New overseas player

The club is pleased to announce that this year's overseas player is Aidan Green from New South Wales, Australia. Aidan is eighteen years old and plays for Wollongong Cricket Club. We are all very much looking forward to welcoming him to the club, to Bolton and to the UK.

URGENT RE: WINTER NETS

WINTER NETS WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY 17TH FEBRUARY BETWEEN 7-8PM AT BOLTON INDIANS AND NOT TONIGHT AS PREVIOUSLY STATED.

SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

Special General Meeting follow up.

The officers and committee would like to thank the person who sent a letter to the club following the Special General Meeting. At your request it is now on the club notice board.

Winter Nets

Attention all senior cricketers!

Winter nets will begin on Wednesday 15th February 2012 between 9pm and 10pm at St James's secondary school.

URGENT MESSAGE RE: SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING

!!!

THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING ON MONDAY 30TH JANUARY 2012 TO DISCUSS THE STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS 2008, 2009 AND 2010.

FURTHER DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON THE CLUB NOTICE BOARD.

Season 2012

Happy New Year all!


Hope we're all looking forward to the coming season. To get the ball rolling, here are the fixtures for the season 2012, beginning on Saturday 21st April.

1st XI fixtures (2nd XI reversed)

Saturday 21st April
v Edgworth 1st XI AWAY

Saturday 28th April
v Standish 1st XI HOME


Saturday 5th May
v Daisy Hill 1st XI AWAY


Sunday 6th May
v Adlington 1st XI HOME


Saturday 12th May
v Little Hulton 1st XI AWAY


Saturday 19th May
v Spring View 1st XI HOME


Sunday 20th May - CROSS CUP FIRST ROUND
v Blackrod 1st XI HOME


Saturday 26th May
v Elton 1st XI AWAY


Saturday 2nd June
v Astley & Tyldsley 1st XI HOME


Saturday 9th June
v Walshaw 1st XI AWAY


Saturday 16th June
v Flixton 1st XI HOME


Sunday 17th June
v Blackrod 1st XI HOME

Saturday 23rd June
v Golborne 1st XI AWAY


Saturday 30th June
v Atherton 1st XI HOME


Saturday 7th July
v Edgworth 1st XI HOME


Saturday 14th July
v Standish 1st XI AWAY


Saturday 21st July
v Daisy Hill 1st XI HOME


Saturday 28th July
v Adlington 1st XI AWAY


Sunday 29th July
v Little Hulton 1st XI HOME


Saturday 4th August
v Spring View 1st XI AWAY


Saturday 11th August
v Elton 1st XI HOME


Saturday 18th August
v Astley & Tyldsley 1st XI AWAY


Saturday 25th August
v Walshaw 1st XI HOME


Saturday 1st September
v Flixton 1st XI AWAY


Sunday 2nd September
v Blackrod 1st XI AWAY


Saturday 8th September
v Golborne 1st XI HOME


Saturday 15th September
v Atherton 1st XI AWAY

Bonfire-ific!

WOW! I don't think we have ever had a busier bonfire night down at Darcy Lever Cricket Club! Our 2011 celebration was huge and we were packed to the rafters. Around 2,000 people joined us for the Guy Fawkes festivities which included a huge blazing bonfire and a magnificent 20-minute firework display.

Packed to the rafters: The unbelievably huge crowd gathering for the firework display.

The mesmorising display contained a whole array of fireworks from the silent, sparkly shooters, to the big, bright bangers; finishing with a enormous golden shower whose sparks seemed to hang and float over the clapping, cheering crowd.

The fantasic firework show was sponsored by Mr John Charlton, a big, long-time supporter of the club.

Members, families and friends from the club rallied round to sell refreshments, build and maintain the bonfire, light the fireworks and even help out with the big clean up.

Still burning: The morning-after-remains of the bonfire.

Many, many thanks to those who helped out, contributed and to those who came to celebrate with us.

What a success!!

Bonfire Night!

Hi! If you're stuck for something to do this 5th November come down for our family Bonfire Night!

Everybody is welcome!

There will be a bonfire from 7pm and a huge firework display from 8.15pm.

A full bar will be available as well as a large variety of refreshments from pasties to black peas!

Small entry fee of £2.50 for adults and £1.00 for children.

Hope to see you here!

Darcy Lever Cricket Club,

The Levers,

Hacken Lane,

Bolton,

BL3 1SD

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!