Roberts helps Fieldhouse to emphatic win

West Indian Lincoln Roberts scored 81 for Bamford Fieldhouse, who increased their lead in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League to 85 points with an emphatic 10-wicket win over Stayley.

Meanwhile in the second string fixture between the two sides there were two hat-tricks in the game.

Carl Barrett took three in a row for Bamford in figures of five for 19, before Stuart Mellor repeated the feat for Stayley — he claimed all seven wickets for 22 runs — but was unable to prevent his side from slipping to defeat in a low-scoring game.

Scores —

Division one: Austerlands 249-5 (M Hayward 76 not out, An Young 65 not out, M Schofield 62), Hollinwood 68 (J Khan 8-30); Stayley 116 (R Rafiq 42), Bamford Fieldhouse 119-0 (L Roberts 81 not out); Saddleworth 149-9, Friarmere 154-5 (A Qayyum 59 not out); Droylsden 174 (A Uppal 45, S Bloor 5-43), Heyside 176-4 (R Hugo 68 not out); Shaw 184-7 (N Van den Bergh 82), Greenfield 100; Glodwick 204 (I Aslam 44, S Mahmood 42, J Baron 5-41); Uppermill 205-6 (Z Khan 102 not out, I Aslam 5-44, incl hat-trick).

Division two: Droylsden 53, Heyside 55-3; Glodwick 145, Uppermill 139 (G Crossley 60, M Parkinson 5-24); Shaw 263-4 (C Thompson 76, M Ingham 63, P Rowlands 59), Greenfield 212 (S Whitehead 5-39); Austerlands 132, Hollinwood 133-1 (S Meredith 67 not out, S Ishaq 48); Friarmere 153, Saddleworth 156-3 (R Jones 54 not out); Stayley 54 (C Barrett 5-19, inc hat-trick), Bamford Fieldhouse 57-7 (S Mellor 7-22, inc hat-trick).