Colne v Accrington
Saturday August 7th 2004

Musbury Fabrics Lancashire League
Saturday August 7th	Score		Score
Colne	186	Accrington	248-9
Junior Murray 38		Tama Canning 151 not out
Qasim Ali 45		Zahir Afzal 32
David Swarbrick 29		Stuart Crabtree 24
Tama Canning 3-49		Junior Murray 3-115
James Hayhurst 3-30		Qasim Ali 4-76
Graeme Sneddon 2-22		Mathew Constable 1-21
Accrington (12pts) beat Colne (0pts) by 62 runs

Tama Canning hit a superb unbeaten 151 at Colne in Accrington's 62 run win. Canning hit 11 fours and seven sixes in a 143 ball knock with his last 50 coming up in just 17 balls. His innings was the second highest by an Accrington professional since Charlie Llewellyn hit 188 not out against Bacup in 1913. Zahir Afzal (32) and Stuart Crabtree (24) were the only other batsmen in double figures as Accrington made 248-9. Canning has now hit 224 runs against Colne this season without being dismissed. The home side then raced to 50 in the 6th over and 100 in the 14th over but wickets fell regularly with Canning taking 3-49, Jimmy Hayhurst 3-30 and Graeme Sneddon 2-22 as Colne were bowled out for 186. Qasim Ali made 45, professional Junior Murray 38, Paul Wilson 29 and Matt Wilson 20 for Colne.