BRIGG & DISTRICT FOOTBALL AND CRICKET UPDATES

Brigg Town Football Club's Development team has another pre-season game ahead, while cricketers from Broughton are reflecting on the result of yesterday's cup semi-final.
Effectively Brigg Town's reserve side, the Development XI will play Reckitts FC (from Hull) in a friendly tomorrow night (Tuesday, July 26) kicking off at 7.15pm.
The venue is Scawby Playing Field, on West Street, as was the case on Saturday when Brigg Development beat Messingham in another pre-season game.
Free admission applies for Zebras' fans wishing to watch tomorrow night's game.
Broughton 3rds lost when hosting Luddington yesterday (Sunday, July 24) in a Mick Walker North Lindsey Cricket League Cup KO semi-final.
The visitors from the Isle of Axholme rattled up 194 for one in their 30 overs - Sam Hayton taking the only wicket, courtesy of a stumping by keeper Reuben Kelly.
Broughton replied with 138 for nine - Matthew Oades top scoring with 52 and Nathan Martinson scoring 22. (SEE FULL MATCH REPORT BELOW).
Messingham 3rds beat Scunthorpe Town Development by seven wickets in yesterday's other semi.
Brigg Blog has now received confirmation that Hibaldstow 1sts have been allocated five points from Saturday's Lincolnshire County League Division Two away match which could not be played because of the outfield "being severely parched, creating cracks." Five points is the standard award for cancelled or abandoned fixtures.
We have also received the latest tables from the league, showing Hibaldstow in seventh place in Division Two, which has 10 teams.
Broughton 1sts are fifth in Division One (five wins, five defeats so far).
Broughton 2nds hold down second spot in Division Three West, with Brigg Town at the foot of the table.
Brigg, who won well at the weekend, are now 11 points behind Caistor 2nds but have two games in hand (20pts being awarded for an outright victory).
Town have a busy programme ahead with seven games still to be played - half their divisional fixtures!

 

CUP SEMI-FINAL MATCH REPORT BY GLEN SANDS, WHO WAS ONE OF THE SCORERS

Holders Luddington Dons earned the chance to retain the Trophy when beating a young and valiant Broughton side who won the toss at their Scawby Road ground and invited the Isle of Axholme side to bat first. Openers Matthew Teal and Martin Davey made a solid start against a youthful opening attack then had to dig in when canny spin bowler Phil Heath and junior Matty Oades produced a spell of half a dozen overs that saw the run rate fall. However having seen off that threat the Dons pair began to flourish with Teal in particular finding his form. He reached a splendid half century then pressed on from there while his partner steadily accumulated runs at the other end and within no mtime at all the former was on the brink of what was a magnificent hundred. Davey brought up his fifty then Teal raised his bat to his team mates when going to three figures before finally falling for 112 stumped by Reuben Kelly off San Hayton bringing to an end a superb knock. Davey ended the innings on 66 not out with Casey Convery on four while the home sides young guns left the field to a round of applause having kept going and encouraged each other throughout under some intense cricket towards the end.

Having lost a three early wickets Broughton juniors Matthew Oades and Nathan Martinson put together a terrific fourth wicket partnership of 64 runs with an array of shots all around the ground before the latter was run out for 22 after which two further wickets fell with the total on 95 , ending any hopes of Broughton reaching the hefty Luddington target of 194. Young Matthew Oades was still there and was growing ever more confident as he went past his best ever senior score ( 33 ) , then he brought up a splendid half century with his seventh boundary before falling for 52 when being the eighth man out at 117. Graham Clark went on to pick up 5 for 13 with his own brand of spin bowling as the Dons went on to clinch a 60 run victory in what was a game played in good spirit and well umpired by Mark Mettam and Stewart Whitelam.