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League Tables

Pos Total

1 Woodlands (5) 190

2 Cleckheaton (6) 176

3 Pudsey Congs (1) 168

4 East Bierley (3) 162

5 Undercliffe (7) 161

6 Farsley (10) 159

7 Pudsey St Lawrence (4) 155

8 Bradford & Bingley (2) 148

9 Manningham Mills (P) 147

10 Hanging Heaton (P) 145

11 Baildon (8) 105

12 Gomersal (9) 103

Pos Total

1 Pudsey Congs (R) 207

2 Cleckheaton (R) 201

3 East Bierley ® 197

4 Gomersal (3) 192

5 Keighley (4) 182

6 Undercliffe (6) 171

7 Saltaire (9) 170

8 Manningham Mills (10) 159

9 Great Horton (8) 121

10 Idle (11) 119

11 Spen Victoria (5) 106

12 Brighouse (12) 93

13 Bankfoot (7) 63

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A very warm welcome today to our

neighbours Woodlands for what is sure to be

a pivotal match in our season. Woodlands

have only lost once in the League since April – to Pudsey Congs - and are in excellent form.

EBCC are brimming with confidence following

a terrific weekend when we beat Pudsey St.

Lawrence in the League and Cleckheaton in the Priestley Cup. Both sides are at full strength, so today

should be a terrific contest. Good luck to both teams.

However, as I write, the forecast is not favourable and if

correct, the weather may have more than a bit-part to play. Last Sunday, the large crowd enjoyed a fantastic game of

cricket in the Priestley Cup semi-final EBCC v Cleckheaton.

Having won the toss and batted, Cleck will have been fairly

happy at 228 for 7. They lost a couple of early wickets, but

then made us work really hard for every one after that. Gavin Hamilton provided the backbone of the reply with another

masterful century, but with John Wood and James Lee both

taking 3 for 50-odd, there were a few nervous faces as we

grafted towards the target, with good contributions right down the order. Kez Ahmed was undaunted and saw us home

in fine style in the end. Very well done to Lee and the team

on coming through a really tough contest and we look for-

ward to the Bank Holiday Sunday in Bingley against Pudsey St. Lawrence.

The Second Team are only 10 points off the lead and are

away at Spen Victoria, who are not having a great season but

did have a comfortable win over Idle last weekend. Good luck to Matt with a slightly depleted side today.

The 3rd XI are away at Liversedge on Sunday with the pros-

pect of Murphy Walwyn providing support for the youngsters.

It’s great to see the likes of Phil Taylor and Murph giving their

time and experience in this way. We have no home match this Sunday, but next Saturday the

2nd XI will be entertaining Great Horton at South View Road

and next Sunday (the 24th), we’re playing two Dyson T20

matches away against Bankfoot – 1pm and 4 pm. Enjoy the cricket!

Phil.

From the Chair?

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What a great weekend last

week. Two narrow victories

against two of the top sides in

the Division.. It was a good

win against Pudsey St

Lawrence in what turned out

to be a nail biter. After a good

batting display again set up

by Gav and Gibby, we posted

a very competitive 238. They got off to a decent start put-

ting on 76 for the first wicket

in what was becoming a good chase. The game

turned on its head when the spin twins were

introduced. Kez and Jarvo bowled with great

control to rip through the middle order leaving

them 138-9. Game Over !!?? or so we thought that

was until Ian Priestley came to the crease and af-

ter getting himself ”in” proceeded to smash the at-

tack to all parts with an unbeaten 95, but a great

last over from Hutchy saw us home. Kez recorded

respectable figures of 4-73 off 15 overs and Jarvo an incredible 4-22 off 15.

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Congratulations to Jack Bleazard who represented

Yorkshire in an Under 11 game v Cleaveland at

Weatherby last Tuesday. The good news is that

Yorkshire won with Jack scoring 25 Not Out with

the bat and got a wicket as well . Well done Jack.

Congratulations also go to Cameron Bell who has

been selected for the Bradford League Lord

Taverners. Well done Cammy LAD.

The First XI Captain’s Log

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The Second XI Captain’s Log

After a couple of indifferent weeks, we

enter this weekend’s double header

with a great opportunity to put our-

selves in with a great chance of

promotion; its amazing to think that

there will only be 8 games remaining after Sundays game. This weekend

we have to travel or should that be roll down the hill

to Spen Victoria and Cleckheaton; and whilst Spen

haven’t quite produced the stats to back up what

looks like a decent team on paper, Cleck are right

in the mix and they have produced some consistent

results since their 9 wicket loss at our place earlier

in the season. So if the weather holds we should be

in for a competitive weekend.

Finally a bit of begging – Gareth, John Davis and

Jonathan Mellors are taking part in a 26 mile Row-athon on Friday – and before you start

imagining a rowing boat buckling under the severe

strain of Jonathan and Gareth sat in the middle of

the thing, I should stress that it is indoors and the

only danger of drowning will be from the pools of

sweat coming from their growing brows. We are

trying to raise money for The Rugby League

Benevolent Fund – a truly worthwhile cause who

support all those who have suffered illness or injury

whilst involved within the sport. Any donations will

be gratefully received.

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Third XI Comment

While the mayhem of the Priestley Cup unfolded at

South View Road, it was business as usual for the

Third team as they travelled to Mirfield HL

Having won the toss East Bierley put Mirfield in to bat

and at 75 for 0 that decision looked suspect. Captain

Toothill brought on spinners at both ends to stem the

leaking of runs and that proved the key to winning the

game. Liam Bleazard (5-25) and Kayne Whitehead( 3-

24) devastated their batting attack, with Sean Burns

and Cameron Bell also getting wickets. Mirfield

however contributed to their own downfall as they

went from 95 for 5 to 139 all out in 34 overs. East

Bierley made a good start with Kayne and Sean

reaching 51-0 before Sean got out, followed by Kayne

a few balls later. That started a mini collapse but both

Eddie Roberts and Tom Ormondroyd steadied the ship

and Tom eventually turned the tide East Bierley’s

way. Our section of the league table now looks like

this. Its Liversedge away tomorrow from 2 pm. Why

not bring a picnic to Liversedge and support the lads!

Team Points

East Bierley 23

New Farnley 23

Hartshead Moor 20

Liversedge 15

Mirfield Harry Lime 11

Gomersal 10

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Ishy Dawood sparkled with 26 at a run a ball

striking cleanly and pushing quick singles. Azhar

followed suit so Kez was left to finish the match in

style after 48.5 overs with 21 off 12 balls includ-

ing 2 smashing sixes which eased the pressure

and brought a well fought, well deserved , but

nerve jangling win, a place in the Priestley Cup

final on 28th August and revenge for an earlier

league defeat.

What a comeback for East Bierley against the

form team of the Bradford League(2nd place) and a very weekend double after the dismal display

against Hyde in the National Cup the previous

week.

Even the most critical of East Bierley supporters

must be happy at these two hard fought victories

against 5th Place Pudsey St Lawrence by 6 runs

and 2nd placed Cleckheaton by 2 wickets. Almost

too much excitement for any cricket fan in two

days. Only David Booth can complain at anything

(a Gavin 6 smashed his car window! )

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Thanks to Mr Rennison for supplying this very

comprehensive report of Sundays game

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Lee lost the toss yet again and Cleckheaton chose to

bat. Their highly successful opening partnership of

‘slow but sure’ Mark Cummins and ‘hard hitting’ John

Wood were both bowled by Ahzar Ullah for low

scores. Tim Jackson then began his battle to take

Cleck to a reasonable total. Runs were hard to come

by against AhzarUllah and Paul Hutchison and then

Kez Ahmed and Like Jarvis. The fifth bowler, skipper

Lee Goddard, played his part with two wickets as he

swapped the bowlers around well. Tim Jackson gained confidence and scored 68 off 22 balls before

a final flourish by Mally Nicholson, 47 off 39 balls

and Ian Wood (18) meant the 7th wicket brought the

biggest stand of 68 at the end. All the East Bierley

bowlers did well and shared the wickets with 2 each

for Azhar, Luke and Lee and 1 -35 from Kez.

Only Gavin Hamilton looked comfortable for East

Bierley and he scored 35 of the first 52 runs for 2

wickets. The stand of the day , 98 in 20 overs, by

Gavin and Andrew Rennison helped gain some con-

trol against the various Cleck bowlers. Gavin took

charge with a match winning century scored at a run

a ball, while Renno played an unaccustomed , very

patient supporting role of 29 off 71 balls which was

vital in the circumstances. When Gavin left for 101,

Cleck saw a hope and at 156-5 had E Bierley’s

nerves on edge. Now it was down to the strength in

depth of their batting to come good. . James Lee (3-

58) and John Wood(3-55) were threats but the bats-

men played cameo roles of a few runs, quickly, to

ease closer to victory.

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East Bierley SCORECARD

Overs 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Runs

Wick- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Score

BATSMAN HOW OUT BOWLER SCORE

1 Gavin Hamilton

2 Garib Razak

3 Lee Goddard*

4 Andrew Rennison

5 Ishy Dawood+

6 Kez Ahmed

7 Chris Elstub

8 Paul Hutchison

9 M Azhar Ullah

10 \Tom Owens

11 Luke Jarvis

12 M Claydon

EXTRAS TOTAL

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League Points System Win: 10 pts. Tie 5 pts. Abandoned: 5 pts each.

1 * 125 runs: 1pt. Each subsequent 25 runs: 1 pt.

Up to a maximum of 5 batting points.

Every 2nd wicket taken: 1 pt.

League Match Conditions50 overs per side.Bowlers are restricted to 15

overs. The bowling side must complete their

overs in 3 hours 10 minutes. Slow over rates

will be penalised by deduction of League

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Hanging Heaton

August 6th

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SCORECARD Woodlands

BATSMAN HOW OUT BOWLER SCORE

1 Scott Richardson(Snr)

2 Sam Frankland

3 Sarfraz Ahmed

4 Simon Mason

5 Usman Salim+

6 Chris Brice

7 Tim Orrell

8 Scott Richardson(jnr)

9 Richard Spittlehouse

10 Grant Soames

11 Pierer Swanepoel*

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EXTRAS TOTAL

Overs 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Runs

Wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Score

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July 23

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