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Boddingtons, Durham Coast League Under-18

Castle Eden made the highest score of the night, 158 for two when they visited Ryhope.

John Spellman, a regular in the Castle Eden first team, carried his bat for 68 and Matthew Tudball ended with 57 not out.

Despite 30 not out by Briggs, an undefeated 53 from Guy Leigh, Ryhope fell 44 runs short of their target when they posted 115 for two.

Hylton were dismissed for 51 and lost by seven wickets to Bill Quay.

John Chamberlain, with two for nine, and Richards, whose four wickets cost just 12 runs, were the bowlers in form for Bill Quay who were then indebted to Paul Bentham for his 22 runs.

Ben Clarke captured two of the three Bill Quay wickets to fall for 20 runs.

Christopher Ford (22) and Jonathan Auton (27) led Peterlee to a match winning 95 for four against South Hetton for whom Christopher Naylor claimed two wickets for 18 runs.

Responding, South Hetton were all out for just 63 as Paul Griffiths claimed three for ten, Adam Maddison two for 13 and Simon Williams two for 13.

Shoaib Akhtar was in superb form on Dawdon's big win at Murton.

Akhtar contributed 75 to Dawdon's 119 for eight despite Andrew Naylor claiming four wickets for 24 runs in four overs for Murton.

Aiden Vout with two for 28 and Jonathan Seed (2-20) were also among the wickets for Murton.

Replying, Murton crashed to 30 all out as Ewart captured five wickets for only 15 runs in four overs.

He also had the distinction of taking a hat-trick and other wickets claimed by Dawdon went to Beer and Akhtar, who took two wickets apiece.

George Mann Cup

The quarter finals of the competition sponsored by Weardale Steel produced two very close matches and two non-events.

Weardale Steel batted first when they played the strong Eldon Lane Club and lost their first wicket with only two runs on the board. The second went at 14 before C Jackson and D Newton staged a recovery with 13 and 15 respectively. However, the tight bowling and fielding from Eldon kept down the run rate with only C Sayer getting into double figures with 11. The innings ended on 79 with two overs left.

Eldon Lane made a worse start than the Steelmen and went to 25 for four before S Weldon steadied the team with a well-constructed 20. Once he was gone only J Mottram reached double figures with ten and Eldon

Lane were dismissed for 74 in the nineteenth over.

Bishop Auckland King James batted first against Wolsingham Mill Race and were shocked to see their first two wickets go down for only one. Crowe with 20 and Oughton (16) started the recovery, which was continued by A Hill (18) and Moore (10) to take them to an all out score of 91 in the 17th over.

Mill Race made an excellent start with R Hanlon making 23, T Wilkes (16) and J Wilkes (14) but then came the collapse, which saw only M Tindale into double figures with 12 as the innings was ended five runs short of the target.

The other two quarter-finals were ruined when Tow Law Black Horse and Wolsingham All Stars decided to call off their games because of the weather - but failed to inform their respective opponents, Shildon Timothy Hackworth and Crook Golden Fleece.

The umpires awarded the games to the teams who turned up.

The semi-final between Shildon Timothy Hackworth and Weardale Steel was rained off and will now be played on Monday, July 17. If the other semi-final between King James and Crook Golden Fleece is rained off it will be played on Tuesday, 18 July.

Durham Senior League U-17

JIM Allenby and Richard Hilton both starred in the Durham City innings but Seaham Harbour won with six wickets to spare despite facing a target of 123.

Allenby, a regular in the Durham City first team, top scored with 48 and Hilton, who previously played for Sacriston, contributed 31 in a total of 122 for four.

Umar Akhtar was Seaham Harbour's match winner as he struck an excellent 87 not out in his side's total of 123 for four.

David Maughan was another batsman in top form when South Shields entertained Felling at Wood Terrace. He scored 71 as his side reached 139 for two before restricting Felling to 82 for five which included an innings of 45 by Cannon.

Stephen Merrington top performed with 45 in Chester-le-Street's 135 for four at Whitburn who were 89 for nine when their overs expired.

McGowan, with four for 37, was in good form with the ball for the Cestrians.

Former Durham City player Philip Taylor scored 69 not out when Gateshead Fell totalled 81 without loss at Sunderland, who batting first, realised 77 for four.

At Boldon, Alan Lamb finished 61 not out when his team overtook Horden's 120 for three of which John Atkinson scored 34 and Stephen Brett 31 not out.

Durham Senior League U-15

Despite scoring a healthy 107 for eight, Chester-le-Street still lost to Philadelphia at Ropery Lane.

Mark Adamson top scored with 24 and the next highest contribution was 12 from Mark Hancock when the Cestrians batted first.

Will Orchin bowled a good line and length for Philadelphia and his performance was rewarded with figures of three for 29. Logan took two for 27 and Bell two for eight.

When Philadelphia replied they won by five wickets and Orchin took the man of the match honours by scoring a half cenry. Darren Parker added 22 and for Chester-le-Street Dean Redfearn captured two for 22 and Mark Hancock had two for 14.

Gateshead Fell had only seven runs to spare at Eppleton and the Siddell brothers starred in Whitburn's victory at home to Hetton Lyons.

Batting first, Whitburn made 84 for five and Chris Siddell carried his bat for 53. Brother Gregg then captured three wickets for 26 runs as Hetton Lyons were restricted to 48 for nine.

Cameron Shield

Martin Hubber, Jonathan Prested and Andrew Dixon all took two wicket apiece when Sacriston reduced Shotley Bridge to 75 for eight.

Gary Kirk then became Sacriston's match winner with the bat scoring an unbeaten 33 out of 76 for three while for Shotley Bridge, Edgar claimed two of the three wickets to fall for 20.

Whickham were all out for 44 when they visited Lanchester.

Paul Burn, with two for 11, Stewart Barrass (2-12) and Ben Travis whose three wickets cost 15, were all in top form in the Lanchester attack and although Tony Ainley claimed two for eight for Whickham, Lanchester won by six wickets.

Annfield Plain crashed to 29 all out when they hosted Lintz. Moody, with three for seven and Richard Foster, who claimed two wickets without conceding a run, brought about Annfield Plain's dismissal.

Batting first, Lintz found runs easy to come by and reached 142 mainly through the efforts of Smith (70) and Moody (39). Chris Robinson was the pick of the Annfield Plain attack with two for 21.

Crookhall overtook Blaydon's 62 for five, losing one wicket reaching 66, when Richardson finished 33 not out and Stewart contributed 26.

Blaydon's top scorer was Robert Smith with 28. Carr and Johnson both captured two wickets for Crookhall.

After restricting Tantobie to 56 for five Ryton won, losing one wicket as Adam Wilkin finished unbeaten on 36, hitting one six and two boundaries.

James Williams bowled well for Ryton and in five overs, including one maiden, took three wickets for only 22 runs.

Foster's Tyneside Senior League Juniors

Burnopfield had the better of Chopwell in the Under-18 division, winning by ten wickets.

Batting first, Chopwell were pegged to 91 for five, which included a top scoring 30 by Morson while for Burnhopfield Justin Temperley claimed two wickets for nine runs.

Stewart Atkinson, with an unbeaten 34 and 43 not out from Richard Deacon earned Burnopfield a ten wicket success.

In the U-15 division, Ashington had 60 runs to spare at home to Backworth.

Richard Sample (65no) and Prudhoe (47no) were both in top form when Ashington realised 158 with the loss of just one wicket.

Despite the sound innings of 69 by Walker, Backworth managed just 98 for eight as Ben Harmison took three wickets for seven runs.

There was a closer contest when Tynemouth hosted Benwell Hill.

Ian Purdy, with 44, enabled Tynemouth to total 85 for seven, even though Dawson captured five wickets for a meagre 16 runs in the Benwill Hill attack.

Responding, the visitors totalled 65 for eight with Peter Burdon taking three for ten and Chris Dunlop two for 12