| Competition : Warburtons Bolton League |
| Match : Walkden v Heaton played at "The Oval" |
| Date : 31st July 2004 |
| Toss : won by Heaton who decided to field first |
| Umpires : M.Kinder, A.Greenhalgh |
| Result : Winning draw to Walkden |
| Points : Walkden 16, Heaton 5 |
| Weather : Perfect summers day |
| Pitch : Dry with minimal grass, on the slow side |
| Walkden | |||
| D. Smith | c Fearick | b Hirwani | 73 |
| Roach | b Hirwani | 75 | |
| Bennison | st S.Booth | b Hirwani | 3 |
| Bates | c S.Booth | b Jones | 11 |
| S. Reidy | not out | 36 | |
| T. Keays | not out | 34 | |
| extras | 10 | ||
| total (for 4 wkts) | 242 | ||
| Bowling : Fearick 15.1-1-80-0; Hirwani 24-4-107-3; Jones 9.5-0-45-1; West 1-0-5-0 | |||
| Heaton | |||
| M. Ward | st A.Kay | b B.Reidy | 50 |
| S. Booth | c Bennison | b J.Smith | 8 |
| J. Southworth | b Ingram | 25 | |
| J. Fearick | b Ingram | 4 | |
| P. Rayment | c D.Smith | b Slater | 12 |
| J. West | lbw | b B.Reidy | 0 |
| P. Gallagher | lbw | b Slater | 17 |
| Hirwani | b J.Smith | 31 | |
| L. Booth | b D.Smith | 12 | |
| D. Jones | not out | 6 | |
| M. Mort | not out | 10 | |
| extras | 17 | ||
| Total (for 9 wkts) | 192 | ||
| Bowling : D.Smith 11-5-42-1; J.Smith 9-1-34-2; Ingram 9-2-35-2; B.Reidy 13-3-49-2; S.Reidy 2-2-0-0 | |||
| Report : On a very hot summers day, the Walkden batsman overcame the spin of pro Hirwani to post a challenging total. Heaton replied confidently and kept up with the rate. Only with a middle order collapse did the target look unobtainable and Heaton managed to salvage a draw. |