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Accrington v Rawtenstall
Saturday September 6th 1975

Accrington moved to within one victory of the Lancashire League championship after beating Rawtenstall by 6 wickets at Thorneyholme Road. Alan Worsick took 5-37 and Dave Parsons 2-37 to restrict Rawtenstall to 123-9 with professional Dave Brickett hitting 30 and Keith French 27. Geoff Hayhurst then hit an unbeaten 54 to steer Accrington to victory with 3 overs to spare. Malcolm Taylor also weighed in with 23, John Swanney made 16 and Alan Richardson 15 after Peter West had fallen to George Croisdale early in the innings. Victory at East Lancs the following day would clinch the title for Accrington for the first time since 1961.

Venue: Thorneyholme Road, Accrington
Duration: 34 x 8 ball overs
Rawtenstall
B. Chapman
c Birtwistle b Worsick
11
K. French
c Taylor b Parsons
27
A. Holt
c Swanney b Birtwistle
12
D. Brickett (P)
c Taylor b Worsick
30
B. Payne
Run out
3
G. Barlow
b Worsick
1
G. Lord
c Birtwistle b Parsons
18
G. Croisdale
c Neville b Worsick
8
B. Manning (wk)
c Neville b Worsick
0
R. Taylor
Not out
4
C. Flood
Not out
1
Extras
6
Total
123-9
FOW: 16, 42, 86, 86, 94, 100, 118, 118, 118
Bowling
O
M
R
W
A. Worsick (P)
11
2
37
5
D. Parsons
12
3
34
2
I. Birtwistle
5
0
21
1
A. Gallagher
3
0
25
0
Accrington
G. Hayhurst
Not out
54
P. West (c)
c Chapman b Croisdale
4
J. Swanney
c French b Brickett
16
M. Taylor
c Brickett b Taylor
23
A. Richardson
c Lord b Flood
15
G. Beech
Not out
5
A. Worsick (P)    
I. Birtwistle    
A. Gallagher    
T. Neville (wk)    
D. Parsons    
Extras
7
Total
124-4
FOW: 5, 24, 69, 104
Bowling
O
M
R
W
G. Croisdale
7
0
27
1
D. Brickett (P)
7
1
24
1
C. Flood
9
0
45
1
R. Taylor
8
1
21
1
Accrington beat Rawtenstall by 6 wickets

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