Revenge sweet in derby for Darwen

Electing to bat first, Darwen were given a solid start by Jackson and John Cordingley, who posted 42 for their opening stand.

Professional Keith Semple went for a second ball duck but John and Gareth Cordingley took the score past three figures, the latter going for 31.

John Cordingley eventually went for an innings top score of 45 but another 50 stand between Jeff Hacking and Mark Emery, plus a generous donation of 41 extras from the Chorley bowlers enabled Darwen to post a useful total.

Chorley lost early wickets and only a stand of 56 between Tom Smith and Michael Critchley, who made 42 and 46 respectively, seriously held up the Darwen attack.

Neil Cordingley took 5-12 including three wickets in one over, although last pair Catterall and Holdsworth hung around for 10 overs to cause a few furrowed Darwen brows, Mercer finally wrapped up the 15 points in the 17th of the final 20 overs.

CHORLEY 126

DARWEN 221-6

Chorley 3 pts Darwen 15 pts

DARWEN

G Jackson c Greenwood b B Smith...19

J Cordingley lbw b B Smith...45

K Semple c Senior b B Smith...0

G Cordingley c Catterall b B Smith...31

N Cordingley c Senior b John...11

J Hacking not out...38

C Lowe lbw b Dhar...3

M Emery b John...28

A Mercer not out...5

Extras...41

Total (7 wkts)...221

Bowling: S John 16-3-37-2; B Smith 12-0-58-4; N Woods 7-0-30-0; T Smith 10-1-34-0; G Dhar 7-0-24-1; A Holdsworth 5-0-19-0

CHORLEY

T Smith c J Cordingley b N Cordingley...42

P Greenwood c Parkinson b Semple...1

N Woods c Parkinson b Mercer...9

N Heaton lbw b Mercer...3

M Critchley c Parkinson b N Cordingley...46

S John c Semple b N Cordingley...1

N Senior c J Cordingley b Semple...12

J Catterall not out...4

G Dhar lbw b N Cordingley...0

B Smith c Parkinson b N Cordingley...0

A Holdsworth b Mercer...0

Extras...8

Total (all out)...126

Bowling: A Mercer 16.2-4-42-3; K Semple 12-4-26-2; J Hacking 7-1-21-0; G Cordingley 6-4-19-0; N Cordingley 10-4-12-5