SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE & BORDER LEAGUE (JUNE 9)

By ANN BOULTON

Leaders Spalding suffered their first defeat of the season in South Lincolnshire & Border League Division One as current champions Billingborough kept up their challenge for the top.
But Stamford made no slip-ups and following their win over Skegness 2nd now lie just three points behind the top side with Billingborough 14 points adrift in third but with a game in hand.
At the bottom of the table, Market Deeping and Grantham both lost but Deeping gained ground on their rivals, only five points separating the sides.
Boston 2nd retained their top place in Division Two despite going down by six wickets to Billingborough 2nd for whom Stuart Gollop took a hat trick.  Welby, Stamford 2nd and Billingborough all have games in hand on the leaders as do Thomas Cook who moved up the table after beating Baston.
The top three in Division Three were all without a game, thanks to weather affected pitches but Welby 2nd finally took to the field for only their second match of the season, defeating Boston 3rd by just 12 runs.

Division One
Billingborough 208-8 (Newman 58), Spalding 112;
Grantham 57, Woodhall Spa 2nd 61-4;
Lindum Ramblers 160, Market Deeping 2nd 125;
Skegness 2nd 87 (Prentice 5-18), Stamford 89-5;
Belton Park v Bourne 2nd – cancelled, waterlogged pitch

Division Two
Baston 106 (Dobson 5-21), Thomas Cook 107-6;
Boston 2nd 120 (S Gollop 4-13 inc hat trick), Billingborough 2nd 121-4;
Heckington 175-6 (Braithwaite 52), Stamford 2nd 176-7;
Cavaliers v Blankney – cancelled, waterlogged pitch

Division Three
Grantham 2nd 87, Burgh & District 88-0;
Pinchbeck 107-8, Spalding 3rd 110-2 (Morton 55);
Welby 2nd 125 (M Whatton 70no), Boston 3rd 113;
Timberland v Friskney – cancelled, waterlogged pitch
Claypole v Lindum Academy – cancelled, waterlogged pitch