Fourth XI

26/8/2001 Versus Postal
at Blackpool CC
Wareing Cup Final

Result:- Postal won by 82 runs

Postal
Batsman	How Out	Bowler	R
Tom Birtwistle Snr	Bowled	McCabe	1
Keith Reid	Bowled	Connolly	64
Tom Birtwistle Jnr	Ct Wilks	Connolly	0
Steve Goodfellow	Bowled	Kelliher	44
John O'Connor	Ct Dougall	Wilks	10
Neil Hankey	Ct McCabe	Heap	43
Ged Morley	Ct Kelliher	Hughes	10
John Tite	LBW	Hughes	1
Andy Telford	Not Out		1
George Reid Jnr	DNB
Aaron Hudson	DNB
Extras			35
Total for 8 wickets			209

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Nigel Connolly	8	3	28	2
Paul McCabe	8	1	32	1
David Hartley	4	0	23	0
Roger Hughes	5	0	31	2
Tom Heap	8	1	29	1
Mike Kelliher	4	0	24	1
Paul Wilks	2	0	14	1

Batsman	How Out	Bowler	R
Derek Dearden	Ct Keith Reid	Tite	13
Roger Hughes	Bowled	George Reid	6
Paul McCabe	Bowled	Hudson	27
Nigel Connelly	Bowled	Keith Reid	16
John Dougall	Run Out		16
Paul Wilks	Bowled	George Reid	2
Mike Kelliher	LBW	Tite	5
Peter Jackson	Bowled	Tite	5
David Hartley	Not Out		10
Tim Rawstron	Not Out		0
Tom Heap	DNB
Extras			25
Total for 8 wickets			127

Bowler	O	M	R	W
George Reid	8	1	17	2
Keith Reid	8	1	27	1
Aaron Hudson	8	1	34	1
S. Goodfellow	8	2	15	0
John Tite	8	0	25	3

Match Report This was the first cup final appearance for St. Annes fourths and their long serving captain Tim Rawstron in twenty one years and although the losing margin was pretty comprehensive, the spirited mixture of young and not-so-young worked hard and came out with much credit. Postal were put under early pressure from a fierce early spell from Nigel Connolly and Paul McCabe but this could not be regularly sustained as a mixture of classic and unconventional batting gave them a good edge on a big playing area. St. Annes raced around in desperate efforts to stem the flow and their fielding efforts deserved better reward; catches from Paul Wilks and Paul McCabe were outstanding. Too often though, the bowling was loose and was punished, but Tom Heap turned in another brave effort shrugging off injury to return eight tight overs. The batting reply was always behind the clock as the pitch noticeably slowed and Derek Dearden had to temporarily retire after being knocked unconscious by a careless close-range throw. Paul McCabe worked hard for 27 and Connolly and John Dougall both reached 16. David Hartley swung the bat at the end for 10 not out. A brave effort and they will try to go one better next year.

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