| Competition : Warburtons Bolton League |
| Match : Horwich v Heaton played at The Recreation Ground |
| Date : 15th May 2004 |
| Toss : won by Horwich |
| Umpires : Paul Dalton, Karen Knott |
| Result : Horwich won by 2 wickets |
| Points : Horwich 20, Heaton 4 |
| Weather : perfect summers afternoon with slight westerly breeze 23 degrees |
| Pitch : slightly uneven bounce, but well grassed and good for batting |
| Heaton | |||
| M. Ward | lbw | b Dooley | 4 |
| P. Rayment | c Carlisle | b White | 5 |
| G. Carson | st Partington | b Taylor | 34 |
| J. Fearick | c&b Taylor | 55 | |
| I. Bradshaw | c Williams | b Taylor | 8 |
| Hirwani | c Williams | b Taylor | 0 |
| M. Daley | c Partington | b Dooley | 0 |
| J. West | not out | 15 | |
| S. Booth | c Dooley | b Taylor | 1 |
| D. Jones | b Taylor | 0 | |
| J. Cross | b White | 4 | |
| extras | 29 | ||
| total (all out) | 155 | ||
| Bowling : White 15.3-1-42-3; Dooley 12-1-31-2; Williams 10-3-26-0; Taylor 11-1-46-5 | |||
| Horwich | |||
| S. Woods | b Jones | 2 | |
| D. Wilson | b Fearick | 4 | |
| G. Long | lbw | b Fearick | 3 |
| White | b Hirwani | 24 | |
| D. Hunt | b Jones | 5 | |
| S. Harrison | lbw | b Hirwani | 13 |
| J. Partington | not out | 67 | |
| G. Dooley | b Rayment | 10 | |
| A. Taylor | c Fearick | b Hirwani | 7 |
| G. Williams | not out | 4 | |
| extras | 17 | ||
| Total (for 8 wkts) | 156 | ||
| Bowling : Fearick 13-0-42-2; Jones 11-6-18-2; Hirwani 18.4-2-54-3; Rayment 5-0-30-1 | |||
| Report : After being 10 for 2, Heaton recovered to 110 for 2 with Fearick 55 and Carson 35. Then it all went wrong with the middle order attempting to put Andy Taylor onto the M61 motorway. This resulted in a disappointing 155 total on a good wicket. Heaton bowlers started well and had Horwich on the racks at 80 for 6 before Partington managed to get to 67*, after being dropped twice, in unauthordox fashion as he only knows. Dayle Jones bowled an excellent spell before getting a calf strain which forced him out of the attack. This arguably caused Heaton's demise. |