Congratulations to Frickley Colliery and Waverley, whose first and second teams have now clinched promotion from their respective divisions, as have Sprotbrough 2nds.
Cleethorpes went to the top of the Premier Division on Saturday, when they took advantage of the overnight leaders’ slip up. Tom Keast (60), Harry Warwick (51) and Jordan Cook (53) were the leading scorers in their 252-7 at home to Hallam; Christian Leddicoat (47) and Nick Dymock then gave the visitors a good start with a stand of 80, but after Mayank Mishra took 6-27, they were all out for 177. Joe Billings made 107 for Wakefield Thornes at home to fourth-placed Whitley Hall, but apart from Dylan Hurst (43) he did not receive much support, and with Dan Waldron taking 4-51, the hosts were restricted to 211-9. The visitors were 149-6 in reply, but Muhammad Qaisar Ashraf (49 not out) was then joined by his captain, James Brown, in an unbroken seventh-wicket match-winning stand of 73. Abdul Faseeh (155 off 132 balls) and Jack Timby (54) put on the first wicket to set up third-placed Sheffield Collegiate’s 284-6 against Doncaster Town at Abbeydale. The visitors were all out for 168 in reply, with Tate Miller taking 4-22, and Collegiate are now level with Thornes, eight points behind the leaders and eight ahead of Whitley. At the other end of the table, there were priceless wins for Shiregreen and Wickersley Old Village, who comfortably won their relegation battle with Barnsley Woolley Miners at Northfield Lane. Vishvaraj Jadeja (51), Abdul Qayoom (66) and Hamzah Younis (52) took the hosts to 248 all out; skipper Iftikhar Afzal then took 6-27 and Barnsley were 61-7 before Lucas Slatter hit 62 to take them to 169 all out. Shiregreen were 101-6 at home to Appleby Frodingham, before Hedar Rasool and skipper Imran Khan started a recovery that took them to 221-7; Kieran Lindley then hit an unbeaten 81 in the visitors’ reply, but they fell five runs short on 216-6. Elsewhere, skipper Ross Diver (50) and Joel Whelan (119 not out off 109 balls) took Tickhill to 252-8 against Cawthorne, for whom Mustafa Shinwari took four wickets; Liam Wiles made 51 and Cawthorne were 114-1 in reply, but then Josh Court took 4-29 and Liam Johnson 5-46, and they were all out for 141.
There are new leaders in the Championship Division, where Sprotbrough took advantage of the overnight leaders’ defeat, by overwhelming Oughtibridge War Memorial at Melton Road. Thomas Pepper (61) got the hosts off to a good start, but Ikramullah Naseri (5-78) then took three wickets to cause a stutter to 151-5, before Joe Toole (50 not out) and Daniel Wright (41) added 82 for the sixth wicket, and they closed on 247-8. Wright (6-22) and Parteek Khasa (4-34) then combined to bowl the visitors out for 66 in reply. Sheffield Collegiate 2nds were 83-5 against second-placed Doncaster Town 2nds at Town Fields, when Matt Tyas (71 not out) and skipper Adam Burkinshaw (40 not out) came together in an unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 112 to take them to 195-5; Simon Widdup (85 not out) and Travis Cresswell (54) then added 108 for the third wicket to help Town claim a six-wicket win. Paddy Turner (4-39) took four early wickets to help put Whiston Parish Church in trouble at 40-7 against Tickhill 2nds at Church Fields. Tom Bolland and Ibrahim Shakil then effected a partial recovery to take the hosts to 103 all out, but the visitors completed a four-wicket win in 17 overs. Sprotbrough are now four points clear of Doncaster and Whiston in joint second. Ackworth are still in contention, six points outside the promotion places, after beating Rockingham Colliery by five wickets. Skipper Luke Townsend recorded 11-7-13-6 as Colliery were bowled out for 113; then Shinghi Masakadza hit an unbeaten 43 after Ackworth had slipped to 45-5 in reply. Arsalan Mir took 9-34 for Elsecar when they bowled bottom side Wath out for 118 at Moor Road. The visitors certainly did not have matters all their own way in reply, but they edged to a three-wicket win. Treeton are only six points above Wath and thirty behind Oughtibridge in tenth; they lost to Aston Hall at Green Lane after Adam Clarke had taken 5-45 to help bowl them out for 115, and the hosts claimed an eight wicket win inside 17 overs.
There was another big game in Division 1, in which Darfield failed to take advantage of their game in hand on Coal Aston, who had a day off, losing to leaders Upper Haugh at Wentworth Road. Parvez Asghar took 4-10 in eleven overs when the visitors were bowled out for 113, and, although Upper Haugh were made to struggle in reply, they edged home by three wickets. Sam Chatterton took 5-33 for Whitley Hall 2nds against Warmsworth at Baxter Field to help bowl them out for 85; then Lewis Brown caused some flutters in the home ranks with 4-46, but the hosts got home by three wickets in the 29th over, Warmsworth failing to close the gap to the promotion places. Wickersley Old Village 2nds are not yet safe from relegation, and they did not help their cause when they were beaten by Houghton Main at Middlecliffe Lane. Renaldo Brathwaite made 56 in the hosts’ 210 all out, Jack Eggleston taking 5-61; in the Wickersley reply, Riaz Khan (4-41) took three early wickets and they were 41-6, then Eggleston hit 72 to give his side hope, but they were all out for 158. Barnsley Woolley Miners 2nds are 20 points from safety after their 115-run defeat against Conisbrough at Shaw Lane. Skipper Mathew Lowe made 68 in the visitors’ 207-7, Callum Bailey taking 4-51; then Buddhika Bopitiyaga took 7-40 when the hosts were bowled out for 92 in reply. Elsewhere, Joshua Van Oudtshoorn made 126 off 85 balls when Monk Bretton racked up 305-8 against relegated Penistone at the Castle Ground; Ashley Clayton then taking 5-29 when the visitors were bowled out for 94 in reply.
Division 2 leaders Frickley Colliery confirmed their promotion despite losing at home to third-placed Hallam 2nds. Adam Rollin made 69 in the hosts’ 202-9; then Richard Perkins (68 not out) and Jonathan Freeman (69 not out off 54 balls) took Hallam to a six-wicket win with an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 96. Cawthorne 2nds are now 10 points behind the leaders after a hard-fought win over Norton Woodseats at Dark Lane. Daniel Loughlin (101 not out) led the visitors to 184-9; then Aamir Ashfaque took 5-39 to make the chase a difficult one for the hosts, but they got home by one wicket in the 48th over. Parkhead are only two points behind Hallam in fourth place, after a comfortable win over Aston Hall 2nds at Ecclesall Road. Nazam Mohammed made 150 not out in the hosts’ 271-8; then Luke Davison took 4-24 as the visitors were unable to capitalise on opener Stan Ashton’s 55, and were all out for 143. Elsecar 2nds claimed a narrow win at home to Millhouses Works, who thereby failed to ease their relegation worries. After restricting their hosts to 190-9, out of which Lewis Meadows made 61, whilst John O’Sullivan took 4-55, Works were all out for 186, Jason Meadows taking 4-31. Oughtibridge War Memorial 2nds kept alive their hopes of avoiding relegation by beating Wakefield Thornes 2nds in a high-scoring encounter at Waterside Gardens. Harley Cushan made 113 in the visitors 242-7, Azahat Saleem taking 5-59; then an unbeaten 86 off 87 balls steered the hosts to a thrilling two-wicket win with four balls to spare. Haroon Zafar took 4-48 for Thorpe Hesley & High Green when they bowled relegated Sheffield United out for 187 at Smithywood Road, Motiullah Stanzikai top-scoring with 67 for the visitors; then Rashid Eddy (57) led the hosts to a three-wicket win, despite Talib Hussain’s 4-53.
There are new leaders in Division 3, where Hatfield Town returned to pole position after a big win over relegation-battlers Bradfield Village Fellowship at the Sands. Alex Pepper made 82 out of the visitors’ 251-9; then six bowlers took wickets when the hosts were bowled out for 85 in reply. Opener Waris Abbas made 61 off 37 balls to get Frecheville Community off to a good start against overnight leaders Norton Oakes, but Josh Thompson took 5-26 and they were all out for 170. Ted Hutchings (50) and James Thompson (50) got Oakes off to a great start in reply, putting on 106 for the first wicket, but then Todd Saxelby (4-11) and Adam Buckle (4-26) got to work and they collapsed to 167 all out. Oakes are now two points behind the leaders, and sixteen ahead of third-placed Sheffield Collegiate 3rds, who had a big win over bottom side Treeton 2nds at Washfield Road. Luke Profitt (105 not out) and Ben Fielding (78 not out) put together an unbroken third-wicket stand of 151 in the visitors’ 243-2; then the hosts were bowled out for 48 in reply, Oliver Tyas taking 6-25, and they are now relegated. Promotion-chasing Shiregreen 2nds slipped a place to fourth after being bowled out for 135 away to Worsbrough Bridge; then Zaramash Tarakhil made an unbeaten 65 to take his side to a one-wicket win, despite Akhtarzaman Khan’s 5-44. Higham kept their survival hopes alive when they came out on top in a high-scoring game against Wath 2nds at Royd Lane. Openers Alex Morris (100) and Glen Burden (106) put on 199 in the hosts’ 274-3; then opener Isaac Wainwright made 104 for Wath in vain, as they fell 54 runs short at 220-7. Elsewhere, Hasan Ali (72) and Monty Douglas (53) put on 83 for the second wicket in Sheffield Caribbean’s 208-5; then opener James Armitage made 51 in Rockingham Colliery 2nds’ reply, but they came up short at 171-6.
Division 4 leaders Sprotbrough 2nds had a comfortable win over bottom side Sheffield Collegiate 4ths at Abbeydale. After the visitors posted 178-7, six bowlers shared the spoils when they bowled Collegiate out for 109 in reply. Craig Wilkes (71) helped Barnsley Woolley Miners 3rds to 190-8 against joint-second Coal Aston 2nds at Stonelow, but Luke Park (85) and Brett Pickford (50) helped the hosts reach their target with four wickets and seven overs to spare. Sheffield University Staff are level with Coal Aston after posting 182-7 against Thorncliffe & Wentworth, for whom Jack Pearson took 5-45; Waqas Tanveer then took 4-12 when Thorncliffe were all out for 97 in reply. Kexborough are just six points adrift of the promotion places after beating Doncaster Town 3rds at Bence Lane. Richard Burgess made 67 in the hosts’ 185-6; then A Findlow took 5-26 when Town were all out for 158 in reply. Upper Haugh 2nds are just four points further back after winning at Stocksbridge. Jack Murfin made 59 in the hosts’ 194 all out, but Jack Pemberton (87 not out off 70 balls) rescued the visitors from 52-5, putting on 90 for the sixth wicket with Dan Whitehouse, and led them to a four-wicket win. Kev Linney (121 off 98 balls) and Jonathan Scaife (56) put on 125 for
Wombwell Main’s second wicket in their 305 all out at home to Barnby Dun, for whom Ciaran McCarthy took 4-53; in reply, Niall McCarthy made 65 but Ayden Dawson took 5-49 and Joe Armitage 4-31, and the visitors were all out for 171.
Ackworth 2nds are now joint-leaders of Division 5 after their win at Fishlake. Sam Swindin made 59 out of the visitors’ 208-6; then Niall Charles took 4-43 when Fishlake were 153-8 in reply. Whiston Forge lost their outright lead at the top after mustering only 162-8 away to relegation battlers Penistone 2nds; Marcus Hoyland’s unbeaten 75 then led the hosts to victory after they lost three early wickets in reply. Carl Walton made 60 in third-placed Hatfield Town 2nds’ 206-9 at home to Whiston Parish Church 2nds, before Mahmood Hussain (56) and Shabaz Qadeer (55) led the visitors to a two-wicket win with a fourth-wicket stand of 93. Thomas Grimshaw (66) and William Clegg (89) led Silkstone United to 221 all out away to Conisbrough 2nds, for whom Charlie Tippett took 5-81. Chris Barraclough took 6-41 when United dismissed the hosts for 138 in reply, and they are now level with Hatfield in third. Ali Anthony was unbeaten on 95 when Maltby Miners Welfare made 215-9 against Hallam 3rds at Sandygate. Peter Brewster (5-45) and Lewis Kettleborough (4-40) then combined to bowl Hallam out for 183 in reply, despite 62 from skipper Mike Keen.
It was an excellent weekend for Waverley, who confirmed their promotion from Division 6 by beating second-placed Thorpe Hesley & High Green 2nds at Totley on Saturday, then beat Whitley Hall 3rds at Baxter Field on Sunday. Arun HariKumar (49) helped them to 148-9 against Thorpe Hesley on Saturday; then Nidheesh Alukkal took 4-30 when they held their visitors to 139-9 in reply. Vishnu Ajith top-scored in their 258-8 on Sunday, and they restricted Whitley Hall to 197-7 in reply. Whitley are now six points away from safety in the bottom three. Opener Simon Topliss (51) set Millhouses Works 2nds on their way to a four-wicket win over relegation battlers Mexborough Athletic, whom they restricted to 157-9 at Millhouses Park, and they are now just eight points behind Thorpe Hesley. Green Moor bowled Handsworth Junior SC out for 134, Satinderpal Singh taking 4-10, then Curtis Coles top-scored with 42 in their four-wicket win that keeps up their promotion challenge. Casey Steventon took 4-11 for bottom club Darfield 2nds when they bowled Scholes & Harley out for 91 at School Street, and they completed a six-wicket win in the 16th over. Sheffield Caribbean 2nds made 230-9 against Wadworth, who are not safe from relegation after managing only 167-5 in reply, with opener Mark Limb unbeaten on 80. Tom Staniland (140 off 100 balls) led Whitley Hall 3rds to 267-5 against Wickersley Old Village 3rds at Brookhouse; Steven Dransfield (40) and Steve Tattersall (70) then put on 120 for Wickersley’s first wicket, but Joe Webster then took 4-30 to help bowl the hosts out for 173 in reply, and earn 12 valuable points for his side.
Sheffield United 2nds’ lead at the top of Division 7 is down to four points despite their 64-run defeat of Stocksbridge 2nds at Bawtry Road. The visitors were bowled out for 117 in reply to United’s’ 181 all out. Parkhead 2nds move up into second place after enjoying a successful ‘double weekend’. On Saturday, David Spilman’s 74 led them to 214-7 against relegated Barnsley Woolley Miners 4ths, who were 99-7 in reply, Curtis Lenoir taking 4-2. On Sunday, Nathaniel Sloane made 75 and Mohammad Kousar 78 not out in their 207-8 at home to relegation battlers Handsworth Junior SC 2nds, for whom Akhtar Khan took 5-17; then Hashim Mahroof took 4-44 and Parkhead bowled their visitors out for 145 in reply, despite Muhammad Malik’s 85. Adwick-le-Street are now 12 points behind Parkhead in third, after bowling Upper Haugh 3rds out for 100 at Adwick Park and beating them by eight wickets. Fourth-placed Brookhouse made 163 all out against Rockingham Colliery 3rds at Stainborough, thanks to Fida Hussain’s 68, whilst Ryan Whitehouse took 5-18 for the hosts; and Rockingham were 124-9 in reply. Bradfield Village Fellowship 2nds gave their survival hopes a boost with a comfortable win over Doncaster Town 4ths after posting 168-8; then Ewen Fearnley (4-15) and Alex Clayton (4-32) helped them bowl Town out for 68 in reply.
In Division 8, Billy Smith recorded 10-4-10-6 when leaders Wombwell Main 2nds bowled Dearne out for 104, then Elliot Mann (48) led them to a seven-wicket win. Gul Safi took 5-43 for second-placed Houghton Main 2nds when they bowled Thorncliffe & Wentworth 2nds out for 115 on their way to their seven-wicket win. Stephen Cook (105 not out) and skipper Ben Gaskell (57 not out) added an unbroken 139 for the fourth wicket in Norton Oakes 2nds’ 231-3, in reply to which Monk Bretton 2nds made 172-9. Wombwell lead the table by six from Houghton, Oakes are a further two points behind, and Hallam 4ths, who got 12 points when relegated Barnby Dun 2nds conceded, are six points outside the promotion places. Norton Woodseats 2nds were all out for 119 at home to Kexborough 2nds; then Tajawol Arman (5-17) and Jhangir Ahmed (4-27) bowled the visitors out for 46 in reply, and Woodseats are now four points behind Hallam, in fifth place. Kexborough are now 24 points from safety, with Dearne two behind them, whilst Sprotbrough 3rds, who lost to Eden Grove Parklands at Bullcroft, need one more win to be safe. Daniel Morton made 82 and Lokesh Ramakrishna 53 in Parklands’ 194-8; then Toby Singh (4-13) and Githin Kurian (4-40) bowled the hosts out for 123 in reply.
The top two in Division 9 both had convincing wins, and are now promoted. Marcus Heppinstall (109 not out) and Stephen Ashworth (121 off 68 balls) put on 182 for the second wicket in Frickley Colliery 2nds’ 339-5 at home to promotion-chasers Sheffield University Staff 2nds, and Jack Horbin took 4-13 when the Staff were all out for 96 in reply. Waverley 2nds bowled Scholes & Harley 2nds out for 107, then Akhil Babu was 59 not out in their nine-wicket win. James Bottomley (83) and Archie Wootton (53) helped Worsbrough Bridge 2nds to 200 all out away to Silkstone United 2nds, for whom Jez Dyson took 4-22 and Craig Royston 4-44; then Leon Kemp took 5-29 when United were bowled out for 83 in reply, keeping Bridge on track for promotion. Elsecar 3rds are still in joint-fourth, despite their defeat to Whiston Forge 2nds at Guilthwaite Hill Freddie Rowbottom took 4-36 when Forge were all out for 166; then the visitors fell 16 short on 150 all out in reply. Skipper Matthew Whitaker made 69 not out in Mexborough Athletic 2nds’ 187-4 at home to Fishlake 2nds, then Jonathan Guest took 5-21 when the visitors were bowled out for 77 in reply. Wath 3rds conceded to Eden Grove Parklands 2nds.
President’s Trophy final
Congratulations to Hatfield Town CC, who won the President’s Trophy at Treeton, beating Sprotbrough 2nds in a well-fought excellent encounter by 19 runs.
Hatfield Town elected to bat first and thirties from Paul Davies, Joseph Dixon and Wiqas Sikander helped them to total 155-8, whilst Nick Graves, with 2-18 in his eight overs, and Scott Mantovani (2-20 in eight) were the pick of the Sprotbrough attack.
Sprotbrough were soon in trouble in reply, three quick wickets from Wiqis Sikander reducing them 50-6, but player-of-the-match Louis Richardson, who came in to face the second ball of the first over, played an excellent innings to keep Sprotbrough in the game, and he was last out for 86 when the score was 136.
Our thanks go to Treeton CC, who did an excellent job of staging the day.
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