DEL BOY'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Scunthorpe Town Cricket Club’s Christmas party will be on Friday, December 16, from 7pm to 10pm.
Del Crabb says: “Come and join our Christmas celebrations at Heslam Park. Disco plus Pie & Peas. £5 per ticket. Non-members and children welcome; U10s free.”
Lovely Jubbly, my son!

NORTH LINDSEY MEETING

We hope we've got the date right: Tonight sees the AGM and trophy presentations of the North Lindsey Cricket League at Brumby Hall, Scunthorpe. We plan to pop along - camera in hand.

RALPH HONOURED FOR THIRD TIME

Ralph Gray - well-known to everyone for his connections with Alkborough CC and as a Lincs ECB Premier umpire - has been honoured three times in the space of a few weeks for his devotion to the game over many years.

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LINCS GROUNDSMEN MEET AT LINDUM

From Martin Deans

The monthly meeting of the Lincolnshire Cricket Groundsman Association takes place this Wednesday (26th October) at the Lincoln Lindum club - 7.15pm start.
First will be the AGM, where appointment of officials for the forthcoming year will be made.
An informal discussion will follow on the trails and tribulations of sports ground preparation, during which everyone will be encouraged to take part and share their experiences.
Details of forthcoming trips will also be announced.

LINCS LEAGUE A.G.M. REPORT - AT LONG LAST!

Bob Welton, right, presenting the division one champioship pennant to Scothern.

Delivering his 17th annual report to the Lincolnshire County Cricket League, chairman Bob Welton thanked Grimsby Town and Alkborough for hosting the cup finals and hoped they would do so again in 2012.
Addressing club delegates at the AGM in Market Rasen, he congratulated league champions Haxey on gaining promotion to the Lincs ECB Premier and welcomed Nettleham back into the premier division after some years in the ECB competition.
With the league’s half-century anniversary to be reached in 2013, he invited clubs to bring forward suggestions to celebrate the milestone “which should not go unnoticed.”
The chairman said the Lincolnshire League, with its five divisions, was a “tremendous competition.”
The league’s first season using Play Cricket to record match results and handle registrations had gone very well and he thanked those involved with its smooth introduction.
He presented pennants to the divisional champions, who will receive their trophies at the annual dinner next March.
As their ground did not gain the marks necessary for premier division status, Scothern were not promoted.
Scothern put their case for promotion to the meeting, saying an oversight - an “honest mistake” – had meant a piece of ground equipment not being available for inspection, which cost them marks.
But the league chairman said the ground inspectors could only report on what they saw on the day of their visit.
He pointed out that even with the maximum number of marks for the piece of equipment in question, Scothern’s total would have been insufficient to meet the criteria for the premier.
That meant promotion for South Kelsey – as the third-placed side.
The AGM heard it was not the first time such a scenario had operated.
Speaking after the AGM, South Kelsey secretary Mike Owen told Lincs Cricket Latest: "We started the season poorly, losing the first few games but as the season progressed we got stronger and the arrival of our Overseas Player, Chandi Wathukarage, after visa delays, for his fourth year with the club, gave some strength to our batting line-up.
“The second part of the season saw a terrific run of eight wins out of the last 11 games to finish a few points behind Broughton in second place.
"South Kelsey are by tradition a ‘yo-yo’ club between the premier and first division.
“We will find it a hard division, as both Appleby-Frodingham and Horncastle did the last two years.
“I am confident we will battle hard and together with the new players who joined us last year, and the long-term experienced base we have in the club, we will be competitive."
Mike is asking interested players wishing to sample “some of the best teas in the league” and to perform on a home ground “within an area of outstanding beauty” to please get in touch with him.
Kelsey will have Saturday sides in the premier and division three. His number is 07775906999.
At the start of the AGM, delegates and league officials observed one minute’s silence in memory of Cleethorpes stalwart Roy Oslear, who died recently.

The league format for 2012 will be as follows:

PREMIER
Alford
Alkborough
Barton Town
Broughton
Caistor Town
Cherry Willingham
Cleethorpes 2nds
Messingham
Nettleham
Scunthorpe Town
South Kelsey

DIVISION ONE
Appleby-Frodingham 2nds
Bracebridge Heath 2nds
Cleethorpes 3rds
Holton le Clay
Horncastle
Hykeham
Louth 2nds
Market Rasen
Outcasts
Scothern

DIVISION TWO
Alkborough 2nds
Caistor Town 2nds
Grimsby Town 2nds
Hartsholme 2nds
Keelby
Messingham 2nds
Nettleham 2nds
Owmby
Scunthorpe Town 2nds
Washingborough

DIVISION THREE
Alford 2nds
Barton Town 2nds
Broughton 2nds
Cherry Willingham 2nds
Cleethorpes 4ths
Haxey 2nds
Hibaldstow
Outcasts 2nds
South Kelsey 2nds
Stamford Homes

DIVISION FOUR
Caistor Town 3rds
Holton le Clay 2nds
Hykeham 2nds
Immingham Blossom Way
Keelby 2nds
Market Rasen 2nds
Morton
Old Lincolnians
Scothern 2nds (newly elected)
Scunthorpe Town 3rds

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Market Rasen receiving the division two championship pennant.


New Lincolnshire County Cricket League general secretary Andrew Richley (Market Rasen) being welcomed aboard by chairman Bob Welton.

Club representatives during the AGM held at Market Rasen CC.

CHAIRMAN BOB WINS LINCS LEAGUE VOTE

Apologies for the delay in posting a report of Wednesday's important Lincolnshire County Cricket League AGM at Market Rasen, which is due to a mountain of other work unconnected with cricket.
We hope to upload our report tomorrow (Monday), plus a link to a second report, containing more information, on www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk
League statistician Neil Simpson (Broughton) presented printed sets of the end-of-season averages to club delegates on Wednesday and they were given a few days grace to get back to him with any changes.
Once Neil has issued the final, official set of averages in the near future, we intend to upload them for you.
For the benefit of those who have not heard, Bob Welton was re-elected league chairman at the AGM, the voting being heavily in his favour.
He presented pennants to the five divisional winners and here we see Washingborough receiving theirs as champs of division three. Well done, lads, on another memorable season.
We will bring you further pennant pressie pix with our full report of the AGM.

ARISE, SIR WES OF CAISTOR

Caistor’s stalwart Wes Allison has retired from running the club’s junior cricket after 34 years.
That’s a remarkable achievement and one that was marked by the presentation of a tankard to him during the club’s annual dinner, held on Friday night at Grimsby Golf Club.
Perhaps someone at Lincolnshire County Cricket Limited, ECB headquarters, Caistor Town Council, West Lindsey District Council and/or Lincolnshire County Council will decide they should honour Wes further for his efforts in helping develop so many young players over the years.
He will make an obvious nomination for next year’s county and/or national OSCAs.
The youngsters Wes has overseen haven’t all got as far as first class cricket, like keeper Wayne Noon, but many have represented the club with distinction at Lincs ECB and Lincs League premier level.
The majority, of course, have just enjoyed many seasons happily playing the game – at whatever level.
As a left-arm pace bowler, Wes toiled away for many seasons, with considerable success, in Caistor colours. Oh, and one year with Brigg Town in 1974 (Grimsby League).
Wes has kindly supplied Lincs Cricket Latest with a selection of pictures from the club dinner.

Ryan McKitton - most boundaries; Terry McKitton - 3rd team bowling; Peter Jacob - 3rd team batting.


Kieran Brooker - most improved under 15 and under 17 bowling.

Pete Briggs - 1st team batting; Gareth Johnson - under 17 batting and most improved under 17.

Reg Percival - club person of the year.

Ryan McKitton, Harry Boulton, Graham Boulton, Liam Wood.

LINCOLNSHIRE IN THE FRAME

The latest issue of the informative Newsletter of the Association of Cricket Officials (for umpires and scorers) includes two pictures featuring cricketing personalities well-known in this part of the world.
The first shows guests at umpire Sally Newton's wedding to Ciaron Deegan (Owmby CC), featuring Chris Elkington, David Chambers, Bill Hoodless, Andy Moloney (who sent the story to the magazine) and John Gibson.
The second is about a Bassetlaw umpire who is featured in an action picture with Gaz Andrews, the left-arm spinner from Marshalls (Gainsborough), who many will know from their years in the North Lindsey League.

HOW LONG BEFORE IT REACHES LINCS CRICKET?

World cricket's governing body, the ICC, has decided that runners (for batsmen) will no longer be allowed (as of October 1) in international cricket.
One reason given is it's difficult for umpires to judge the legitimacy of a batsman's injury (eg, does cramp count?).
But the MCC - still involved in overseeing the rules we play to - is strongly of the opinion that runners should be retained.
That means runners stay in recreational cricket - unless Leagues or Boards decide to side with the ICC and bring in their own localised rules.
Personally, I've never understood why a batsman should be permitted a runner.
If he's fit enough to cover the 50-plus yards from the pavilion to the crease, then he can surely negotiate the 22 from one end of the strip to the other. And there's always the chance to "get them in fours."

LINCS ECB AVERAGES AND CUP WINNERS

READERS LINCOLNSHIRE ECB PREMIER LEAGUE AGM REPORT

By Ann Boulton

Haxey will re-join the Readers Lincolnshire ECB Premier League for the 2012 season, three years after they were relegated from the top flight.
The Lincolnshire County Cricket League winners were admitted at the league’s Annual General Meeting but there was disappointment for South Lincolnshire & Border League champions Billingborough who missed out on promotion because of their lack of the required junior teams.
For Lincolnshire to be accredited as a Premier League, the ECB stipulates that member clubs must have junior sides at under 11, 13 and 15 playing in recognised junior leagues and, while Billingborough’s junior section is growing rapidly, the club is not yet in a position to form all the necessary teams.
Haxey’s promotion means that, after five years in the top flight, bottom side Nettleham are demoted and will return to the Lincolnshire County Cricket League.


TROPHY WINNERS 2011
Batting trophy: Warren Nel (Hartsholme)
Most runs in season: Warren Nel
Bowling trophy: Fahad Masood (Bourne)
Most wickets in season: Fahad Masood
Wicketkeeping: Matthew Crowther (Louth)
Fielding catches: David Gillett (Market Deeping)
Man of the Match: F Masood, G Linde, W Nel
Scorers’ Trophy: Joyce Ward (Sleaford)
Fair Play Trophy: Sleaford CC
Groundsman’s Trophy: Lindum CC
Umpires’ Cup: Steve Massingham

Bourne bowler Fahad Masood smashed the Readers Lincolnshire ECB Premier League record for wickets taken, claiming 86 victims to add 18 to the old record and Market Deeping captain David Gillett broke his own record for catches in the field, holding 20 to add three to his previous total.
The third new record was set in first week of the season when Bracebridge Heath's Vikram Atri and Karanjit Bansall put on 270 for the second wicket, adding 13 to the old record.
And in his first full season behind the stumps, Louth’s Matthew Crowther carried off the wicketkeeping trophy with a total of 32 dismissals.

BATTING AVERAGES
Inns NO Runs HS Av
W Nel (HARTS) 19 3 1017 169* 63.56
V Atri (BHEAT) 20 2 937 158 52.06
M Ward (BOST) 20 1 765 99 40.26
W McCall (SKEG) 21 4 757 151* 47.31
P Cook (BHEAT) 20 6 753 134 57.92
P Houghton (SKEG) 20 1 738 147 38.84
J Cheer(BOST) 20 1 736 128* 38.74
N Shiroman (LTH) 18 5 735 144* 56.54
C Louth(BOUR) 20 3 722 83 42.47
J Morgan(GBY) 16 0 718 208 44.88
D Wright(NETT) 20 0 697 96 34.85
D Gillett(MD) 18 5 678 76* 52.15
R Antcliffe(GBY) 20 1 630 129* 33.16
C Jones(MD) 17 2 625 109 41.67
P Morgan(BOUR) 20 1 602 110* 31.68
B Houston(BHEAT) 14 4 600 125* 60.00
N John (BHEAT) 17 1 595 134* 37.19
J Luffman (WSPA) 21 1 587 66 29.35
Neal Snell (GBY) 20 1 557 58 29.32
F Masood(BOURN) 20 0 541 76 27.05
G Linde (GBY) 21 6 528 87* 35.2
S Evison (WSPA) 18 2 521 132* 32.56
R Lovelace (WSPA) 20 1 513 100 27
C Wilson (SKEG) 19 4 506 71 33.73
L Robinson (LIND) 19 1 501 117* 27.83

BOWLING AVERAGES
O M Runs Wkts Best Ave
F Masood (BOURN) 306.5 38 1003 86 7/23 11.66
G Linde (GBY) 288.5 45 925 67 7/21 13.81
Stephen Bradford (SLEA) 194.1 42 675 52 6/20 12.98
Daniel Milgate (WSPA) 246.3 18 1114 49 5/92 22.73
Charlie Hopkins (BOURN) 236 34 948 45 6/28 21.07
Matthew Bradley (BHEAT) 187.1 31 610 42 5/30 14.52
Colin Cheer (BOSTO) 211.4 24 907 41 5/78 22.12
Tom Baxter (BOSTO) 221.2 37 729 40 6/66 18.23
Andy Carrington (LOUTH) 211.5 35 865 36 4/33 24.03
Thomas Andrews(MDEEP) 175.4 31 677 36 6/69 18.81
Stewart West(LOUTH) 200.1 24 803 35 8/44 22.94
Warren Nel(HARTS) 207 22 844 35 4/40 24.11
Martin Shillito(HARTS) 214.5 43 762 35 6/60 21.77
Henry Rush(HARTS) 142.2 14 679 34 6/29 19.97
Brett Houston (BHEAT) 237 48 691 33 5/30 20.94
Matthew Rutherford (LINDU) 206.1 46 608 33 6/55 18.42
Matthew Bursa(LINDU) 185.4 23 757 31 4/36 24.42
Luke Smith(WSPA) 227.4 35 872 31 5/23 28.13

LINCS LEAGUE RULE CHANGE PROPOSALS

Here's a handy summary of the rule change proposals to be considered at the Lincolnshire County Cricket League AGM at Rase Park, Market Rasen, on Wednesday night (7.30pm start).
The summary has been produced by Glen Sands, the league fixture secretary and acting general secretary.

1 ) Proposal from Cleethorpes CC and Market Rasen to adopt the ECB guideline that U13's be allowed to bat and bowl in the Lincolnshire League.

2 ) Proposal from Barton Town CC that bowlers be limited to a maximum of 10 overs in the Lincolnshire League. Similar proposal from Haxey CC only that no player be allowed to bowl more than 1/3 of the allotted innings.

3 ) Proposal by Barton Town CC that rule 3.3 be changed to read : the offending team who fails to fulfill a fixture will be deducted 5 points whilst the non-offending team will be awarded 20 points ( replacing the current 15 ).

4 ) Proposal from Barton Town CC that rule 6.9 ( f ) re payment for teas be changed. They propose one of two alterations. Firstly that the away team not be charged for teas in league games but pay £30 in Cup matches and secondly that the away team pay £30 in both league and Cup matches , replacing the £25 payment.

5 ) Proposal from Haxey CC that rule 3.1 re George Marshall and Bob Welton Cup fixtures be changed to read ALL George Marshall and Bob Welton Cup fixtures be played on a Sunday so as to free up extra Saturdays for league matches. They also propose that the penalties for clubs inputting their scores on the play cricket website be stringently adhered too so as to encourage clubs to input the information quicker.
Clubs to be reminded that a certain amount of leniency was shown in the first year but for the 2012 season that will change. The management committee propose that the fine for failure to fill scoresheets correctly be changed from £5 to £10.
Haxey CC propose that rule 5.3 be changed to read that all Premier Division clubs MUST provide a scorer.

6 ) Proposal from Nettleham CC re 7.3 that points awarded for an abandoned or postponed match be changed from 5 points each to 7 points each , bringing the rule into line with the ECB Premier. They also proposed that all 2nd teams below Lincs League Division One should play in the Bob Welton Cup and not the George Marshall Cup so as to reduce the number of mismatches.

HAXEY PROMOTED - OFFICIAL

Haxey Cricket Club were officially welcomed back into the fold at the Readers Lincolnshire Cricket Board ECB Premier League.
This was done at the AGM and means Nettleham are relegated back to the Lincolnshire League premier division, the championship of which Haxey have just secured.
Billingborough, as champions of the South Lincs and Border League, were also eligible for promotion to the ECB competition - but they will be staying where they are. This is because Billingborough do not have the established junior teams required under the criteria operating at ECB League level.
So Skegness, who finished second-from-bottom and so were facing relegation, stay up.
JUST A REMINDER: The Lincolnshire County Cricket League holds its AGM on Wednesday (19th) at Market Rasen CC (7.30pm).

THEY ALL COLLECTED LINCS OSCAs

Hemswell Court, Hemswell Cliff, was the venue for the OSCAs, which rewarded and recognised volunteers in Lincolnshire cricket.

WINNERS
Young Volunteer: Damon Tunnicliffe (Heckington CC)
NatWest Cricket Force: Hartsholme CC
Behind the Scenes: Sue Shorthouse (Sleaford CC)
Officials: Don Oslear (ACO)
Building Partnerships: Ian Dovey (Hartsholme CC)
Leagues and Boards: Bob Welton (Lincs County League)
LifeTime Achiever: Ralph Gray (Alkborough CC).

Our thanks go to Rachael Dyer, at Lincolnshire County Cricket Ltd, for providing the picture.

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DIGITAL MAG RECOMMENDED BY NADEEM

From time to time, Lincs Cricket Latest exchanges emails with Nadeem Yousuf, the former Appleby-Frodingham and Scunthorpe Town player - now involved in coaching and administration in the USA.
The former first class player from Pakistan, who once shared in a batting partnership big enough to make the records section of Wisden, has kindly sent us a link to a magazine in The States which may be of interest to some of our followers.
The October 2011 edition of Cricketer USA, the monthly sports magazine and the Digital Magazine have been updated on the website.
There's an article about (The Nawab of) Pataudi - "India's greatest Captain ever" by Sanjeev Raju, "Cricket: Sustaining the Sport in the USA" By John Aaron, "Cricket Culture - A way of life" by Saad Bin Jung, and many more. I thank you for taking the time to read Cricketer USA.
http://www.cricketerusa.com

BARTON BONFIRE BASH

Barton Town Cricket Club is staging a Halloween & Bonfire Party at the Marsh Lane ground on Saturday, October 29 at 6pm. All welcome - "fancy dress and fun" on the agenda.

COJOS EAST LINDSEY LEAGUE AVERAGES

From Phil Burrell

The Cojos East Lindsey Cricket League season drew to a close with Skegness winning Division 1 by a comfortable margin over second placed Woodhall Wanderers.
Skegness added the league title to their T20 trophy they picked up at Finals Day in July – completing the double in consecutive seasons.
Unfortunately for Louth Taverners and Friskney they became the first two teams to be relegated from Division 1.
Below are the Top 10 statistics for Division 1:

BATTING
Batsman Team Matches Inns NO Runs HS 100s 50s Avge

Andrew White Alford 15 14 1 571 133 1 5 43.92

Chris King Graves Park 16 15 0 517 117 1 2 34.47

Neil Sparham Sutton on Sea 8 8 0 515 117 2 3 64.38

Sam Evison Woodhall Wanderers 8 7 2 497 118* 3 2 99.40

Lochlan Christian Skegness 12 12 5 436 75* 3 62.29

Joe Irving Alford 14 13 2 413 81 4 37.55

Reece Brant Sutton on Sea 16 16 0 407 64 4 25.44

Mark Kelsey Tetford 12 12 0 401 67 4 33.42

Dave Newman Graves Park 13 13 0 396 97 4 30.46

Norman Brackley Skegness 12 12 2 393 89 4 39.30


BOWLING
Bowler Team Overs Mnds Runs Wkts BB 5wts Avge Econ

Sean Chamberlain Skegness 65 8 239 28 5-7 1 8.54 3.68

Reece Brant Sutton on Sea 105.1 7 402 26 4-15 15.46 3.82

Martin Hodgson Graves Park 102 9 417 26 5-27 1 16.04 4.09

Tom White Alford 63.1 8 227 25 5-13 1 9.08 3.60

Joe Smith Tetford 75.4 16 228 21 6-19 1 10.25 3.02

Tom Dixon Woodhall Wanderers 73.3 3 358 21 5-31 1 17.05 4.88

Rob Bee Woodhall Wanderers 75 8 386 20 4-48 19.30 5.15

Ady Culley Sutton on Sea 83 12 371 18 4-27 20.61 4.47

James Smith Alford 72.5 2 410 18 5-46 1 22.78 5.66

Ross Dixon Alford 89.3 8 431 17 3-4 25.35 4.83


WICKETKEEPING
Wicket Keeper Team Ct St Total

Paul Chapman Grainthorpe 14 3 17

Jack Hughes Woodhall Wanderers 7 7 14

Andrew White Alford 8 6 14

Matt Hood Friskney 9 3 12

Marcello Santini Skegness 8 2 10

FIELDING
Fielder Team Ct RO Total

Ross Dixon Alford 10 2 12

Norman Brackley Skegness 9 9

Dave Clark Grainthorpe 8 1 9

Dave Newman Graves Park 8 8

Ady Culley Sutton on Sea 7 1 8



Batting and bowling highlights from Division 1 included Ian Hallan 153* for Sutton on Sea, Ricky Lovelace 152* Friskney, Stuart Gollop taking 6-12 for Graves Park, Joe Smith taking 6-19 for Tetford. Joe’s brother Luke took 4 wickets in 4 balls for Tetford, the only other hat trick coming from Alford’s Tom White – the league 10th wicket partnership record was broken by Micky Troops and George Danby of Friskney whose partnership yielded 75 runs. Other note was Grainthorpe’s veteran Ady Smart taking his 500th league wicket for the club.

DIVISION TWO
Freiston Leake and Leverton became the first ever Division 2 champions, only losing one game to win the league by a considerable margin – however the race for 2nd place and the promotion spot went to the wire, with Holton le Clay comfortably beating rivals Brocklesby Park in the last game of the season to secure promotion to Division 1. Grimoldby lifted the 40 over division 2 KO cup after beating Cleethorpes in a rearranged final due to the first final being abandoned due to rain. The statistics from Division 2 are below:-


BATTING
Batsman Team M I NO R HS 100’s 50’s Avge

Sunil Panjwani Freiston L & L 12 12 3 359 63 3 39.89

Joe Farmery Holton le Clay 9 8 0 351 125 2 43.88

Guy Haxby Brocklesby Park 10 10 2 300 71 2 37.50

Dan Mawer Keelby 10 10 0 295 77 4 29.50

Richard Paul Freiston L & L 12 11 4 286 49 40.86

Chris Higgins Hainton 5 5 0 278 149 1 1 55.60

Elliot Drinkell Holton le Clay 6 6 0 268 110 1 2 44.67

Dean Richards Hainton 8 8 0 262 71 1 32.75

Rob Chamberlin Hainton 11 11 2 262 110* 1 29.11

Tim Horne Hainton 9 9 0 252 64 1 28.00


BOWLING
Bowler Team O M R W BB 5w Avge Econ

Sam Cherry Grimoldby 65.1 10 206 24 4-16 8.58 3.16

Dean Richards Hainton 58.1 13 196 23 4-18 8.52 3.37

John Goodfellow Freiston L & L 93 14 332 21 4-31 15.81 3.57

Nick Beacock Brocklesby Park 87 14 297 20 4-19 14.85 3.41

Richard Bedwell Brocklesby Park 75 9 372 19 4-18 19.58 4.96

Paul Fannon Southbank 87.4 19 268 17 6-22 1 15.76 3.07

John Pexman Brocklesby Park 69.2 10 301 17 5-14 1 17.71 4.35

Ashok Kumar Freiston L & L 54.1 4 191 16 5-23 1 11.94 3.53

Gareth Spooner Grimoldby 54.4 7 259 15 5-32 1 17.27 4.76

Luke Richards Hainton 69.4 7 283 14 3-27 20.21 4.08


WICKETKEEPING
Wicket Keeper Team Ct St Total

Richard Saxon Brocklesby Park 9 2 11

Stuart Mulligan Southbank 8 8

Andrew Fisher Holton le Clay 6 6

Zeshan Saeed Freiston L & L 6 6

Fred Chamberlin Hainton 5 5


FIELDING
Fielder Team Ct RO Total

Richard Paul Freiston L & L 9 1 10

Liam Clarke Southbank 9 9

Rob Chamberlin Hainton 7 7

Johnny Leach Southbank 7 7

Charles Rose Brocklesby Park 7 7

Highlights from Division 2 include Chris Higgins 149 for Hainton, Joe Farmery 125 for Holton le Clay. Paul Fannon 6-22 for Southbank and Richard Paul 6-39 for Freiston Leake and Leverton.

Individual award winners will be announced after presentation night which takes place on Friday 11th November.

EAST LINDSEY APPLICATION DEADLINE DRAWS NEAR

By Phil Burrell

Any potential clubs looking to join the Cojos East Lindsey Cricket League must have their application in by Friday 14th October. The league split into two divisions for the 2011 season with great success. Keelby CC joined the league prior to the start of the season, and Holton-le-Clay have applied to enter a 3rd XI for 2012, to bring both divisions up to 9 teams each (16 games).
All league games are played on Sundays and are 40 overs per side with bowlers limited to 8 overs. Each division will also play a T20 cup a Sunday in May/June is set aside where 3 grounds (per division) are used to host 3 teams playing against each other with the winners and best runners up progressing to finals day at end of July.
If anyone requires further information please email me at chairman2011@elcl.co.uk or visit our website www.elcl.co.uk .
all applications in writing (email accepted) to myself and our secretary - secretary2011@elcl.co.uk

ENGLAND BATSMAN SPEAKS TO LINCS CRICKET LOVERS

By Ann Boulton

Cricket matches may be over for another year, but the Lincolnshire Cricket Lovers’ Society season is just beginning.
Once again, the society has a number of interesting speakers lined up, beginning on Thursday, October 20 with ex-Warwickshire and England batsman John Jameson.
John is perhaps best known for the world record second-wicket stand of 465 he shared with Rohan Kanhai but he was also a brisk medium-pace bowler, a good slip fielder and, on occasion, a reliable stand-in wicketkeeper.
Having played for England in four tests and three ODIs, John retired prematurely in 1976 to coach at Taunton School before becoming a first-class umpire, Sussex coach and then MCC assistant secretary. As late as 1994 he was still playing for Warwickshire's Over-50 side.
John will be speaking at Cleethorpes Cricket Club, beginning at 7.30pm but there is an opportunity to meet him earlier in the evening at a cheese and wine reception to celebrate the start of the new Cricket Lovers’ season.
Tickets for the reception cost £5 and must be booked with Ron Gardner on 01472 877798
Admission to the talk is free to members and £5 for guests. Membership of the Cricket Lovers’ is £12 per annum, £16 for joint membership and free to under-18s. Future speakers include ex-Gloucestershire player and coach Andy Stovold.

MANY THANKS FROM OUR CHOSEN CHARITY

A very nice letter has arrived in the Lincs Cricket Latest postbox - sent by the Lindsey Lodge Hospice, Scunthorpe, which received the £215 proceeds of the end-of-season charity match at Alkborough between the LCL X1 and Ian Fletcher's X1.

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HISTORIC MEETING TO RE-ESTABLISH LEAGUE

The Broughton and District Evening Cricket League will be back in business from next May.
Sufficient clubs came forward at a meeting last night to ensure the competition will operate again after a gap of a number of years.
Follow this link to read the full story...


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