| Competition : Warburtons Bolton League |
| Match : Astley Bridge v Heaton played at "Sharples Park" |
| Date : 10th July 2004 |
| Toss : won by Astley Bridge who decided to field first |
| Umpires : S.Ainscow, S.Wiseman |
| Result : winning draw to Heaton |
| Points : Astley Bridge 2, Heaton 11 |
| Weather : Cloudy with persistent rain |
| Pitch : Well grassed, quite hard and good all-round wicket |
| Heaton | |||
| P. Rayment | c Northrop | b Patel | 14 |
| M. Ward | c Northrop | b Patel | 12 |
| J. Southworth | st Northrop | b Holt | 50 |
| J. Fearick | c Clegg | b Mahmood | 37 |
| I. Bradshaw | not out | 26 | |
| S. Booth | b Mahmood | 5 | |
| J. West | not out | 14 | |
| extras | 14 | ||
| total (for 5 wkts) | 172 | ||
| Bowling : Dalugoda 10-3-41-0; Patel 10-1-59-2; Mahmood 6-1-36-2; Holt 4-0-27-1 | |||
| Asteley Bridge | |||
| A. Northrop | lbw | b Hirwani | 2 |
| Si Entwistle | b Fearick | 0 | |
| A. Clegg | c Southworth | b West | 61 |
| Dalugoda | not out | 40 | |
| St. Entwistle | not out | 0 | |
| extras | 4 | ||
| total (for 3 wkts) | 110 | ||
| Bowling : Fearick 8-5-12-1; Hirwani 14-4-61-1; Jones 5-1-20-0; Rayment 2-0-11-0; West 1-0-3-1 | |||
| Report : A frustrating day was had by all and when play finally got under way at 4:30pm, the game had been reduced to 30 overs each. The Heaton Team got off to a good start and although lost the two openers early Jack Southworth & John Fearick steadied the innings. With wickets in hand the onslaught was led by Ian Bradshaw and John West, with the visitors posting a very respectible total. The Astley Bridge innings never got going and they did not even attempt to chase the target, being too worried about losing the game. Saying that, Clegg & Dalugoda batted well to ensure a draw in what ended up quite a boring fixture. |