There were some close finishes across the five divisions
in the LCCL as most clubs got into full swing and there were some exceptional
performances with a three tons and four bowlers picking up 5 fors.
LCCL PREMIER DIVISION
Grimsby Town made a winning start when beating Scothern
by 84 runs at Augusta Street with Steven Crossley taking centre stage when
hitting 144 as they posted a total of 266 for 9 before Town restricted the
visitors to 182 for 8 , Will Bailey top scoring with 81 for Lincoln side. It
went right to the wire at Hirst Priory where promoted Outcasts held their nerve
to register a hard fought win against Lindum 2nds who made 190 allm out when
taking first knock thanks in the main to 35 from Harry Wells and 31 from opener
Aiden Lockwood , skipper Liam McAnaney and Matthew Teal picking up three
wickets each then Josh Bramhill hit 59 and Charlie Mason 55 , it being his
first first team half century as the Priorymen reached their target in the
final over and with just one wicket in hand. Finally in the Premier Division
Market Rasen bounced back from an opening day defeat to comfortably beat
Scunthorpe Town 2nds at Rase Park where they set a tough target of 239 for 8 as
Matthew Rutherford hit 84 and Graeme Bell 52 , Ben Brumby taking 5 for 46 for
Scunthorpe who were then bowled out for 102 as Daniel Clark picked up 3 for 37.
LCCL DIVISION ONE
Promoted Barton Town made it two from two victories when
beating Bracebridge Heath 2nds at their Marsh Lane ground where Alex Shreeve
continued his early season form when posting 80 not out in the Humbersiders 237
for 5 , George Short adding a further 51 then despite a dogged 74 from opener
Tom McIlwaine Bracebridge were dismissed for 170 , Daniel Knapton and Chris
Kipling taking four wickets each to maintain their teams 100% start to the
season. There was a terrific win for Louth 2nds at Broughton albeit a narrow
one as the home side fell just nine runs short of Louth’s 220 for 9 , Steve
Wright making 56 and Richard Limmer 52 before Broughton reached 211 for 9 in
reply , Neil Simpson top scoring 51 at the top of the innings while Paul Clark
finished on 49 not out. Craig Cosgrove hit 102 as Cherry Willingham scored 195
for 5 at Messingham who in reply were bowled out for 130 , Lumbani Gondwe
making 33 while the evergreen Joe Dobson took 4 for 12 and there was also a ton
at Brumby Hall where Liam Grimes hit 101 for Appleby Frodingham 2nds in what
proved to be a losing cause against Clee Town Laportes for whom Lewis Markham (
59 ) and Niall Dunn ( 50 ) contributed well in a first innings score of 237 for
8 before the Steelmen were bowled out for 206. Three players picked up three
wickets in the game namely Michael Solomon and Simon Taylor for Frod and Mick
Barton for Laportes. Hartsholme made a winning start to their season when
comfortably beating Alkborough , setting a target of 260 for 6 with 68 from
Michael Hale , 63 from Joe Gilbert and 54 not out from Daniel Bothma who also
picked up 3 wickets along with Rob Thorpe as they bowled Alkborough out for 75.
LCCL DIVISION TWO
Nettleham 2nds have started well in their elevated
division and they made it two wins from two when beating fellow promoted side
Lindum 3rds by 33 runs , making 153 all out thanks in the main to 41 from Ben
Pearce as Vaughan Whitaker took 3 for 13 then Jack Ashcroft-Day picked up an
impressive 5 for 17 as his Nettleham side dismissed Lindum for 120. HLC 2nds
have also won their first two matches but didn’t manage the full twenty points
against Market Rasen 2nds who made 169 for 9 at Tetney Lane before opener
Gareth Cook hit 80 and Dan Baker 55 not out as HLC won by eight wickets. The
third side to have won two from two are Hartsholme 2nds who restricted Alford
to 139 for 9 , the consistent Neil Calvert scoring 69 not out after which Tom
Parker guided Hartsholme to a narrow one wicket win when top scoring with 36
and it was just as close at Normanby Park who were bowled out for 122 by
Cleethorpes 3rds then snatched a thrilling one run victory when bowling the
Meggies out for 119 , Rob Cranidge hitting 44 for Normanby with Andy Severn
taking a splendid 5 for 13 for Cleethorpes , Jack Cowling proving to be the
main man for the hosts when capturing 4 for 20 in their exciting win. Grimsby
Town 2nds were also narrow winners in Division Two when beating Hibaldstow by
just two wickets where Lee Robinson fell one short of a half century in
Hibaldstow’s 138 for 9 before Chris Waters ( 38 ) and Harrison Tyce ( 31 ) saw
their side to a close run win.
LCCL DIVISION THREE EAST
Brocklesby Park made a perfect start to life in the
Lincolnshire League when capturing all twenty points at their Keelby base
against Cherry Willingham 2nds whom they bowled out for 103 with Nawaz Maroof
picking up 4 for 21 after which Inderjeet Sandhu hit 52 not out and Mohammed
Saad Khan 41 as Brocklesby cruised to 106 for 1 while there was a remarkable
performance by 14 year old Henry Houseman who carried his bat throughout Louth
3rds entire innings against Horncastle when making 86 not out in a total of 246
for 4 , 146 more than the visitors made in reply. The one other Division Three
East game scheduled for April 23rd saw Scothern 2nds awarded twenty
points win over Alford 2nds who were unable to field a side and therefore are
deducted five points.
LCCL DIVISION THREE WEST
Harry Cearnes and Sean Woolley both scored 65 for Caistor
Town 2nds as they set Outcasts 2nds a target of 202 at their Brigg Road ground
, skipper Brett Smith and Bradley King taking three wickets each for the Isle
side who fell just eleven runs short in reply with 39 from Adam Wroot and 36
from opener Martin Davey , Luke Hill capturing 5 for 39 for Caistor and there
was a 42 run victory for Haxey 2nds in their season opener against Scunthorpe
Town 3rds out on the Isle where Harvey Round hit 53 and Lewis Shillito 47 not
out as Haxey recorded a total of 188 for 6 ,
George Luya taking 3 for 45 for Scunthorpe who were then bowled out for
146 , Will Baxter picking up 3 for 38.
LCCL PREMIER DIVISION
GRIMSBY TOWN
v SCOTHERN
Grimsby : 266 for 9 ( S Crossley 144 )
Scothern : 182 for 8 ( W Bailey 51 )
RESULT : GRIMSBY TOWN ( 18 pts ) beat Scothern ( 8 pts )
by 84 runs
MARKET RASEN
v SCUNTHORPE TOWN 2NDS
M Rasen : 239 for 8 ( M Rutherford 84 ; G Bell 52 ) B Brumby 5 for 46
Scun 2nds : 102 ao
RESULT : MARKET RASEN ( 20 pts ) beat Scunthorpe Town
2nds ( 3 pts ) by 137 runs
OUTCASTS v LINDUM 2NDS
Lindum : 190 ao
Outcasts : 193 for 9 ( J Bramhill 49 ; C Mason 55 )
RESULT : OUTCASTS ( 20 pts ) beat Lindum 2nds ( 8 pts )
by 1 wicket
LCCL DIVISION ONE
APP FRODINGHAM 2NDS
v CLEE TOWN LAPORTES
CT Laportes : 237 for 8( L Markham 59 ; N Dunn 50 )
App Frod : 206 ao ( L Grimes 101 )
RESULT : CLEE TOWN LAPORTES ( 20 pts ) beat App Frod 2nds
( 8 pts ) by 31 runs
BARTON TOWN v BRACE HEATH 2NDS
Barton : 237 for 5 ( A Shreeve 80 no ; G Short 51 )
B Heath : 170 ao ( T McIlwaine 74 )
RESULT : BARTON TOWN ( 20 pts ) beat Brace Heath 2nds ( 5
pts ) by 57 runs
BROUGHTON v LOUTH 2NDS
Louth : 220 for 9 ( S Wright 56 ; R Limmer 52 )
Broughton : 211 for 9 ( N Simpson 51 )
RESULT : LOUTH 2NDS ( 19 pts ) beat Broughton ( 9 pts )
by 9 runs
HARTSHOLME v ALKBOROUGH
Hartsholme : 260 for 6 ( M Hale 68 ; J Gilbert 63 ; D
Bothma 54 no )
Alkborough : 75 ao
RESULT : HARTSHOLME ( 20 pts ) beat Alkborough ( 2 pts )
by 185 runs
MESSINGHAM v CHERRY WILLINGHAM
C Willingham : 195 for 5 ( C Cosgrove 102 )
Messingham : 130 ao
RESULT : CHERRY WILLINGHAM ( 20 pts ) beat Messingham ( 3
pts ) by 65 runs
LCCL DIVISION TWO
ALFORD v HARTSHOLME 2NDS
Alford : 139 for 9 ( N Calvert 69 no )
Hartsholme : 140 for 9
RESULT : HARTSHOLME 2NDS ( 16 pts ) beat Alford : 5 pts )
by 1 wicket
HIBALDSTOW v GRIMSBY TOWN 2NDS
Hibaldstow : 138 for 9
Grimsby : 140 for 8
RESULT : GRIMSBY TOWN 2NDS ( 16 pts ) beat Hibaldstow ( 4
pts ) by 2 wickets
HLC 2NDS v MARKET RASEN 2NDS
M Rasen : 169 for 9
HLC : 171 for 2 ( G Cook 80 ; D Baker 55 no )
RESULT : HLC 2NDS ( 17 pts ) beat Market Rasen 2nds ( 3
pts ) by 8 wickets
NETTLEHAM 2NDS
v LINDUM 3RDS
Nettleham : 153 ao
Lindum : 120 ao J Ashcroft-Day 5 for 17
RESULT : NETTLEHAM 2NDS ( 20 pts ) beat Lindum 3rds ( 6
pts ) by 33 runs
NORMANBY PARK
v CLEETHORPES 3RDS
Norm Park : 122 ao
A Severn 5 for 13
Clee 3rds : 121 ao
RESULT : NORMANBY PARK ( 20 pts ) beat Cleethorpes 3rds (
6 pts ) by 1 run
LCCL DIVISION THREE EAST
BROCKLESBY PARK
v CHERRY WILLINGHAM 2NDS
C Willingham : 103 ao
Brock Park : 106 for 1 ( I Sandu 52 no )
RESULT : BROCKLESBY PARK ( 20 pts ) beat C Willingham
2nds ( 0 pts ) by 9 wickets
LOUTH 3RDS v HORNCASTLE
Louth : 246 for 4 ( H Househam 86 no )
Horncastle : 100 ao
RESULT : LOUTH 3RDS ( 20 pts ) beat Horncastle ( 1 pt )
by 146 runs
SCOTHERN 2NDS
v ALFORD 2NDS
-
POSTPONED - Alford concede
RESULT : SCOTHERN 2NDS ( 20 pts ) Alford 2nds ( -5 pts )
LCCL DIVISION THREE WEST
CAISTOR TOWN 2NDS
v OUTCASTS 2NDS
Caistor : 202 ao ( H Cearnes 65 ; S Woolley 65 )
Outcasts : 191 ao
L Hill 5 for 39
RESULT : CAISTOR TOWN 2NDS ( 20 pts ) beat Outcasts 2nds
( 9 pts ) by 11 runs
HAXEY 2NDS v SCUNTHORPE TOWN 3RDS
Haxey : 188 for 6 ( H Round 53 )
Scun 3rds : 146 ao
RESULT : HAXEY 2NDS ( 20 pts ) beat Scun 3rds (
4 pts ) by 42 runs
