BOBBY Cross believes his Heywood team can reflect with pride and frustration after finishing runners-up in the 2012 Central Lancashire League title race. The skipper’s prediction that Walsden would be the team to beat proved to be spot on, as Heywood finished eight points behind the Todmorden area club despite losing only four league games Click here for more ….
Here’s hoping for lots of big scores big scores on the final weekend of the season – especially from Heywood and Middleton. Both clubs have decided to donate any collections earned this weekend to Radcliffe pro Phil Hayes’ ‘Ironman’ triathlon this weekend. Phil has been preparing for the event, held this weekend, to raise funds Click here for more ….
SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER: Ashton: 96-6 Norden: 95 Ashton beat Norden by 4 wickets. Monton & Weaste: 174 Milnrow: 178-5 Milnrow beat Monton & Weaste by 5 wickets. Crompton: 183-9 Werneth: 98 Crompton beat Werneth by 85 runs. Oldham: 88 Middleton: 243 Middleton beat Oldham by 101 runs (delayed play rule). Heywood: 220-5 Clifton: 145-9 Heywood beat Clifton Click here for more ….
Results Sunday: Ashton v Monton & Weaste: Match abandoned. Middleton: 106 Milnrow: 110-5 Milnrow beat Middleton by 5 wickets. Clifton: 91-4 Royton: 85 Clifton beat Royton by 6 wickets. Oldham: 124 Crompton: 125-2 Crompton beat Oldham by 8 wickets. Heywood: 133-5 Radcliffe: 78 Heywood beat Radcliffe by 55 runs. Walsden: 119-4 Norden: 165 Walsden beat Norden by 6 wickets Click here for more ….
Results 11 August: Heywood: 132-1 Ashton: 131 Heywood beat Ashton by 9 wickets. Oldham: 73 Littleborough: 74-0 Littleborough beat Oldham by 10 wickets. Middleton: 96 Clifton: 153-7 Clifton beat Middleton by 57 runs. Rochdale: 235-7 Radcliffe: 237-9 Radcliffe beat Rochdale by 1 wicket. Monton & Weaste: 215-5 Crompton: 136 Monton & Weaste beat Crompton by 79 runs. Royton: 190-6 Milnrow: 192-6 Milnrow beat Royton by 4 wickets. Norden: 235-4 Unsworth: 154 Norden Click here for more ….
Heywood’s two senior sides face decisive fixtures this weekend. The firsts travel to Milnrow on Saturday and host Walsden on Sunday against of their two main rivals for the CLL title. Milnrow have proved a powerful team under the leadership of pro Babar Naeem, whose slow left-armers have almost single-handedly led his side into the Click here for more ….
Last night’s (Wednesday’s) Taylor Cup semi-final clash between Heywood and Royton was abandoned without a ball being bowled. However, the match has been re-arranged to next Wednesday at Crimble (unless I hear otherwise) which means we still have our chance of reaching the final. I am usually critical of the league and their rules, but Click here for more ….
Heywood Seconds made it a four-win weekend for the club when they beat Radcliffe by four wickets on Sunday. But it was a victory that was in doubt for a long part of the game as they endeavoured to chase down Radcliffe’s target of 111 off 27 rain-reduced overs. Old head Lee Grogan and the Click here for more ….
In weeks and months to come, Heywood seconds’ victory at Middleton could be the seminal moment of the season. If, and it’s a big if still, Roger Smethurst’s side become the first Heywood second team to win the title since 1984, a win against the odds against one of their biggest rivals may be the Click here for more ….
Heywood’s brittle confidence was evident for all to see as they crashed to a heavy defeat at Clifton on Saturday. From a team that was unbeatable, in recent weeks Heywood have had their confidence severely dented by a series of disappointing defeats, and nowhere was this more noticeable than at the Salford club’s Manchester Road Click here for more ….
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