Saturday 24th May - Another century for Tom Rushton for the Seconds. First lose at home to Orrell RT
- Bob Paisley
- May 24
- 3 min read
Updated: May 25
First XI
Sefton Park 162 for 5 dec.(47.2 overs)
P Horton 47. C Bellis 37, J Stirling 29 not out, S Rustom 20
Orrell Red Triangle 163 18 for 4 (37 overs)
Orrell red Triangle won by 6 wickets
Seond XI
Southport & Birkdale 211 for 8 dec.
A Aitchison 2 for 28, R Bhardwaj 2 for 61, M Boyns 2 for 21
Sefton Park 212 for 2
T Rushton 100 not out, J Whittaker 50, S Aitchison 28 not out
Sefton Park won by 8 wickets
Third XI
Sefton Park 110 all out
B Lester 29, N Singh 21
Goodlass 111 for 8
R Brady 4 for 62, R Brown 2 for 25, B Lester 2 for 19
Goodlass won by 2 wickets
Fourth XI
New Brighton 134 all out (35 overs)
Abdul Mohammed 2 fpr 18, Barrath Sai 2 for 26, J Bowman 4 for 17
Sefton Park 135 for 4
R Kennedy 18, Sai Kumar 24, L Ledbury 26 not out
Sefton Park won by 6 wickets.
Overnight rain on the outfield prevented a prompt start to the First XI game at home to Orrell Red Triangle. The game started at 1;30 pm one and a half hours late.
A Sefton side, without a number of regulars, won the toss and decided to bat first. Their first two wickets fell on 9 and 30. Then, followed a stand of 67 between Chris Bellis (37) and Paul Horton. Paul was the next wicket to fall, having scored 47 with the score on 114. Sarhad Rustom scored 20 and James Stirling 29 not out which enabled Paul Horton to declare on 162 for 5 in 47 overs.
This left Orrell with an hour and 20 overs.
They were able to pass the Sefton total with 3 overs to spare in their 33 rd over with 4 wickets down.
Sefton now drop to fifth in the table and have a visit to Southport and Birkdale next week.
The Second XI travelled to play Southport and Birkdale.
The home side batted first and declared on 211 for 8 in 45 overs. The wickets were taken by Andy Aitchison (2 for 28), Raj Bhardwaj 2 for 61 and Mark Boyns ( 2 for 21)
In reply, Tom Rushton scored his third century in May (100 not out). He was aided by 50 from James Whittaker and 28 not out from Scott Aitchison as the Seconds passed the Soutport total with just 2 wickets down
The Third XI tavelled to Haydock to play Goodlass on a difficult wicket.
Sefton won the toss and decided to bat first. Navi Singh scored 21 and Ben Lester 29 as they were bowled out for 110 in 38.5 overs.
Goodlass set about their reply aggressively and were able to pass the Sefton total in 18.2 overs with just 2 wickets left. Ronan Brady took 4 for 62, Ben Lester 2 for 24 and Robin Brown 2 for 17.
Sefton's Thirds remain top of the table but just 3 points cover the top five teams.
The Fourth XI played New Brighton's Thirds on the Lower Ground.
New Brighton batted first and were soon in trouble but managed to reach 134 all out in 33 overs. Jamie Bowman finished with 4 for 17, Abdul Mohammed took 2 for 18 and Bahrath Sai 2 for 26
In reply, Sefton passed the New Brighton total in 21 overs with 4 wickets down.
Sai Kumar scored 24 and Jo Ledbury 26 not out.
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