| Competition : Warburtons Bolton League |
| Match : Farnworth SC v Heaton played at "Piggot Park" |
| Date : 22nd August 2004 |
| Toss : won by Heaton who decided to field first |
| Umpires : E.Holden, S.Ainscow |
| Result : Farnworth SC won by 29 runs |
| Points : Farnworth SC 20, Heaton 3 |
| Weather : Overcast with light easterly |
| Pitch : under-prepared, well grassed and very dangerous with uneven bounce |
| Farnworth SC | |||
| R. Hope | c S.Booth | b Hirwani | 4 |
| M. Ashworth | c Hirwani | b Fearick | 1 |
| D. Eckersley | c Hobbiss | b Rayment | 28 |
| K. Murray | c S.Booth | b Hirwani | 26 |
| G. Murphy | lbw | b Hirwani | 1 |
| C. Walsh | lbw | b Rayment | 1 |
| D. Mullineux | not out | 21 | |
| Cunningham | b Hirwani | 13 | |
| A. Ogden | c Rayment | b Hirwani | 5 |
| R. Taylor | c S.Booth | b Fearick | 0 |
| A. Bradley | c Gallagher | b Hirwani | 4 |
| extras | 9 | ||
| total (all out) | 122 | ||
| Bowling : Fearick 11-3-26-2; Hirwani 21.1-9-43-6; Rayment 11-2-44-2 | |||
| Heaton | |||
| M. Ward | c Murphy | b Eckersley | 4 |
| J. Fearick | c Walsh | b Eckersley | 18 |
| J. Southworth | lbw | b Cunningham | 15 |
| P. Rayment | b Eckersley | 19 | |
| S. Booth | b Cunningham | 4 | |
| M. Hobbiss | c Walsh | b Eckersley | 7 |
| Hirwani | c Murphy | b Eckersley | 1 |
| L. Booth | c Mullineux | b Eckersley | 2 |
| P. Gallagher | c Ogden | b Eckersley | 11 |
| D. Jones | not out | 4 | |
| R. Istead | lbw | b Cunningham | 0 |
| extras | 8 | ||
| total (all out) | 93 | ||
| Bowling : Cunningham 22-5-54-3; Eckersley 22-10-31-7 | |||
| Report : Farnworth struggled early on in their innings but valuble contributions from Dean Eckersley, Kevin Murray and Darren Mullineux saw them to a relatively easy target. All the Heaton batsman struggled on a deteriating pitch against Eckersley as the ball continually popped up off a length. It was more a fight for survival than a run chase with some poor shot selection not helping matters. |