Skipton and Silsden go out of Waddilove Cup

Both Skipton and Silsden made their exit from the Waddilove Cup in the second round on Sunday, leaving Steeton - who had a bye through to the quarter-finals where they are away to Burley - the only local team left in.

Skipton lost by seven wickets away to North Leeds, who scored 192-3 in reply to 190-9. For Skipton Sean Atkinson hit 57 and Phil Pickles 41 and for North Leeds D Winter scored 49 not out, D McDonald 38 not out and T Holland 36 and B Mahoney took 4-63 and S Wales 3-22.

The match was costly for Skipton with Martin Redhead breaking a couple of fingers while wicket-keeping and his replacement Pickles breaking a thumb.

Silsden went down by 94 runs at home to Adel, with the visitors totalling 228-6 and the South Craveners 134-9, Shane Collins scoring 54.

The Adel innings was given an excellent start with N Smith, 80, and I Jones, 45, putting on 111 for the first wicket and B Aldons, 44, and D Standring, 32, carried on the good work.

For Silsden Andy Pullen took 2-70 off 12 overs, one maiden, and Adrian Emmott 2-71 off 19 overs, five maidens. David Baluk had 11-1-50-1 and Mark Akrigg 3-0-22-0.

Apart from Collins, Andrew Waggett with 30 was the only other Silsden batsman to make a solid contribution.

The Adel bowling figures were B Rainford 5-3-9-2, R Ewan 7-1-31-2, M Thomas 9-0-50-2 and A March 11-2-39-1.

Adel: I Jones c H Sugden b Baluk 45; N Smith b Emmott 80; B Aldons c M Akrigg b Emmott 44; D Standring c Jackson b Pullen 32; S Wardley not out 8; S Howie b Pullen 0; B Rainford run out 1; M Thomas not out 2; extras 16; total (for 6) 228.

Silsden: D Jackson lbw Thomas 6; A Waggett b Thomas 30; S Collins b Ewan 54; J Akrigg b March 10; A Knowles b Rainford 14; T Sugden not out 6; H Sugden c Thomas b Ewan 2; M Akrigg lbw Rainford 0; A Emmott run out 4; D Baluk run out 1; A Pullen did not bat due to illness in the family; extras 7; total (for 9) 134.

In the second round of the Birtwhistle Cup on the same day a weakened Silsden 2nds, fielding only five senior players, predictably crashed out to a fully committed Adel 2ds outfit away by 122 runs.

After electing to bat Adel piled on the runs to post 254-5, dealing harshly with anything loose the Silsden youngsters bowled down. Ian Pullen was the main wicket taker for the visitors with 3-34. In reply they lost an early wicket but then Pullen, 29, and Ian Sagar, 56, took the score to 87 before the inevitable batting collapse happened with Paul Tatterton, 17, the only other Silsden player to reach double figures as they were dismissed for 132-9. R Edwards took 3-22 for the winners.

Adel 2nds: P Hiley c Shuttleworth b M Hardwick 35; C Clayton c Tatterton b Pullen 33; N Johnson c Tatterton b Pullen 38; J Stringer lbw Pullen 9; S Whitehead c Sagar b Berry 41; R Edwards not out 60; J Shires not out 23; extras 15; total (for 5) 254.

Silsden 2nds: P Hanson b Mumford 0; I Pullen b Shires 29; I Sagar b Shires 56; G Savage c Stringer b Shires 9; T Hodgson b Johnson 1; T Berry b Johnson 2; P Tatterton b Edwards 17; P Hardwick c Mumford b Edwards 3; M Shuttleworth c Whitehead b Edwards 8; M Hardwick not out 0; extras 7; total (for 9) 132.

In their first round match replay on Sunday Steeton 2nds beat Addingham 2nds at home and now meet Alwoodley 2nds at home in the quarter-finals.

In the league on Saturday Skipton beat Collingham away by eight wickets to stay second in Division B, with Sean Atkinson hitting a magnificent unbeaten 144 off just 114 balls including two sixes and 22 fours.

On a fine windy day Chris Gott won the toss and put Collingham into bat on a flat-looking pitch. The Skipton bowlers struggled early on and Collingham got away to a great start, the usually reliable Mick Scott finding it very difficult bowling into a strong wind.

Australian Pete Francis made the first breakthrough by bowling David Holmes for 25 with the score at 31.

However Collingham batted consistently well throughout their innings, with top scorer being Tom Kilby who made 72 helped by four dropped catches and they ended on 244-6.

The pick of the Skipton bowlers was Gott although he finished wicketless with figures of 16-1-65-0. The other figures were Scott 16-2-81-3, Francis 14-2-61-1 and Matthew Taylor 4-0-33-0.

Skipton started poorly with Phil Pickles holing out to cover for a single. However from then on it was one-way traffic with Mark Whitaker and Atkinson taking advantage of the excellent conditions and some average bowling. They put on 133 for the second wicket before Whitaker was needlessly run out for 62 with the score at 142.

Atkinson continued to dominate the bowling and Gott, 30 not out, supported him to the end as Skipton reached their target with 13.2 overs left with 245-2.

The Collingham bowling figures were R Tovey 11-1-51-1, O Driver 9.4-1-50-0, P Smith 5-0-27-0, Holmes 5-0-44-0, C Marshall 2-0-25-0 and Kilby 5-0-40-0.

Collingham: D Holmes b Francis 25; T Kilby b Scott 72; M Woodward lbw Scott 3; J Woodward run out 31; C Marshall c Facey b Scott 59; C Saul not out 33; T Hall run out 9; S Marshall not out 2; extras 10; total (for 6) 244.

Skipton: P Pickles c M Woodward b Tovey 1; M Whitaker run out 62; S Atkinson not out 144; C Gott not out 30; extras 8; total (for 2) 245.

Silsden lost by five wickets at home to Burley, scoring 162 with Shane Collins getting 69, and the visitors winning with 166-5.

Tim Sugden with 21 was the only other batsman to give good support to Collins and they took the score from 2-1 to 70-2. The third wicket fell on 103, the fourth on 121 and the fifth on 122. The sixth was lost on 139, the seventh on 148, the eighth on 152 and the ninth on 154.

R Fleming was the chief wicket taker with 5-42 off 15 overs, one maiden, and other Burley bowling figures were N Brook 13-5-36-2, I Normington 10-0-35-1, A Godfrey 4-1-23-0 and D Hurd 8-4-9-0.

After a poor start in which they lost their first wicket for nought, the second on 11 and the third on 12, Burley rallied, led by Hurd, 53, and Normington, 46. Their fourth wicket fell on 103 and the fifth on 120.

For Silsden Adrian Emmott took 2-23 off 10 overs, four maidens, and Andy Pullen had 2-71 off 16 overs, two maidens. Other figures were Andrew Knowles 3-1-5-1, Mark Akrigg 8-0-22-0, David Short 5-0-21-0 and Collins 0.5-0-11-0.

Silsden: D Jackson c Murdun b Brook 1; T Sugden c Hurd b Fleming 21; S Collins c Normington b Fleming 69; J Akrigg c and b Normington 6; A Knowles lbw Fleming 12; A Pullen run out 13; A Waggett run out 9; H Sugden not out 8; M Akrigg b Fleming 1; A Emmott b Brook 4; D Short lbw Fleming 2; extras 17; total 162.

Burley: A Arundel b Pullen 0; D Hurd c Collins b Emmott 53; R Brook c Jackson b Emmott 5; D Brook b Pullen 1; I Normington lbw Knowles 46; J Davey not out 29; R Fleming not out 17; extras 8; total (for 5) 166.

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