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sunday 9 June 2024.

 at Sandhill Lane. Sutton on Derwent, 8 miles east of York. k3 dental cup action. Woodhouse Grange vs Scarborough. this is the combined club knock out comp for teams in the ecb yorkshire premier leagues north and south respectively. home side 4 times national village cup champions. scarborough also one and of the  more successful teams at this level too. a cool and cloudy day. conditions more like mid april rather than Mid June. Yesterday's result from Sandhill Lane. and Scarborough squeak through to the next round of the viking cup by 10 runs. Batting first, they  mustered a seemingly below parr 196 for 7, off a reduced 38 overs.  Top scorers for the Seasiders were Matthew Turnbull, 56, and Clarke Dougney, 55 not out.  The latter rescuing the Seasiders to some degree, with an unbroken 8th wicket partnership of 45 at the end of the innings. Tom Neil, three for 53 being the best of the woodhouse grange bowlers. but when it was their turn to  bat, they slid f...
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Tuesday, 24 April 2018.

 at ewen fieles, home of hyde united for manchester premier cup final, fc united of manchester, 14th in conference north vs trafford, just outside play offs in step 4 northern league division 1 north.  fc won this conpetition on a barmy evening last may at oldham's boundary park, and with them having secured safety last week will be hoping to retain their crown.  trafford will be hoping to spring a cup upset.  but the weather is far from barmy here in east manchester this evening. late drama at ewen fields.  ft 2 each.  trafford better side in first half, much more cohetion, and appeared to watt it more.  2 each at ht, with fc coming behind both times.  traford man sent off in 2nd half which gave fc momentum but they could not make the extra man count.  game went to penalties.  this sparked panic amongst some  fans, some of whom hurried to the car park which closed at ten pm and aiming to avoid their car being empounded before the c...
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Sunday 10 March 2024.

at the magical post office road. rugby league chalenge cup 4th round action. the 5 towns derby between featherstone rovers and wakefield trinity. separated by just 6 miles.  rovers missed out on prmotion to the super league last year" for the 3rd time in a row and are very much in a rebuilding phase with many star names from their squad since having departed, whilst trin were relegated themselves from the top table last term.  3 pm kick off and a damp and drizzly day. 12 super league teams join in the 5th round. Yesterday‘s full-time from post office Road. And a dramatic  chalenge  cup fifth Round tie goes the way of featherstone. In tricky, wet conditions, they established a 10 points to nil first half lead. But Trinity came roaring back to level the game at 10 points apiece. The teams could not be separated, so it was golden point extra time territory. Wakefield coughed up the ball, And featherstone player ran  60 yards to touch down,   and to to send the...
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