Ramsbottom v Accrington
Sunday September 8th 2002

Transco Lancashire League
Sunday September 8th	Score		Score
Ramsbottom	159-5	Accrington	158-8
Mohammed Haroon 68 not out		Andre Seymore 18
Alex Bell 55 not out		Matt Wilson 56
Nick Riley 10		Graeme Sneddon 21
Andre Seymore 0-28		Mohammed Haroon 1-32
James Hayhurst 3-35		Mark Price 4-36
Mohsin Ahmed 1-30		Chris Eardley 2-38
Ramsbottom (10pts) beat Accrington (1pt) by 5 wickets

Accrington threw away the chance of an end of season victory at Acre Bottom. Ramsbottom were in trouble at 31-5 after Jimmy Hayhurst had taken 3-35, but professional Mohammed Haroon (68 not out) and Alex Bell (55 not out) put on 128 for the sixth wicket to take Ramsbottom to a 5 wicket victory. Accrington professional Andre Seymore had earlier just failed in his attempt to overtake Jacques Rudolph at the top of the league run list, holing out on 18, 7 runs short of Rudolph's 1121. Graeme Sneddon again underlined his promise with 21 and Matt Wilson hit 56, his second half century of the season in Accrington's 158-8. Debutant Stuart Crabtree (11) and Hayhurst (12) put on an unbroken 20 for the ninth wicket. Wily campaigner Mark Price took 4-36 and Chris Eardley 2-38 for Ramsbottom.