TEAM secretaries are being asked to submit their club's best two averages for the Merit Award before the next meeting on September 28. Entries to: Mr A Hamer, 35 Thornham Drive, Bolton. BL1 7RE. Any entries submitted after the above date will be void.

Presentation tickets will be available at the next meeting, price £2.

RESULTS: Section A: Turton A 193 (9) Bar Lane Bears 163 (3); Turton A (J Mort 21-2) 186 (9) Railway B 130 (3); Turton A (H Moore 21-3) 175 (9) Back o'th' Bank A (K Andrews 21-0) 118 (3); Little Lever CC (G Connor 21-3, K Mills, H Whittle 21-4) 198 (11) Railway B 103 (1); Hollywood Rd 131 (2) Bar Lane A 196 (11); Hollywood Rd (P Pover 21 -3) 195 (11) Back o'th' Bank A 120 (1).

Section B: Railway M (D Craige 21-0, E Brown 21-4) 167 (8) W/H S&SC A 152 (4); Brooklyn Hotel 195 (7) Bradshaw 156 (3); John Booths 182 (6) St Joseph's 176 (6).

Section C: Railway Bowlers 188 (10) Nuffield 127 (2); Kings Head A i90 (7) BJ Mobility 155 (5).

Section D: Eagley Park B 188 (9) Bar Lane Mixed 139 (3); Ellesmere A 173 (7) Back o'th' Bank B 157 (5); Bl Cricket Club 176 (5) Eagley Park B 191 (8); Mytham Park (R McLoughlin 21-4) 210 (8) Bl Cricket Club 136 (4); W/H S&SC B 171 (7) Cotton Tree Vets 165 (5).

Section A

P W D L Pts

Dobbies A... 15 13 2 0 143

Bar Lane A... 15 12 0 3 135

Cross Guns... 15 11 0 4 114

Little Lever CC... 17 9 1 7 112

Gorses... 17 7 0 10 92

Turton A... 15 7 1 7 92

Bar Lane Bears... 16 8 0 8 84

Hollywood Rd... 18 4 0 14 79

Railway B... 14 6 0 8 69

Back o'th' Bank A... 18 2 0 16 67

Section B

Railway M... 17 11 0 6 129

Doe Hey A... 17 11 0 6 120

W/H S&SC A... 17 10 0 7 115

St Joseph's... 17 9 0 8 106

Bradshaw... 17 9 0 8 106

Royal Mail... 17 8 0 9 99

Brooklyn Hotel... 18 8 0 10 99

Eagley Park A... 15 8 0 7 93

John Booths... 16 5 0 11 79

Red Lion W/H... 17 5 0 12 74

Section C

Chew Moor... 18 17 0 1 175

King's Head H... 18 13 0 5 132

Plodder Lane CC... 18 11 0 7 121

King's Head A... 17 12 0 5 117

Moss Bank C... 17 8 0 9 110

BJ Mobility... 16 8 0 8 97

Nuffield... 18 5 0 13 91

Railway Bowlers... 18 5 0 13 87

Turton B... 15 4 0 11 65

St Stephen's... 17 3 0 14 64

Section D

Cotton Tree Vets... 20 13 0 7 149

Bar Lane Mixed... 20 12 0 8 144

Mytham Park... 19 13 0 6 137

Bl Cricket Club... 20 11 0 9 126

Ellesmere Rd A... 19 11 0 8 125

Ellesmere Rd B... 19 11 0 8 120

W/H S&SC B... 19 9 0 10 111

Eagley Park B... 20 8 0 12 108

Moss Bank D... 19 6 0 13 102

King's Head SC... 19 7 0 12 97

Back o'th' Bank B... 20 6 0 14 92