16th July 2005
Tonge v Westhoughton

High Scoring Draw at Castle Hill

Tonge and Westhoughton 1st Xl both scored 200 plus in this high scoring draw, but the Howfeners came worst off points wise.
The home side set Westhoughton a total of 259-5 in an innings where all the bowlers suffered. Rick Parker's 2-67 from 13 overs perhaps just the pick ahead of Antonio Mayers 1-80 from 19 and Mubarek Patel's 1-44 from 8.1 overs. Ian Pilkington was the other bowler with 3 overs 0-19.
The visitors made a decent start with the first three batsmen accumulating around 100 runs, Steve Parker top scoring with 49. Then the middle order kept it going with Paul Hart chipping in with 35, but they finished well short on 200-8.