Sunday 6th September
Congratulations to West Kirby Vics who retained their Merseyside Club Championship trophy. Photos are on the photo page, surprisingly.
Semi finals
BRNESC 145 v Brooke Hotel 141
A Walsh 12 v I Tordoff 21
M Brady 21 v A Wolfe 12
B Stopforth 21 v B Snaylam 09
L Downing 14 v A Carr 21
P Stopforth 12 D Craggs 21
R Jones 21 v J Carr 19
P Byrne 21 v D Etherington 19
C Doyle 21 v D Evans 19
West Kirby Vics 152 v Richmond 107
M Andrews 16 v M Cunliffe 21
I Sherbrooke 20 v J Dermott 21
K Sherbrooke 15 v N Norwood 21
J Fitzpatrick 21 v S Gordon 10
J Devlin 17 v M Gordon jnr 21
B Atkinson 21 v A Hawitt 02
N Sherbrooke 21 v P Houghton 05
R Fitzpatrick 21 v N Houseby 06
Final
BRNESC 89 v West Kirby Vics 168
R Jones 13 v R Fitzpatrick 21
P Byrne 08 v J Fitzpatrick 21
M Brady 16 v I Sherbrooke 21
P Stopforth 03 v M Andrews 21
L Downing 14 v J Devlin 21
C Doyle 15 v J Lloyd 21
B Stopforth 10 v B Atkinson 21
I Cahill 10 v N Sherbrooke 21
Last 8
BRNESC v Sacred Heart
Brooke Hotel v Queens Royal
Walton Park v West Kirby Vics
Richmond v Bye
Semi's
BRNESC v Brooke Hotel
West Kirby Vics v Richmond
Finals
BRNESC v West Kirby Vics
Monday 6th July
This is are the individual results from our game against Yorkshire yesterday.
At the Wheatsheaf. Mill Lane, St Helens
K.Kearns 21 J Hanson 15
A Hayes 21 G I Wilson 6
J Briggs 13 L Lawton 21
D Barwise 21 L Griffin 5
B Furber 21 C Newton 16
A Moss 21 J Wilcox 19
M Garside 17 J Edmondson 21
S Davies 21 J Davison 19
M Furber 21 C Mordue 14
M Tunstall 21 N White 13
H Birch 19 R Hitchen 21
A Rolls 20 G Hickey 21
Merseyside 237 Yorkshire 191
At Milnsbridge BC, Huddersfield (Merseyside names first)
D McDermott 13 P Ingleby 21
J Hignett Jnr 21 S Haigh 16
N Sherbrooke 13 P Sigsworth 21
J Finch 21 G Higgins 18
T Glover 21 M Robinson 20
J Fitzpatrick 21 D Fox 19
J Ellis 5 J Dyson 21
P Hammond 19 S Hirst 21
I Hazlehurst 21 S Pinfield 11
A Thompson 16 H Seehra 21
P Lee 16 S Fisher 21
N Burridge 16 A Daykin 21
Merseyside 203 Yorkshire 231
Merseyside win by 18 overall
Sunday 7th June
Merseyside Home Venue: ESWA BC, 54 Park Road South, Birkenhead, CH43 4UY
1 John Finch Gladstone 17 v Billy Farrell Garswood Hall 21
2 Jamie Fitzpatrick West Kirby Victoria 15 v Andrew Wightman King & Queen 21
3 Anthony O’Neill Gladstone 03 v Tommy Johnstone St Oswalds 21
4 John Hignett Jnr Gladstone 19 v John Brown King & Queen 21
5 Ian Hazlehurst Gladstone 16 v Larry Wells King & Queen 21
6 Neil Sherbrooke West Kirby Victoria 21 v Alan Hill Leigh BC 20
7 Brian Hanlon Gladstone 21 v Barrie Robinson Edgworth 13
8 Ray Lynch Gladstone 09 v Anthony Gartside Garswood Hall 21
9 Chris Barton Richmond 18 v Chris Cooke Alexandra Park 21
10 Anthony Thompson West Kirby Victoria 21 v Duncan Watkins St Josephs 10
11 Dave McDermott Heswall RBL 18v Damian Morrison King & Queen 21
12 Nick Burridge (Capt) Gladstone 21 v John Taylor King & Queen 10
Totals - Merseyside 199 Lancashire 221
Lancashire Home Venue: Bucks Head BC, Bucks Head Hotel, Abram, WN2 5RQ
1 Nicky Shaw Garswood Hall 15 v Kevin Kearns (Capt) Brown Edge 21
2 Paul Clegg Golborne S & SC 21 v Danny Barwise Richmond 11
3 Neil Bithell Garswood Hall 21 v John Briggs Eccleston 18
4 Mark Britton Whelley Labour 14 v Andy Hayes Smithy Manor 21
5 Peter Marrow Garswood Hall 21 v Mark Furber Eccleston 13
6 Billy Speed Garswood Hall 21 v Brian Thompson West Derby Recs 20
7 Phil Boydell Garswood Hall 21 v Mike Tunstall Richmond 15
8 Ian Brown Ince Parish 13 v Brian Furber Ring O’ Bells 21
9 Barry Simm NAVC 21 v Harvey Birch NAVC 18
10 Dave Taberner Garswood Hall 07 v Phil Lee Richmond 21
11 Colin Marshall Garswood Hall 14 v Terry Glover Liverpool CC 21
12 Allen Broadhurst Rivington Village 21 v Robbie Fitzpatrick West Kirby Victoria 18
Totals Lancashire 210 - Merseyside 218
Overall Merseyside 431 - Lancashire 417
Monday 18th May
home at new brighton ladies bc
1 mandy exell (eswa) 21 v catherine lockwood 13
2 sandra astles (melrose) 21 v marjorie dransfield 4
3 sue bunting (new brighton) 21 v katie wilson 8
4 linda jones (Heswall rbl) 13 v diana hunt 21
5 marg vickers (manor rd) 20 v caroline hall 21
6 betty pringle (melrose) 21 v michelle lawson 19
7 jean clark (lairds) 16 v jean titterington 21
8 pat crowther (pensby) 21 v june patmore 19
9 naureen bunting (new brighton) 05 v pat murphy 21
10 joan dewhurst (Heswall rbl) 21 v anne brogden 10
11 carolle dunne (manor rd) 10 v lilian beck 21
12 elaine miligan (eswa) 21 v julie holcroft 13
total Wirral 211 - Nort Lancashire & Fylde 191
away game at canberra club
1 ann roberts 21 v debbie spark (eswa) 8
2 betty wilson 21 v barb mcburney (new brighton) 18
3 jane sharp 12 v lynsey gorman (pensby) 21
4 carol dawson 21 v gaynor geenfield (lairds) 8
5 linda collins 21 v paula benson (melrose) 16
6 alison brown 21 v nicky jones (eswa) 11
7 clair russel 19 v karen smith (lairds) 21
8 linda traynor 21 v nicki cooper (lairds) 11
9 debbie watters 21 v jan meskell (lairds) 10
10 anne brogden 14 v gay cooper (lairds) 21
11 kath garnett 19 v jane jones (eswa) 21
12 joan jolly 21 v marg gard (new brighton) 14
totals North Lancashire & Fylde 232 - Wirral 180
North Lancs won overall by 32
Saturday 16th May
Kevin Kearns won the Merseyside merit. Kevin is pictured here with the Bill Nugent Trophy.

This is the programme from the finals day of the Merseyside merit. Our thanks to Prescot Manor who were extremely good hosts.

Monday 11th May
Merseyside junior team lost to a very impressive Warwick & Worcs junior side yesterday. Merseyside have been struggling for a few seasons to get a competitive side and I put this on the board to thank the volunteers for their hard work. Most of our side are very inexperienced and the day would have been valuable to their development. We are lucky to be able to run a Saturday coaching sessions at a few venues where people who care about the future of the game give up their spare time to coach beginners.
My thanks also to Oxton Conservatives for being splendid hosts even though access to the venue was severely restricted by a local event which closed the roads around the venue.
It was the "Secret Gardens of Oxton" day where residents throw open their garden gates to allow the general public to nose into their flora and fauna.
Good luck to W&W for the rest of the season.
Sunday 3rd May
We had a disappointing result in our first game. The scores are:
Merseyside v Staffordshire, played on Sunday 3rd May @ Victoria Park, Birkenhead | |
Game | Merseyside |
| Scr | Staffordshire |
| scr | |
1 | John Finch | Gladstone | 20 | Craig Barker | M & B Cheslyn Hay | 21 | |
2 | Jamie Fitzpatrick | West Kirby Victoria | 19 | Chris Ward | Victoria Park | 21 | |
3 | John Hignett Jnr | Gladstone | 20 | Bill Pitt | M & B Cheslyn Hay | 21 | |
4 | Mick Andrews | Gladstone | 8 | Glynn Storer | Windmill | 21 | |
5 | Jon Ellis | Gladstone | 5 | Chris Halford | Woodfield | 21 | |
6 | Brian Hanlon | Gladstone | 20 | Stuart Edwards | M & B Cheslyn Hay | 21 | |
7 | Chris Barton | Richmond | 21 | David East | M & B Cheslyn Hay | 18 | |
8 | Craig Saville | Gladstone | 11 | Paul Evans | M & B Cheslyn Hay | 21 | |
9 | Chris Halsey | Tixall | 12 | Steve Davis | M & B Cheslyn Hay | 21 | |
10 | Phil Lee | Richmond | 21 | Dave Wright (Capt) | Windmill | 12 | |
11 | Mike Tunstall | Richmond | 13 | Paul Bailey | Amery Unionists | 21 | |
12 | Robbie Fitzpatrick | West Kirby Victoria | 18 | Gordon Hawkins | Victoria Park | 21 | |
TOTAL | 188 | 240 |
Merseyside v Staffordshire , played on Sunday 3rd May @ Cradley Liberal Club, Halesowen |
1 | Ant Aldridge | Nordley Libs | 21 | Kevin Kearns (Capt) | Brown Edge | 20 |
2 | Mark Picknell | Nordley Libs | 21 | Danny Barwise | Richmond | 18 |
3 | Simon Homer | Dudley Dell | 21 | Andy Hayes | Smithy Manor | 8 |
4 | Stuart Jones | Woodfield | 21 | Anthony O’Neill | Gladstone | 18 |
5 | Peter Withey | Dudley Dell | 21 | John Dalziel | Eccleston | 12 |
6 | Lyndon Hazlehurst | Woodfield | 21 | Mike Havern | Richmond | 20 |
7 | Ian Charles | Woodfield | 19 | Brian Thompson | West Derby Recs | 21 |
8 | Dave Semper | Woodfield | 21 | Steve Davies | Walton Park | 8 |
9 | Daniel Davies | Woodfield | 21 | Alan Moss | Eccleston | 16 |
10 | Scott Simpson | Nordley Libs | 21 | Ray Lynch | Gladstone | 16 |
11 | Mark Clayton (Capt) | Nordley Libs | 15 | Nick Burridge | Gladstone | 21 |
12 | Steve Dicken | Woodfield | 21 | Terry Glover | Liverpool CC | 12 |
TOTAL | 244 | 190 |
West Kirby Vics won the Merseyside Championship play off on 29th March at Liverpool Cricket Club.