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Salford Schools Cricket Association Under 10s development Group – 2010 Final

Clifton CC v Roe Green CC

Sunday 18^th July 2010

The final of the Salford Schools Cricket Association Under 10s development Group was played at Clifton CC on Sunday 18^th July. Conditions were difficult with the ground wet after a significant amount of rainfall overnight. Clifton won the toss and chose to field first in the 16 over per side final. Roe Green started their innings on 200 runs and made swift progress hitting a number of early boundaries. They were pegged back by wickets from Sam Dorsey, Joe Parker and Harry Golland. Roe Green’s batsmen then gained the upper hand again with 6 further boundaries in overs 11 to 14, but a wicket off the final ball of the innings from Robert Lord meant the final total was reduced to 260.

This looked a reasonable total at the halfway point, but knowing that Roe Green’s bowlers would have to bowl with a wet ball, Clifton went out to bat in an optimistic mood. Wickets in the first and fourth overs pegged back early progress made by Clifton and when Sam Dorsey and Christopher Royle came to the crease the required run rate was up to 5 an over. Excellent batting from Sam and Chris, followed by some equally confident strokeplay from Jakada Sandiford, Jack Golland and Harry Golland set up a tense finish. Two wickets were lost in the 13^th over and Daniel Ainscough was forced to retire hurt after taking a nasty blow on his thumb. This set up a tense finish but the players were the calmest people in the ground, especially Sam Dorsey who took Dan’s place. Elliott Hogben continued the superb running between the wickets that he showed in earlier rounds, and the two steered Clifton to victory by 15 runs, the final total being 275.

Christopher Royle stepped forward to accept the Cup from Nigel Warne and special note of thanks must go to Nigel for arranging the tournament.

WILL POWER !

The Clifton production line is in overdrive again as Will Davidson scored a remarkable 105 not out for Lancashire under 13s against Cumberland on June 15^th and Dean Morris has been selected to play in the Lancashire under 15s annual North v South game and Sam Towers has also been selected to play for Lancashire Under 15’s this season.

The club is also well represented at Salford District level with four at under 15 (Dean Morris, Tom Hubber, Matthew Tye and Sam Towers), two and under 13 (Christopher Royle and William Davidson) and five at under 11 (Sam Dorsey, Christopher Royle, Robert Lord, Thomas Nolan and Daniel Ainscough)

Any Salford “old boys” may be interested in the following site which has been put together by Nigel Warne http://salfordschoolscricket.co.uk.                      

U11s

SEASON UPDATE

Three quarters of the way into the season and the large squad of Under 11 players have got off to an excellent start. The latest victory at Walsden by 95 runs has taken the stats to 5 wins out of 8. The games that were lost were close battles and the team have narrowly missed out by 7 runs against Milnrow and only 1 run against Middleton. As the weeks go on the there is a significant improvement in the team. As my first season as manager and coach of the under 11s, both myself and Hendro have taken on a challenge, coaching and selecting a team of over 20 children, however seeing so many children interested in playing Clifton CC is pleasing to see. The effort that each child puts into coaching sessions and matches makes managing and coaching the side worthwhile.

Individual outstanding performances

Throughout the season there have been some great individual performances that have given Clifton the edge to go on and win games.

There have been some great games to watch this season so far but one that sticks out was the away fixture at Rochdale. The Rochdale side batted first and set a total of 83 runs. As Clifton went into bat, each pair batted very well only losing one wicket throughout the whole innings. As pair number 5 came in, Harry Collins and Sam Dorsey were set a target off 22 runs to win the game. As each over passed the target was looking more in reach and a final partnership of 24 runs against a very good bowling attack sealed the victory and completed what was a successful and outstanding performance from the team. This game also saw a debut u11s Wicket keeping position for young Joe Parker who stepped up and gave an excellent performance to seal his Man of the Match award.

Win at Walsden - Jordan Paul and Joshua Lewis put on a partnership of 35 runs.

Sam Dorsey and Harry Collins put on a partnership of 36 runs.

Clifton also took 13 wickets to reduce Walsden’s score by 52 runs

Win at Unsworth - Joshua Lewis 4 wickets from 3 overs.

Win at Bamford Fieldhouse – Robert Lord 20 runs and 2 wickets, a great all round performance.

All round performance – Tom Nolan has scored over 130 runs in 7 matches.

Rest of the Season

The under 11s side have 4 games left to play and a tournament set for the 11^th of July at Radcliffe, hopefully a positive end to the season can bring a successful 2010 for the Clifton CC under 11s Junior team.

U9s (pictured above)

Clifton CC's youngest team, the Under 9s, made it six wins out of six last week in the inaugural Central Lancashire League competition for the 'Clifton Cup' with a hard fought victory on June 10th away at Royton CC. This completed the first half of the season, during which the team have played this year’s entrants Radcliffe, Littleborough and Royton twice. Following the earlier report on these pages of the home win against Royton, Clifton travelled away to Littleborough on 13^th May. The margin of victory was 22 runs with a star performance from Sam Dorsey with 2 wickets and a 24 run unbeaten partnership between Robert Lord and Adam Bray.

The team followed this with a resounding 89 run victory over Radcliffe, Daniel Ainscough and Jack Golland scoring 44 runs in their partnership and Robert Lord chipping in with 2 wickets.

Littleborough were the next victims on May 27^th, Clifton getting home by a comfortable 30 runs. Sam Dorsey bagged three wickets, with Robert Lord and Adam Bray again top scoring in a 19 run partnership. There were also debut wickets for Tom Forbes-Leith and Tom Wilde.

The next game resulted in a slightly less comfortable win over Radcliffe. Batting first Clifton amassed 252 runs; the top scorers being Taylor Schofield and Daniel Ainscough with a 28 run partnership. Radcliffe showed markedly improved form and needed just 16 runs to win off the last three overs but excellent bowling from Tom Wilde, Sam Dorsey and Daniel Ainscough saw Clifton home.

.... and finally the aforementioned win against Royton on Jun 10^th. Clifton batted first on a low bouncing Royton wicket and despite some excellent run scoring shots, a steady flow of wickets meant that Clifton were restricted to 250 net runs on a small pitch. Royton made steady progress chasing the total but wickets from Tom Wilde, Robert Lord and three from Daniel Ainscough (two in a tense final over) meant that Clifton maintained their unbeaten record at the mid-point of the season.

UPDATE

Clifton CC under 9s enter the final two league games undefeated and look almost certain to win the Central Lancashire League Clifton Cup, which is being contested for the first time this year. The latest two victories came against Littleborough at home and then away at Royton. Clifton CC scored a net total of 250 runs against Littleborough and restricted to guests to 228, recording a comfortable 22 run victory. The main contributors with the bat were Sam Dorsey and Daniel Ainscough combining to score 21 runs in three overs. There were wickets for Thomas Wilde (2), Lucas Sackfield (2), Ben Stevenson and Taylor Schofield.
Although the totals scored against Royton were lower, the result was similar with Clifton winning by 23 runs. Max Mulligan and Daniel Ainscough shared the biggest net partnership, but the steady loss of wickets throughout the innings left Clifton with a net total of 233 runs. This proved to be enough due mainly to excellent bowling from Sam Dorsey (3 wickets). There were also wickets for Adam Bray, Harry Golland, Thomas Wilde, Max Mulligan, Ben Stevenson and Daniel Ainscough. The final two games against Littleborough and Radcliffe will decide the first name to be engraved on the CLL's newest trophy and there are high hopes in the Clifton camp that the cup will stay 'at home'.

U10s

On a balmy mid-summers morning (no, honestly, it was!! ...... June 13^th for the disbelievers), a squad of Clifton's Under 10s travelled to Monton and Weaste CC for the group stage of the 2010 Salford Cricket Development competition. Although a few of the parents appeared to be nursing hangovers similar to that of Robert Green following his USA howler the night before, thankfully the boys were in much better condition and form as they went into the tri-club competition. First up for Clifton were Monton and Weaste and the host side proved no match for their visitors as they were restricted to just 202 runs (net plus 2) in their 16 overs. The bowling was first class with just five wides bowled throughout the whole innings and the highlight of the fielding being a superb diving catch at cover by Daniel Ainscough. There were wickets for Robert Lord (2), Daniel Ainscough, Elliott Hogben, Jack Golland, Christopher Royle, Jakada Sandiford and Sam Dorsey, but the undoubted star of the show was Joe Parker with an impressive return of 3 wickets in his 2 overs and an excellent catch to boot. The batting performance was equally impressive with just one wicket lost in the 16 overs faced. The top partnership was between Sam Dorsey and Christopher Royle with 45 runs scored in their 4 overs. All of this resulted in a resounding 78 run win.

With the prize of a place in finals day on offer, the Clifton juniors entered their second game against Winton with a positive mindset. Bowling first, Clifton again took regular wickets, nine in all - the star performers were Robert Lord (4 wickets in 2 overs) and Harry Golland (2 wickets in 2 balls). Winton managed a final total of 203 runs (net plus 3) which was to prove no match for the Clifton boys, particularly after Robert Lord and Joe Parker got off to a flyer with a partnership of 32 runs off the first four overs. Steady runs from Daniel Ainscough, Jakada Sandiford, Elliott Hogben and Jack Golland followed, before a final thrust of 44 runs from Sam Dorsey and Christopher Royle took Clifton over the magical 300 mark. Awesome! 

Details of finals day and the teams through will follow, but special mention must at this point go to the parents and helpers, without whom such days would not be possible. Thank you!

UPDATE

On Sunday 11th July 2010 Clifton's Under 10s travelled to Swinton Moorside for the semi-final of the Salford Schools Cricket Association development competition. The team were unstoppable in the earlier group stage of the competition and continued this form into the semi-final. Clifton won the toss and put the home side in. Joe Parker set the tone with two wickets in the first over. Regular wickets followed with Robert Lord, Harry Golland, Jack Golland, Elliott Hogben, Daniel Ainscough, Jakada Sandiford and Christopher Royle all hitting the stumps, leaving Swinton Moorside to post a score of just 181 net runs in their 20 overs. Clifton set about their batting task in ruthless fashion with the ball disappearing to the boundary frequently. Allied with some excellent
running between the wickets and the loss of just four wickets, Clifton reached a huge net total of 349 runs. Top scorers were Sam Dorsey (26 runs), Daniel Ainscough (22 runs), Christopher Royle (21 runs) and Robert Lord (21 runs). All in all, an extremely convincing victory.

April
28th/29th	Royton		a
May
5th/6th	Rochdale		h
12th/13th	Unsworth		a
19th/20th	Bury		h
26th/27th	Crompton		a
June
2nd/3rd	Middleton		h
23rd/24th	Littleborough		a
30th/1st	Walsden		h
July
7th/8th	Werneth		h
14th/15th	Heywood		a
21st/22nd	Oldham		h
	Taylor Cup
28th/29th	Round 1 Unsworth		h
August
4th/5th	Round 2 Royton		h
11th/12th	semi-finals		h
4th Sept	final
May
7	Radcliffe		h
14	Heywood		h
21	Norden		a
28	Walsden		a
June
4	Norden		h
Thurs 10	Bury		h
18	Radcliffe		a
25	Littleborough		a
July
2	Heywood		a
9	Unsworth		h
16	Walsden		h
23	Bury		a
30	Unsworth		a
August
6	Littleborough		h
May
2	Littleborough		h
9	Unsworth		a
16	Norden		a
23	Radcliffe		h
30	Heywood		h
June
6	Bury		a
13	Unsworth		h
20	Walsden		a
27	Heywood		a
July
4	Radcliffe		a
11	Norden		h
18	Littleborough		a
25	Bury		h
August
1	Walsden		h
April
28	Royton	(H)Loss - by 22 runs 230 - 252
May
5	Bamford Fieldhouse	(A) Won - by 66 runs 293 - 227
12	Unsworth	(H) Won - by 103 runs 323 - 220
19	Rochdale	(A) Won - by 2 runs 285 - 283
26	Crompton	(H) Won - by 98 runs 330 - 232
June
2	Milnrow	(A) Loss - by 7 runs 277 - 284
9	Middleton	(H) Loss - by 1 run 248 - 249
16	Walsden	(A) Won - by 95 runs 318 - 223
23	Littleborough	(H)
30	free date
July
7	Norden	(A)
14	Heywood	(H)
21	Radcliffe	(A)