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monday 6 August 2018.

 at gorse lane, home of grantham cc for day 2 of this minor counties eastern division clash between lincolnshire and northumberland.  lincs are 2nd after 3 games, 16 points behind leaders staffordshire with suffolk a point back in 3rd.  northumberland are struddling and are 2nd from bottom.  i arrive with northumberland on 153 for 6  in reply to lincs 370 for 5 declared, in which jack timby top scored with 124, danniel freeman weighing in with 110.  karl wilson 59 and joseph kendal 41. to give you some background, the minor counties championship has an eastern and western division, both have ten teams, with the winner of each division playing off to decide the championship.  matches are 3 day affairs but 120 overs is bowled, and an innings can only last 90 overs.  phil mustard is donning the gloves for northumberland. each team however only plays 6 games due to the to work conmitments of the players stumps here at gorse lane and its all set for a ...
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Sunday 27 April 2025.

the sun is shining, the ale is flowing,   the sound of leather on willow is echoing, and all is well   with the world.    welcome to amesbury avenue, for my first cricket of 2025. 1st round waddilove cup action. knock out cup for teams in the aire wharfe league. thackley currently 90 for 3 after 20 of an allotted 45 overs vs skipton.  both teams ply their trade in division 3 of this league.    mid innings break at amesbury lane, and thackley rack up an impressive 347 for 7 off 45 overs. skipton requiring a run rate of 7,5 to chase this one down. thackley were 80 for 3, but that was as good as it got for skiptom, before a 132 run 4th wicket partnership between robbie williams who departed for 51. 100 runs later followed overseas pro from brisbane nick burford, 176 with 22 4s and 9 6s. 3 for 51 best of the bowlers.   skipton already 7 for 1 off 3 overs.  result from amesbury Avenue,  and thackley through to the next round with a resoun...
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Saturday second October 2021.

at a wet and windy recreation park. for Scottish league division 3. Alloa Athletic, 5th, won 3 drawn 2 lost 3, vs cove rangers, 3rd, won 4, drawn 2, lost 2.  athletic have, over the years predominantly plied their trade at the 3rd level of Scottish football, but were in the championship last year, but were relegated from wence they came. the upwardly mobile cove, however, narrowly missed out on 3 back to back promotions last term, finishing 3rd in this league. they won promotion to the Scottish league in 2019 from the highland league. their greatest achievement thus far apart from their league success being that they reached the Scottish cup 4th round in 2008 when still amateur.  ft from recreation park, and cove go top of division 3 with a 3 won victory.  the game got off to the worst possible start for the wasps, when they had a man sent off after 25 seconds, for a kick in the chest on a rangers player. rangers took the lead after half an hour, but alloa equalised at th...
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