trail them by
one point. Martin Parmley hit 80 in Grantham’s eight wicket victory while
Dave Newman took his runs total for the season to 315 with an innings of 126
as Billingborough overcame bottom team Bourne, David Gollop taking six
wickets for the leaders. Belton Park were involved in a much closer game
against Boston 2nd, winning by 14 runs and Stamford got their campaign back
on track with victory over Lindum Ramblers. Ryan Bainborough had a good day
behind the stumps for Market Deeping, taking four catches and a stumping in
his side’s four wicket win over Spalding but six wickets for Steve Hughes
couldn’t prevent Woodhall Spa going down to defeat by Moulton Harrox. In Division Two, Skegness continue to dominate the table
with Welby in second. However,
Cavaliers and Billingborough 2nd, both with games in hand, are breathing down
Welby’s neck after beating Thomas Cook and Heckington respectively. Ian
Glendenning’s unbeaten 85 rescued Heckington after Cavaliers’ bowlers had
reduced them to 45 for five.
Heckington were finally bowled out for 196 in 36 overs, Dave Robinson
taking six wickets for Cavaliers who were glad of the extra overs, finally
claiming victory by four wickets in the 49th over of their innings. North Luffenham moved to the top of Division Three with
a nine wicket win over Grantham 2nd and Spalding 3rd and Claypole also went
ahead of former leaders Baston who were without a game. Claypole overcame Spalding in a high
scoring match but remain three points behind their opponents. Division One: Sleaford 2nd 163, Grantham
164-2 (Parmley 80); Billingborough 251-9 (Newman 126), Bourne 148 (Gollop
6-22); Belton Park 163, Boston 2nd 149; Lindum Ramblers 194 (Watkins 50),
Stamford 196-5 (Williams 71); Spalding 176 (M Kearns snr 57, Rose 5-41),
Market Deeping 2nd 177-6; Moulton Harrox 256-9 (M Barnett 59, Hibbert 54,
Smith 77, Hughes 6-41), Woodhall Spa 134. Division Two: Welby 187-7 (Tickler 65,
Wilson 50), Spalding 2nd 131 (Dale 55); Thomas Cook 126, Billingborough 2nd
129-1; Heckington 196 (Glendenning 85no, Robinson 6-30), Cavaliers 198-6
(Kennedy 58, Dale 54); Skegness 2nd 216-5 (Ainsworth 69, O’Dare 61), Boston
70; Sleaford Sunday 200-8 (Shorthouse 62), Ropsley 143-9 (Bradley 58). Division Three: Pinchbeck 140 (Evans 5-48),
Blankney 141-3; Claypole 287-8 (Ryder 67, Taylor 50no), Spalding 3rd 178-8;
Grantham 2nd 126 (Ashley 69), North Luffenham 127-1; Moulton Harrox Sunday
248-7 (Broomfield 70, J Cusack 50, Bronks 5 wkts), Burgh & District 53. |
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Round-up details May 15 After four matches, just four points separate the top
three in South Lincolnshire and Border League Division One. Sleaford 2nd head the list, two in front
of Billingborough with Grantham a further two points adrift after all three
recorded victories over the weekend. Sleaford beat Market Deeping by 87 runs while
Billingborough fought out a tighter game against Woodhall Spa 2nd who were
set a target of 225 but finished on 192 for nine. And Grantham just failed to bowl bottom side Bourne 2nd out but
collected 17 points from their four-wicket win. Spalding put an end to Belton
Park’s good start to the season and Lindum Ramblers put their bad run behind
them with a win over Boston 3rd, Will Wright hitting the division’s top score
of the day with 74. Skegness 2nd lead Division Two but only 11 points
separate the next five teams. Welby lie second despite going down to a real
nailbiter against fourth placed Cavaliers who lost nine wickets chasing a
modest total of 117. In contrast, Heckington devasted Billingborough 2nd
whose pursuit of their visitors’ 205 for seven ended on just 39, Joe
Braithwaite taking five for 20 off nine overs and Sam Elliott four for 19 off
10. Thomas Cook moved up to third after beating Boston 3rd who suffered a
second defeat on Sunday against Sleaford for whom Gavin Hutson hit the
weekend’s only century. In Division Three, it was an early finish at Claypole
after Scott Barnsdale’s six for 21 off nine overs helped bowl Grantham 2nd
out for 66, a total Claypole knocked off without loss. North Luffenham won
the battle at the top of the table despite being bowled out for 105 by Baston
who were then all out for 86 but remain two points clear of their
opponents. Timberland moved into
third after beating Burgh & District and on Sunday, Spalding 3rd got the
better of Moulton Harrox. Division One: Bourne 2nd 158-9, Grantham
159-6; Spalding 225-4 (Hendry 63, Ambrose 61), Belton Park 153; Stamford 134,
Moulton Harrox 137-4; Lindum Ramblers 244-3 (Wright 74, Elworthy 55no),
Boston 2nd 173; Sleaford 2nd 234-7 (Godby 62), Market Deeping 2nd 147 (Andrews
62); Billingborough 225 (Harrison 63, Hughes 5-48), Woodhall Spa 2nd 192-9
(Robson 51no, Scott 5-52). Division Two: Heckington 208-7 (Garfoot 52),
Billingborough 2nd 39 (Braithwaite 5-20); Stamford 2nd 160 (Williams 55no),
Spalding 2nd 147-9 (East 50, Clark 50); Thomas Cook 203 (Easwaran 80), Boston
3rd 154 (Elleray 64); Welby 117, Cavaliers 118-9; Skegness v Ropsley –
Ropsley conceded; Sleaford Sunday 265-7 (Hutson 102), Boston 3rd 130. Division Three: North Luffenham 105, Baston
86 (King 5-16); Grantham 2nd 66 (Barnsdale 6-21), Claypole 72-0; Timberland
207, Burgh & District 113; Spalding 3rd 193-8 (M Kearns jr 81no), Moulton
Harrox Sunday 124 (Broomfield 51). |
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Round-up details May 8 After three games, Sleaford 2nd and Belton Park
are the early leaders in South Lincolnshire and Border League Division One,
each with 58 points. But just one
point behind them are Grantham and Billingborough after all four teams
enjoyed a victorious weekend. Sleaford notched up the top score of the
weekend and Luke Hollingworth hit the only century in his side’s win over
Stamford. Hollingworth made 127 as
Sleaford’s innings ended on 300 for seven before Stamford were bowled out for
176. Belton Park lost just three wickets overtaking Woodhall Spa’s 194 for
nine, Dave Richardson making 87 while Grantham defended their total of 186,
restricting Moulton Harrox to 150 for seven. And Billingborough scored an
eight-wicket win over Lindum Ramblers. Lower down the table, Bourne 2nd
went down to Market Deeping and Spalding beat Boston 2nd. Welby moved to the top of Division Two after beating
Ropsley by five wickets with Skegness in second following their victory over
Thomas Cook. Two players just missed
out on centuries in one game – Neville Stankley of Sleaford Sunday with 93
and Peter Houghton of victors Skegness with 94. Gary Peck made 80 for
Stamford 2nds in their victory over Heckington, while Trevor Ginn bagged the
highest number of wickets with 6-59 in Billingborough 2nd’s win
over Cavaliers. Baston top Division Three where fewer games have so far
been played. John Lamin putting in the performance of the day with 65 runs
and six wickets as his side beat Blankney – playing their first game of the
season - by just six runs in a very tight game. Timberland put last year’s
problems behind them to kick their season off by beating Grantham 2nd
and there was a six wicket haul at North Luffenham where the home side’s
Robert Staniland took six for 26 but couldn’t prevent Moulton Harrox Sunday
claiming victory. Division One:
Lindum Ramblers 131, Billingborough 132-2 (Newman 72); Sleaford 2nd
300-7 (Hollingworth 127, Burrows 55), Stamford 176; Woodhall Spa 194-9 (Bee
54), Belton Park 198-3 (Richardson 87); Market Deeping 2nd 211-8
(Davies 59), Bourne 2nd 177-6; Boston 2nd 186-9 (Moore
65), Spalding 187-6 (M Kearns snr 66no); Grantham 186 (Bennett 59), Moulton
Harrox 150-7 (Barnett 57).
Division Two:
Boston 3rd 80 (Dale 5-15), Spalding 2nd 81-5; Stamford
2nd 191-9 (Peck 80), Heckington 158; Cavaliers 180-8 (Robinson 76,
Ginn 6-59), Billingborough 2nd 181-5 (Chessum 69, Wells 51no);
Ropsley 81, Welby 82-5; Thomas Cook 117, Skegness 2nd 121-7;
Sleaford Sunday 213-5 (Goddard 76no. Stankley 93), Skegness 2nd
217-1 (Ainsworth 75no, Houghton 94).
Division
Three: Baston 153-9 (Lamin 65), Blankney 147 (Behan 70, Lamin
6-21); Timberland 177-9, Grantham 2nd 119-9; Claypole v Burgh
& District – abandoned; Moulton Harrox Sunday 141 (Barnett 54, Staniland
6-26), North Luffenham 114. |
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Round-up details May 1 Spalding need one run off the last ball of the match to
snatch victory from Woodhall Spa 2nd in South Lincolnshire & Border
League Division One – instead that ball claimed Spalding’s 10 wicket and the
game was tied on 223 each. Earlier Rob Bee had scored the top division’s only
century with an unbeaten 106 and Nic Stone had contributed 65 not out to
Woodhall’s 223 for two before the Spalding fightback gave both sides a share
of the points. Belton Park put an end to Stamford’s good start to their
Division One career, Nick Law and Daniel Turner putting together a
mid-innings stand of over 100 that put the game out of Stamford’s reach. The
partnership began when the home side had been reduced to 45 for four, Law
hitting 58 and Turner 64 as Belton reached 220 for seven at the close, Liam
Dave taking five wickets for the visitors. Andrew Sheardown then helped his
side to victory, taking five for 18 as Stamford were all out for 114.
Billingborough marched on, recording a nine wicket win over Market Deeping
after bowling their opponents out for 93 and Moulton Harrox continued their
promising opening with a seven wicket win over Bourne 2nd, Jack Barnett
taking five wickets for Harrox. Grantham also built on their opening victory
with a four wicket win over Lindum Ramblers while Sleaford 2nd won a tight
game against Boston 2nd by just 18 runs. Dave Robinson made 119 for Cavaliers in a high scoring
Division Two derby against Thomas Cook who set a challenging total of 219 for
seven, only to lose by five wickets. Michael Whatton made 84 and Dave Curran took five
wickets as Welby got their season on track with a 32 run win over Stamford
2nd and Matt Cox also took five for Billingborough 2nd as they overcame
Sleaford Sunday by four wickets. In the only game in Division Three, Dave Brew took for
5-13 for North Luffenham in their victory over Pinchbeck. Division One: Belton Park 220-7 (Law 58, D
Turner 64, Dave 5-45), Stamford 114 (Sheardown 5-18); Market Deeping 2nd 93,
Billingborough 94-1 (Newman 55); Bourne 129 (Barnett 5-27), Moulton Harrox
130-3; Lindum Ramblers 151, Grantham 155-6 9 (Parmley 56); Woodhall Spa 2nd
223-2 (Bee 106no, Stone 65no), Spalding 223 (tie); Sleaford 2nd 190-7
(Roberts 88no), Boston 172-8 (Grant 60). Division Two: Welby 227-8 (M Whatton 84),
Stamford 2nd 195-9 (Curran 5-51); Thomas Cook 219-7 (Easwaran 61, Manohar
55), Cavaliers 220-5 (Robinson 119, Dale 51); Sleaford Sunday 106 (Cox 5-36),
Billingborough 2nd 107-6. Division Three: North Luffenham 183-6, Pinchbeck 153 (Brew 5-13). |
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Round-up details April 24 Grantham, Sleaford 2nd and Belton Park all picked up
maximum points in the first full weekend of Division One in the South
Lincolnshire and Border League. Daniel Gascoyne did the damage for Grantham, taking five
wickets to help bowl out Boston 2nd for 107, a total Grantham overtook with
only two down. James Rickett also took five for Sleaford 2nd against Woodhall
Spa 2nd who were all out for 143 despite Charles Wright’s 51. Sleaford went on to win by five wickets.
And in Belton Park’s game there were three half centuries, Alex Wheatley
making 50 in Market Deeping 2nd’s total of 126 while Dave Richardson and
Richard Cocks hit half centuries as Belton won by nine wickets. Elsewhere,
Stamford continued their good start to their campaign in the top flight with
an 18 point victory over Bourne 2nd for whom Robert Bentley made the only
century of the day with 100 not out.
This helped Bourne to 173 for eight but Stamford reached their target
for the loss of only three wickets, Andrew Hulme hitting an unbeaten 54.
Champions Billingborough also set off well after restricting Moulton Harrox
to 151 for eight, Jack Barnett hitting 84.
David Gollop then made 51 as Billingborough won by seven wickets. And
despite being distracted by a rugby-playing streaker half way through the
game, Lindum Ramblers kept their concentration to beat Spalding by six
wickets, Liam Moir-Holland and Grant Watkins hitting 54 and 62 not out
respectively for the Lincoln side. In Division Two, last season’s challengers Welby went
down for the second week running, being bowled out for 88 after Thomas Cook
had made 171 for five in their innings, Vinit Shah with 66. Division Three’s only game saw Spalding 3rd beat league
newcomers Pinchbeck by four wickets. Division One: Boston 2nd 107 (Gascoyne 5-27), Grantham
110-2; Moulton Harrox 151-8 (Barnett 84), Billingborough 152-3 (D Gollop 51);
Woodhall Spa 2nd 143 (Wright 51, Rickett 5-26), Sleaford 2nd 144-5; Spalding
170-7, Lindum Ramblers 173-4 (Moir-Holland 54, Watkins 62no); Bourne 2nd
173-8 (R Bentley 100no), Stamford 176-3 (Hulme 54no); Market Deeping 2nd 126
(Wheatley 50), Belton Park 127-1 (Richardson 51no, Cocks 58). Division Two: Thomas Cook 171-5 (Shah 66), Welby 88. Division Three: Pinchbeck 105, Spalding 3rd 109-6. |
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Round-up details April 17 Newly promoted Stamford got their Division One campaign
off to a flying start when they picked up 20 points with a 10 wicket win over
Spalding with Chris Bore hitting an unbeaten 82. Market Deeping also set off well, winning a tighter game
against Boston 2nd who failed by 13 runs to reach their opponents’ total of
215 of which Richard Witt hit 69.
Luke Gilding made 73 for Boston but the final wicket fell on 202. Sleaford Sunday carried on where they left off in 2010
with a three wicket win over Welby in Division Two and in Division Three,
Baston made the highest total of the day of 235 for four, Chris Bower failing
by just two runs to hit the first century of the season. Spalding 3rd were then bowled out for 120. Grantham 2nd, who found victories hard to come by last
year, started off with a five wicket win over Moulton Harrox for whom Jack
Barnett made an unbeaten 90 while Lewis Dann hit 67 for Grantham. Results Division OneSpalding 131, Stamford 132-0 (Bore 82no) Market Deeping 2nd 215-9 (Witt 69), Boston 2nd 202 (L
Gilding 73); Division TwoWelby 173-9, Sleaford Sunday 174-7 Division ThreeBaston 235-4 (Bower 98no), Spalding 3rd 120; Moulton Harrox Sunday 176-4 (J Barnett 90no), Grantham 2nd 177-5 (L Dann 67) A full programme of fixtures gets South Lincolnshire and
Border League Division One under way on April 24, with Stamford and Market
Deeping 2nd already off to a flying start with 20-point victories in early
games last Saturday. Stamford’s opponents this week are Bourne 2nd while
Deeping are home to Belton Park but it is champions Billingborough who are
the ones to watch in their home match against Moulton Harrox. After the
success of Mark Joyce in 2010, Billingborough may once again look down under
to strengthen their squad. Boston, who have signed two Australians who are resident
in the area, travel to Grantham looking for a victory following their defeat
by Deeping and Spalding - last week’s other losing team - go to Lindum
Ramblers. The only game in Division Two is Welby v Thomas Cook
while in Division Three, newcomers Pinchbeck face their first match in the
league at home to Spalding 3rd. All
fixtures start at 1pm. Division OneBillingborough v Moulton Harrox Grantham v Boston 2nd Lindum Ramblers v Spalding Market Deeping 2nd v Belton Park Sleaford 2nd v Woodhall Spa 2nd Stamford Town v Bourne 2nd Division TwoWelby v Thomas Cook Division ThreePinchbeck v Spalding 3rd |
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Round-up details April 10 The 2011 season gets under way early for a handful of
South Lincolnshire & Border League teams. Saturday (April 16) sees two games in Division One,
including newly promoted Stamford who take on Spalding at home while Market
Deeping 2nd entertain Boston 2nd. Stamford have had a meteoric rise through the league,
winning Division Three in their first season and Division Two in their
second, while their 2nd XI also achieved promotion in their first
season and will this year play in Division Two. Welby v Sleaford Sunday is the early game in the second
flight and in Division Three, Spalding 3rd will be looking for a
better start to the season when they take on Baston at home in a fixture
brought forward from July. On Sunday, Grantham 2nd play host to Moulton
Harrox Sunday. Fixtures – 1pm start are:
Division OneMarket Deeping 2nd v Boston 2nd Stamford Town v Spalding Division TwoWelby v Sleaford Sunday Division ThreeSpalding 3rd v Baston Grantham 2nd v Moulton Harrox Sunday (April
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