Monday 29th August

Stockton v Chester le Street

Another crushing defeat for the seconds this time to a youthful Chester le Street side, who made 230 for 3 dec. Geoff Bailey with 53 and Richard Tunney (34) gave the home side a glimmer of hope before they succumbed being bowled out for 170 to lose by 60 runs.

Chester le Street 230-3 dec (K Smith 110*)
Stockton 170 (G W Bailey 53, R J E Tunney 34)
Chester le Street won by 70 runs
Stockton 4pts Chester le Street 30pts

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Saturday 27th August

Philadelphia v Stockton

Despite bowling Philadelphia out for 165 with Mark Fletcher taking four for 61 the seconds slumped to yet another defeat due to another poor batting display. Vice captain Michael Wood was the only Stockton player to show any application making 49 in a total of 120 all out.

Philadelphia 165 (B Raine 40, D Lumley 40,
M R Fletcher 4-61)
Stockton 120 (M J L Wood 49,
W Brownsword 4-54)
Philadelphia won by 45 runs
Stockton 6pts Philadelphia 23pts

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Saturday 20th August

Stockton v Gateshead Fell

The Second XI pulled off a rare but emphatic win over Gateshead Fell at Grangefield on Saturday. Having bowled out the visitors for 161 they cruised to a seven wicket win with Chris Oliver finishing unbeaten on 78.

Gateshead Fell 161 (P Dicks 42, A D Baird 3-33, M J L Wood 2-10,
P Groark 2-16, M R Fletcher 2-45)
Stockton 163-3 (C M Oliver 78*)
Stockton won by 7 wickets
Stockton 23pts Gateshead Fell 4pts

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Saturday 13th August

Norton v Stockton
Match Abandoned

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Tuesday 9th August

Stockton v Tynemouth
James Bell Cup
2nd Round

Tynemouth 31-0
Match Abandoned

Tynemouth won 3-2 in bowl out

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Saturday 6th August

Tynemouth v Stockton

Stockton's dismal season continued with yet another crushing defeat away to championship challengers Tynemouth. After losing the toss and being asked field Stockton found it hard going against a strong Tynemouth batting line. Who posted a formidable total with only Mark Fletcher who took five for 37 in 12 overs having any success. After the early loss of the inform Stephen Ward, Stockton we always on the back foot and despite some lusty hitting from Joe Savage (42) and skipper Peter Groark (19) were bowled out desperately short of their target.

Tynemouth 234 for 8 dec (D Candlish 61, N Forster 84, M R Fletcher 5-37)
Stockton 144 (J Savage 42, R Heasley 3-29, J Coates 3-39)
Tynemouth won by 90 runs
Stockton 6pts Tynemouth 30pts

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Monday 1st August

Sacriston v Stockton
George Coates Trophy
Quarter Final

Sacriston 112-5 (R Hockaday 59*, S Phillips 39, I Cooper 2-22, M J L Wood 2-38)
Stockton 113-4 (J Ward 33*, S L Ward 25, M J L Wood 25)
Stockton won by 6 wickets

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Tuesday 27th July

Peterlee v Stockton
James Bell Cup
1st Round

Peterlee 96-9 (L King 34, D Walker 3-19, M R Fletcher 2-20, I Cooper 2-14)
Stockton 97-3 (S L Ward 41*, M R Fletcher 24*)
Stockton won by 7 wickets

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Saturday 23rd July

Sunderland v Stockton

After the euphoria of the previous week's victory, Stockton came back to earth with bump losing to a strong Sunderland side by 84 runs. Batting first Sunderland declared on 200 for 9 in the 50th over with Mark Fletcher taking four for 56. In reply, Stockton again showed a total lack of application with only Jimmy Ward (34) and Michael Wood (31) offering the token resistance as the visitors crumbled to 116 all out.

Sunderland 200-9 dec (M R Fletcher 4-56)
Stockton 116 (J Ward 34, M J L Wood 31)
Sunderland won by 84 runs

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Friday 22nd July

Stockton v Philadelphia
George Coates Trophy
2nd Round

Philadelphia 101-4 (R Galley 31, C Wiles 33, M J L Wood 2-30)
Stockton 103-0 (S L Ward 45*, J Ward 43*)
Stockton won by 10 wkts

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Saturday 16th July

Blaydon v Stockton

Blaydon won the toss and elected bat, but the Stockton bowlers were in top form with the ball, with Ian Cooper unlucky not to take any wickets in his six overs. But with wickets from Baird one for 33, Groark four for 22 and Chris Brennan five for 25 in eleven overs the home side were all out for 109, leaving Stockton 70 overs to get 110.

Things went well from the start with Stephen Ward 38 and Jimmy Ward 42 scoring freely. Stockton did lose 4 wickets but eased past Blaydon`s 109 to secure twenty points for the win.

Blaydon 109 ( A Lee 31, C M Brennan 5-25, P Groark 4-22)
Stockton 110-4 (S L Ward 38, J Ward 42)
Stockton won by 6 wkts

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Saturday 9th July

Newcastle v Stockton

 

 

Newcastle 257-4 (C. Brennan 2-51)
Stockton 166 (M J L Wood 36, S L Ward 71,
P Hudson 4-29)
Newcastle won by 91 runs

 

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Saturday 2nd July

South North v Stockton

 

Stockton 193 (G W Bailey 49, L Mason 37,
S L Ward 36)
South North 195 for 3 (A D Baird 2-25)

South North won by 7 wkts

 

 

 

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Saturday 25th June

Stockton v Benwell Hill

Benwell Hill won the toss and put Stockton into bat, on a very good batting wicket the Stockton batsmen made 218 for 8 with Jimmy Ward scoring 72, Lee Mason 31 and Alan Baird 30. In reply Benwell Hill made the total with ten overs to spare losing only three wickets with Chris Brennan, Ian Cooper and Alan Baird taking one each.

Stockton 218-8 (J Ward 72, L W Mason 31, A D Baird 30, K Walton 3-48)
Benwell Hill 222-3 (M Elliott 65, D Haxen 51*, B Moore 49, M Coy 33)
Benwell Hill won by 7 wkts

 

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Saturday 18th June

Chester le Street v Stockton

Stockton 89 (C M Brennan 17, A Parr 16, K Waterston 4-16)
Chester-le-Street 92-0 (A Birbeck 52)
Chester-le-Street won by 10 wkts

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Sunday 12th June

Stockton v Blaydon

Stockton 42-5 (M Cawthorn 3-21)

Match Abandoned

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Saturday 11th June

Stockton v Philadelphia

Stockton won the toss and elected to field, on a seamer friendly wicket, the Stockton bowlers took advantage of it, with Peter Groark four for 24, Mike Wood three for 32 and Joel Thwaites three for 21 bowling the visitors out for 100.

Stockton eased past the visitors total with eight wickets in hand with runs from Tom Armstrong (50) and Jimmy Ward (36 not out).

Philadelphia 100 (P Groark 4-24, M J L Wood 3-32, J Thwaites 3-21)
Stockton 101-2 (T D Armstrong 50, J Ward 36*)
Stockton won by 8 wkts

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Saturday 4th June

Gateshead Fell v Stockton

After a poor batting display against Norton, Stockton seconds visited Gateshead Fell needing a good result. Gateshead won the toss and elected to bat. The Gateshead batsmen looked in total control with Richie Smith (96) and Mark Smith (89) scoring most of the runs, but a fine bowling display again from Mark Fletcher four for 67 taking three of these wickets in four balls gave Stockton 3 bowling points. Stockton chasing 261 needed a good start which they didn`t get, losing the their first wicket in the third over, Stockton then recovered with innings from Chris Parr (24) and Geoff Bailey (69) and Michael Wood (25) seeing Stockton home for the draw and picking up eight points in this bottom of the table clash.

Gateshead Fell 261-7 (R Smith 96, M Smith 89, M R Fletcher 4-67)
Stockton 175-6 (G W Bailey 69, M J L Wood 25, C Parr 25, S Hayward 4-21)
Match Drawn

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Monday 30th May

Norton v Stockton

Stockton elected to bat and bowled Norton out for180 with Mark Fletcher taking three for 32, Stockton chasing 181 could only manage 101 all out with only Mark Fletcher (29 not out) and Lee Mason (28) scoring runs.

Norton 180 (J Rickard 42, D Nowell 40, J Huitson 37*,
L Dalby 30, M R Fletcher 3-32, C M Brennan 2-33,
A D Baird 2-43, P Groark 2-48)
Stockton 101( M R Fletcher 29*, B Duncan 3-29,
O Jenkins 3-3)
Norton won by 79 runs

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Saturday 29th May

Stockton v Tynemouth

Tynemouth won the toss and put Stockton into bat, a poor batting display by the home side who could only manage to score 112 all out.Youngsters Chris Parr and Jimmy Ward making 29 and 23. In reply Tynemouth eased their way to a total of 113 for the loss of four wickets with Mark Fletcher taking two for 39 for Stockton.

 

Stockton 112 (C Parr 29, J Ward 23, R Heasley 3-35)
Tynemouth 113-4 (D Candlish 54*, M R Fletcher 2-39)
Tynemouth won by six wickets

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Thursday 26th May

Stockton v Horden
George Coates Trophy
1st Round

Stockton 128-5 (M J L Wood 42*)
Horden 86-8 (M R Fletcher 3-14, M J L Wood 3-18)
Stockton won by 42 runs

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Sunday 15th May

Philadelphia v Stockton
Banks Bowl
1st Round

Philadelphia 201-9 (A Robinson 55, D Lumley 55, M R Fletcher 3-35,
C M Brennan 3-38, P Groark 2-39)
Stockton 133 (W Bailey 3-18)
Philadephia won by 68 runs

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Saturday 14th May

Stockton v Sunderland

Stockton lost the toss and were put into bat by Sunderland again Stockton lost two early wickets, but innings from Geoff Bailey (63), Richard Tunney (37) and Lee Mason (27) guided the home side to a total of 193 all out. The Sunderland innings didn't start to well with Stockton bowler Ian Cooper taking a wicket with his first ball of the game, but then innings from Wake (40) and Robson (70) put Sunderland back in the driving seat, Stockton did not give up and wickets from Mark Fletcher two for 59 and Peter Groark two for 43 gave Stockton a small chance of a win but Sunderland secured the win with four wickets in hand.

Stockton 193 (G W Bailey 63, R J E Tunney 37, C Brown 4-39)
Sunderland 195-6 (C Robson 70, P Groark 2-43, M R Fletcher 2-59)
Sunderland won by four wickets

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Saturday 30th April

Stockton v Newcastle

Stockton won the toss and put Newcastle into bat. The home side used six bowlers with Mark Fletcher taking two for 56 and Mike Wood two for26 being the most effective. Newcastle finished the innings on 184 for 7 with Keith Porter unbeaten on 90.

Stockton hoping for a better season than the last didn't start too well, 8 for 3 wkts after seven overs, but a 106 partnership from Lee Mason (77) and Richard Tunney (52) and a quick fire 23 from Mike Wood, gave the home team a chance of a win, but with wickets falling quickly Stockton had to settle for the draw, finishing 18 runs short on 166 for 7 and picking up 13 points.

Newcastle 184-7 (K Porter 90*, M R Fletcher 2-56, M J L Wood 2-26)
Stockton 166-7 (L W Mason 77, R J E Tunney 52, A Robson 5-40)
Match Drawn

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