Hi bloggers! Well, it's the third day of the tour and we're having a wonderfully eventful time so far!!!
After a very boozy journey on Monday, we arrived in Lincolnshire to prepare for our first match. On Monday night the first select XI from our squad faced Owmby Cricket Club in a Twenty20 match.

Darcy Lever won the toss and captain Paul Smethurst chose to bat. Despite a rather slow innings, the visitors managed to put 103 up on the board, losing six wickets. Jimmy Hill, man of the match, hit the highest score of 36 not out, closely followed by Adam Rowan who managed 30.

Reduced light made the second innings rather tough but saw Darcy Lever take eight wickets and Owmby level their score of 103. Matt Rudderfird was Owmby's highest scorer with 26, while for Darcy Lever, Grant Cordin took three wickets for 19 runs off four overs. The match resulted in a tie.

SCORECARD

DARCY LEVER won toss and chose to bat

INNINGS OF Darcy Lever CC

Batter/ How Out/ Bowler/ Score

Phil Crook /Bowled/ B. Bumbry/ 12

Sam Crook/ Bowled/ R. Chand/ 5

Garmesh Chand/ Bowled/ A. Goodwin/ 10

Adam Rowan/ Bowled/ D. Deegan/ 30

Jimmy Hill/ NOT OUT /36

Grant Cordin/ Caught/ B. Bumbry/ 4

Matty Dewhurst/ NOT OUT /0

EXTRAS 6 TOTAL 103

Bowler/ Overs/ Maidens/ Runs/ Wickets

R. Chand/ 4/ 0/ 14/ 1

B. Bumbry/ 4/ 0/ 21/ 2

A. Godwin/ 3/ 0/ 11/ 1

M. Rudderfird/ 3/ 1/ 14/ 0

D. Clarke/ 3/ 0/ 19/ 0

D. Deegan/ 3/ 0/ 20/ 1

INNINGS OF Owmby CC

Batter/ How Out/ Bowler/ Score

R. Spaight/ Bowled/ G.Cordin /6

S. Atkin/ RUN OUT/ 4

J. Stanser/ Caught/ G. Chand/ 24

J. Catignani/ LBW/ G. Cordin/ 0

M. Rudderfird/ Stumped/ G. Cordin/ 26

M. Brook/ Hit Wicket/ D. Brown/ 1

R. Chand/ Caught/ D. Brown /16

B. Bumbry/ NOT OUT /12

L. Chambers/ Bowled/ C. Murray/ 0

D. Deegan/ NOT OUT/ 0

EXTRAS 11 TOTAL 103

Bowler/ Overs /Maidens/ Runs/ Wickets

Cameron Murray/ 4/ 0/ 16/ 1

Craig Thompson/ 4/ 0/ 21/ 0

Grant Cordin/ 4/ 1/ 19/ 3

Garmesh Chand/ 4/ 0/ 17/ 1

Darren Brown/ 4 /0 /24/ 2

Yesterday we made the journey to Louth Cricket Club. Captain Jimmy Deering won the toss and chose to bat first.

Despite rain stopping play for an hour and a half after the first two overs Darcy Lever managed to put up 227 all out in 37 out of 40 overs. Cameron Murray hit 60 off 58 balls while latecomer Jack Southworth scored an impressive 68 runs from 31 balls.

Louth CC batted through their 40 overs losing nine wickets and putting 206 on the board. Seth Rance hit 61 for Louth off 61 balls while Dominic Gavin took three wickets for 14 runs off seven overs for Darcy Lever.

SCORECARD

DARCY LEVER won the toss and chose to bat

INNINGS OF Darcy Lever CC

Batter/ How Out/ Bowler/ Score

Garmesh Chand/ Caught/ J. Darke/ 15

Nick Fawcett/ Ct Behind/ M. Hamilton/ 11

Jimmy Deering/ C + B/ Collinson/ 13

Cameron Murray/ Bowled/ B. West/ 60

Grant Cordin/ Stumped/ N. Russell/ 13

Jack Southworth/ Caught/ Keyes/ 68

Dayne Ferry/ C + B/ B. West/ 7

Adam Rowan/ Ct Behind /B. West/ 6

Matty Dewhurst/ Bowled/ M. Hamilton/ 2

Sam Crook/ NOT OUT/ 4

Dominic Gavin /Bowled /S. West/ 1

EXTRAS 27 TOTAL 227

Bowler/ Overs/ Maidens /Runs/ Wickets

J. Darke/ 4/ 1/ 9/ 1

M. Hamilton /7 /1/ 33/ 2

E. Brindle/ 4/ 0/ 18/ 0

Collinson/ 4/ 0/ 27/ 1

S. Rance /3/ 0/ 12/ 0

N. Russell /4/ 0/ 30/ 1

S. West/ 4. 1/ 0/ 29/ 2

G. West /3/ 0/ 20/ 2

L. Scott /1/ 0/ 8/ 0

Keyes /2/ 0/ 26/ 1

INNINGS OF Louth CC

Batter/ How Out/ Bowler/ Score

S. West/ Caught/ D. Ferry/ 5

M. Hamilton /Bowled /D. Gavin/ 2

M. Crowver/ Caught /G. Cordin/ 10

S. Rance/ Ct. Behind /C. Murray /61

J. Darke /Caught /G. Cordin /20

N. Russell/ Stumped /S. Crook/ 19

J. Collinson/ Bowled /D. Gavin/ 21

L. Scott /Caught/ C. Murray /8

B. West /Caught /D. Gavin /29

Keyes/ NOT OUT/ 2

E. Brindle /NOT OUT /2

EXTRAS 27 TOTAL 206

Bowlers/ Overs /Maidens /Runs /Wickets

Dayne Ferry/ 7 /1/ 24/ 1

Dominic Gavin /7/ 2/ 14/ 3

Garmesh Chand/ 3 /1/ 14/ 0

Grant Cordin/ 7/ 0/ 42/ 2

Jack Southworth /2/ 0/ 12/ 0

Jimmy Deering/ 3/ 0/ 15/ 0

Cameron Murray/ 8/ 0/ 50/ 2

Sam Crook/ 3/ 0/ 20/ 1

I am currently sat in the clubhouse at Cleethorpes Cricket Club with Jimmy Deering as we wait for the rain to stop so we can get back on the pitch.... I will let you know how this one ends up!

Keep checking!

Long time no blog...

THE first few months of the season have been very busy...

We've completed the first round of games now and it's back to Edgworth this Saturday but with the 2nd XI sitting pretty at the top of the league and the 1st XI floating around the top 5, there's still a lot to achieve! The 2nd XI must defend the top spot and the 1st XI must do the best to claw its way back up. Meanwhile the 3rd XI is holding third place in division four of the North Manchester league.

There have been a lot of dramatic matches including a last ball win for the 2nd XI v Little Hulton, while an intense match between the 1stXI and Flixton CC 1st XI, saw Darcy Lever lose by two runs on the last ball.

We've also been getting up to lots off the pitch. What with discos, karaoke, the World Cup and charity matches, it's certainly been a busy season!

Check out a few of our pictures...

Photos (from top)

1st XI celebrate a wicket at Adlington 12.06.10

2nd XI take a wicket against Daisy Hill 22.05.10

One of the teams get ready to play and raise money for Bolton Hospital's Neonatal Unit at a charity match on 9th May

The other teams watches... with a pint!!

The bar staff join in karaoke fun 02.05.10

The boys sing their hearts out

Anxious supporters watching England v USA 12.06.10
Chairman and mrs

Jimmy Deering has scored over 600 so far this season

TOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUURRRRRRRRR!

Our most exciting recent news is our upcoming tour to Lincolnshire on July 26th. Supporters from the club will join a squad of players who will face different local teams in a variety of cricket matches.

We'll be there Monday to Friday so keep checking for updates on matches and photos.

The matches and teams for the tour are as follows:

Monday 26th July 6pm

Owmby CC Twenty20

Paul Smethurst (capt)

Grant Cordin

Darren Brown

Craig Thompson

Matty Dewhurst

Adam Rowan

Jimmy Hill

Cameron Murray

Garmesh Chand

Phil Crook

Sam Crook (wkt)

Scorer: Hayley Patel

Tuesday 27th July 2010 12.30pm

Louth CC 45 overs

Nick Fawcett (capt)

Garmesh Chand
Jimmy Deering
Sam Crook (wkt)
Grant Cordin
Dominic Gavin
Dayne Ferry

Matty Dewhurst

Adam Rowan

Craig Thompson

Cameron Murray

Scorer: Hayley Patel

Wednesday 28th July 2010 1pm

Cleethorpes CC 50 overs

Nick Fawcett

Jack Southworth

Cameron Murray (wkt)

Jimmy Deering

Dayne Ferry

Grant Cordin

Garmesh Chand

Dominic Gavin

Paul Smethurst

Jimmy Hill

Sam Crook

Scorer: Hayley Patel

Thursday 29th July 1.30pm

Marshalls CC 40 overs

Dominic Gavin (capt)

Darren Briwn

Scott Burns

Andy Patel

Jack Southworth (wkt)

Adam Rowan

Matty Dewhurst

Sam Crook

Dayne Ferry

Jake Cooper

Jimmy Hill

Scorer: Hayley Patel

Keep posted for updates!

3rd XI Fixtures 2010

Finally managed to track down this season's 3rd XI fixtures.

Sunday April 25th
V SPRINGHEAD 2nd XI
HOME

Sunday May 2nd - HUNTER CUP 1ST ROUND
V ASHTON LADYSMITH 2nd XI
HOME

Sunday May 9th
V WALSHAW 3rd XI
AWAY

Sunday May 16th
V EDGWORTH 3rd XI
AWAY

Sunday May 23rd
V BLACKLEY 2nd XI
AWAY

Sunday May 30th
V AUSTERLANDS 3rd XI
HOME

Sunday June 6th - HUNTER CUP 2ND ROUND
DARCY LEVER 3RD XI OR ASHTON LADYSMITH 2ND XI
V
TOTTINGTON ST JOHN'S 2ND XI HOME

Sunday June 13th
V EDGWORTH 3rd XI
HOME

Sunday June 27th
V WOODBANK 3rd XI
AWAY

Saturday July 10th
V SPRINGHEAD 2nd XI
AWAY

Sunday July 11th
V BURY 3rd XI
HOME

Sunday July 25th (HUNTER CUP SEMI FINALS)

LEAGUE:
V WOODBANK 3rd XI
HOME

Saturday July 31st
V ASHTON LADYSMITH 2nd XI
AWAY

Sunday August 8th (HUNTER CUP FINAL AT ROE GREEN)

LEAGUE:
V ASHTON LADYSMITH 2nd XI
HOME

Saturday August 14th
V TOTTINGTON ST JOHN'S 2nd XI
AWAY

Saturday August 21st
V AUSTERLANDS 3rd XI
AWAY

Sunday August 22nd
V TOTTINGTON ST JOHN'S 2nd XI
HOME

Sunday August 29th
V BLACKLEY 2nd XI
HOME

Sunday September 5th
V BURY 3rd XI
AWAY

Sunday September 12th
V WALSHAW 3rd XI
HOME

Tomorrow's the day!

It's finally here. The first official game of the season is tomorrow afternoon against Edgworth. The 1st XI will play at home while the 2nd XI will visit Edgworth.
The game should be an eventful start to the season as the 1st XI's away match a Edgworth last August saw the hosts defeated on the very last ball of the game in an exciting final over bowled by captain Dominic Gavin. It was looking bad for Darcy Lever throughout the second innings of the game and defeat looked certain even in the final over until a tremendous spell from Gavin saw Edgworth's Liam Watkinson run out on the final ball, leaving Darcy victorious by a single run.

This season will once again see Darcy Lever fighting to reach the all important top spot after narrowly losing out to Walshaw Cricket Club last season, finishing second in the league.

The 2nd XI will also be looking to up their game after last year winning the Isherwood Cup in a heated home final against Edgworth and also finished second in the league.

The Juniors saw a few trophies last season including one for the Under 17's (18's) who finished top of the league for the first time ever. The under 13's saw a double whammy, winning the league and the cup.

A friendly match against Farnworth Cricket Club last Saturday saw Darcy Lever defeated by a mere nine runs after a rather interesting match and a great batting spell which resulted in a century for Nick Fawcett.

Last Sunday saw everybody gather at the club to welcome this season's three overseas players. The boys landed in England from Perth, Australia on Sunday evening and came straight to the club to be welcomed with open arms.
Cameron Murray played amateur cricket at Darcy last season alongside Jimmy Deering who returns this year as the club professional. The pair brought with them a new face, Dayne Ferry, to join the ranks at that little club on Hacken Lane.

We are also joined by Michael Spence who has come to us from Golborne Cricket Club and by Adam Rowan who has made the switch from League to Association and joined us from Tonge Cricket Club.

We look forward to seeing what the new faces bring to the club.

It looks like it's going to be a great season and what better way to begin than with a spell of gorgeous weather... let's hope it holds out!!

Log on next week to see photos and check how we got on with the weekend's games!!!

DL

It's almost time!!

Cricket season is only a few weeks away now and I'm sure that the odd bits of sunshine are getting everybody in the mood! We'll be starting our preparations soon.
On Good Friday we always get everybody down to the club to muck in with all the odd jobs... This yearly 'muck-in' session is known as the Good Friday Agreement...

Mostly, activities fall into the following categories:

- Painting something that doesn't really need painting

- Burning things (old or new)

- Doing the charity run (which no-one ever runs)

- Moving things to and from the old changing rooms which never appear to get any emptier or cleaner

- Scraping weeds from the paving on 'the-front'

If you are not involved in any of these categories, then you are likely to fit into either of the following two categories...

- Male (age 5 - 30) and can be found attempting one of the above activities for about half an hour before giving up and leathering a football at whoever is driving the roller or rhoberine!!

- Female (any age) and in the kitchen making brekkie for those 'at work'!!

But we really do spend all day hard at work to get 'That little club on Hacken Lane' up to scratch for the upcoming season and it certainly gets everybody in the mood.

Watch this space for photos and stories of everybody hard at work on Good Friday!!!

Season 2010

This year's season starts on Saturday April 17th with the first match against Edgworth.
This season's fixtures are as follows:

Saturday April 17th
v EDGWORTH
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Saturday April 24th
v WALSHAW
1st XI: Away
2ndXI: Home

Saturday May 1st:
v SPRING VIEW
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Saturday May 8th:
v ATHERTON
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Saturday May 15th:
v GOLBORNE
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Sunday May 16th:
LCB COMP 1ST ROUND

Saturday May 22nd:
v DAISY HILL
1st XI:Away
2nd XI: Home

Sunday May 23rd:
CROSS CUP 1ST ROUND
Darcy Lever v Edgworth

Saturday May 29th:
v ELTON
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Saturday June 5th:
v BLACKROD
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Saturday June 12th:
v ADLINGTON
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Saturday June 19th:
v STANDISH
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Sunday June 20th:
CROSS CUP 2ND ROUND
Darcy Lever/Edgworth v Standish/Walshaw

Saturday June 26th:
v FLIXTON
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Sunday June 27th:
RESERVE DATE FOR CROSS CUP/ISHERWOOD CUP 2ND ROUND

Saturday July 3rd
v LITTLE HULTON
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Sunday July 4th:
v ASTLEY & TYLDSLEY
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Saturday July 10th:
v EDGWORTH
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Saturday July 17th:
v WALSHAW
1st XI: Home
2ndXI: Away

Sunday July 18th:
CROSS CUP SEMI FINALS

Saturday July 24th:
v SPRING VIEW
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Sunday July 25th:
RESERVE DATE FOR CROSS CUP/ISHERWOOD CUP SEMI FINALS

Saturday July 31st:
v ATHERTON
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Sunday August 1st:
v GOLBORNE
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Saturday August 7th:
v DAISY HILL
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Sunday August 8th:
ISHERWOOD CUP FINAL

Saturday August 14th:
v ELTON
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Sunday August 15th:
116TH CROSS CUP FINAL

Saturday August 21st:
v BLACKROD
1st XI: Home
2ndXI: Away

Sunday August 22nd:
RESERVE DATE FOR CROSS CUP/ISHERWOOD CUP FINAL

Saturday August 28th:
v ADLINGTON
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Saturday September 4th:
v STANDISH
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Sunday September 5th:
v FLIXTON
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

Saturday September 11th:
v LITTLE HULTON
1st XI: Away
2nd XI: Home

Saturday September 18th:
v ASTLEY & TYLDSLEY
1st XI: Home
2nd XI: Away

END

3rd team fixtures to follow when possible.