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KESWICK suffered a major set-back in the race for the North Lancs Cumbria Premier Division crown.
They were skittled for just 69 by neighbours Penrith who went on to complete a seven-wicket win – and revive their own faltering championship hopes.
Nick Burns was the main destroyer with 4-10 and Keswick weren’t able to get back into the game.
In the meantime leaders and champions Furness were able to extend their advantage to twelve points, despite almost losing out against Cockermouth – playing ironically at Keswick.
Cockermouth made 177-7 with Gareth White (69 not out) and Ian Buchanan (45) the main source of runs. Peter Lawson took 4-41 for Furness.
Because of rain, Furness lost overs, but needed skipper Stuart Horne and Lawson, to dig in for the eleven point draw at 137 for 9. Professional Neil Bredenkamp top-scored with 56, while Cockermouth’s Steve Chambers took 4-32.
The big win over Keswick, though, has put Penrith back with an outside chance, although they are still 30 points behind Furness.
Fourth-placed Workington’s poor form continued when they lost by five wickets to Cleator.
Batting first only Andrew Reed (33) and Simon James (36) made significant contributions as they were dismissed for 125 in the 50th over. David Rooney took 5-34.
Professional Paul Duffett with 46 and Chris Quin with 49 not out saw Cleator home in the 43rd over with five wickets to spare.
Whitehaven got the better of a draw at Millom although at one point they looked to be on course for victory.
Chasing Whitehaven’s impressive 247-8 Millom made a poor start and when professional Majid Jahangir went for 40, the home team were 80-5.
However, the lower order got their heads down, and Adam Kelly (44 not out), Mike Wilson (26) and Andrew Dawson (20) was them to a draw on 177-8. Habib Baloch (3-40) and Scott Rumney (3-42) had most bowling success for Whitehaven.
Batting first Whitehaven were boosted by good scoring at the top of the order with Dave Watson (79), Andrew Kelly (78), professional Ryan Butterworth (30no) and Steve Holliday (30) all among the runs.
Majid took 4-32 and Simon Bickerstaffe had 3-77 for Millom.
In the relegation crunch match at Kirkby, visitors Haverigg got the better of a draw, taking 16 points to their hosts seven.
Haverigg professional Basid Khan (101) and Steve Evans (62) did the bulk of the scoring in a total of 228-7.
Basid then did well with the ball, taking 5-37 as Kirkby struggled to a draw at 102-8. Lee Stephens top-scored with 20 for Kirkby.
Carlisle and Vickerstown were both promoted last year but while the city side have kicked-on to a solid mid-table berth, their south Cumbrian rivals are looking like making a quick return.
They were bowled-out for 114 in pursuit of Carlisle’s 178 and are stuck in bottom place in touch with Kirkby but slipping away from the rest of the pack.
Professional Saliya Saman top-scored with 44 for Carlisle with Mike Gibson taking 4-60 for Vickerstown.
Stuart Tippett made a gutsy 35 but Lee Readitt posed too many problems and finished with 5-31.
There was a low-scoring Division One game at Cleator where the home seconds were bowled-out for 35 after chasing Lanercost’s very modest 53.
Not surprisingly bowlers held all the aces - Mark Ponticelli (4-9 and Dave Glover (4-17) for Cleator and Keith Forster (4-6) and Will Freebairn (4-21) for Lanercost.
At the top Wigton just lead Appleby Eden by two points, although they had the weather to thank.
Appleby Eden were 88-5 against visitors Ulverston when rain ended proceedings and the two sides took nine points each.
Wigton went top after beating visitors Millom seconds by seven wickets – a result which pushed the south Cumbrians into a relegation battle.
Andrew Simons made 100 not out in a Millom total of 186-5 with Glen Liddle taking 3-46 for Wigton.
Mike Holliday (45), Bobby Sherlock (41 not out) and Gerrard Jackson (41) all batted solidly to see Wigton through to victory and top of the League spot.
Dalton had to work hard for runs at home to Hawcoat Park but eventually reached 124-9 with Liam Curwen (25) and the tail-enders Tony Butler (20), Lewis Woodend, (15 not out) and Brian Bell (14 not out) largely responsible. Peter Wall took 6-37 for Hawcoat Park.
The visitors eventually won by three wicket with Dave Muncaster (44) producing the key innings. Marc Gibson took 3-12.
Duddon batted first at home to Egremont and made 172-7 with the top contributions from Bradley Chapples (42) and Liam Gribbin (36). John Brocklebank with 63 figured prominently in Egremont’s response of 141-8.
Lindal Moor were bowled-out for 71 at home to Workington seconds as Andrew Shillito (4-16) and Paul McKeown (4-32) did the damage. Although the west Cumbrians made hard work of it they eventually won on 72-6.
N. Lancs. & Cumbria League Premier Division. Table after August 7th.
P W Tie9 D9 D3 D6 D9rain L BatPts BwlPts Total
Furness 17 9 - 2 1 1 3 1 16 16 248
Keswick 17 7 - 4 - - 4 2 17 19 235
Penrith 17 7 - 3 - - 2 5 26 21 218
Workington 17 7 - 1 1 2 1 5 26 22 208
Millom 17 5 - 2 2 2 4 2 23 19 204
Carlisle 17 4 - 2 5 - 4 2 28 21 188**
Whitehaven 17 4 - 2 1 1 4 5 23 26 182**
Cockermouth 17 5 - - 3 2 3 4 23 16 177
Haverigg 17 3 - 4 2 - - 8 48 31 175
Cleator 17 4 - - 2 2 3 6 22 12 151
Kirkby 17 2 - - 3 2 2 8 33 17 125
Vickerstown 17 2 - 1 1 - 2 11 26 28 120
** Carlisle and Whitehaven have each had 2 pts. deducted for slow over rate. Rule 17 para 1 (d)
Carlsberg U.K. N. Lancs. & Cumbria League First Division Table after August 7th.
P W Tie9 D9 D3 D6 D9rain L BatPts BwlPts Total
Wigton 17 9 - 2 1 - 2 3 12 18 231
Appleby Eden 17 8 - 2 - - 4 3 15 16 229
Duddon SC 17 8 - 3 - - 3 3 16 13 227
Lindal Moor 17 9 - - 1 - 3 4 10 11 213
Workington II 17 7 - - 2 - 4 4 14 20 202
Cleator II 17 6 - 2 1 - 3 5 18 20 194
Dalton 17 6 1 1 1 - 3 5 8 16 180
Ulverston 17 5 - 1 - - 4 7 17 20 172
Hawcoat Park 17 3 - 2 - - 3 9 19 24 142
Lanercost 17 4 - - 1 - 4 8 13 12 140
Millom II 17 3 - - 1 - 3 10 19 25 131
Egremont 17 1 1 - 5 - 2 8 21 40 121
Seascale lost the lead in Division Two – simply because they were the odd team out and not playing.
They are now a point behind Furness, who beat Dalton by nine wickets, but they do have a game in hand.
Furness 70 for 1 v Dalton 68 Furness win by 9 wkts. 18 pts. Dalton 0 pts.
Haverigg 109 for 3 v Duddon S.C. 108 Haverigg win by 7 wkts. 18 pts. Duddon SC 2 pts
Hawcoat Park 166 for 8 v Vickerstown 163 for 9 Hawcoat Pk. win by 2 wkts. 18 pts Vickerstown 6 pts.
Ulverston 85 v Lindal Moor 87 for 3 Lindal Moor win by 7 wkts 18 pts Ulverston 1 pt.
Whitehaven 142 v Windscale 74 Whitehaven win by 68 runs 18 pts. Windscale 4 pts.
N. Lancs. & Cumbria League Second Division Table after August 7th.
P W Tie9 D9 D3 D6 D9rain L BatPts BwlPts Total
Furness 16 12 - - 1 - 2 1 6 5 248
Seascale 15 10 - 3 - - 2 - 12 10 247
Whitehaven 15 8 - 2 - - 1 4 20 10 201
Haverigg 15 8 - 1 1 - 1 4 13 16 194
Lindal Moor 15 7 - - 1 - 2 5 10 16 173
Hawcoat Park 15 4 1 - 1 2 2 5 11 24 149
Duddon SC 16 6 - - - - 2 8 6 12 144
Windscale 16 3 1 - - - 3 9 9 26 125
Dalton 16 2 - - 2 - 4 8 13 19 110
Ulverston 15 2 - 1 - 2 1 9 16 23 87**
Vickerstown 16 2 - - 1 - 2 11 8 25 72 **
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