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Sunday 7 August 2022.

atdenton road, home of olicanian cc, based in ilkley.   waddilove cup final. last year's winners  rawdon vs Steeton.  knock out cup comp for teams from the airedale and wharfedale senior cricket league.  this is 1st division vs 2nd. Rawdon big favourites, however steeton have already taken some noteable scalps on their way to the final.   yet another glorious sun drenched day here in west yorkshire.  Steeton won the toss and are batting first. result from denton road, and a cup upset of seismic  proportions, with steeton being waddilove cup winners 2022 with a 16 run win over rawdon. this was 5th in div2 vs top of div1, with rawdon also being cup holders.  steeton amassed 253 for 6 off 45 overs, Steven pearson, 58, james robinson, 52, jack rammage, 69, and jo smith, 32. jake hodhes, 3 for 45 for rawdon.  they fell short on 237  for 9. ben Morley, 55,  and Nathan goldthorpe, coming in number 7, a valiant 62. Mathew nutter, ...
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Sunday 29 May 2022

 at the wonderfully named  all alone road, for waddilove cup 2nd round action.  bolton villas vs calverley st wilfrids.  this is the knock out cup competition for teams in the airedale and wharfedale cricket league, considered to be the 2nd tier of cricket in west yorkshire. this is 3rd division vs 2nd on league standings. the home side were victorious over thackley in the first round, whilst calverley won through against st chads broomfield.  both teams daring to dream of appearing in the 7th of august final at olicanian cc. cup won by rawden last year. villas batting on a cool and bright day on the outskirts of bradford. Yesterday's result from all alone Road. And a cup upset as Bolton villas win by 43 runs against higher ranking Calverley st wilfrids.  the home side slid to 64 for 4, before partnerships of 56, 61 and 46 for the 5th, 6, and 7th Wickets respectively pulled them round. They finished on 225 all out from 45 overs. ma contributions   of 7...
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Thursday, 19 April 2018.

 at the galgenwaard about 50 km south of amsterdam, for dutch 1st division fc utrecht, 5th vs fc groningen, 7th.  these are 2 relatively recently formed clubs being created in 1970 and 1971 respectively.  utrecht have never been relegated from the dutch top flight thus far, .  as for groningen, , to be frank, i can't think of anything particularly interesting to tell you about.  ft honours even and a one all draw in a typical end of season game in which both teams looked as if they were already on the beach.  home side took lead on 15 and one nil up half time.  penalty for gronigen 60 mins roughly.  home side looked better in last 3rd but gronigen had more possession.  my tramsport back to the central station  was a bus full to bursting point  blareing out very loud techno beats whilst whizzing round corners at break neck speed.  a bit like a modern day planet earth in leeds on wheels, although not nearly as sweaty.  and t...
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