Accrington v Rishton
Saturday September 8th 1973

Lancashire League
Saturday September 8th	Score		Score
Accrington	101-8	Rishton	153-9 dec
Scorecard
Accrington (1pt) drew with Rishton (1pt)

 

Accrington 1st XI 1973

Bernard Smith made 54 and David Wells 30 in a good opening stand in Rishton's draw at Accrington. Tony Gallagher took 3-28 as Rishton declared on 153-9. Malcolm Taylor hit an unbeaten 54 to rescue Accrington after professional Keith Barker had removed his opposite number Alan Sieler without scoring and Graeme Fowler had fallen to Ronnie Smith, who finished with 4-31 as Accrington closed on 101-8 with Brian Rutter also hitting 27 to save the match for Accrington.