Tuesday 30th June 2009 - Lyddon Trophy
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton vs Blackrod
1st Xl scoreboard v Blackroad (not available yet)

Westhoughton first team will be taking on Blackrod in the 20/20 cup on tuesday night at the Tyldesleys. Please show your support to the boys by turning up to watch.

Saturday 27th June 2009
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Walkden 144 Westhoughton 120-8
1st XI scoreboard v Walkden
Westhoughton 1sts beat Walkden in a rain affected game. Walkden batted first and scored 144 all out, with Ste Parker taking 4-30. Westhoughton chased down the target for the loss of 8 wickets with the runs being shared throughout the team, with Crooky hitting the winning runs with a few overs left.

2nd XI: At Walkden: Westhoughton 174 Farnworth 168

Westhoughton 2nds ended their losing streak today against fierce rivals Walkden. After batting first, the away side scored 174 which was achieved through a 51 partnership between Danny Naylor and Hemant Patel for the 3rd wicket, and a 69 partnership between Rob Brown and Kieran Edwards for the 8th wicket to lift Westhoughton from 97-7 to 166-8. Naylor top scored with 35, followed by Brown 34, Edwards 33, and Patel 28.

In bowling out the home side, Westhoughton got the perfect start, with Nathan Blair dismissing Wantling for 0. This was part of a sensational opening 7 overs from Blair, with 5 maidens and only 4 runs being conceded from his bowling. After reaching 139-8, it seemed as though the game was over, until a 27 partnership helped Walkden to 166, before Rob Houghton, who took 5-60, dismissed S.Edwards for a dogged 26. After this, the home side needed a mere 9 runs to win from 6 overs, and with 5.1 overs left, 7 were needed. However, Blair struck and got last batter Jewell, who was also known as Ryan Sidebottom and Kevin Keegan between the Westhoughton players, caught behind. This silenced the ''Barmy Army'' of Walkden fans who, not for the first time, had pre-empted victory for their side only to have their hopes dashed at the last once again, for something like the 4th game in a row at Walkden.

After the lasp gasp victory, the one question to be answered was, who had won the TFC? Candidates from earlier in the day, Houghton, Hodgkiss and Burrows had all contributed with the ball and catches, or both. Then Brown who got 0 wickets couldnt receive his 3rd award in a row thanks to his batting. That left scorer Seb Miller to pick up his first award of the season after leaving the scorebox mid innings, although he did have a strong case for 2 Walkden players to claim the prize, Wantling, who got a 0, and also bottled a straight forward catch. The man he dropped, Brown, must have seen his warming up as he bottled a large number of chances there. And also Sidebottom/Keegan, who didnt contribute with bat, ball or any catches, with the only thing he did being to waste the scorers pen by writing his name and runs, well a 0 anyway.

2nd Xl scoreboard v Walkden

Sunday 21st June 2009 - Two Cup Exits
1st Xl: At Kearsley: Westhoughton 191-9 Kearsley 195-4
1st XI scoreboard v Kearsley

Westhoughton 1st team lost to Kearsley. Pro Carter took 4-42 as well as top scoring for Kearsley with 96*. Further Details to be added soon.

2nd XI: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 139 Little Lever 157

Westhoughton 2nd team lost for the second game on the bounce at home to Little Lever. After returning to normal ways by losing the toss, the home sied were faced with bowling out Little Lever and with the score on 30-0 off 3 overs, things weren't looking promising. After reaching 119-3, the away side fell away to 157 all out thanks to 3 wickets from Rob Houghton and Nathan Blair along with 2 from Puda, 1 from Rob Brown, and a run out from Rob Houghton.

In chasing down the total, Westhoughton had an ok start, but ended up on 71-8 and the away side thought the game was over. After a 51 run partnership from Mike Entwistle (23) and Peter Wilcox (22*), there was some hope left, but after last man Edwards fell, who was struggling with a leg injury, the game was over and Westhoughton had fallen 18 runs short. Extras top scored for Westhoughton with 49.

For the 2nd successive day Rob Brown was given the TFC but once again he left the ground before accepting his award, will he be able to turn his luck around like all previous winners of the TFC have done?

2nd Xl scoreboard v Little Lever

Saturday 20th June 2009
1st Xl: At Farnworth: Westhoughton 224-4 Farnworth 195-7
1st XI scoreboard v Farnworth
Westhoughton 1sts beat Farnworth thanks to a Century from Ian Pilkington. Rick Parker (48) and Mark Atherton (38) also contributed with the bat.

In bowling out the opposition, Nishit and Crooky both took 3 wickets each, with McKellar getting the other wicket.

2nd XI: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 220-9 Farnworth 253-8

Westhoughton 2nds lost to Farnworth. After winning the toss for the first time in a long time, Westhoughton chose to field first. Farnworth posted 252 in their 46 overs thanks to 101* from M.Daley, assisted by 39 from Extras, 35 from Bohannan and 32 from A.Rushton. Jimmy Burrows took 4-51 from 11 overs and Nathan Blair 2-55 from his 12 overs. The other two wickets were run outs.

Chasing down the total Westhoughton got off to a great start reaching 116-0 from 24 overs. However, after losing openers Peter Hilton (59) and Rob Houghton (52), Westhoughton were reduced to 136-4. After a recovery from the home side, another collapse occured as Westhoughton went from 171-4 to 188-9. Danny Naylor scored 29, with Nathan Blair adding 21* at the end of the innings.

This weeks TFC was initially given to Kieran Edwards after 0 wickets and 0 runs, but on closer inspection the decision was reversed and it was Rob Brown who also scored 0 runs and got 0 wickets, but went for more runs than Edwards, who was awarded the shirt. However, Brown had already left the ground before he could accept his TFC shirt.

2nd Xl scoreboard v Farnworth

Sunday 14 June 2009 - Cups
1st Xl: At Uppermill: Westhoughton 235-9 Uppermill
1st XI scoreboard v Uppermill

Westhoughton 1st team beat Uppermill by a massive 103 runs. Batting first Westhoughton posted 235-9, with opener Paul Atherton scoring 59 with Nishit also scoring 43.

In dismissing Uppermill, Crooky took 6-15 from 7 overs and help to take the hosts from 59-0 to 132 all out.

2nd XI: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 224 Walkden 141

Westhoughton 2nds made sure of victory against Walkden in their cup replay on the 14th June 2009. With the home side losing the toss, no changes there, they were put into bat by Walkden who obviously had fond memories of years gone by at Westhoughton, they didnt last long. With Hemant and Rob Brown making 40 and 44 respectively the away side were frustrated fror nearly 30 overs as they picked up just 2 wickets. Mike Entwistle scored 24, Puda got 22 and so did Jimmy Burrows in trying to help push the score along. A return to form from Extras saw a fine 34 which will help boost the end of season average.

In bowling out the away side Westhoughton were put on the back foot for a second day with boundaries for the first few overs, that was until Kieran Edwards, figures of 3-20 from 10, dismissed opener Rushton. He then picked up Baker and Beresford who scored 20 and 22. Rob Brown took 3 wickets as well as Edwards. Jimmy Burrows took 1 wicket, but also claimed two very good catches at long off. Two run outs occured from Rob Houghton and Martin Hodgkiss, who was trying to avoid the TFC after only scoring 4. Walkden only had 10 batters as Wantling injured himself when taking a catch from Puda, only to then drop the catch.

In the end Westhoughton won, but Nathan Blair picked up the TFC after his opening 6 overs went for 36 runs, opposing teams should be wary as seen that anyone who wins or comes close to winning the TFC performs well next weekend. Westhoughton advance to the next round.

2nd Xl scoreboard v Walkden

Saturday 13th June 2009
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 249-7 Astley Bridge 230-8
1st XI scoreboard v Astley Bridge
Westhoughton 1sts beat Astley Bridge in a close game at the Tyldesleys. Mark Atherton continued his fine run of form with the bat as he scored 91* with assistant of 70+ from the pro as the home side reached 249-7. Astley Bridge couldn't surpass the Westhoughton target and so Westhoughton took another 6 points.

2nd XI: At Astley Bridge: Westhoughton 270 Astley Bridge 147

Westhoughton 2nds beat Astley Bridge and, somewhat unexpectely by looking at the scores, collected another hard earned 7 points. After scoring 270 in their 50 overs thanks to Martin Hodgkiss top scoring with 84, and contributions from: Jimmy Burrows who scored 47 form 29 balls, as well as Danny Naylor and Rob Brown who both scored 40, it was left to the home side to try and overcome this target.

The home side scored 147 runs in 46 overs, with 47 coming in the final 20 overs, similar to last year when they failed to chase down a small total of around 150 against the same opposition, after batting all 50 overs without losing all 10 wickets. With the home side chasing down the target with a few boundaries Nathan Blair got the break through as he dismissed the big figure of Bridge's opening batsmen Coop. Blair and Burrows took 3 wickets each along with 2-7 from 5 overs from Irfan Puda as well as a good run out from Spike who was desperate to avoid a 2nd consecutive TFC after only scoring 8 with the bat.

However, there were only really two options for the TFC, Rob Houghton and Peter Hilton. Both men scored ducks, but both men did take catches to try and avoid the TFC. In the end it was skipper Peter Hilton who was the lucky owner of the shirt as he returned to the club.

Westhoughton 2nds won by 123 runs.

2nd Xl scoreboard v Astley Bridge

Tuesday 9th June 2009 - Lyddon Trophy
1st Xl: At Horwich: Horwich 138-3 Westhoughton 139-4
1st Xl scoreboard v Denton Saint Lawrence (coming soon)

Westhoughton first team beat Horwich in the Lyddon Trophy 20/20 game with Rick Parker top scoring for the away team who picked up 13 points for the win.

Sunday 7th June 2009 - Lancs Knockout
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 182 Denton Saint Lawrence 168
1st Xl scoreboard v Denton Saint Lawrence (coming soon)

Westhoughton first team beat Denton Saint Lawrence to progress through to the next round of the Lancs Knockout. Batting first, the hosts reached their score thanks to 45 from pro Shetty, 31 from Crookson and 20 from Mark Atherton.

In bowling out the visitors, Harty, Shetty and Mackellar all took 2 wickets with Immy, Crookson and Ste Parker chipping in with a wicket each.

Westhoughton will play Uppermill in the next round of the competition.

Saturday 6th June 2009 - Rain
1st Xl: At Bradshaw: Bradshaw vs Westhoughton - Match Abandoned

2nd Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton vs Bradshaw - Match Abandoned

For the first time this season, rain struck and brought a match abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Sunday 31st May 2009 - Cups
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Walkden 149 Westhoughton 150-7
1st XI scoreboard v Walkden
Westhoughton first team gained revenge for their semi final defeat against Walkden at the first oppourtunity this year. With the away side batting first, they only managed a modest total of 149. Pro Nishit Shetty took 5 wickets for Westhoughton.

In chasing down the total, Mark Atherton followed up his 60+ yesterday with another 50 to help steer Westhoughton to victory with time to spare.

2nd XI: At Walkden: Westhoughton 161 Walkden 161

In what was a strange cup tie played at Walkden, both teams innings seemed to follow each other right down to the final runs as both teams ended up on a final score of 161 all out.

With Westhoughton batting first, bad memories of previous games against Walkden seemed to be coming back to haunt the visitors as they found themselves struggling on 79-7 with only Irfan Puda who hit 19 in 10 balls reaching double figures from the top 7 batters. It was left to the lower middle order and tail to keep the visitors in game as Adam Radcliffe (23), Kieran Edwards (26), Nathan Blair (17) and also Peter Wilcox (10*) helped reached the 161 total, although 11 overs were left to be bowled when Westhoughton were all out. The top score for Westhoughton was Extras with 41. In the last 3 games Extras has scored 143 for Westhoughton second team.

In bowling out the opposition, Walkden also found themselves on 79-7 thanks to a tidy spell of 3-24 from 10 overs from Irfan Puda. With a small recovery and a few big shots being played, Nathan Blair bowled what seemed to be Walkdens last main batter for 36 to finish his figures off as 3-33 from his 10. However, with 30 still needed for victory the home side kept plugging away. With the score on 159, the number 10 batter for Walkden hit a 2 and suddenly started sprinting towards the Walkden pavillion to the bemusement of the Westhoughton team and 90% of the spectators. The scores were tied, and only the number 10 and a handful of the Walkden faithful seemed to think they had won. Upon returning to his crease, he was obviously wanting to get the game over and in doing so scampered through for a single, or so he thought. With a do or die moment for the visitors, the impossible happened, a direct hit and a run out had secured a last gasp tie for the visitors.

This game will live long in the memory for those watching and playing, although at more than one point it looked as though both teams could have won or lost the game at any moment as they both slumped to poor starts with good recoveries. Full details of what will happen due to the result will be posted upon confirmation of the details.

2nd Xl scoreboard v Walkden

Saturday 30th May 2009
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 266-8 Eagley 192-9
1st XI scoreboard v Eagley
Westhoughton first team ended their losing streak by easily beating Eagley. Batting first Westhoughton reached a high total of 266-8 with the main contributions coming from Pilky and Rick who both scored 50+, and along with a quick fire 60+ from Mark Atherton, whose 50 came off 23 balls, boosted the total.

In bowling out the opposition, Harty took 3 wickets, while Ste Parker and Immi took a couple of wickets each to restrict the away side to 192.

2nd XI: At Eagley: Westhoughton 296 Eagley 94

Westhoughton 2nds beat Eagley by a massive margine of 202 runs on the sunniest day of the season so far. After an opening partnership of 34, Martin Hodgkiss and Rob Houghton shared a parternship of 109, with both batsmen scoring 51. However, after this partnership was broken, Westhoughton soon found themselves 169-5. After this slight setback it was upto Danny Naylor (59) and James Burrows (35) to get the away side back on track. When this partnership was broken on 291, the other remaining wickets fell cheaply, but the foundations had already been built, helped in part to another helpful yet unexpected 60 from Extras.

In bowling out the opposition, Nathan Blair and Kieran Edwards reduced the home side to 18-3. Rob Brown took 5 wickets for 17 runs from his 3.3 overs to finish off the game.Only two Eagley batsmen recorded double figures, and in their 30 overs only 5 boundaries were scored.

On a side note, the anticipated debut of the ''TFC - Thanks For Coming'' t-shirt occured, and Mike Entwistle was the proud owner of the first man to wear this shirt after his catch in the slips wasn't enough to make up for his failing with the bat where he scored 0.

2nd Xl scoreboard v Eagley

Sunday 24th May 2009 - National Knockout
1st Xl: At Bootle: Westhoughton 85 Bootle 86-1
1st Xl scoreboard v Bootle (coming soon)

Westhoughton first team lost to Bootle in the National Knockout. Batting first, Westhoughton only mustered 85, with a majority of the runs coming from Ste Parker (37), and Adam Coates (22). Bootle's main bowling came from Ronnie Davies who had figures of 2-9 off 9, as well as Lancs hopeful Ste Mullaney who finished with 3-6 off 7.

In response the home side only lost one wicket in chasing down the total.

Saturday 23rd May 2009
1st Xl: At Little Lever: Westhoughton 188 Little Lever 193-5
1st XI scoreboard v Little Lever
Westhoughton first team lost by 5 wickets in this rain affected game, with the overs being reduced to 28 overs per side. Further details to be added soon.

2nd XI: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 174 Little Lever 111
Westhoughton 2nds beat Little Lever by 63 runs. In setting the total of 174, Mike Entwistle top scored with 47, aided by a handy contribution of 42 from extras.

In bowling out the opposition, a devastating opening 7 overs, shared between Nathan Blair and Kieran Edwards, saw the visitors struggling on 20-4 with any runs that were scored coming from edges. After a small fightback, it was the returning Irfan Puda who dismissed Little Levers top scorer, and from that moment the game was over. The last 4 wickets fell for 2 runs, with Rob Brown taking 3 wickets in 4 balls to wrap up the game shortly after drinks.

2nd Xl scoreboard v Little Lever

Saturday 16th May 2009
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 130 Heaton 133-8
1st XI scoreboard v Heaton
Westhoughton first team lost by 2 wickets in a low scoring game against heaton. Batting first, the home side reached their total thanks to contributions from Ian Pilkington (29) and extras (21) being the only scores above 20.

In response, Heaton reached their target with 2 wickets to spare, dispite two wickets from Craig, Immi and Shetty. Harty and Ste Parker also got 1 wicket each.

2nd XI: At Heaton: Heaton 189 Westhoughton 179-9
Westhoughton 2nds won a tight game against Heaton. Rob Brown, Nathan Blair and Kieran Edwards all took 3 wickets to help dismiss the hosts for 189.

In response, Danny Naylor top scored with 40, Kieran Edwards 32, Mike Entwistle 20 and Nathan Blair 15 helped Westhoughton to chase down their reduced target of 179 (d/l method). With the score on 115-7, a victory didnt look as prosperous as it could have been until a partnership of 41, between Blair and Edwards, who were both dismissed by the veteran Snowdon, helped steer the visitors towards victory by the slenderest of margins, just 1 wicket. The winning run came from a no ball.

2nd Xl scoreboard v Heaton

Sunday 10th May 2009
1st Xl: At FSC: Westhoughton 81 Farnworth Social Circle 82-2
1st XI scoreboard v FSC
Westhoughton first team lost their unbeaten record at table topping Farnworth Social Circle in a surprisingly one sided game. Batting first, only Nishit Shetty made any real progress as he top scored with 32. Craig McKellar took the two wickets for Westhoughton.

2nd XI: At the Tyldesleys: FSC 231 Westhoughton 221-9
In what was a close game, Westhoughton 2nds just fell short of their target by a mere 10 runs. Kieran Edwards took his first ever 5 wickets haul for the seconds as he took 5-24. In the run chase Rob Houghton top scored with 59.

2nd Xl scoreboard v FSC

Saturday 9th May 2009
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Greenmount 199 all out Westhoughton 149-9
1st XI scoreboard v Greenmount
Westhoughton won (D/L method)

Greenmount scored 199 with Nishit Shetty taking 4 wickets andSte Parker also taking 3.

Westhoughton got their target for 149 for 9, with the winning run coming off the last ball, after being 115 for 3 with 7 overs left. With 11 needed off 7 balls and Adam Coates hit a six, so 5 runs were needed off the last over with 3 wickets left.

The last over went: 2, wicket, 2, dot, wicket then Harty popped the last ball over the infield for a great and well deserved win. Pilky reached 48 and Nishit contributed 40+ as well.

2nd Xl: At Greenmount: Greenmount 58 Westhoughton 61-1

Westhoughton 2nds beat Greenmount 2nds by 9 wickets, Will Bateson returned figures of 7-32 from his 13 overs, aided by Jimmy Burrows who took 3-12. In chasing down the modest total, Peter Hilton made light work of the run chase as he smashed 3 sixes and his 31 was the foundation of the batting performance that saw the target reached in a mere 10.2 overs.
2nd Xl scoreboard v Greenmount

Sunday 3rd May 2009 - National Knockout
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 209-9 Northern 189
1st XI scoreboard v Northern

Westhoughton first team defeated Northern in the Cockspur National Knockout to advance to the next round of the competition. Neil Bannister and Steve Parker were on form with bat and ball respectively to help steer Westhoughton to a 20-run victory against Northern.

Bannister top scored with 81, and Ste Parker took 3-37 to bowl the visitors out for 189. Immi (2-30) and Craig McKellar (2-32) also chipped in with a couple of wickets each to help the hosts progress.

The next round of the competition takes place on Sunday 24th May 2009.

Saturday 2nd May 2009
1st Xl: At Tonge: Westhoughton 239-3 Tonge 160-9
1st XI scoreboard v Tonge
Westhoughton firsts won and carried on their excellent start to the season with an easy victory away at Tonge. Ian Pilkington led the way for the visitors with 69 and he received excellent support from Rick Parker 56* and Adam Coates 30*. Nilesh Shetty fell for 48, just two short of his 1st 50 for the club. Harty led the bowling attack and took 4 wickets with Ste Parker taking 2 wickets. Other wickets came from Puda, Craig McKellar and Immi.

2nd Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Westhoughton 261-9. Tonge 113
2nd Xl scoreboard v Tonge

Peter Hilton top scored for the 2nds with 86, Rob Houghton got 40 and 2 wickets, Rob Brown scored 39 and took 4-14 from 10 overs. Kieran Edwards got 3 wickets and Martin Hodgkiss scored 35 as the 2nds wrapped up and easy victory.

Sunday 26th April 2009
1st Xl: At Horwich: Westhoughton 182 Horwich 173
1st XI scoreboard v Horwich
Further details to be added soon.

2nd Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Horwich 111 Westhoughton 115-2
2nd Xl scoreboard v Horwich

Rob Brown took 3 wickets and top scored with 39* for the hosts, Rob Houghton took 4 wickets and contributed 23 with the bat and Martin Hodgkiss scored 35*.

First Game Scores: Sunday 19th April 2009
1st Xl: At the Tyldesleys: Egerton 232 all out Westhoughton 235-9
1st XI scoreboard v Egerton
Westhoughton first team start the season well with a 1 wicket victory over last seasons long time league leaders Egerton. Steve Parker took 5 wickets for the hosts with Mark Atherton contributing 72 with the bat along with Rick Parker who scored 40.

Here is a photo of the first team as they prepared to start the new season against Egerton. Please click on the photo for an enlarged size.

2nd Xl: At the Egerton: Westhoughton 119 all out Egerton 120-2
2nd Xl scoreboard v Egerton

Westhoughton second team lost there first game of the season as they try to retain the league title that they clinched last season. Peter Hilton top scored with 46.