Lancashire League Handbook 2015

154 career in 2014 with 534 victims 339 caught & 195 stumped and 4056 runs to his name. Keith Roscoe took his 1500th wicket of his Lancashire League career at Enfield on 22nd June 2013 and went on to end the season with 1540 wickets, having taken 5wickets on 97 occasions and 50wickets in a season 15 times. In 2014 2nd team captainArfus Ali made 1051 runs in League matches with 2 centuries 139 v Church&100 v Rishton (both at Rawtenstall). RISHTON Batting first against Enfield on July 2nd 1949 Rishton scored 283 runs in 133 minutes. In winning the Junior League Championship in 1953, Rishton 2nd XI never lost amatch andwere never totally dismissed throughout the season. Rishton in 1955 won the Senior Championship and the Worsley Cup performing the "Double" for the first time in the Club's history. In the 1955Worsley Cup final Gupte (pro) took 10wickets for 101 runs. In 1956 againstAccrington at Thorneyholme Road Gupte (pro) took 8 for 19 including 2 hat tricks. Rishton had a 15 match sequence without losing in 1995 13 wins and 2NR Frank Martindale was the leading wicket keeper for 4 successive seasons 1979 to 1982. This meant a sequence of him being the leading wicket keeper for 7 out of 8 seasons following his previous run at Enfield from1975 to 1977. On Saturday, 3rd August 1996, Rishton, with Allan Donald, dismissed Accrington for 18, the lowest score since the League adopted limited overs. Rishton's team score for 304 for 3 against Church on 28th May 2005 at Rishtonwas the clubs highest score in limited oversWorsley Cupmatches. The opening stand of 174 between Peter Sleep (82) and Kumar Dharmasena (130*) is also aWorsley Cup record for Rishton. On 15thMay 2005 Peter Sleep hit 151 not out, the highest score by a Rishton amateur. AndreaAgathagelou took a hat-trick on the 8th May 2010 against Colne - all LBW’s. Afaq Ali Sartaj became the youngest player to take 50 Lancashire League wickets in a season at 17 years 2months 9 days on 10th September 2011. In 2012 Nathan Sharrock became the youngest ever player for Rishton only to be surpassed by Bradley Boddie later in the season. On 9th September Daniel Salpietro (pro) took 10 for 34 vs Rawtenstall. Kelly Mall took 8 for 25 against Bacup on 22nd June 2013 – his first ever Lancashire League wickets. Bradley Boddie made a century for Rishton 2nd XI at the age of 15 years and 215 days against Lowerhouse on 1stAugust 2014. Nathan Sharrock (160 no) and Lee Sawyer (72 no) put together an unbroken 4th wicket partnership of 244 for Rishton 3rd team against Rawtenstall on 13th September 2014.