Sunday 25th July 2010 - 3rd team
3rd XI: Westhoughton vs Thornham
Thornham won the toss and invited Westhoughton to bat on a damp looking wicket. Westhoughton got off to a steady start putting on 34 for the first wicket until John Yearn was out for 22. The second wicket partnership yielded 70 runs G.Green (39) and M.Durrans (27) but against accurate bowling scoring proved very difficult, highlighted by the figures of D.Kenny 1-19 off 8 overs and J.Clarke 2-16 off 8 overs. The middle order were left with very few overs to move the score along, a quick fire 26 not out from Mike Entwistle saw Westhoughton to 143-5 at the end of their allotted 40 overs.

When Thornham began their reply, Westhoughton tried to keep the bowling tight to limit the scoring, an early wicket for Simon Ashcroft and 8 tidy overs from Danny Molyneux kept Westhoughton in the game. Two strong partnerships for the 2nd and 3rd wickets then put the batting side in a strong position but Westhoughton never gave up. A great spell of spin bowling from Hari Bhaskar and Sail Sukha kept the pressure on the batting side but wickets were proving hard to come by. T.Walsh 60 and J.Carnegie 34 not out led Thornham to their victory target with two overs to spare. The wickets went to S.Ashcroft 2-31, S.Sukha 1-29 and Rob Brown 1-46.

In the end Westhoughton didn't post a big enough score, a further 20 runs could have turned the result the other way.

Saturday 24th July 2010 - 1st and 2nd team
1st Xl: At St George's Oval: Astley Bridge 210 Westhoughton 140
Westhoughton first team lost to Astley Bridge. Match report coming soon.
1st XI scoreboard v Astley Bridge (coming soon)

2nd XI: At Astley Bridge: Astley Bridge 169 Westhoughton 90-1
Westhoughton second team were unlucky to not secure another 6 points that would have seen them keep 14 points clear at the top of the table in a controversial rain effected game at Astley Bridge. After bowling the home side out for 169 thanks to wickets for Martin Woods, Rob Brown, Mike King and Nathan Blair, Westhoughton had made a solid start reaching 90-1 off 22.4 overs thanks to Matt Trow 43* and Martin Hodgkiss 28*. But at this point the rain came and play never restarted which meant the game was abandoned.
2nd XI scoreboard v Astley Bridge (coming soon)

Westhoughton 2nd Team Averages
Westhoughton 2nd team averages can now be viewed below. The first link is for the start of season targets as stated to see what each individual player was expected to make in the 2010 season. Below that will be batting, bowling and fielding respectively.

2nd XI Start of Season Targets 2010
Batting Averages
Bowling Averages
Fielding Statistics

Sunday 18th July 2010 - 1st and 2nd team
1st Xl: At Heaton: Heaton vs Westhoughton
Match Abandoned
1st XI scoreboard v Heaton - N/A

2nd XI: At St George's Oval: Heaton 184 Westhoughton 185-7
Westhoughton second team managed to continue to put pressure on the chasing pack with a fine win against a young Heaton side. Batting first Heaton managed to score 184, with Irfan Puda taking 6 wickets along with a returning Kieran Edwards taking 3 wickets.
In response, Westhoughton got off to a fine start thanks to a crowd-pleasing 47 from Jimmy Burrows at the top of the order. The rest of the batsmen managed to contribute with runs and time at the crease to leave Westhoughton in a position to make a late charge for the win. This is exactly what happened as Kieran Edwards smashed 26* off 11 balls towards the end of the innings to wrap up another 6 points for Westhoughton.
2nd XI scoreboard v Heaton (coming soon)

Coming Soon!
Westhoughton 2nd team averages will be posted within the next couple of days.
Batting, Bowling and Fielding stats upto and including the Bradshaw/Heaton double-header weekend will be in place.
The start of season targets for each player will also be posted in another document for each player to see how close they are at just over the half way stage of the season to reaching their targets and what else they need to do this season.
Hopefully this will be something that the players can refer to for the remainder of the season.
Updates will be given towards the end of the season.

Saturday 17th July 2010 - 1st and 2nd team
1st Xl: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 79 Bradshaw 62-3
Westhoughton first team lost to Bradshaw in a rain affected game.
The home side struggled to score runs as only two players reached double figures, with extras top scoring with only 18.
Bradshaw knocked the runs off with 7 wickets left, Paul Hart picked up 3 wickets.
1st XI scoreboard v Greenmount (coming soon)

2nd XI: At Bradshaw: Bradshaw 67 Westhoughton 63-2
Westhoughton second team managed to turn around a 2 game losing streak at the expense of Bradshaw to once again put pressure on the chasing pack. Westhoughton were always on course for victory thanks to a truly inspired bowling display from Martin Woods who picked up 7-37, to go with his 6-78 only a couple of weeks ago against Walkden. Luckily for Westhoughton, they managed to roll Bradshaw over unlike the previous mentioned game. Woods got good support from Mike King (0-10 off 6) and Arun Pindoria (3-15 off 8).
In reaching the target Westhoughton only lost 2 wickets which saw them pick up a bonus point. Martin Hodgkiss (23*) and Paul Atherton (12*) saw them over the line, after a returning Mike Entwistle and Captain Peter Hilton had been dismissed.
2nd XI scoreboard v Bradshaw (coming soon)

Sunday 11th July 2010 - 3rd team.
3rd XI: Westhoughton III 139-8 Swinton Moorside 59

This was the second consecutive week that the two sides had met. Last weeks draw resulted in 2 points each and saw Swinton replaced at the top of the league.

Westhoughton won the toss and elected to bat. Swinton bowled very accurately at the start and scoring was difficult. Early wickets were lost but the middle order dug in with Mick Durrans 20, Wasim Nawab 14 and Mike Entwistle 24 but the star of the innings was Rob Brown who scored a great 50 before being run out. Westhoughton closed their innings on 138-9.

When Swinton Moorside began their reply Westhoughton's opening bowlers were once again devastating. Swinton were reduced to 28-8 before eventually being bowled all out for 59. Simon Ashcroft took 5 for 13 from 9 outstanding overs whilst the ever accurate Danny Molyneux took 3-14 from 9 at the other end. Rob Brown and Wasim Nawab took one wicket each to close out the innings.

Westhoughton Thirds have now won 3 and drawn one of the last four games, a run that has seen them move up the league table into second place.

No scorecard available.

Saturday 10th July 2010 - 1st and 2nd team
1st Xl: At Greenmount: Greenmount 231-5 Westhoughton 197
Westhoughton first team lost to Greenmount. Greenmount batted first and were able to make a good score of 231-5 thanks to 50s from opener Kerr and the Professional. There were wickets for Theo Doropolous and Rob Houghton.
Theo Doropolous continued to be the leading light with the bat as he made a fantastic 118, but the support around him wasn't enough on the day, other contributions came from Naylor and Houghton.
1st XI scoreboard v Greenmount

2nd XI: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 186 Greenmount 187-6
Westhoughton second team remained top of the table but saw the gap reduced to just 2 points as they lost to second placed Greenmount. Westhoughton, who batted first, once again saw a handful of batters make starts, Pindoria 59*, Bannister 42, Hodgkiss 31, but as seen last week, there was no other support, with their being 5 ducks in the innings.
Greenmount always looked on course for victory thanks to a partnership of 125 for the second wicket. There was a late comeback by Westhoughton that saw Greenmount struggle to score runs, but a late flurry from the Greenmount middle order saw them over the line, even with the best efforts of the Westhoughton bowlers.
2nd XI scoreboard v Greenmount

Saturday 3rd July 2010 - 1st and 2nd team
1st Xl: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 49 Walkden 50-1
Westhoughton first team were humbled by Walkden who took victory from St George's Oval with an easy 9 wicket win.
1st XI scoreboard v Walkden (coming soon)

2nd XI: At Walkden: Walkden 234-9 Westhoughton 216
Westhoughton second team remained top of the table but saw their unbeaten league run come to an end at the hands of Walkden. Walkden were in trouble at 50-5 but recovered to reach 234-9 thanks to contributions from all the lower order batsmen. Martin Woods picked up 6-78 leading the Westhoughton attack.
In response it was the opposite for Westhoughton as they made a promising start thanks to Neil Bannister top scoring with 51. With Westhoughton looking comfortable on 212-5 a major collapse saw them all over for 216. Jimmy Burrows 45 had looked to be leading Westhoughton over the line, but it wasn't to be as Walkden fought back to snatch victory.
2nd XI scoreboard v Walkden

Westhoughton CC u15s win semi final cup tie.
Westhoughton beat Bradshaw.
On a wet evening Westhoughton u15's won their semi-final of the Mervyn Porter trophy by defeating Bradshaw at The Rigby's
Having won the toss Bradshaw elected to bat and notched up a challenging total of 128 off their 20overs.
All of the Westhoughton bowlers went for runs on a very short boundary but wickets fell consistently with.Liam Gash 5-0-37-1 & Connor Butterworth 4-0-23-1 taking vital wickets as Bradshaw threatened to post an even higher total.A number of Bradshaw batsmen chipped in with decent contributions to take the score upto 128 from their 20 overs.
In response Westhoughton's opening pair Wasim Nawab & Chris Trow were tied down by an accurate spell of bowling.After 10overs Westhoughton were well behind the run rate with the score at 42 with both openers out. Charlie Honour entered the fray with a quickfire 17 and upped the run rate with Mikey King 48no and Harry Honour 30no blasting boundaries in the fading light Westhoughton won with an over to spare.

Final on Sunday 25 July at Westhoughton opponents FSC or Heaton

Sunday 27th June 2010 - 3rd team.
3rd XI: Westhoughton 129 Littleborough Lakeside 106
Westhoughton won the toss and elected to bat. John Yearn held the innings together with a gritty innings of 31. There were good contributions from Simon Ashcroft 21 and 16 from Connor Butterworth on debut. Another debutant Oliver Turner chipped in with 10 and the innings closed with Westhoughton 129 all out.

When Littleborough Lakeside began their reply they must have thought they would win convincingly but a great opening spell from Danny Molyneux and Simon Ashcroft kept Westhoughton in the game. Danny was taking wickets at one end whilst Simon bowled with great discipline at the other. With great all round ground fielding and a solid wicket keeping performance, including two catches, from Oliver Turner, Westhoughton bowled out their opponents for 106 to win by 23 runs. Danny Molyneux took 5 for 37 and a fantastic bowling performance from Connor Butterworth saw him take 3 for 16. The other 2 wickets along with 2 very good catches went to Simon Ashcroft. An excellent team performance resulted in another 5 points taking Westhoughton half way up the league table.

No scorecard available.

Westhoughton CC u18s win semi final cup tie.
Westhoughton beat Eagley.
Westhoughton under 18s moved into the Jake Tatlock cup final with an excellent win against Eagley. Danny Naylor set the foundation with an innings of 64, which allowed the team to reach 193 thanks to further contributions from Nathan Blair who scored 40, and Mike King who added 38.

Although there were some good scores, others we're not so lucky with the bat.

Defending the total looked to be under control, as Kieran Edwards said after the game that: ''there was no way Eagley were going to chase down the score, as Edwards ripped through the top order with ease'' as he picked up 4 early wickets. There were 2 wickets apiece for Nathan Blair and Wasim Nawab, and one for Charlie Honour and Kai Hodgkiss. There was also a fine 1 handed catch from Jack Berry early in the Eagley innings.

Westhoughton advance to the final at the end of August.

Final scores: Westhoughton 193 Eagley 67

Saturday 26th June 2010 - 1st and 2nd team
1st Xl: At Tonge: Westhoughton 312 Tonge 124
Westhoughton first team saw a change of fortune with a massive victory over Tonge with pro Theo Doropolous setting the standard with a magnificant 162, aided by Rick Parker.
Westhoughton defended the total easily. Further match details to come.
1st XI scoreboard v Tonge (coming soon)

2nd XI: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 248 Tonge 103
Westhoughton second team saw their unbeaten run in the league extended once again with a fine win over Tonge. Batting first, Westhoughton scored 248 thanks to 50s from Martin Hodgkiss and Arun Pindoria, along with another solid innings from Extras who contributed 41. Edmonson 5-85 and Marsden 4-37 picked up the Tonge wickets.
Defending the total started well for Westhoughton with Martin Woods on a hat trick with the score on 17-2. Other wickets went to Rob Brown with 5-12 from 4.2 overs, along with Irfan Puda who finished with figures of 2-7 off 7 overs.
2nd XI scoreboard v Tonge

Sunday 20th June 2010 - 3rd team.
3rd XI: Roe Green 54 Westhoughton 55-6
Sunday 20th June saw WCC III entertain Roe Green 3rdxl. Roe Green batted first and were bowled out for 54, great bowling performances from Simon Ashcroft and Rob Brown who took 4 wickets each. There were also a wicket each for Wasim Nawab and Nathan Blair, making his first appearance for the 3rd team.

Westhoughton struggled a little with the bat but eventually reached the winning target for the loss of 6 wickets. There were useful contributions from Mick Durrans and Rob Brown. So with 5 points secured Westhoughton move off the foot of the league table.

No scorecard available.

Saturday 19th June 2010 - 1st and 2nd team
1st Xl: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 83 FSC 84-1
Westhoughton first team continued to struggle as they lost again this time to Farnworth Social Circle.
Batting first, Westhoughton could only post 83 with FSC managing victory with the loss of one wicket.
1st XI scoreboard v Farnworth SC (coming soon)

2nd XI: At FSC: Westhoughton 371-4 FSC 260-9
Westhoughton second team were victorious once again and continue to set the pace at the top of the table.
With Westhoughton batting first, they got off to a fantastic start thanks to Peter Hilton (66) and a terrific innings from Rob Houghton (148) as they shared an opening stand of 181. Other contributions came from Danny Naylor 63 and Rob Brown 43*.

Farnworth Social Circle put up a resilliant fightback as they reached a more than respectable 260-9 with their contributions coming from Knight (81), Patel (52) and talented 13 year old Bohannon (46).
2nd XI scoreboard v Farnworth SC

Westhoughton CC u18s confidence boost.
Westhoughton beat Eagley in preview for semi final.

Westhoughton under 18s made the perfect impression on semi final opponents Eagley as they bowled them out for 83 thanks to wickets for Wasim Nawab (4), Kieran Edwards and Nathan Blair (2 each) and Mike King. There was committed fielding from all the lads as well as no dropped catches and only 1 misfield in 30 overs.

Knocking off the runs saw captain Danny Naylor score 18, as well as 40* from Matt Trow who knocked himself into form ahead of the big game.

Westhoughton vs Eagley takes place at St George's Oval on Sunday 27th June 2010. We look forward to seeing you their to support the lads as they push on to reach the cup final. The under 15s have a semi final too on Monday 28th June 2010 away at either Bradshaw or Egerton (TBC).

Sunday 13th June 2010 - 3rd team.
3rd XI: Westhoughton 36-2 Thornham didn't bat.
This weekends Third Team fixture, away at Thornham III was washed out with Westhoughton on 36-2.

No scorecard available.

Saturday 12th June 2010 - 1st and 2nd team
1st Xl: At Farnworth: Westhoughton 142 Farnworth 143-2
Westhoughton first team continued to struggle as they lost again this time to Farnworth.
Batting first, Westhoughton could only post 142 as Ian Pilkington scored 50. Farnworth knocked the runs off for the loss of two wickets as their pro scored 76*
1st XI scoreboard v Farnworth

2nd XI: At St George's Oval: Farnworth 150 Westhoughton 152-3
Westhoughton second team were victorious once again and continue to set the pace at the top of the table.
Taking on last season's champions, Westhoughton were able to dismiss them for 150 thanks to 5-40 from Kieran Edwards.
In response Westhoughton only lost 3 wickets chasing down the total with Danny Naylor top scoring with 32*, but received good support from Rob Houghton, Peter Hilton and Martin Hodgkiss.
2nd XI scoreboard v Farnworth (coming soon)

Westhoughton CC u15s win quarter final cup tie.
Westhoughton beat Greenmount.
Greenmount won the toss and elected to bat reaching a total of 104-8 off their allotted 20overs.

An aggressive opening partnership was halted by a run out from Chris Trow when the batters tried to attempt a quick single.

Mason Fletcher then had the other opener Davies (26) caught at deep cover by Charlie Honour finishing with figures: 5 overs 1-16.

Some streaky fours and aggressive hitting to a very short boundary put Greenmount back in a good position. However, wickets then started to fall at regular intervals with Matthew Fanning, Wasim Nawab 4 overs 2-21 and Mikey King 5 overs 2-21 ripping the heart out of the middle order.

In response Greenmount's M.Davies 4overs 2-17 took the early wicket of Chris Trow and found the edge of Wasim Nawab's bat but the keeper failed to hold onto what was a regulation catch.

Oliver Dickson also fell shortly after, bowled by the impressive opening bowler. Wasim Nawab (55), ably supported by Mikey King (31no), took Westhoughton to within touching distance of the target 105 before being bowled shortly after reaching his 50.

Westhoughton win by 7 wickets
Next opponents Bradshaw or Egerton away Monday 28 June in the semi-final.

Sunday 6th June 2010 - 1st and 3rd team - Cup
1st Xl: At Bamford Fieldhouse: Bamford Fieldhouse vs Westhoughton
Westhoughton first team lost to Bamford Fieldhouse. Match report coming soon.
1st XI scoreboard v Bamford Fieldhouse (coming soon)

3rd XI: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 150-9 Elton 122

Westhoughton 3rd team won their cup quarter final vs Elton. Elton won the toss and elected to field. On a very difficult wicket, batting was hard work with a couple of the batsman taking blows.
Despite this, a battling innings of 50 from Martin Hodgkiss, supported by George Green (33) and Kieran Edwards (26) took the home side to 150-9 at the end of their allotted overs.

When Elton began their reply the opening bowlers kept them very quiet. With tight fielding Westhoughton remained on top throughout and won by 28 runs. There were great bowling performances from Kieran Edwards 4-23, Simon Ashcroft 2-26, Sail Sukha 2-8 and a wicket each for Wasim Nawab and Thomas Capstick. An excellent wicket keeping performance by Mike Entwistle capped a superb all round team display.

Saturday 5th June 2010 - 1st and 2nd team
1st Xl: At St George's Oval: Egerton 202 Westhoughton 110
1st XI scoreboard v Egerton

2nd XI: At Egerton: Westhoughton 107 Egerton 72.
Westhoughton second team maintained their unbeaten start to the league season in a low scoring contest against Egerton. After a slow start, Westhoughton managed to stage a comeback of sorts, reaching 57-2 with Mubarak Patel and Rob Houghton looking well set. However a flurry of wickets saw the score turn to 74-8 and later 86-9 before Mike King hit a fine 26* batting at number 9 to help push Westhoughton over the 100 mark before an unfortunate run out saw the end of Peter Wilcox.
Defending the total was always going to be a tough ask, but some tight bowling saw them score only 36 runs in the first 20 overs. This was due to some very economical bowling from all four bowlers (Kieran Edwards, Irfan Puda, Martin Woods and Mubarak Patel). The stand out bowlers were Puda (6-26 off 20 overs) and Patel (2-5 off 6 overs) with Edwards and Woods picking up one wicket each, along with 3 catches for Edwards.
Westhoughton managed to not only win the game, but pick up a bonus point in doing so.
2nd XI scoreboard v Egerton

Westhoughton CC u18s win quarter final cup tie.

Westhoughton under 18s wrapped up victory against Tonge to secure their place in the semi finals of the cup competition.

Batting first, Westhoughton posted a score of 178-9 from their 40 overs. After a solid start, reaching 50-1 off 10 overs, there was a lack of momentum from the middle order on a variable wicket. Daniel Naylor (34) and Kieran Edwards (33) pushed the score along for the home side but both fell with plenty of overs left. With the score on 108-7, Seb Miller (36) and Charlie Honour (25) put on a partnership of 62 to take the game out of Tonge's hands.

Defending the total looked on the cards after Tonge made a very slow start, reaching only 14 runs from the first 10 overs after very economically bowling from Edwards and Naylor. Although Tonge tried to push along, that was never an option as Wazeem Nawab picked up 5 wickets, including 3 in his first 4 balls in a triple wicket maiden. There were a couple of catches for wicketkeeper Matt Trow, a couple of run outs, and a 50 for one of Tonge's openers who batted all the way through the innings.

Westhoughton advance to the semi final's. Time, place and opposition will be announced in due course.

Saturday 29th May 2010 - 1st and 2nd team.
1st Xl: At Little Lever: Little Lever vs Westhoughton
Match Abandoned.

2nd XI: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton vs Little Lever
Match Abandoned

Sunday 23rd May 2010 - 1st and 2nd team - Cup
1st Xl: At Greenmount: Greenmount 280-3 Westhoughton 172
Westhoughton first team lost to Greenmount in the Hamer Cup thanks to a century from Andy Kerr. The opener carried his bat in a fine knock of 124*. There were wickets for MacKellar, Crookson and Parker.

In response, Westhoughton could only reply with 172 as Immy top scored with 34*
1st XI scoreboard v Greenmount

2nd XI: At St George's Oval: Greenmount 172 Westhoughton 163.
Westhoughton second team suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of Greenmount in a tight cup game that went down to the final over.
Bowling first, Westhoughton reduced Greenmount to 61-5 before a revival occured which saw Greenmount reach 172. However, this would not have been achieved had Westhoughton taken a number of chances that came their way, which turned out to be costly.

Chasing down the total saw Peter Hilton (38) and Rob Houghton (35) on fine form once again, but after reach 73-0, Westhoughton fell to 109-6 as the middle order struggled to stay in and chip away at the total. Jimmy Burrows and Martin Woods put Westhoughton back in the game, but it just wasn't enough as Westhoughton fell short of their target and saw an early exit in the cup.
2nd XI scoreboard v Greenmount

Saturday 22nd May 2010 - 1st and 2nd team.
1st Xl: At St George's Oval: Kearsley 87 Westhoughton 88-6
Westhoughton first team continued their excellent run of form as they picked up another win. Kearsley were the visitors to St George's Oval and were dismissed for only 87 thanks to 4 wickets each for Crooky and Harty. There was 1 wicket for Theo and Craig MacKellar.

Chasing down the runs was not as easy as the home fans had thought it would be as Westhoughton lost 6 wickets before finally getting over the line and sealing the win. The standout innings came from Pro Theo Doropoulas who scored 42 from 46 balls.
1st XI scoreboard v Kearsley

2nd XI: At Kearsley: Kearsley 126 Westhoughton 128-1
Westhoughton second team were looking to extend their unbeaten start to the 2010 campaign, and that was exactly what they achieved. Arriving at Kearsley with a bad record in recent years, Westhoughton made a positive start bowling the hosts out for 126 thanks to 4 wickets from Rob Houghton, and 2 for Woody, Mike King and Simon Ashcroft.

In response, Peter Hilton (44) and Rob Houghton (60*) were in fine form as they made the run chase look easy to secure another 7 point win for Westhoughton who stayed top of the league.
2nd XI scoreboard v Kearsley

Saturday 15th May 2010 - 1st, 2nd team and 3rd team.
1st Xl: At Eagley: Westhoughton 307-9 Eagley 235-6
Westhoughton first team continued their excellent run of form as they picked up another win, this time away at Eagley. With Westhoughton batting first, they posted a massive total of 307 thanks to 95 from Paul Atherton and 87 from Adam Coates with these two sharing a partnership of 144.

In reply Eagley reached 235-6 with the wickets shared around for Westhoughton's bowlers.
1st XI scoreboard v Eagley

2nd XI: At St George's Oval: Eagley 234 Westhoughton 238-1.
Eagley were the visitors to St George's Oval on Saturday 15th May, a date that will surely live long in the memories of all those who attended. Kieran Edwards picked up a wicket with the first ball of the game and most were expecting a short afternoon at this point, but the away side battled back as they posted an impressive 234 thanks to 102 from captain Brent Richards. The wickets were spread around for the Westhoughton bowlers.

In response, there was an opening stand of 152 between Peter Hilton (59) and Rob Houghton (61*) that set Westhoughton well on their way to victory. A quick fire 39* from ''the wall'' Martin Hodgkiss aided the Westhoughton canter for the line, but the headlines were reserved for an outstanding contribution from one who is so often overlooked. Extras posted 80* in Westhoughton's innings which will surely be an early season candidate for performance of the season.
2nd XI scoreboard v Eagley

3rd XI: Failsworth Macedonia 241-9 Westhoughton 131
Failsworth Macedonia won the toss and elected to bat. Some wayward bowling was punished on a very small ground and Failsworth made 241-9, including 104 from D.Neil. There were 3 wickets each for Danny Molyneux, Thomas Capstick and Ian Ross, who returned to the team for the first time in over a year.
In reply Westhoughton were 131 all out with only George Green 51, Paul Whittaker 29 and Mick Durrans 16 making any sort of contribution, the tempting slow bowling of the oppostion skipper brought him 7-41.

The third team have no game now until Sunday 6th June when they entertain Elton III in the Stokes Cup Quarter Final.

Westhoughton CC u15s win dramatic cup tie.

The under 15's team continued their fine start to the season with a narrow victory in the Mervyn Porter Trophy at Kearsley.

Batting first Westhoughton posted a score of 94 of their 20overs with noticeable contributions from Wasim Nawab (14),Harry Honour (38) and Oliver Dickson (14) in the middle order after a tight opening spell by the Kearsley attack had blown away the opening 3 batters cheaply.

Defending a below par target Westhoughton's bowling needed to be tight with early wickets for Mason Fletcher (2-14),Mikey King (2-22) and Kai Hodgkiss (1-23) off their allotted 5overs.

With the light fading Wasim Nawab and Mikey King returned to the attack to take key wickets which effectively ended Kearsley's chances.
However with a couple of lapses in the field Kearsley managed to score 3 boundaries to take the game to the last over needing 11.

With nerves of steel Charlie Honour kept his line and length offering nothing to the batsman and taking a wicket in his 3 overs to seal the game with a 3 run victory.

Sunday 9th May 2010 - 1st, 2nd team and 3rd team.
1st Xl: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 218-5 Horwich 186
Batting first, Westhoughton scored an impressive 218-5 against Horwich thanks to half centuries from Neil Bannister (58) and Adam Coates (60*) with a useful contribution from Pro Theo Doropoulos (40).

In response Horwich were 125/0 but fell to 186 all out thanks to 4 wickets apiece for Theo and Crookson along with 2 run outs.
1st XI scoreboard v Horwich

2nd XI: At Horwich: Horwich 103 Westhoughton 104-6.
With Horwich batting first, Westhoughton restricted them to 103 thanks to 4 wicktes from Arun Pindoria and 2 wickets from a returning Kieran Edwards.
In reply Westhoughton won by 4 wickets. After some early struggles there were good contributions from Rob Brown (31), Jimmy Burrows (10) & Kieran Edwards (13). M Warren picked up 5 wickets for the home side.
2nd XI scoreboard v Horwich

3rd XI: At Elton: Westhoughton 124 Elton 125-7
Having won the toss and electing to bat, WCC III were bowled out for 124 with useful contributions
from Mick Durrans 25, Gary Tonge 20 and Simon Ashcroft 18.

In reply Elton III reached their target for the loss of 7 wickets. After Elton raced off to 50 for the first
wicket WCC III fought back to make a tense finish with 3 wickets for Sailesh Sukha, 2 for Simon Ashcroft
and one each for Kai Hodgkiss and Andy Beesley.

Saturday 8th May 2010 - 1st and 2nd team.
1st Xl: At Astley Bridge: Westhoughton 251/9 Astley Bridge 155
87 from Ian Pilkington helped Westhoughton put 251 on the board away at Astley Bridge along with 46 from Rick Parker and a quick fire 43 from Irfan Puda.

In response, Bridge reached 155 but 5 wickets from Theo Doropoulos was a particular highlight for Westhoughtons Professional for the season. There were two wickets for Hart and Crookson with one for Puda.

1st XI scoreboard v Astley Bridge

2nd XI: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 240/9 Astley Bridge 157.
Westhoughton posted a good total of 240/9 against Astley Bridge thanks to good contributions from Peter Hilton, Martin Hodgkiss, Danny Naylor and Rob Brown. The Westhoughton innings didn't go without controversy though as Mike Entwistle was on the end of a harsh decision that had the crowd talked for many minutes after the incident.

In response Astley Bridge posted 157 as the 240 was too much for them to chase. Rob Brown picked up 4 wickets.
2nd XI scoreboard v Astley Bridge (coming soon)

Westhoughton CC Junior teams make an impressive start to the 2010 season

All the junior teams opened the season with fixtures against their respective age groups from Bradshaw CC,

Starting on Sunday morning at Bradshaw the under 13's won with great performances with the bat by Mathew Fanning, Ben Naylor and Daniel Higham and Henry Haig bowled his first ever wicket maiden.

Monday evening the Under 15's were at Home and scored 105 for 4 from their 20 overs with all the batsmen chipping in with runs, Bradshaw then only managed 83 for 9 with good bowling performances by Wasim Nawab and Kai Hodgkiss.

Wednesday saw the under 11's at home, batting first they only managed 219 runs (the teams start on 200) but with some very tight bowling from all the team saw the teams tied with only 2 balls to go, then a super ball from Jordan Higham bowled the Bradshaw batsmen to seal a great win for the team.

Wednesday at Bradshaw the under 18's bowled first and some very acurate tight bowling resulted in Bradshaw being all out for 78, wickets for Daniel Naylor, Kieran Edwards, Charlie Honour and Wasim Nawab, the team then batted 9 overs to leave the score overnight on 30 for 2. Thursday Matty Trow and Wasim Nawab resumed the innings and in a quick fire 15 minutes the game was over with 33 for Matty and 12 for Wasim.

A great start to the season for all the junior teams keep up the hard work.

Sunday 2nd May 2010 - 3rd team.
3rd XI: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 168-8 Rochdale Catholic Club 26

On Sunday 2nd May Westhoughton third team won the toss and elected to bat, and after a slow start with the steady fall of wickets, George Green (36) and Tom Capstick (46) rebuilt the innings allowing a final score of 168-8 off the allotted 45 overs.

When Rochdale Catholic Club batted, they were blown away by a fantastic opening spell of bowling by Simon Ashcroft (6-17) and Danny Molyneux (4-9). A great win that gets the Third Team their first win of the season.

3rd XI scoreboard v Rochdale Catholic Club(coming soon)

Saturday 1st May 2010 - 1st and 2nd team.
1st Xl: At St George's Oval: Heaton 167 Westhoughton 168-6
Westhoughton 1st team won their first home game of the 2010 season thanks to two fine individual performances. The first of these came from Crookson with the ball as he produced figures of 6-42 to help reduce Heaton to 167.
This game saw the debut of new pro, Theo Doropoulos, and he picked up a wicket to mark the occasion. However, with the bat it was a great knock of 89* from Adam Coates that saw Westhoughton over the line and sealed the win.

1st XI scoreboard v Heaton

2nd XI: At Heaton: Heaton 214-5 Westhoughton 32-4.
Westhoughton 2nd team had their game against Heaton abandoned due to rain. After a decent start from Westhoughton, reducing Heaton to 47-3, a 102 partnership saw the foundation set for a late push of runs that put Heaton onto a respectable 214-5 from their 50 overs. There were 2 wickets apiece for Rob Brown and Arun Pindoria.

In reply, Westhoughton lost a handful of early wickets as they found themselves on 18/4 before a stubborn stand between Mike Entwisle and Arun Pindoria saw them reach 32/4 before rain intervened and saw the game end as a draw.
2nd XI scoreboard v Heaton

Sunday 25th April 2010 - 1st and 2nd team.
1st Xl: At Bradshaw: Westhoughton 229-8 Bradshaw 161-4
Westhoughton 1st team opened their campaign with defeat at Bradshaw in a rain effected game. After a fine start thanks to Neil Bannister (41) and Ian Pilkington (88), Westhoughton looked to have set a challenging total.

However, Bradshaw's deputy pro, scored 97* from 65 deliveries to give Bradshaw a 6 wicket win. Steve Parker picked up a couple of wickets, along with a wicket each for Crookson and Puda.
1st XI scoreboard v Bradshaw

2nd XI: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 201 Bradshaw 97.
Westhoughton 2nd team also had to overcome the weather in their 7 point victory over Bradshaw. There were early contributions from captain Peter Hilton (51) and Martin Hodgkiss (68) but after this it was extra's who added the next top score of 19.

In response, Bradshaw reached 97 chasing down a total of 149. There were 3 wickets for Martin Woods, 2 for Rob Brown and Nathan Blair and also 1 for Mike King and Rob Houghton.

2nd XI scoreboard v Bradshaw

Saturday 24th April 2010 - 3rd team.
3rd XI: At St George's Oval: Westhoughton 160-8 Thornham 289-4

Thornham scored an extremely competitive total of 289 from 45 overs against Westhoughton 3rd team thanks to 172* from D.Scott. There was one wicket apiece for Danny Molyneux, Sail Sukha, Kai Hodgkiss and Adam Ratcliffe.

In reply Westhoughton III were 160-8 at the end of their allotted overs, decent batting contributions from George Green 39, John Yearn 31, Kai Hodgkiss 26 and Adam Ratcliffe 25.

3rd XI scoreboard v Thornham (coming soon)