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Pictured Wyre batsman Tony Horsfall in his 59th consecutive season.

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My 100% record against Kirkham continues 3 defeats and three ducks, this was a slightly better result than last time we played them when theyknocked the 50 they required in five overs.
On a warm day we got to bat first with skipper Duffield losing the toss and surprisingly being put in to bat. When we were 10-3 it seemed the correct decision as Messers Gregson, Horsfall and Abbott were all back in the hutch. Walters went and it was 15-4.
A partnership by Amos and Duffield steadied the ship slowly before Duffield rather sportingly walked after being given not out glancing one down the leg side. When yours truly missed a slow one which didn't bounce to be LBW 35-7 things looked bleak the 8th wicket fell at the same score.
A stand of 14 between sprightly 74 year old keeper Neil Willetts and the youngest member of the team took us to 47-9 two more runs were added and 49 was the paltry fina score.
All Kirkham bowlers hd success with Olivia Coleman having figures of 3-2 at the end.
The two openers blitzed their way to 31 before three wickets fell for 1 run and suddenly they were 32-3, a run out and two wickets for Steve Richards suddenly changed the course of the game, at the time we felt that maybe they did not have a lot of batting left, we were wrong. We were also oon the wrong end of three decision two run outs and a stumping that were not given but a comenack was not on the cards as Oliver Butterworth ensured Kirkham had won just after the second sanitation break.
Four losses out of four, lat group game next week before they re arrange the groups again and we will no doubt end up in the Group of the Inept