LUDD SHOW BETTER FORM

By Glen Sands

Luddington produced a much better performance than their showing at Hensall a week earlier resulting in a well earned victory over an under strength Goole Town who had lifted the Snaith League Shield earlier in the week.
Skipper Andy Lawson won the toss and chose to bat first with the in form Clark brothers taking to the field but their partnership did'nt last long as Darren was run out for eight in only the second over. Lawson joined Graham Clark and they took the total to fifty in no time , aided by some lax Goole fielding that saw three catches go down. Clark had reached 13 when he was bowled by Mark Graves which meant Scott Buttrick joined his skipper and they went on to move the total to 96 with some excellent shots , Lawson as ever using his great timing and power to devastating effect. He had reached 46 when he was bowled by the lively Mark Spetch and Oliver Coulman went in the same over , trapped LBW to leave the Isle side on 96 for 4. Danny Taylor and Buttrick then took centre stage , taking the Luddington total to 146 for 4 from their allotted overs , Buttrick finishing with a well constructed 35 not out and Taylor 19 against their championship chasing rivals.
Youngsters Ben Earl and Mark Spetch opened for Goole with some urgency , testing the Ludd fielders with some sharpe running between the wickets but Ludd had two in form bowlers and they both played their part as Goole began to fall behind the required run rate. Jonathan Wroot and Graeme Fletcher both bowled tightly early in the innings and it was Wroot who took the first wicket when bowling Earl for seven. Ashton Nottingham was next to the crease but he had only reached five when Wroot bowled him too leaving Goole on 31 for 2 but opener Spetch was still at the crease and once joined by Ben Lewis things looked back on track until Spetch was out to a terrific delivery from Graham Clark who along with Wroot is in fearsome form with the ball. Oscar Sugden was then caught by wicket keeper Oliver Coulman off Clark for four and Louis Sugden was quickly back in the hutch , caught by Lawson again off Clark and the writing was by now very much on the wall. Clark went on to pick up an impressive 4 for 13 from his four overs whilst Liam McAnaney took a wicket in his first over and when Ray Coates was run out the Goole reply was extiguished at 69 all out and with it any hopes of reaching the top of the Snaith League Division One table.
So Luddington found some better form to see off a very good young Goole team but they will now have to wait until July 28th before they take to the field again when they travel to Sykehouse , then they will bring their season to a close on August 4th with an away game at Fishlake.

The First Division has been adjusted following withdrawal of Drax Village.

DIVISION ONE
PLAYED WON LOST NO RES TIED TOTAL
1. ASKERN WELFARE 8 6 0 2 0 20
2. FISHLAKE 8 5 2 1 0 16
3. GOOLE TOWN 9 5 3 1 0 16
4. LUDDINGTON 8 2 3 3 0 9
5. HENSALL 9 2 7 0 0 6
6. SYKEHOUSE 8 1 6 1 0 6


DIVISION TWO
1. HIRST COURTNEY 12 7 5 0 0 21
2. POLLINGTON 12 6 6 0 0 18
3. AIRMYN 12 5 5 2 0 17
4. BURN 12 5 6 1 0 16
5. CARLTON TOWERS 11 5 4 2 0 15
6. GOOLE FIREMEN 11 4 6 1 0 13

DIVISION THREE
1. HOWDEN 9 7 0 2 0 23
2. OUTCASTS 10 7 1 2 0 23
3. EGGBOROUGH 10 4 6 0 0 12
4. THORNE COLLIERY 10 2 7 1 0 7
5. DRAX VILLAGE 2NDS 9 1 7 1 0 4