Brigg Town and Hibaldstow missed out on some glorious Spring weather yesterday (Saturday, April 17) as they were without fixtures on the opening day of the Lincolnshire County Cricket League season. However, there was a run-packed match at Broughton.
The first Saturday of the season is often greeted by chilly conditions and heavy showers, but the second teams of Broughton and Grimsby Town were greeted by blue skies and sunshine yesterday at the Scawby Road ground.
Grimsby won this high-scoring Division Two game by 50 runs, being helped by a century from experienced all-rounder Dave White. He made 120 before being bowled by Sam Hayton, who finished with four for 51.
Chasing Town's daunting 246 for seven in the permitted 45 overs, Broughton were all out for 196 - Richard Stone scoring 40, Josh Smith 30 and Sam Benson 26.
In the Premier Division yesterday, former Brigg Town all-rounder Liam Redmond scored a half-century for Lincoln side Lindum.
PICTURED: Sunny scenes during matches at Brigg Recreation Ground, Hibaldstow and Broughton in previous seasons.
FULL RESULTS COURTESY OF GLEN SANDS
PREMIER DIVISION
CAISTOR TOWN v SCOTHERN
Scothern : 163 for 8
Caistor : 167 for 7 ( W Carter 60 )
RESULT : CAISTOR TOWN ( 16 pts ) beat Scothern ( 6 pts ) by 3 wickets
CLEETHORPES 2NDS v MARKET RASEN
Cleethorpes : 165 all out ( R Harrison 69 )
Market Rasen : 168 for 8 ( W Bradford 67 )
RESULT : MARKET RASEN ( 20 pts ) beat Cleethorpes 2nds ( 6 pts ) by 2 wickets
GRIMSBY TOWN v HOLTON-LE-CLAY
HLC : 169 all out
Grimsby : 170 for 2 ( S Crossley 69 no )
RESULT : GRIMSBY TOWN ( 20 pts beat HLC ( 3 pts ) by 8 wickets
LINDUM 2NDS v HAXEY
Lindum : 249 for 6 ( T Lindsay 62 ; L Redmond 57 ; A Lockwood 56 )
Haxey : 138 all out T Horner-Timmins 5 for 23
RESULT : LINDUM 2NDS ( 20 pts ) beat Haxey ( 3 pts ) by 111 runs
NETTLEHAM v APP FRODINGHAM 2NDS
App Frod : 135 all out ( R Day 71 )
Nettleham : 138 for 0 ( T Boryszcuk 74 no ; J Pollard 52 no )
RESULT : NETTLEHAM ( 20 pts ) beat App Frod 2nds ( 1 pt ) by 10 wickets
DIVISION ONE
BRACE HEATH 2NDS V SCUNTHORPE TOWN 2NDS
B Heath 2nds : 104 all out
Scun Town : 105 for 3
RESULT : SCUNTHORPE TOWN 2NDS ( 20 pts ) beat B Heath 2nds ( 1 pt ) by 7 wickets
LOUTH 2NDS v HARTSHOLME
Louth : 135 all out
Hartsholme : 103 all out R Koen 5 for 25
RESULT : LOUTH 2NDS ( 20 pts ) beat Hartsholme ( 5 pts ) by 32 runs
DIVISION TWO
ALKBOROUGH v HARTSHOLME 2NDS
Hartsholme : 82 all out A Williamson 5 for 17
Alkborough : 83 for 0
RESULT : ALKBOROUGH ( 20 pts ) beat Hartsholme 2nds ( 0 pts ) by 10 wickets
BARTON TOWN v C WILLINGHAM 2NDS
BARTON : 334 for 4 ( T Palin 92 ; G Short 71 no ; L Ward 63 )
C Will’ham : 90 all out L Waller 6 for 28
RESULT : BARTON TOWN ( 20 pts ) beat C Will 2nds ( 1 pt ) by 244 runs
BROUGHTON 2NDS v GRIMSBY TOWN 2NDS
Grimsby 246 for 7 ( D White 120 )
Broughton : 196 all out
RESULT : GRIMSBY TOWN 2NDS ( 20 pts ) beat Broughton 2nds ( 7 pts ) by 50 runs
NORMANBY PARK v MARKET RASEN 2NDS
N Park : 224 for 7 ( L Cowling 89 no ; D Dunning 65 )
M Rasen : 32 all out
RESULT : NORMANBY PARK ( 20 pts ) beat M Rasen 2nds ( 3 pts ) by 192 runs.
MATCH REPORTS & FULL ROUND-UP BY GLEN SANDS
LCCL PREMIER DIVISION
The 2021 cricket season got underway in a sombre mood with the passing of HRH Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, but with the sun shining on an early spring afternoon there were some terrific performances across the LCCL.
Caistor Town began with a hard fought victory over Scothern who set a target of 163 for 8 at Brigg Road , Will Bailey top scoring with 47 while Will Carter picked up 4 for 18 and it was he who guided Caistor to a sixteen points haul when making 60 as his team reached 167 for 7. Cleethorpes 2nds chose to bat first at Chichester Road and made 165 all out against Market Rasen , Ryan Harrison hitting 69 for the Meggies as Neil Davies took 4 for 15 for Rasen who reached 168 for 8 in a tight finish , Will Bradford leading the way with 67 for the visitors.Grimsby Town got off to a winning start when beating Holton Le Clay by 8 wickets , bowling their opponents out for 169 with Josh Paskett contributing 45 before Steve Crossley ( 69 no ) and Yasser Shafri ( 42 no ) saw Grimsby home while Lindum 2nds eased to a 111 runs victory over Haxey in Lincoln where they set a total of 249 for 6 thanks in the main to Tom Lindsay ( 62 ) Liam Redmond ( 57 ) and Aidan Lockwood 56 ) after which Ted Horner-Timmins took 5 for 23 as Haxey were bowled out for 138 , Scott Ewan top scoring with 42. Finally in the Premier Division Nettleham cruised to a ten wicket win over Appleby Frodingham wnds who made 135 all out thanks chiefly to Rob Day who hit 71 , James Pickering taking 4 for 20 and Rhett Bridgens 4 for 22 then team mates Tom Boryszcuk ( 74 no ) and Jake Pollard 52 no ) saw them home in comfort.
LCCL DIVISION ONE
Scunthorpe Town 2nds made a splendid start to the season when bowling Bracebridge Heath 2nds out for 104 , Tom Giles picking up 4 for 27 and Rory Franklin 3 for 15 before Ben Ibrahim made 39 no and Dan Crew 23 no to ease Scunthorpe to a seven wicket win while Louth 2nds were bowled out for 135 at London Road by Hartsholme as Dean Jacklin made 36 and Stewart West 35 , Harry Doyle taking 4 for 20 but the Lincoln outfit were dismissed for a disappointing 103 , Reg Koen picking up 5 for 25 and Lee Freeman 3 for 24.
LCCL DIVISION TWO
Alkborough got off to a blistering start when beating Hartsholme 2nds by ten wickets , bowling their visitors out for 82 thanks in the main to Andy Williamson’s 5 for 17 and Chris Davey’s 4 for 16 then openers Callum Render hit 45 no and Neil Gray 35 no as their team cruised to victory. Top scorers of the day were Barton Town who racked up a massive 334 for 4 at Marsh Lane against Cherry Willingham 2nds , Tom Palin blasting 92 , George Short 71 no and Lennon Ward 63 in the huge total then plucky Cherry reached 90 all out in reply Lee Coupland scoring 36 as Lucas Waller grabbed 6 for 28 for the home club. Top scorer of the day was Dave White of Grimsby Town 2nds who hit the first century of the campaign when totalling 246 for 7 at Broughton 2nds for whom Sam Hayton took 4 for 51 then Broughton made a good fist of over hauling Grimsby’s score when making 196 all out , Richard Stone making 40 and Josh Smith 30. Finally in Division Two Normanby Park set a very challenging total of 224 for 7 at home to Market Rasen 2nds as Luke Cowling hit 89 no and Declan Dunning 65 after which their bowlers took over , bowling Rasen out for 32 as the wickets were shared around.