Cricket’s title in last-day drama

COMRADES A missed out on the Saw-Tech Shaw Snooker League title on a dramatic last day.

Going in to the final fixtures, Comrades were on top. But they slipped to a 5-1 defeat against close rivals Crompton Cons who hoisted themselves from third to second spot.

The title went to Cricket B, 5-1 winners at Royton Cons B, in one of the closest championship battles for many years.

Royton Cons B (306) 1, Cricket B (411) 5: A Carter 77, I Hewitt 80; D Wood 70, D Navesey 56; J Keating 42, A Bigland 98; C Keating 66, A Ravenscroft 94; C North 51, J Mills 63.

Cards 3-2, Darts 1-4.

Cricket A (326) 4, Royton Cons A (318) 2: B Fletcher 104, L Burgess 66; S Bramwell 45, A Bamford 59; P Cunniffe 66, T Kiely 54; M Whittle 50, W Timperley 76; P Grogan 81, P Lever 52.

Cards 1-4, Darts 2-3.

Comrades B (324) 1, Crompton Cons (377) 5: M Taylor 65, S Shearing 79; M Evans 46, P Horton 71; L Patterson 55, C Sneyd 104; C Sladen 70, J Parker 79; A Barrass 88, G Jackson 44.

Cards 2-3, Darts 2-3.




Moss Inn still in honours hunt
BREAKS of 46 from Russ Bedford and 35 from P Grogan helped Moss Inn to a 5-1 victory over Blue Club A in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League, a win that keeps them in third place.

A 43 break from Colin Hopkinson was enough to take his frame for Royton Band and with his team-mates all following suit, Royton Band completed a 6-0 whitewash over North Chadd.

Nick Broadbent’s 33 clearance for St Paul’s gave him the important third frame as they recorded a 5–1 victory away at Stanley Road. League leaders Deaf B had a 5-1 win at home against CBC and with second-placed Springbank A winning 4-2 at Little Cot, Deaf’s lead at the top of the table is now five points.

Oldham Cricket and Nimble Nook are inseparable at the top of the card table, sharing the lead on 84 points.

Blue Club B (352) 4, Little Cot B (340) 2: Bamford K 103, Booth Dennis 51; Gartside P 57, Gorey Chris 90; Stafford A J 81, Walker J 52; Garrity A 53, Heywood J 97; Hilton W 58, Booth Darren 50. Cards 3-1.

Deaf B (380) 5, CBC (289) 1: Atkin Darren 84, Inman A 39; Smith D 85, Ashton P 63; Scott R 65, Inman N 63; Reece D 90, Percival S 49; Smith M J 56, West P 75. Cards 0-4.

Little Cot A (308) 2, Springbank A (337) 4: Smith A 52, Ward R 97; Newton D 74, Hands M 69; Kennedy Martin 61, Wolfenden P 74; Balcerzak D 77, Joncyk J 35; Connell Steve 44, Bradbury L 62. Cards 3-1.

Moss Inn (406) 5, Blue Club A (260) 1: Maher J 47, Ashforth T 82; Weldon J 93, Whitworth J 67; Bedford R 88, Fletcher L 57; Grogan P 104, White R 9; Cuniffe Pete 74, Gartside A 45. Cards 3-1.

Nimble Nook (287) 1, Chadd Reform (315) 5: Merry Nigal 62, Gilder R 68; Oswick N 72, Slater Leslie John 78; Schofield Stewart 56, Greenwood R 64; Soubieski A 54, Scholey B 39; Courtney John 43, Gascoyne Paul 66. Cards 2-2.

North Chadd (252) 0, Royton Band (406) 6: Ingham Dave 65, Hornblow D 83; Palmer S 49, Callaghan S 59; McGloclin J 51, Hopkinson Alex 86; Jones Steve (Jnr) 45, Hopkinson Colin 90; Divine P 42, Hopkinson Alan 88. Cards 0-4.

Oldham Town (401) 5, Transport (284) 1: Heycock S 82, Hussain Addy 42; Lighfoot M 99, Walker S 49; Kaminski P 66, Tanahill C 46; Carr D 91, Watkinson P 73; Salt Geoff 63, Shepard T 74. Cards 1-3.

Springbank B (277) 1, Deaf A (330) 5: Rushworth C 50, Bates Luke 69; McDemott Wilf 43, Thompson P 67; Bailey Jack 62, Thompson Ian 67; Murray J 70, Smith Michael 61; Gallagher A 52, Winterbottom Gary 66. Cards 1-3.

Stanley Road (276) 1, St Pauls (335) 5: Merrington J 71, Harvey C 72; Jones S 46, Goodinson D 94; Hubbert S Snr 50, Broadbent N 76; Lloyd P 43, Broadbent P 64; Rayner S J 66, Durr P 29. Cards 0-4.