SATURDAY 17TH JULY

 

THURSDAY 15TH JULY

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THE SECONDS followed their win against Washington in the Roseworth Trophy with a comfortable victory over Benwell Hill in the James Bell Cup at Grangefield this evening.

SATURDAY 10TH JULY

SECONDS LOSE OUT AT HOME

CHASING 264 to win the seconds were bowled out 40 runs short. Visitors Newcastle posted an impressive 263 for five before declaring at the end of the 50th over. Veteran medium pacer Chris Brennan was the pick of the home side's attack claiming two wickets for 43 in his 15 over stint. Chris Parr(above) top scored with 52 and Farook Din made 34 in the reply.

Newcastle 263-5 dec (C Smith 76*, M Bashford 63, I Nairn 50, J Matthewson 38,
C M Brennan 2-43)
Stockton 223 (C E Parr 52, F Din 34, L Ward 27, M Bashford 4-45)
Newcastle won by 40 runs

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SATURDAY 3RD JULY

HONOURABLE DRAW

THE SECONDS managed an honourable draw against Chester le Street at Grangefield after managing to bat 63 overs for the loss of only five wickets. Teenager, George Harrison made an unbeaten 104 in the visitors total of 285 for four declared.

All of the home side’s batsman made confident starts but it was left to Farouk Din (44 not out) and Wilf Reeve (23 not out) to withstand everything the Cestrians had to throw at them in an unbeaten 70 run sixth wicket partnership.

Chester le Street 285-4 dec (G W Harrison 104*, B Embleton 44*)
Stockton 212-5 (F Din 44*, C E Parr 30, S L Ward 28, W Reeve 23*, L Ward 23,
J McCue 22,)
Match Drawn – Chester le Street 13pts Stockton 9pts

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THURSDAY 17TH JUNE

YOUNGSTERS STAR IN CUP GAMES

A MAGNIFICENT 93 from Tom Coulthard was the feature of the 2nd XI's comfortable victory in the James Bell Cup at Ushaw Moor on Wednesday eveining. Whilst despite four for 21 from Matthew Everson the thirds lost their first round Banks Cup tie by 40 runs at Sunderland on Thursday.

SATURDAY 12TH JUNE

COOL COULTHARD IN CONTROL

THE Second team performance on Saturday was the antithesis of that of the 1st XI. Under the stewardship of Allan Baird they restricted South Shields to 199 for 8 in their 55 overs with youngster Tom Coulthard claiming three of the Shieldsmen's wickets for 36 runs in twelve overs, four of which were maidens. Baird leading from the from also returned the excellent figures of three for 33 from 10 overs.

An opening partnership of 144 between Coulthard (81) and Marlon Baleci (67) set the seconds on the way to victory. A useful innings from Joel Thwaites (29) confirmed the spoils went to the home side.

South Shields 199-8 (N Watson 72, M Appleton 40, T Coulthard 3-36, A D Baird 3-33)
Stockton 202-6 (T Coulthard 81, M Baleci 67, D MacCoy 4-47)
Stockton won by 4 wkts
Stockton 24pts South Shields 7pts

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SATURDAY 29TH MAY

SECONDS UNDER COSH

The second XI were under the cosh at Lillywhite Tearrace as the Lyons ran riot reaching a formidable 226 for four from only 36 overs when rain called a halt to proceedings.

Hetton Lyons 226-4 (A Lormor 110*, R Talbot 48)
Match Drawn - Stockton 7pts Hetton Lyons

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SATURDAY 22ND MAY

THE WARD IS NOT ENOUGH

A circumspect unbeaten 97 from Lee Ward was the backbone of the second team’s 248 for seven against Blaydon at Grangefield on Saturday. Helped by James McCue (44) and Allan Baird (27) the skipper was forced to use his full allocation of overs having been 61 for 3 at one stage in proceedings.

Blaydon began well enough but a 103 for four the game was drifting towards a draw. However, a fifth wicket partnership of 113 between Ray Marshall (84) and Jamie Wightman (66) put the visitors on target for a win which eventually came with fourteen balls and four wickets to spare.

Stockton 248 for 7 (L Ward 97*, J McCue 44, A D Baird 27)
Blaydon 251 for 6 (R Marshall 84, J Wightman 66, A D Baird 3-68)
Blaydon won by 4 wickets
Stockton 8pts Blaydon 23pts

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SATURDAY 10TH MAY

MARLON'S KNOCK NOT ENOUGH TO THWART FERGIE

AN IMPRESSIVE unbeaten 95 by Marlon Baleci was not enough to save the second team from their first league defeat of the season at Ashbrooke on Saturday. Batting first Stockton's captain Lee Ward and Balechi posted 81 for the first wicket before Ward fell to a catch from Stephenson off the bowling of Chris Brown. Following Ward's dismissal for 34 only Phinn looked threatening as Stockton slumped to 215 all out with Baleci carriing his bat.

The result was never in doubt as first Stephenson (24) and then Shurben (62*) combined with Burdon (72 not out) and Chris Robson (32 not out) to see their side home with six wickets to spare.

Stockton 215 (M Baleci 95*, L Ward 34, D Phinn 25, A Ferguson 5-46)
Sunderland 216 for 3 (C Burdon 72*, J Shurben 62*, C Robson 32*)
Stockton lost by seven wickets
Stockton 5pts Sunderland 30pts

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Saturday 3rd May

AWESOME DAVE DESTROYS NEWCASTLE

AN INCREDIBLE all round performance by sixteen year old David Seymour guided the seconds to a convincing win over Newcastle at Jesmond. Smashing the ball to parts of Jesmond the youngster scored 117 of 113 balls after earlier claiming four for 48 as the home side declared on 223 for nine after 49.1 overs.

Newcastle 223-9 (N Harrison 73, J Matthewson 43*, D.Seymour 4-48 , F.Din 3-24)
Stockton 228-6 ( D Seymour 117, J Hewison 36, M.Bashford 2 for 46)
Stockton won by 6 wkts

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Saturday 24th April

SECONDS SKIPPER LEADS THE WAY

SECONDS’ captain Lee Ward was the backbone of his team’s innings against
Tynemouth at Grangefield on Saturday. Ward carried his bat for an unbeaten
91 out of the home side’s total of 198 all out. Dan Phinn was the only
other Stockton batsman to make a significant contribution making 36.

Tynemouth began brightly enough reaching 103 for two but then lost eight
wickets for only 70 runs with Under 15 paceman James Kendall (above) claiming three wickets for only 4 runs.


Stockton 198 (L Ward 91*, D Phinn 36, J Koen 4-56)
Tynemouth 172 (M Turner 70, J Kendall 3-4, A D Baird 2-37, F Din 2-33)
Stockton won by 26 runs
Stockton 24 points Tynemouth 8 points

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