Lancashire League Handbook 2019

20 The most runs by a Professional was 803 by Mansoor Amjad of Rishton and Darwen’s Calvin Savage made the highest individual score of 170 not out. Thirteen amateur bowlers took 40 or more wickets and the top three took 50 or more. Stephen Oddie returned to the League with Rochdale after a 16 year break and took 57 wickets with four 5 wicket hauls and a best of 6 for 26, Last years winner, David Bowden of Darwen had two 5 wicket returns and a best of 6 for 35 and took 61 wickets. But in top place this year was a bowler who has now taken over 800 wickets the Lancashire League at an average of 14.14. In 2018 he took 65 wickets at 10.8, with best of 5 for 33, Jonathan Fielding of Ramsbottom. Top professional wicket taker was Umesh Karunaratne of Walsden with 71 wickets and a best of 7 for 39. Paddy Martin of Lowerhouse took the Telegraph Tankard award with a return of 7 wickets for just 3 runs against Norden. In wicket keeping Jordan Clarke of Darwen was in 3rd place with 29 dismissals, Sam Bancroft of Accrington had 32 in 2nd place and Joe Martin of Lowerhouse took his 300th victim on his way to top place with 37 victims (27 caught and 10 stumped). The Telegraph also award a tankard to the wicket keeper with most victims and this year we had 3 keepers with 5 victims. Tom Parton of Ramsbottom at Lowerhouse on 19th May, Sam Tucker of Church at Crompton on 24th June and Jack Cook of Enfield at Great Harwood on the 21st of July. The final individual award is the Bill Harrison Trophy. This trophy goes to the best performance by an Under 23 player in a match. It has been decided that this year that the award goes to a player who made a career best 152 not out in a Club record 3rd wicket partnership of 237 at home to Milnrow with his Professional on the 4th of August. Ben Pearson of Todmorden. This year the umpires were marked on Play Cricket with Captains inputting via computer input and this went pretty well overall. Peter West, our Deputy Chairman then collates the marks and these are then used to allocate their ECB gradings which can assist their progress along the Umpires pathway. In 2019 we will have four umpires on what will now be known as the National Panel, County 2nd Eleven games etc. The Lancashire League panel is one of the best in the county and in 2018 we attracted a large number of new umpires from the Pennine League and we hope that they have enjoyed their first season with us. Thirty Umpires achieved an average mark of 90% or more. Nine of these had 95% or more and the top 4 had 97% or more. In third place was our appointments Secretary Barry Evans.