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
• cricket played that upholds traditional values
• 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 2008 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 Outdoor Nets 2008.
Fridays 6.30pm+ for U'15's.

Membership 2008
Junior Membership is open to all, including girls, who are under 18 at midnight on 31 August 2007, and all our juniors, no matter what age, pay the same subscriptions and match fees. No charge for practices.

Junior cricket shirts
New, Slazenger, ¾ sleeve, latest mesh fibre (35% cotton/65% polyester), emboidered 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 2008
In 2008 Dalton CC U'18's will play 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 Tuesdays 6.30pm - 8.30 pm @ the Club.
Manager : John Stockley 01942 702004
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 John Stockley on 01942 702004.
Pupils in Year 10 and upwards will feel 'at home', and even lower years can cope if you have the ability.

U'18 match report(s) (appear here when season starts)

Match report(s)

English essays After easily picking up a brace of ducks, reactions are mixed after X and Y are given a choice of titles for their next English essays - 'How to cook fowl' or 'Poaching at Dalton'   (X and Y are un-named due to ECB Photography and Video Camera Guidelines - Oct 2007 -"If a photograph is used, avoid naming the child")

Mon 7 July 2008- "Brave junior's performance"
Whilst several Dalton U18's were passing on their late cry-offs with a variety of reasons, seven U15's stepped up to the mark to face their Hightown U'18 opponents, who in some cases were 5 years older than the Dalton players.
  Nevertheless the visitors struggled against Dalton's opening bowlers of Matthew Barton and Barry Fletcher, and were 36-6 off 12 overs. Chris Stockley then took 2-16 and Connor Burton 1-22, but Hightown doubled their score in the remaining 8 overs to end on 79-7 with Barton (2-12) and Fletcher (2-22)
    Dalton faced some quick opening bowling, but failed to patiently see the bowlers off and thus were soon in trouble. Fletcher batted sensibly for 10, and Barton cleverly picked off the bad ball for 7 no, but again several batsmen failed to heed advice as they finished on 35-8, a 44 run loss.
Credit again to the younger players who actually inspired the U18's to raise their game.

U'18 League + Cup Fixtures 2008

U'18 fixtures (2008) Div C (start 6.30 p.m.)						Result
Mon	Apr	21	Mawdesley *	H		lost
"	"	28	*
Tues	May	6	New Victoria (1st Rnd Cup)		A	lost +
Mon	"	12	New Victoria	H		lost
"	"	19	Southport Trinity		A	lost +
Tues	"	27	Hightown		A	lost +
Mon	Jun	2	(2nd Rnd Cup)
"	"	9	Mawdesley		A
"	"	16
"	"	23	New Victoria		A
"	"	30	Southport Trinity	H
"	Jul	7	Hightown	H		lost

20 overs per side except for * (16 overs per side) - 'poor light' reasons.
+ Dalton unable to raise a team.

U'18's League Table - 2008
U’18 Div C (via S+D website, with permission)

U'15's 2008
In 2008 Dalton CC U'15's will play in Div C of the Southport & District Junior ACL . Players wanted.
   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 (6.30 p.m.) @ the Club.
Manager : Albert Bain 0151 526 8096

Flying High Dalton Cricket Club’s U15’s squad has been generously sponsored this season by BHW HAMPSON, the aerospace group based in Wigan, whose James Capstick (blue top) is seen next to U15’s Manager Albert Bain.

U'15 fixtures (2008) Div C (start 6.30 p.m.)						Result
Wed	Apr	23	Halsall WE * Aughton (friendly)	H	A	won * lost - 24 runs
"	"	30	Charnock Richard *		A	lost +
"	May	7	New Victoria	H		lost - 52 runs
Tues	"	13	Tarleton (1st Rnd Cup)	H		lost - 14 runs
Wed	"	21	Tarleton		A	won - 2 wkts
"	"	28	Aughton	H		drew †
"	June	4
"	"	11	Halsall WE		A	lost - 12 runs
"	"	18	Charnock Richard	H		drew †
"	"	25
"	July	2	New Victoria		A	lost - 58 runs
"	"	9	Tarleton	H		drew †
Sun	"	13	Parents v U'15's	H		Parents by 4 runs
Wed	"	16	Aughton		A	lost - 94 runs
"	"	23

20 overs per side except for * (16 overs per side) - 'poor light' reasons.
† Abandoned as a draw without a ball being bowled. Rain.
+ Dalton unable to raise a team.
* Opposition conceded.

U'15's League Table - 2008
U’15 Div C (via S+D website, with permission)

Match report(s)

Juniors v. Parents - Sun 13 July 2008 Juniors, parents, and friends at the club ground for the revival of the Juniors v. Parents annual match [To comply with ECB Photography and Video Camera Guidelines - Oct 2007 :- (a) all juniors in the photograph are un-named- ("If a photograph is used, avoid naming the child") (b) Permission for photographs of juniors to be published on the website has been obtained for the above photograph.]

  Blessed with overdue sunshine for the '30 overs each' game ‘up on the hill’, the parents were visibly stunned when losing 3 early wickets, but a good stand between David Soo (23) and Brian Norbury (9) steadied the ship only for a trickle of wickets to fall to some run outs and good catching (e.g. Will Rooney and Tom Meecham)
The Juniors used 13 bowlers, half of which were successful - Cieran Kyle (1-10), Matthew Barton (1-2), Will Rooney (2-4), Connor Burton (1-6), Ben Lindsay (2-4), Tom Meecham (1-7), Jack Wells (1-5) as the parents finished on 99-10, an innings that contained 5 'dad-son' dismissals, the most notable being that when Grandad Bain called son Paul for a quick single, but whom was run out by his son Michael !
  Stuffed full of hot-dogs, cakes and beef-burgers the juniors started cautiously and also lost 2 wickets, but excellent examples of shots, quick singles and loud calling by Matthew Barton and Connor Shutt put them in the driving seat as both retired at (30) and (19) respectively. Then for some reason everything dramatically changed during and after the drinks interval ! (It was suggested that the drinks had been spiked, but the Police were unavailable as they were involved in a cricket match somewhere):-
During the raffle draw, Jack Wells demonstrated his celebratory hug - if he had had the correct ticket, Sue Bain's hand automatically picked up the chockies for her win, and Barry Fletcher forgot to donate his 'vino' prize to the scorer in return for not mentioning a missed stumping and a dropped catch. Then a quick 11 by Jamie Soo and 8 from Michael Bain pushed the score to 81-4, but as umpire's fingers went up, wickets fell quickly, including a bemused Mark Norbury (- LBW'd by his dad, one of 4 wickets for Brian Norbury) as the fathers' appeals increased in frequency, volume and falsetto (more evidence of spiked drinks ?). Albert Bain's vertical lobs thankfully missed the overhead Lancaster bomber, before bamboozling the lads as they failed to score sufficient runs off his last over and so lost a close game by just 4 runs at 95-9.
  Thanks must go to Sue Bain (BBQ + food), Albert Bain (organisation), Anthony Greaves butchers (sausages + bacon), persons unknown (raffle prizes), Ken Gossage and U18's Barry Fletcher and Chris Comerford for joining in, and all those who contributed to making the day such a success.
Good to see Dave Martland + Sue at the club.
Only downside ? - Lack of Dalton members, at all levels, who failed to umpire, score or even just watch and support the future of their club.

Q's for the U15's re- the match at New Victoria -
Who was our wicket-keeper, and who got the run out ?
(e-mail answers to d.halsey(at)merseymail(dot)com)

Wed 16 July 2008- "Cold and sad end to season"
Wednesday evening in the cricket season and it wasn't raining !
Instead it was windy, overcast and bitterly cold which the Dalton U'15's (and umpire Ken Whiteside) had to endure first in the field against the older and more experienced Aughton U15's. 1st XI batsman M. Jenkins remorselessly smashed 64 before retiring, but the other batsmen (5 of which also retired) only managed 4 boundaries between them due to the Dalton side remembering their basics of 2-handed fielding, throwing in and backing up.
    Michael Bain took 1-8 and skipper David Norbury got a good run out, but the rest of the bowlers toiled unsuccessfully in the wintry conditons for the full 20 overs as Aughton amassed an unbeatable 135-2.
     The Dalton batsmen had to face not only an overwhelming target, but also the normal Aughton opening bowling attack, and not surprisingly were 3-3 off 3 overs, and then 12-6 off 12 overs. Ben Lindsay and Mark Norbury defended courageously, as did David Norbury (for one ball) before he and Connor Burton (playing his best innings) both hit boundaries in a stand that took the score to 32-7. When out for 7 and 5 respectively, they were followed by young Tom Meecham who, never afraid of hitting the ball, also 'reached the flags' in his 6 as the game finished with Jenkins bowling off his full run-up in the gloom and Dalton 41 all out. Young Cieran Connor gave a sound performance on his Dalton debut.
A sad end to the league season - and not just the results. To all those lads who have represented Dalton U15's - "You can hold your heads up high" - more so than some at Dalton who, although could easily have come up and watched on Wednesdays and/or Fridays, have instead shown no interest whatsoever in the Juniors - the future of Dalton Cricket Club.

Practices
in the season take place at the Club on Fridays, starting @ 6.30 p.m.

Junior cricket shirts
New, Slazenger, ¾ sleeve, latest mesh fibre (35% cotton/65% polyester), emboidered Dalton CC logo (see top left of this page)
Stock remaining - 2 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.
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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