COUNTY
CRICKETLOCAL
CRICKETICE
HOCKEY
MORRANT
FOUR
COUNTIES
Division
oneEA
TO
N
Br
ay
ar
e
19
points
clear
at
the
top
despite
dr
awing
with
No
rt
h
Cr
awley
.
We
s
Ho
skins
hit
114
for
Bra
y
as
they
re
ached
241-3
but
they
we
re
left
fr
us-
tr
ated
when
the
re
silient
Cr
awley
bat-
ted
thr
ough
their
innings
to
139-3
to
take
a
shar
e
of
the
points
.
Se
cond-placed
Ne
w
Br
adw
ell
also
dr
ew
with
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
.
Br
adw
ell
had
re
ached
241-6
with
Za
heer
Ahmed
8217s
unbeaten
66
leading
the
way
ye
t
they
we
re
unable
to
dis-
miss
MK
(121-8).
Me
anwhile
MK
City
mo
ve
d
away
fr
om
the
bottom
of
the
table
follo
wing
a
four
wicket
win
ov
er
Aspley
Gu
ise
.
Chr
is
Ti
mms
8217
all
ro
und
per
for
mance
helped
City
to
victor
y
as
he
claimed
4-
29
to
re
duce
Aspley
Gu
ise
to
164-9
befor
e
a
knock
of
79
steer
ed
City
to
25
points
.
Ol
ney
To
wn
lost
for
the
four
th
time
this
season
as
they
fell
11
ru
ns
shor
t
of
Ne
wpor
t
Pa
gnell
8217s
162
total.
Cu
bington
(206)
ar
e
in
thir
d
place
after
they
beat
Wi
nslo
w
To
wn
(184)
by
22
ru
ns
.Division
twoEDLESBOR
OUGH
slipped
up
at
the
top
as
they
we
re
handed
a
heavy
defeat
by
Ol
d
Br
adwell.
Br
adw
ell
(266-8)
set
a
competitiv
e
total
thanks
to
Ja
son
Lo
ve
land
8217s
89
and
it
was
one
Ed
lesbor
ough
failed
to
get
near
as
they
fell
all
out
for
100.
The
Open
Un
iversity
(212-7)
beat
Bi
ddenham
(211-6)
by
thr
ee
wickets
while
Me
ntmor
e
stayed
at
the
foot
of
the
table
after
a
thr
ee
wicket
defeat
to
St
udham.
Aston
Clinton
lost
to
So
ulbur
y
(167)
as
they
could
only
manage
to
post
56
ru
ns
on
the
boar
d.Division
threeCARL
Wr
ight
8217s
unbeaten
117
gave
Mi
lton
Br
yan
a
seven
wicket
win
ov
er
Sh
enley
Chur
ch
End
and
mo
ve
d
them
within
two
points
of
leaders
Whitchur
ch.
Whitchur
ch
continued
their
unbeaten
re
cor
d
by
beating
Ca
ddington
by
one
wicket.
Ne
w
Br
adw
ell
2nds
fell
30
ru
ns
shor
t
of
Dr
ayton
Pa
rslo
w8217
s
196-7
and
ar
e
no
w
in
sixth
place
while
Eg
gington
Fo
re
sters
stay
ed
at
the
bottom
after
a
sev
en
wicket
defeat
to
Tu
rv
ey
.
Eaton
Br
ay
2nds
kept
five
points
clear
of
second
fr
om
No
rt
h
Cr
awley
2nds
with
a
74
ru
n
victor
y.Division
fourPRINTERS
ar
e
ye
t
to
win
a
game
as
they
lost
by
four
wickets
to
Cr
anfield
Un
iv
ersity
while
at
the
other
end
of
the
table
Ha
rlington
re
mained
top
follo
wing
a
dr
aw
with
MK
City
2nds
.
St
oke
Ha
mmond
lost
gr
ound
in
sec-
ond
place
as
they
lost
by
one
wicket
to
Ol
d
Br
adw
ell
2nds
.
To
tter
nhoe
won
their
match
with
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
2nds
when
they
re
ached
MK8217
s
122
with
thr
ee
wickets
to
spar
e.
No
play
was
possible
betw
een
St
eeple
Clay
don
and
Wi
llen.Division
fiveHONOURS
we
re
even
betw
een
Ne
wpor
t
Pa
gnell
To
wn
2nds
(195-8)
and
Ol
ney
To
wn
2nds
(194-6)
with
Da
vid
Hu
rley
hitting
120
for
Olney
.
Tu
rv
ey
2nds
we
re
we
ll
beaten
by
seven
wickets
by
Cu
blington
2nds
and
Wi
ng
(232-4)
dr
ew
with
Mi
lton
Br
yan
2nds
(167-9)
despite
Ji
m
Ba
rr
ow
ay8217
s
br
illiant
123.Division
six
northTHE
clash
betw
een
MK
Pa
rk
3r
ds
and
No
rt
h
Cr
awley
3r
ds
,
in
second
and
thir
d
place
re
spectively
,
ended
in
a
dr
aw
.
St
ony
St
ra
tfor
d
4ths
got
one
ov
er
their
neighbours
Wo
lv
er
ton
To
wn
3r
d
with
a
seven-wicke
t
victor
y.CHERWELL
LEAGUE
Division
twoAFTER
thr
ee
consecutive
under
-par
per
for
mances
MK
Pa
rk
re
tur
ned
to
their
ru
thless
cr
icket
by
beating
Bl
edlo
w
Ridge
by
sev
en
wickets
.
On
winning
the
toss
the
tr
usted
for-
mula
of
inser
ting
the
visitors
was
taken
and
the
early
wickets
of
Ro
ss
Tu
rn
er
,
caught
behind
by
Ja
mes
Wa
rd
off
the
bo
wling
of
Ma
rk
Ro
ber
ts
and
Ma
rk
Mi
ddleton,
LB
W
to
Gh
ufr
an
Mo
hammed,
had
the
visitors
3-2.
Mo
hammed
(4-43)
str
uck
again
in
the
seventh
ov
er
re
ducing
Bl
edlo
w
to
16-3.
As
wickets
fell
the
visitors
added
some
fight
with
Pa
ul
Br
ez
ez
cki
scor-
ing
54
fr
om
32
bal
ls
to
gui
de
his
tea
m
to
137
all
out
.
Pa
rk
8217s
re
ply
got
off
to
a
shaky
start
with
skipper
Gr
aham
Si
mpson
depar
ting
without
tr
oubling
the
scor-
ers
.
The
total
was
on
19
when
Ja
mes
Wa
rd
also
fell
at
the
wicket.
Ti
m
Chapman
and
Mi
ke
Alston
found
themselves
together
as
Bl
edlo
w8217
s
bo
wlers
str
ived
for
another
br
eakt
hr
ough
.
The
pair
added
34
for
the
thir
d
wick-
et
befor
e
Chapma
n
(21)
spoone
d
a
catch
to
Ro
binson
at
point.
Fr
om
then
on
it
was
one
way
tr
affic
as
the
in-for
m
Gh
ufr
an
Mo
hammed
(47no)
and
Mi
ke
Alston
(56no)
blud-
geoned
Bl
edlo
w8217
s
attack
to
all
cor
ners
of
Ma
nor
Fi
elds
.
The
visitors
could
do
nothing
to
stop
the
onslaught
as
the
pair
added
an
unbr
oken
86
ru
n
par
t-
nership
for
the
four
th
wicket
in
17
ov
ers
.
Pa
rk
canter
ed
home
by
seven
wicket
s
in
the
37th
ov
er
and
got
their
pr
omotion
hunt
back
on
tr
ack.NOR
THANTS
PREMIER
LEAGUEST
ONY
St
ra
tfor
d
narro
wly
missed
out
on
a
terr
ific
victor
y
as
they
fell
nine
ru
ns
shor
t
to
No
rt
hampton
Ac
ademy
.
St
ony
we
re
left
to
re
gr
et
missing
some
cr
ucial
half
chances
in
the
field.
Da
vid
Mu
rphy
was
caught
off
a
no
ball
while
on
single
figur
es
and
he
we
nt
on
to
make
189
not
out
while
Be
n
How
gego
added
97
for
suppor
t.
No
rt
hants
Ac
ademy
declar
ed
on
342-1
fr
om
just
45
ov
ers
.
Fo
llo
wing
a
demoralising
fielding
per
for
mance
,
spir
its
we
re
lo
w
at
the
halfway
stage
.
While
the
St
ony
openers
both
got
star
ts
,
it
was
again
left
up
to
skipper
Di
on
Eb
ra
him
to
re
build
the
innings
,
this
time
findin
g
good
suppor
t
from
Doug
Ar
is
,
who
hit
50
fr
om
69
balls
,
dur
ing
a
123
ru
n
par
tnership
.
Eb
ra
him
continued
to
find
suppor
t
fr
om
Pe
te
Mi
tchell,
and
the
St
ony
skipper
br
ought
up
another
superb
hundr
ed
to
give
St
ony
a
sniff
of
victo-
ry
.
How
ever
this
seemed
to
disappear
when
he
ev
entually
fell
for
125,
with
the
scor
e
on
258-6.
Mi
ke
Av
er
y
and
St
uar
t
Gu
lliv
er
had
other
ideas
,
as
St
ony
kept
up
with
the
ru
n
ra
te
,
and
the
scor
e
inched
to
war
ds
the
343
re
quir
ed
for
what
would
be
an
amazing
victor
y.
Gu
lliv
er
play
ed
superbly
to
keep
the
home
side
in
the
game
and
seemed
to
be
taking
St
ony
ov
er
the
line
,
but
it
was
not
to
be
for
St
ony
as
he
eventu-
ally
fell
for
33,
as
the
last
man
out,
with
St
ony
nine
ru
ns
away
fr
om
victo-
ry
.
MK
Lightning
have
re
-signed
the
un
sung
her
o
of
their
side
.
Ba
rr
y
Ho
llyhead
(right)
has
agr
eed
terms
to
be
the
Lightning
netminder
for
another
ye
ar
.
Ho
llyhead
was
vo
ted
play-
ers
8217
player
of
the
year
and
best
defensiv
e
play
er
at
Lightning
8217s
end
of
season
awar
ds
.
He
was
also
named
in
the
Br
itish
Wr
iters
All
St
ar
Te
am
for
the
En
glish
Pr
emier
League
-
another
re
ason
why
play
er
-coach
Ni
ck
Po
ole
was
keen
to
secur
e
his
signatur
e.
Po
ole
said:
8220W
e
had
a
brief
discussion
and
agr
eed
terms
ve
ry
quickly
as
Ba
rr
y
was
as
keen
to
play
in
MK
as
we
we
re
to
hav
e
him.
8220H
e
does
not
get
some
of
the
plaudits
that
other
net
-
minder
8217s
get,
but
a
lot
of
that
is
due
to
Ba
rr
y8217
s
lo
w
key
styl
e.
He
is
a
ve
ry
efficient
netmin-
der
who
is
a
tr
ue
pr
ofessional
and
the
most
impor
tant
aspect
of
the
decision
to
br
ing
him
back
is
the
simple
fact
that
our
team
is
so
comfortable
and
confident
with
Ba
rr
y
back-
stopping
us
.
8220I
kno
w
he
is
ve
ry
ex
cited
about
the
team
we
ar
e
putting
together
and
is
confident
he
will
have
his
best
season
to
date
.
Bu
t
while
Lightning
fans
will
be
delighted
to
hear
Ho
llyhead
is
back
they
hav
e
been
dealt
the
bad
news
that
Ro
ss
Bo
we
rs
will
not
be
re
tur
ning.
A
statement
fr
om
the
ice
hockey
club
said
Bo
we
rs
dis-
cussed
his
position
and
decid-
ed
he
had
not
been
happ
y
with
his
per
for
mances
last
year
.
It
re
ad:
8220R
oss
felt
that
as
he
has
play
ed
all
his
junior
and
senior
hockey
in
MK
he
would
the
oppor
tunity
to
ice
some-
wher
e
else
,
which
we
entir
ely
agr
eed
with.
8220W
e
ar
e
awar
e
that
he
would
ideally
like
to
ice
in
the
Elite
League
and
we
wish
him
all
the
best
and
hope
that
he
can
re
alise
his
tr
ue
potential,
but
would
add
that
we
would
be
ve
ry
surpr
ised
if
Ro
ss
did
not
ice
again
for
MK
at
some
time
in
the
futur
e.
8221Lightning
strike
to
bring
back
hero
THIS
time
next
we
ek
No
rt
hampton
St
eelbacks
could
be
in
the
semi-finals
of
the
Tw
enty20
Cu
p.
Fi
rst
they
need
to
get
past
Essex
Eagles
who
they
hav
e
been
dr
awn
against
in
the
quar
ter
-finals
.
On
Mo
nday
the
will
tr
av
el
to
Essex
for
a
7.40pm
start.
No
rt
hants
ended
their
gr
oup
games
on
a
high
with
a
13-r
un
victor
y
ov
er
Wa
rk
wickshir
e.
Ju
st
a
we
ek
earlier
it
had
been
Wa
rk
wickshir
e
who
had
demolished
No
rt
hants
in
a
nine-wicket
win
at
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
8217
Ca
mpbell
Pa
rk
.
Essex
host
a
tough
chal-
lenge
for
No
rt
hants
with
two
gr
eat
all
ro
unders
in
their
side
.
Englan
d8217
s
Ra
vi
Bo
par
a
is
set
to
star
in
the
game
but
the
man
No
rt
hants
will
be
hoping
to
dismiss
early
will
be
Gr
aham
Na
pier
.
He
smashed
his
way
into
the
re
cor
d
books
with
a
competi-
tion
best
of
152
not
out
from
58
balls
,
which
includ
ed
16
sixes
and
10
fours
against
Su
ssex
last
we
ek.
Ye
ster
day
No
rt
hants
we
re
in
Co
unty
Championship
action
with
Mi
ddlesex.Steelbacks
on
track
for
Tw
enty20
semisPa
ul
Briz
ezicki
bats
for
BledlowMark
Roberts
catches
for
MK
-
but
its
ov
er
the
boundary
and
a
6
for
BledlowGhufr
an
Mohammed
bowls
for
MK
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