Lancashire
League
Accrington v Burnley
Saturday May 17th
1975
Accrington
joined defending champions Ramsbottom at the top of the table after
beating Burnley by 3 wickets at Thorneyholme Road. The visitors were
joint second with Accrington before the game having lost just seven
wickets in three matches but Alan Worsick (4-28) and Tony Gallagher
(4-27) took four wickets each to dismiss them for 137. Burnley's top
six, Neil Whalley (33), Peter Brown (23), skipper Roland Harrison (20),
Mick McLeod (17), Trevor Pickup (13) and professional Peter Plummer
(10) all made double figures but the Terry Neville - Gallagher combination
struck four times to peg the visitors back. Again Accrington's early
order struggled with the top three all falling in single figures with
Barry Foster taking 2 wickets. Only Malcolm Taylor, who hit 46, looked
comfortable as the home side slumped to 53-5 but the lower order again
came good to pull the game out of the fire in the last over. Alan Kennedy
made a sound 23 before becoming Plummer's 4th victim and with 6 overs
left 43 were needed for victory with 3 wickets left. Ian Birtwistle
(26 not out) and Gallagher (20 not out) took control and steered Accrington
to victory in a nail biting finish which kept the crowd on the edge
of their seats right until the end.
Scorecard