Earby reach semis

In the Lawrenson Cup Rolls-Royce 1sts and Earby 2nds have reached the quarter-finals on June 21 when Rolls, who beat Salesbury 2nds at home by one wicket in Round Two on Sunday, are away to Clitheroe and runners-up last year Earby, who had a bye, are at home to Salesbury or Read.

On Saturday Barnoldswick had a four-wicket home win against Blackburn Northern while Earby lost by 43 runs away to Clitheroe and Settle were hammered at home by Padiham, losing by 10 wickets despite pro Surendra Bhave carrying his bat for 111 not out - and he has now scored a total of 610 runs in the league and cup for just four times out, giving him a current average of 152.5.

In their Ramsbottom Cup match Earby scored 268-6, pro Jonathon Harvey hitting 70, and Stephen Hipgrave and Stephen Pickles half-centuries, Hipgrave finishing on 53 and Pickles on 52, and Padiham totalled 255-9, pro M Harvey getting 61.

Winning the toss, Earby put on 21 for their first wicket and then thanks to Harvey and Pickles 114 for the second. The third and fourth fell on 167, the fifth on 235 and the sixth on 250.

Harvey's 50 came in 87 minutes off 73 balls and included seven fours, Hipgrave's 50 came in 39 minutes off 33 balls and included three sixes and six fours and Pickles' half-century came in 115 minutes off 82 balls and included nine fours

Bowling figures for Padiham were A McNicholas 7-0-60-2, J Hartley 4-0-23-1, G Ramshead 7-1-32-1, S Gee 10-0-46-1, S Rashid 10-0-57-1 and Harvey 10-0-33-0.

Earby fielded well and took some good catches, that by Chris Walton to get rid of P Tripathi being county class.

Padiham put on 65 for their first wicket and then lost their second on 112 and their third on 126. The fourth fell on 155, the fifth on 202 and the sixth and seventh on 220. The eighth went down on 234 and the ninth on 253.

For Earby Harvey finished with 3-49 off 10 overs, one maiden, and Matthew Plant had 2-10 off two, no maidens, Peter Baistow 2-50 off 10, no maidens, Andrew Jaggers 1-44 off 10, one maiden, and Andrew Rushton 1-47 off 10, one maiden. Hipgrave had 0-48 off six, one maiden.

Earby: N Hodge c S Gee b Ramshead 17; S Pickles c Harvey b Hartley 52; J Harvey b McNicholas 70; C Walton st Tripathi b S Gee 11; M Plant c Tripathi b McNicholas 24; S Hipgrave b Rashid 53; S Rushton not out 18; A Rushton not out 2; extras 21; total (for 6) 268.

Padiham: P Tripathi c Walton b A Rushton 46; M Harvey st Proud b Jaggers 61; A Hall c Plant b Baistow 20; J Hartley c Walton b Baistow 11; P Metcalfe c Proud b Harvey 24; A McNicholas b Harvey 47; S Gee b Plant 12; M Gee b Harvey 0; S Rashid c Proud b Plant 21; G Pethard not out 4; G Ramshead not out 0; extras 9; total (for 9) 255.

Against Blackburn Northern Barnoldswick won the toss and fielded, and the visitors totalled 117-9, N Weaver being the only batsman to get a decent score with 48 off 74 balls, including two sixes and five fours, the next highest being 15.

The first and second wickets were lost on 26 and 28, the third and fourth on 44 and 59 and the fifth and sixth on 68 and 89. The seventh fell on 107, the eighth on 110 and the ninth on 116.

For Barnoldswick pro Paul Beech finished with 4-27 off 11 overs, three maidens, and Mike Scothern had 2-28 off 13, five maidens, Iftikar Ahmed 1-19 off 10, two maidens, and John Pickup 1-27 off seven, two maidens. David Scothern had 0-5 off four, one maiden.

Barnoldswick took victory with 120-6 in 42.5 overs, Mike Scothern with 38 off 92 balls, including four fours, and David Scothern with 36 not out off 70 balls, including six fours, being the mainstays of the innings, which at one point stood at 53-5, the first wicket falling on nine, the second on 21 and the third and fourth on 31. The sixth wicket put on 62.

For Blackburn Northern N Weaver had 4-52 off 21.5 overs, eight maidens and D Walton 2-46 off 18, three maidens. R Mohammed had 0-13 off four, one maiden.

Blackburn Northern: M Gillibrand c I Scothern b Beech 9; Maron pro c and b M Scothern 15; N Knight lbw Beech 4; N Weaver lbw M Scothern 48; P Bromley c Lord b Ahmed 7; N Fiztmaurice c Ahmed b Pickup 1; S Jefferson run out 5; D Walton b Beech 10; S Gambles c I Scothern b Beech 3; D Pratt not out 1; R Mohammed not out 0; extras 14; total (for 9) 117.

Barnoldswick: I Scothern c Pratt b Weaver 1; I Ahmed b Weaver 17; P Beech c Weaver b Walton 5; M Crotty c Weaver b Walton 3; B Charnley c Walton b Weaver 4; M Scothern c Jefferson b Weaver 38; D Scothern not out 36; G Harker not out 1; extras 15; total (for 6) 120.

In their match against Clitheroe Earby lost the toss and gave their worst performance in the field with about four dropped catches.

The home side scored 247-5, openers pro Fielding hitting 76 and M Bolton 53 and putting on 140 for the first wicket. The second fell on 150, the third on 181, the fourth on 192 and the fifth on 238.

For Earby Andrew Rushton took 3-46 off five overs, no maidens, and Andrew Jaggers 1-67 off 10, no maidens. Other bowling figures were pro Jonathon Harvey 9-2-29-0, Peter Baistow 8-3-28-0 and Stephen Hipgrave 13-2-60-0.

Earby totalled 204-7, Harvey scoring 57 - his 50 coming in 65 minutes off 42 balls and including a six and six fours - Nigel Hodge 35 and Andrew Rushton 34 not out.

Their first wicket was lost on 57, the second on 65 and the third on 87. The fourth fell on 107, the fifth on 161, the sixth on 165 and the seventh on 170. For Clitheroe Fielding took six wickets for 59 off 19 overs, five maidens, and the other bowling figures were M Dewhurst 9-0-33-1, S Bishop 5-0-36-0, N Bolton 6-0-13-0, N Bibby 5-0-35-0 and P Seedle 1-0-14-0.

Clitheroe: M Bolton run out 53; Fielding c S Rushton b Jaggers 76; P Seedle b A Rushton 16; N Bolton not out 48; A Burns b A Rushton 5; M Dewhurst c S Rushton b A Rushton 24; S Coulter not out 2; extras 23; total (for 5) 247.

Earby: N Hodge c Coulter b Fielding 35; S Pickles lbw Dewhurst 13; J Harvey st Winkley b Fielding 57; C Walton lbw Fielding 11; M Plant st Winkley b Fielding 13; S Hipgrave c Coulter b Fielding 18; S Rushton c and b Fielding 3; A Rushton not out 34; P Baistow not out 2; extras 18; total (for 7) 204.

Settle had one of those afternoons which hopefully for them will be a rare occurrence this season.

Having won the toss they batted and their innings once again revolved around their exciting pro Bhave. Dave Morrell and Mark Verden both went cheaply, leaving Settle pondering on 21-2 after six overs.

Tim Green joined Bhave and they endeavoured to restore the situation, moving the score on to 70 before Green, 16, was dismissed halfway through the 45 overs. Bhave received further support from Martin Morris, 11, David Worthington, with a quickfire 15, and finally from new recruit Tom Rees.

However it was Bhave who delighted the home supporters with another innings that came right out of the top drawer, the final 50 runs of his 111 not out coming off just 37 balls, and Settle finished on 177-5.

The Padiham bowling figures were S Gee 14-3-42-2, J Hartley 9-1-29-1, S Rashid 8-0-36-1, N Mehmood 12-1-46-1 and pro Mark Harvey 2-0-15-0.

Padiham openers P Tripathi and Harvey soon made their intentions clear, setting about the Settle bowling attack with controlled ferocity.

The 50 came up in just eight overs and despite ringing the changes with the bowlers Settle could find no way to stem the flow of runs. Both batsmen played shots all around the wicket and it came as no surprise when Tripathi became the second player in the game to reach a century.

By this time the visitors were cruising and they reached their winning 180-0 in just 28.3 overs.

Tripathi finished on 110 not out and his century came in just 88 balls.

The Settle bowling figures were Morrell 7-1-33-0, Bhave 11-0-57-0, Adam Gowland 2.3-0-19-0, Eddie Day 3-0-26-0 and Morris 5-0-35-0.

This was another disappointing result for Settle but at least their supporters are enjoying watching a quality of batting from Bhave which arguably has not been seen on a consistent basis before at Marshfield.

Settle: S Bhave not out 111; D Morrell b Rashid 0; M Verden b Mehmood 4; T Green c McNicholas b Hartley 16; M Morris b Gee 11; D Worthington b Gee 15; T Rees not out 7; extras 13; total (for 5) 177.

Padiham: P Tripathi not out 110; M Harvey not out 59; extras 11; total (for 0) 180.

In their Lawrenson Cup match Rolls-Royce scored 82-9 in reply to Salesbury 2nds' 80, Melvyn Parker taking five wickets for just eight runs and wicket-keeper Malcolm Whalley having five victims for the winners and K Phillips taking 5-28 for Salesbury.

Other results are: Division One - Clitheroe 139-7 Earby 123, P Atkinson 5-29.

Division Two - Barnoldswick 154-6, D Halliwell 61, Blackburn Northern 80, D Halliwell 5-22; Rolls-Royce 1sts 161-9 Rolls-Royce 2nds 124, E Binns 6-28; Padiham 224-8, A Kelly 60, Settle 127, G Ramshead 5-33.

Division Three - Cherry Tree 253-3, A Robinson 99, Barnoldswick 104; Earby 181-4, R Wiseman 72, Blackburn Northern 137, R Mohammed 73, P Taylor 5-24, W Smith 5-50; Settle 65-9, T Mcdermott 5-11, Salesbury 64.

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