Junior Cricket - Netherfield achieve hat-trick of titles (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Junior Cricket - Netherfield achieve hat-trick of titles

10:04am Saturday 17th July 2010 in Cricket

NETHERFIELD U10s won the play-off match at Windermere to win the Westmorland League's Junior League's northern section and they now play Shireshead, the southern section winners in a final at the end of the season.

Netherfield made 282 and Windermere 199, with Sarah Earl taking three wickets in an over.

The same night the Netherfield U14A side beat Milnthorpe to snatch the northern section title from Kendal.

Scores: Netherfield 108-3 (Chesney Walling 25rtd & Bradley Earl 28rtd), Milnthorpe 22 all out (Chesney Walling 3-5).

They will now play Lancaster or Morecambe in the final.

That completed a hat-trick of championships after the U12a won their section with an unbeaten season and they too will play Shireshead in their final.

Meanwhile the U16s finished runners up to Kendal, who were unbeaten.

Netherfield had lost two games earlier in the season and finished with a "no-result" after having Kendal 73-7 off 19 overs in their last game on Wednesday.

Next week sees the start of the cup competitions with the U12s at Lancaster on Sunday, the U14s at home to Lancaster on Monday and the U16s at home to Morecambe on Wednesday.

In between, on Tuesday is sandwiched a County U17 Girls game with Yorkshire.

A week on Sunday sees Netherfield 1stXI in 20/20 Finals Day action at Preston.

Netherfield play Lancaster at 2pm in the second semi-final, while the morning match is Preston v Blackpool.