| Hamer Cup Final |
| Match : Westhoughon v Greenmount played at "The Rigbys" |
| Date : 1 August 2004 |
| Toss : Won by Westhoughton who decided to field first |
| Umpires : E.Holden, C.Knott |
| Result : Westhoughton won by 3 wickets |
| Weather : Perfect summers day 25 degrees |
| Pitch : Hard and dry, light grass covering, lightening outfield |
| Man of the Match : Antonio Mayers |
| Greenmount | |||
| A. Bowker | lbw | b Hart | 28 |
| G. Chadwick | b Hart | 14 | |
| Shetty | c P.Atherton | b Hart | 40 |
| J. Ashworth | b MacKellar | 15 | |
| R. Senior | b Mayers | 3 | |
| N. Franklin | lbw | b Mayers | 3 |
| D. Senior | c P.Atherton | b Mayers | 1 |
| N. Kay | b MacKellar | 22 | |
| M. Stewart | b Mayers | 4 | |
| P. Blinkhorn | lbw | b MacKellar | 7 |
| M. Kay | not out | 6 | |
| extras | 27 | ||
| total (all out) | 170 | ||
| Bowling : Mayers 24-8-68-4; Bhanabhai 5-1-15-0; Hart 10-1-38-3; MacKellar 8.2-1-28-3 | |||
| Westhoughton | |||
| S. Parker | c Chadwick | b R.Senior | 7 |
| I. Pilkington | c D.Senior | b Stewart | 12 |
| A. Coates | c Franklyn | b R.Senior | 0 |
| A. Gaskell | b R.Senior | 11 | |
| Mayers | not out | 85 | |
| R. Parker | run out | 4 | |
| P. Atherton | b R.Senior | 0 | |
| M. Atherton | b Stewart | 29 | |
| C. MacKellar | not out | 9 | |
| extras | 17 | ||
| Total (for 7 wkts) | 173 | ||
| Bowling : Stewart 21-4-62-2; Shetty 10-2-31-0; R.Senior 10-1-26-4; Bowker 3-1-21-0; M.Kay 3-0-17-0 | |||
| Report : After
being asked to bat first, Greenmount made a tentative start to their
innings due to a fine opening spell of bowling from Westhoughton's
professional Mayers and Bhanabhai. Nishet Shetty showed his raw
talent, especially driving the ball down the ground to race to 40 runs
before being dismissed with the total on 100 and 25 overs left to
bat. Greenmount struggled through the middle overs losing wickets
at regular intervals. The tail wagged with vital runs coming from
the low order which eventually saw Greenmount posting a moderate total
on what seemed a very good batting pitch. All the Westhoughton
bowlers were very accurate, maintaining discipline and focus throughout
their fielding session. As in all Hamer Cup Finals, Westhoughton
also started their innings with caution. With the loss of 3
wickets, Antonio Mayers walked to the crease. The Westhoughton
professional batted in a mature manner to steer his team to victory with
a superb innings of 85 not out, ably supported by Mark Atherton who hit
a valuable 29 runs.
WELL DONE WESTHOUGHTON! |
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