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Hightown Cricket Club open their season with a home match against Bootle this weekend

HIGHTOWN Cricket Club will start their 2008 campaign in the Liverpool and District Premier league with a new ground name and a derby this Saturday.Read

Great end to season

FORMBY Cricket Club First XI finished off a memorable season by winning a close encounter at Newton le Willows last Saturday.Read

Town beaten by Kirk’s Mad man

HIGHTOWN'S bold decision not to replace professional Yusuf Pathan for the last few weeks of the season has ultimately paid off, as recent wins against Wallasey and Southport testified.Read

Town triumph in tense derby

HIGHTOWN continued their strong finish to the season with a win over Southport and Birkdale last Saturday.Read

Holiday highs and lows for Hightown

AFTER a thrilling win at Wallasey on Saturday, Bootle brought Hightown back down to earth with a bump two days later by inflicting a crushing defeat on their Sefton rivals.Read

Ton up Pathan

YUSUF Pathan celebrated his selection for India in the forthcoming Twenty20 World Cup by hitting an unbeaten century for Hightown last Saturday.Read

Oz bound O’Keefe does the damage

LAST weekend was very successful for Formby Cricket Club with the first team winning at home against St Helens by seven wickets while the second team won by the same margin at Rainhill.Read

Formby fail to steal advantage on rivals

FORMBY worked hard to get their game with Wavertree played and the match began in mid-afternoon.Read

Hightown soak up sun in Corfu

ALL three of Hightown’s senior matches were rained off last weekend, as unseasonal weather continued to blight the club’s centenary year.Read

Formby extend lead

DESPITE more heavy rain during the previous week, much hard work by many club groundsmen and several willing helpers made sure that most of last weekend's cricket programme went ahead.Read

Rain gives second team chance to shine bright

BAD weather ruined Hightown's chances of building on their impressive victory last weekend over Northern.Read

AFTER their enforced rest the previous weekend, Formby Cricket Club first and second teams both won last Saturday and increased their lead at the top of their respective tables, writes Mike Leddy.Read

Town take bragging rights

HIGHTOWN scored a famous victory over their old rivals Northern at Sandy Lane last Saturday.Read

Wails in Wales as Town taken apart

ON A day in which most other cricketers in the north west were catching up on shopping or Saturday afternoon TV, Hightown travelled to North Wales to face in-form bowler Debasis Mohanty in difficult batting conditions at Colwyn Bay.Read

Formby hit double top at mid-season

LAST Saturday was the halfway point of the season for teams in the Liverpool Competition and following a home draw for the first XI against Newton le Willows and an away draw for the seconds at St Helens Recs, both teams are now top of their respective leagues, writes Mike Leddy.Read

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