After a great start to the season Saturday 28th brought mixed fortunes. The first XI travelled to Great Eccleston and asked the hosts to bat. Alex Bradbury (1 for 47) bowled well in tandem with Matty Jackson (2 for 61) but a number of catches went down and the home batting eventually took control despite [...]
Sunday 29th April will see the first game for the newly formed Sunday XI, Sean McGuigan’s team will be composed of a mixture of senior players who are not playing on Saturdays, and junior players who will benefit from the experience of playing long format cricket with the experience around them. The game starts at [...]
With the Sunday XI game called off by the opposition it was down to the Saturday teams to kick things off and what a fine start they provided. Torrisholme 139 for 8 (12 pts) Freckleton 120 AO (4 pts) At Boundary Meadow visitors Freckleton asked Torrisholme to bat on a deck which, unsurprisingly, offered help [...]
Just a quick reminder that junior practice nights will be as follows, all practices start at 6.30 and end at 8pm. If you have not already registered for 2012 and paid annual subs this can be done at the early practice nights. Under 10, and Under 12 (essentially anyone in year 7 or below): Starts [...]
The club is delighted to announce that Sport England have agreed to a grant of neary £5,000 which will allow the club to buy mobile covers for the first time. The Palace Shield Development Fund is also contributing £200 with the balance coming from club funds. Groundsman Eddie Bayton is thrilled that he will now [...]
The club’s annual registration evening will be on Friday 30th March from 6.30 to 9pm. All junior and senior players are invited to attend, to register for 2012 and pay their annual subs which are as set out in the item below. New players are welcome, we accept members from year 3, both boys and [...]
At the AGM it was decided to leave all subs unchanged from last year. We have added a new catagory for senior players who are only intending to play Sunday cricket, this well be £30 per player. Subs 2012: Senior Full – £45 Senior Sunday – £30 Junior – £30 Junior Family under 18- £45 [...]
Fulwood and Broughton 2nd XI 75 All Out (1 pt) Torrisholme 1st XI 76 for 6 (12 pts) With just four points needed to secure the league title the question amongst the players was, would we get a game in? After another week of incessant rain the ground and square were saturated and it took [...]
Freckleton 1st XI 128 for 9 (11 pts) Torrisholme 1st XI 97 for 9 (3 pts) Torrisholme Skipper Matty Jackson elected to bowl first on a deck which, after a week of solid rain, was green and tacky despite the best efforts of the groundstaff. With Graham Lee he tied the visiting openers down and [...]
Torrisholme 130-8 (12pts) Croston 115-ao (3pts) Torrisholme continued their push for promotion with a victory away to Croston. Matt Jackson’s men were asked to bat by Croston on on a damp deck after a week of rain. Croston’s man of the match Lee Childs (4-53) bowled right through at one end and restricted the Torrisholme [...]