Lancashire
League
Accrington v Haslingden
Saturday June 21st
1975
A
career best 81 from Malcolm Taylor took Accrington to their highest
score of the season as they defeated Haslingden by 82 runs to record
a fourth successive league win. Openers Geoff Hayhurst (23) and Graham
Beech (12) put on 37 against a lightweight Haslingden attack which was
without the services of former Accrington professional Peter Swart due
to a rib injury. John Swanney, playing his first match of the season,
hit 33. Alan Worsick fell to Jack Coupe for a second successive duck
but Alan Kennedy (28) and Ian Birtwistle (12) put on a late 7th wicket
stand of 31 to take the score to 203-6. Worsick removed Bill Grimshaw
before a run had been scored but Richard Bostock (31) and Swart (60)
put on 70 when Tony Gallagher clean bowled the opener. After Ian Birtwistle
(4-26) removed Mike Ingham (1) and skipper Tony Holden (16) Worsick
returned to take four wickets for five runs in two overs to
record figures of 5-29 as Haslingden
subsided from 116-4 to 121 all out. The only blackspot for Accrington
was an injury to Alan Richardson, who split the webbing on a hand when
dropping a catch on the boundary, which would keep him out of the Worsley
Cup tie with Rishton the next day.
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Venue:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington
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Duration:
34 x 8 ball overs
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|
Accrington
|
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|
| G.
Hayhurst |
b
Coupe
|
23
|
| G.
Beech |
Run
out
|
12
|
| A.
Richardson |
b
Craig
|
1
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| M.
Taylor |
c
M.Ingham b Holden
|
81
|
| J.
Swanney |
Run
out
|
33
|
| A.
Worsick (P) |
b
Coupe
|
0
|
| A.
Kennedy |
Not
out
|
28
|
| I.
Birtwistle (c) |
Not
out
|
12
|
| A.
Gallagher |
|
|
| T.
Neville (wk) |
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|
| D.
Parsons |
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| Extras |
|
13
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| Total |
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203-6
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Bowling
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
| J.
Coupe |
13
|
1
|
60
|
2
|
| D.
Craig |
8
|
1
|
44
|
1
|
| J.
Ingham |
6
|
0
|
34
|
0
|
| W.
Grimshaw |
4
|
0
|
26
|
0
|
| A.
Holden |
3
|
0
|
26
|
1
|
|
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Haslingden
|
|
|
| W.
Grimshaw |
b
Worsick
|
0
|
| R.
Bostock |
b
Gallagher
|
31
|
| P.
Swart (P) |
c
Swanney b Worsick
|
60
|
| M.
Ingham |
c
Neville b Birtwistle
|
1
|
| A.
Holden (c) |
c
Neville b Birtwistle
|
16
|
| J.
Coupe |
lbw
Worsick
|
4
|
| J.
Entwistle |
lbw
Birtwistle
|
1
|
| I.
Cocker |
c
Parsons b Worsick
|
0
|
| J.
Ingham |
Not
out
|
1
|
| P.
Marcroft (wk) |
b
Worsick
|
0
|
| D.
Craig |
lbw
Birtwistle
|
1
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| Extras |
|
6
|
| Total |
|
121
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Bowling
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
| A.
Worsick (P) |
10
|
3
|
29
|
5
|
| D.
Parsons |
3
|
0
|
23
|
0
|
| A.
Gallagher |
8
|
0
|
37
|
1
|
| I.
Birtwistle |
5.1
|
1
|
26
|
4
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| Accrington
beat Haslingden by 82 runs |