Dismal Saturday brings three defeats

There was little to cheer about at the weekend as all three matches ended in defeat.

The 1st XI made just 129-9 in their 48 overs at home to Worsley, Ian Chesworth top scoring with 35 and Mike Tickle making 32. Things could have been worse had Chesworth and Andrew Tickle (23) not rescued HSP from 57-7 with a 59-run partnership. Worsley reached their target for the loss of three wickets, two of them falling to sub pro Mustafa Bashir.

The 2nd XI went down by 54 runs at Worsley, conceding 169 despite being on top with the ball at various stages of the Worsley innings. There were three wickets each for Paul Snape and Brad Coventry, with two each for Andy Bowes and Jordan Hampson. A lack of runs again betrayed HSP as they found themselves 86-8 before Bowes and Snape at least took the total into three figures.

The misery was compounded at Aspull where the 3rd XI lost a low-scoring game to Dalton by 5 wickets. HSP were put in to bat and totalled just 53, Jeff Snape the top scorer with 12. Mark Hardman took two wickets in the first over to give HSP some hope, but it was not to be and Dalton reached their target in the 16th over.

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