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Spalding Town ‘can make top six’ after big victory over Grimsby

Skipper Rob Ambrose got exactly the response he wanted from his Spalding Town side as they blew Grimsby away in the Lincs ECB Premier League on Saturday. Henry Charlton (75), Josh Newton (67), Nuwan Jayasena (40) and Charlie Kearns (28) all scored well to fire hosts Town to 277-8 batting at Spalding Grammar School. All-rounders Thivanka Rajaratne (5-27) and Warren ...

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Jamie Juckes inspires big Spalding Town 2nd win over Woodlands

Super Spalding Town 2nd blew Woodlands away on Saturday to keep their South Lincs and Border Cricket League Division One title dream alive. Jamie Juckes was the catalyst for the 176-run triumph, smashing 50 down the order in Town’s 237 before taking 3-12 to help skittle out Woodlands for 61 at the Memorial Field. After last week’s shock loss at ...

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Spalding Town skipper: ‘I fear back-to-back defeats has wrecked our season’

Spalding Town (66) lost to Skegness (307) by 241 runs Captain Rob Ambrose is worried that Spalding Town have undone all of their good work this season after witnessing Saturday’s Lincs ECB Premier League humbling at Skegness. Town had been eyeing a top five finish this term, but heavy back-to-back beatings have left them in the bottom four of the ...

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Spalding Town don’t enjoy their day at the seaside

Spalding Town suffered a humbling 241-run defeat at mid-table Skegness Town on Saturday as they dropped into the bottom four of the Lincs ECB Premier League standings. New Zealand ace Brendan Young smashed 126 and Peter Houghton added 69 in Skegness’ whopping 307 – having been put into bat by Town skipper Rob Ambrose. The only silver-lining for Spalding was the fact ...

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Terrific team show keeps Town on top

Spalding Town 2nd (185) beat Long Sutton 2nd (147-8) by 38 runs Spalding Town 2nd remain on course for the South Lincs and Border League Division One title after seeing off South Holland neighbours Long Sutton 2nd in a tight derby affair. Town were all out for 185 batting first at the Memorial Field on Saturday, but restricted their rivals ...

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Spa day doesn’t go to plan for Spalding Town

Spalding Town suffered a humbling 166-run defeat at Woodhall Spa on Saturday as their fine run in the Lincs ECB Premier League came to a shuddering halt. A super century Malinga Bandara (100 not out) and 94 from Jonathan Cheer steered hosts Spa to a dominant 265-5 batting first, with Sri Lanka pair Thivanka Rajaratne (2-72) and Nuwan Jayasena (2-90) the pick ...

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Spalding Town heading to Woodhall Spa in fine fettle

Josh Newton praised a top team effort from Spalding Town as they secured 12 hard-fought points against defending Lincs ECB Premier League champions on Saturday. The visitors made an imposing 276-9 batting first on a rain-hit afternoon at Spalding Grammar School, before Town made 230-7 in reply to seal a losing draw. That represented a good day’s work for Spalding, ...

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Losing draw for Spalding Town in late finale

Spalding Town picked up a losing draw against defending Lincs ECB Premier League champions Sleaford on Saturday. The visitors made 247-7 batting first in the rain-hit clash at Spalding Grammar School, with Town closing on a respectable 230-7 in reply. Amazingly, the match finished at 8.31pm. More on all of the weekend cricket to follow. Results: Lincs ECB Premier League: ...

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Heroics at Bourne prove Spalding Town can beat anyone

Spalding Town (239-9) beat Bourne (139) by 100 runs A stunning Spalding Town display handed Lincs ECB Premier League leaders Bourne their first defeat on the season on Saturday. Young gun Henry Charlton (73) and Ben Smith (81) made impressive contributions in Town’s 239-9 at the Abbey Lawn, with Josh Newton (25) also scoring smartly. Charlie Kearns (4-52), Jack Barratt ...

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Bourne blown away by terrific Town display

Spalding Town roared to their best result of the season so far on Saturday as they humbled Lincs ECB Premier League leaders Bourne on their own patch. Young gun Henry Charlton (73) and Ben Smith (81) both made impressive contributions in Town’s 239-9 at the Abbey Lawn, with Josh Newton (25) also scoring smartly. Charlie Kearns (4-52),  Jack Barratt (3-20), ...

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Newton: Spalding Town morale high ahead of trip to league leaders Bourne

Josh Newton reckons Spalding Town 1st’s big win over Billingborough at the weekend was the perfect preparation for an anticipated bigger task this Saturday. Town’s current number three batsmen says morale is good in the camp ahead of the trip to Lincs ECB Premier Division leaders Bourne (noon). He said: “They beat us pretty convincingly at our place early in ...

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Double trophy joy for Spalding Grammar School young guns

Spalding Grammar School’s under-13 cricket side have completed a fantastic season by winning two major trophies within the space of a week. The talented team have wrapped up both the David Cross Shield and the Lincolnshire County Cup prize, reaffirming their status as one of the Grammar’s most promising groups. First, they retained the under-13 version of the David Cross ...

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Joy of six for Town’s on-song under-13s

Red-hot Spalding Town under-13s continued their wonderful winning streak with an impressive win over Billingborough under-13s last Thursday night. It’s now six Border County Cricket Association Lincs Under-13 East League wins on the trot for Town’s young guns, who remain top of the table. Town won the toss and batted first, with regular openers Paddy Harrington and Jon Manton starting ...

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Jamie on fire to send Spalding Town 2nd top

Jamie Juckes took a five-wicket haul to propel Spalding Town 2nd to the top of South Lincs and Border League Division One on Saturday. The pace ace’s figures of 5-10 helped blow host Friskney away for just 38 in 16.3 overs, with Sanj Tott (2-27) also chipping in with a pair of wickets. Tott’s victims included skipper Rob Grant, who ...

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Nel’s hat-trick in vain for beaten Spalding Town

Spalding Town were soundly beaten by hosts Lincoln Lindum on Saturday in a quite remarkable Lincs ECB Premier League match. Will Wright smashed 108 and Karanjit Bansal  added 96 in Lidum’s imposing 266-6, but Warren Nel (4-57) did take a hat-trick with three wickets off the final three balls of the innings. In reply, Thivanka Rajaratne (36 off 27 balls) top scored as ...

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Spalding Town walking wounded at Lindum

Injury and player unavailability have left Spalding Town with a selection headache ahead of this Saturday’s Lincs ECB Premier League trip to Lincoln Lindum (noon). Sri Lanka star Wamanga Perera pulled up lame in last Saturday’s losing draw at Market Deeping (report page 38), while Charlie Kearns and Chris Dring are both away. That leaves skipper Rob Ambrose short of ...

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Spalding Town teens top after Sutton win

Spalding Town Cricket Club’s under-13s beat rivals Long Sutton under-13s on Friday to complete a fifth successive league win – and go top of the table. Town’s talented teens now top the Border County East League by 15 points after the seven-wicket success, although title rivals Bourne do have games in hand. After losing the toss Spalding were made to ...

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Town skipper: Deeping are the team to beat

Market Deeping (271-7) drew with Spalding Town (199-9) Skipper Rob Ambrose hailed Market Deeping as the team to beat in the Lincs ECB Premier League after hanging on for a draw on Saturday. A stunning century from Chris Jones (117) fired Deeping to a mammoth 271-7 at Outgang Road, before Town laboured to 199-9 in reply. Spalding had been on ...

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‘Heck’ of a win for Spalding Town 2nd

Spalding 2nd (105) beat Heckington (75) by 30 runs An incredible bowling display steered Spalding Town 2nd to a fifth successive South Lincs and Border League Division One win on Saturday. Having been put into bat, visitors Town started pretty well with the watchful Mike Kearns (26) and Jim Clarke (10) reaching 34 before both eventually departed. Spalding move on ...

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Spalding Town hold on for Deeping draw

Battling Spalding Town held on for a losing draw against title hopefuls Market Deeping on Saturday – despite suffering a shocking collapse. The derby started badly for Town, with Chris Jones cracking an impressive 117 as Deeping clocked up the day’s highest total of 271-7 at Outgang Road. Spalding’s reply started well enough as Thivanka Rajaratne hit 89 to steer them to 150-1 – ...

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