Burnley v Accrington
Saturday July 7th 1973

Lancashire League
Saturday July 7th	Score		Score
Burnley	96-8	Accrington	152-7 dec
Scorecard
Burnley (1pt) drew with Accrington (1pt)

 

Accrington 1st XI 1973

Accrington professional Alan Sieler hit his second successive century in the match at Burnley on Saturday July 7th. The Australian hit 11 fours and three sixes in a 136 ball innings of 101 which lasted 151 minutes as Accrington made 152-7 declared. Sieler passed 500 runs in the process and is now the league's leading run scorer with 507, including 295 in his last four innings. Alan Kennedy also made 29, but no other Accrington player hit a boundary as Burnley were set 126 minutes to get the runs. Sieler then took 3-39 as Burnley struggled to 73-5, finally ending on 96-8 when time ran out.