JUNIORS
U'18's,   U'15's   Helmets + boxes at Dalton   ECB Junior Directives

Juniors are always welcome at Dalton Cricket Club.

Apart from low subscriptions and match fees you will find:

• safe surroundings
• friendly, family atmosphere
• presentation evening
• weekly practices
• free and regular junior newsletters
• cricket played that upholds traditional values
• 'shop' for buying club items
• brand new club shirts at 'no-profit' prices.

We encourage players to (a) enjoy the game of cricket, (b) improve their cricketing skills, and (c) play cricket in a fair, respectful and traditional way.

As a result, boys and girls are attracted from a wide area as well as localities such as Aintree, Maghull, Newburgh, Parbold, Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, and Upholland of course.

The Club has had junior sides in the Southport & District ACL (www.southportcricket.co.uk) for several years, and in 2012 we are running U'18's and U15's squads.
See below for details of fixtures, practice evenings and contact numbers. If you are new to cricket go to the New2cricket page.

Junior Presentation Evening 2011
was on Fri 15 April at a packed 'Beacon Inn' and started with a challenging quiz devised by Matt Davies, followed by an excellent buffet by Beacon host Shez.
Dave Halsey and Albert Bain then presented the U15 + U18 awards for 2010 [see below] before the former reminisced about about a 'lost' cricket match eventually drawn through determination, and likened it to the recent club fire. Mike Woods presented a special award to Greg Hurst.
Albert Bain then reminded all those present about fixtures, practices, and the inclusion of the Junior Awards in the Senior Awards Evening in October, before Dave Halsey sold more rhubarb !
The winners of the quiz and the many raffle winners were announced, before the very enjoyable evening came to a close.
The undoubted success of the event was due to the hard work of the above mentioned and many others - raffle prize donors, Gareth and Shez (Beacon hosts), Sue Bain (raffle tickets), parents, and those members who supported by their attendance.

Awards for 2010 season	U15	U18
Batting	Mark Norbury	Ben Thomas
Bowling	Connor Burton	Ben Thomas
Fielding	Jack Wells	Jamie Callan
Player of the Year	Connor Burton + Mark Norbury	Ben Thomas
Other award - 'McColl Cup'* - Juniors

*The McColl Cup was originally donated by Norman McColl for the winners of the annual 'Parents v. Juniors' match.

Junior Indoor Nets 2012.
Tuesdays 7-8 pm. 3 Jan -27 Mar @ St. Bedes' HS, Ormskirk.
Limited places, 'first paid - first served', contact Dave Halsey tel: 01744 752252

Junior Outdoor Nets 2012.
Fridays 6.30pm.-8.30pm @ the Club for U'15's + U'18s (separate practices).
First practice - Thurs 21 April @ the club @ 6.30pm for both U15s and U18s.

Membership 2012
Junior Membership is open to all, including girls, who are under 18 at midnight on 31 August 2011, and all our juniors, no matter what age, pay the same subscriptions and match fees. No charge for practices.
    You can play for the U15s if you were under the age of 15 at midnight on 31 August of the year preceding the season. Likewise for the U18s. Sounds complicated, but in effect it's the same as the school year i.e. if you are in Year 10 (or below) you're an U15. [Yrs 11,12,13 for U18s]

Junior cricket shirts
New, Slazenger, ¾ sleeve, latest mesh fibre (35% cotton/65% polyester), embroidered Dalton CC logo (see top left of this page)
Stock remaining - 4 x Youths, 2 x Medium (£12 each) [A bargain considering another S+D club is selling shirts at £20 each]
Contact Dave Halsey if interested.

Club Logo
(see top left this page) can be embroidered on your cricket shirt,or sweater, T-shirt etc.
Contact Dave Halsey for current prices and discounts.

U'18's 2012
In 2012 Dalton CC U'18's are playing in Div C of the Southport & District Junior ACL.
Games will usually be on Mondays (w.p. 6.30 p.m.), 20 overs each with a '5 over bowler' max, but for 'poor light' reasons games in April will be 16 overs each with a '4 over bowler' max.
  Practices on Fridays 6.30pm - 8.30 pm @ the Club.
Pupils in Year 10 and upwards will feel 'at home', and even lower years can cope if you have the ability.
If you are interested in joining the U18 squad of a friendly cricket club, which aims to enjoy cricket at the same time as improving players' skills, please contact U18' Manager : Albert Bain on 0151 526 8096

U18s Capts + vice-capts 2011
Captain :- tba, v-c :- tba

Awards evening for the 2010 season, has been arranged for Fri 15 April 2011

U'18 League + Cup Fixtures 2012

U'18 fixtures (2012) Div C (start 6.30 p.m.)						Result
Tues	Apr	26	Charnock Richard *		A	tied
"	May	3	(1st Rnd Cup)			bye
Mon	"	9	Newburgh		A
"	"	16	no game
"	"	23	S'thprt +B'kdale (2nd Rnd Cup)	H
Tues	"	31	New Victoria	H
Mon	June	6	Aughton		A
"	"	13	Charnock Richard	H
"	"	20	Newburgh	H
"	"	27	New Victoria		A
"	July	4	(3rd Rnd Cup)	H
"	"	11	no game
"	"	18	Aughton	H
"	"	25	(S-F Cup)	H

U'18's League Table - 2010     U’18 Div B (via S+D website, with permission)

U'18's Cup - 2011    U18 Blake Trophy

U'18 match report(s) - 2010

Mon 1 June, Dalton U18s v. Rainford U18s
U18s momentum disappears
Rainford scored 134-6 in their 20 overs with Connor Burton 5-30 and Dave Norbury 1-12 noteworthy for Dalton.
The Beaconite's reply was once again on target at the halfway stage led by skipper Ben Thomas' 25 that included two sixes in one over, but some collapses halted progress resulting in their final score being 87-6 with Ben Lindsay (10no) and an excellent (33no) from Will Rooney.

Mon 7 June, Aughton U18s v. Dalton U18s
U18' s exciting triumph over setbacks
A fraught last-hour reorganisation by Albert Bain produced a Dalton side arriving at Aughton with 10 players (including U12 Kieran Burton) and was followed by a 70 run opening stand by the home side. Undaunted, the Dalton bowlers struck back in the remaining 7 overs via Owen Lewis (3-15), David Norbury (2-10), Jamie Callan (1-19), Ben Thomas (1-29) to restrict Aughton to 101-7.
In reply, Dalton suffered a first ball loss, but Connor Shutt (8), then David Norbury (15) helped Ben Lindsay to move the score to 90 with 5 overs left. However Lindsay's dismissal for an excellent 42 was followed by two cheap wickets, and it was left to Tom Meecham to straight drive a nail-biting last ball for a match-winning 4 and secure a 4 wicket win for the magnificent 10, that included brave performances by Michael Moran and Kieran Burton.

[Report from Brian Norbury]
Monday 7 th June 2010
Nine man Dalton U18’s arrived at a damp Aughton and were grateful when Kieran Burton responded to a very late call up to increase the numbers to ten. Aughton chose to bat but Dalton’s first 3 bowlers David Norbury,Mark Norbury and Ben Thomas restricted the flow of runs.Jamie Callum continued with the tight bowling and the final bowling change brought a commendable 3 wickets for Owen Lewis at a time when Aughton were trying to push on. Aughton total 101

Wicket takers O.Lewis 3 -15,D.Norbury 2 – 10,J.Callan 1 – 19,B.Thomas 1 – 29.
All bowlers were greatly assisted by a magnificent performance by emergency wicket keeper Connor Shutt.

Dalton’s reply did not go according to plan when unfortunate skipper Thomas was out first ball to a great catch,A splendid patient partnership between Ben Lindsay and Shutt kept the run rate at the required level. When Shutt was out for 8, D.Norbury (15) and Lindsay (42) pushed the score to 90 -2,before both were dismissed .After the dismissal of Lewis(5) and Callan, Aughton were in the ascendancy and fancied their chances of a victory.

Enter Tom Meecham, one over to go, 4 required. The first 4 balls were all dot balls, a cut that was stopped inches from the boundary provided 2 runs from the penultimate ball and now Dalton required 2 to win. Michael Moran was poised to back up in the hope of obtaining a single which would have given Dalton a draw, which was the least they deserved, but Meecham wanted a win and provided a fantastic strike which raced to the boundary for 4,prompting jubilant scenes. A nail biting end to a superb game.

Proud Manager Albert Bain rightly stated that every player played a significant part in the victory and summarised the performance with one word “IMMENSE”

Monday 21 June 2010
'Midsummer's day present for the Seasiders'
On a sunny, warm midsummer's day, an 8-man Southport Trinity U18 side took advantage of a large, flat and fast outfield to score 153-6 off the 20 overs, that included some superb running outfield catches from David Ainscough, David Norbury and Will Rooney. Tom Meecham's ground fielding was excellent.
With just 3 Trinity fielders on each side of the vast outfield, it was just a case of getting a front pad or bat on the ball and 'tip it + run', plus extras, to match the home side's target, but the Dalton players decided to hit their way (and get caught), 'pull across the line' (and get bowled) and produce an unnecessary run out, to be all out for 68 (Ben Lindsay 14), and hand an 85-run victory present to the 'Seasiders'.

Monday 28 June 2010
'Fine win for U'18s'
The U'18s had another good win, this time against Tarleton U'18s and batting first set a challenging target of 108 with Ben Lindsay (13), David Norbury (18) and Michael Bain (31no)
The visitors decided to reverse the batting order, but regretted it as Ben Thomas's 8-27 demolished the early batsmen leaving Tarleton's experienced batsmen too much to do as Dalton ran out winners in excess of 20 runs. Of note was Mark Norbury's overhead catch.

U'15's 2012
In 2012 Dalton CC U'15's play in Div C of the Southport & District Junior ACL .
   Games will usually be on Wednesdays (w.p. 6.30 p.m.), 20 overs each with a '5 over bowler' max, but for 'poor light' reasons games in April will be 16 overs each with a '4 over bowler' max)
   Practices on Fridays (6.30pm - 8.30pm) @ the Club. First practice Thurs 21 April 6.30pm.
Pupils in Year 8 and upwards will feel 'at home', and even lower years can cope if you have the ability.
If you are interested in joining the U15 squad of a friendly cricket club, which aims to enjoy cricket at the same time as improving players' skills, please contact U15 Manager : Dave Halsey 01744 752252.

U15s Capts + vice-capts 2011
Captain :- Greg Hurst, v-c :- tba

Awards evening for the 2010 season, has been arranged for Fri 15 April 2011.

U'15 League + Cup Fixtures 2012

U'15 fixtures (2012) Div C (start 6.30 p.m.)						Result
Wed	Apr	27	Burscough 'B'*		A	lost -
"	May	4	Ormskirk 'B'	H		lost - 10 wkts
"	"	11	no game			--------
Tues	"	17	Ormskirk 'B' (1st Rnd Cup)	H
Wed	"	18	Aughton		A
"	"	25	Mawdesley 'B'		A	won - 3 wkts
"	June	1	New Victoria		A
Wed	"	8	New Victoria	H
"	"	15	Mawdesley 'B'	H		lost - 2 runs
"	"	22	Ormskirk 'B'		A
"	"	29	Burscough 'B'	H
Wed	July	6	Tarleton	H
"	"	13	Tarleton		A
"	"	20	Aughton	H		won - 3 runs
"	"	27	no game

U'15's League Table - 2012     U’15 Div C (via S+D website, with permission)

U'15's Cup - 2012    U15 Davies Shield

U'15's match reports - 2011

Wed 20 July - 'U15s win exciting last match'
Dalton U15s v. Aughton U15s
In their last league match of the season, Dalton U15s batted first and thanks to several contributions by Joel Koyithara (22), Joe Simms( 19), Greg Hurst (8), David Jones (10) Jack Wells (7no) and Kieran Burton (6, inc a four), they totalled 84.
    Aughton U15s lost wickets to Koyithara (1-13), Simms (1-20 , a good catch by Wells) and also the homester's fielders with 4 unnecessary run outs as they fell 3 runs short on 81.
Next match Sun 4 Sept with the Juniors v. Parents day.

Junior new cricket shirts
1 x medium size, new, 'Slazenger', ¾ sleeve, latest mesh fibre (35% cotton/65% polyester), emboidered Dalton CC logo (see top left of this page) - £12      (Image of shirt)
1 x youth's size (30/32"), new, 'Hunts County', ¾ sleeve, polyester, (no Dalton logo) - £12
Contact Dave Halsey if interested.
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Batsmen Punished by magistrate
The following appeared in the Darlington & Stockton Times.

'Robert Boyes (aged 12) and Laurence Brown (13) of Northallerton were charged with stealing 2 cricket bats ... from a basket of bats outside the shop of stationer Mr.W.H. Smithson on the 25th.
Afterwards the boys sold the bats.....
As they had pilfered from other shops, the magistrate ordered them to be sent to gaol for 14 days, and after to a reformatory school for 5 years.' More info

Scorers. Every cricket match needs a 'scorer' - someone to accurately record the score in a book.
Although it is a very important job, it can be done by juniors as well as adults, and has many advantages -

• it pays £5-£10 !
• a free tea
• improves your maths
• improves your neatness
• visit other grounds
• free transport to matches
• safe environment
• learn more about cricket