BOLTON returned to winning ways in the Manchester Association Premier Division with a comfortable win over Earlestown.

Batting first, the visitors never mastered the Bolton attack and only a late flourish by P. Houghton 32 enabled them to reach treble figures.

All the Bolton attack bowled well, Craig Sackfield the skipper, again producing good figures with 4-24 in 10 overs and Mark Steven 3-35 in 13.4.

Bolton easily reached the required target of 120 in 27 overs for the loss of Craig Sackfield who was run out with the score on 56. BOLTON v EARLESTOWN

Earlestown

S Ahmed lbw Nazar ...12

J Taylor c Sackfield b Steven ...8

D Mason lbw Nawab ...9

E Barnes b Nawab ...12

P Ratcliffe s McDonald b Sackfield ...22

I McCue lbw Sackfield ...10

P Swift b Sackfield ...0

M Taylor b Sackfield ...0

P Houghton b Steven ...32

P Brooks not out ...2

P Gurney b Steven ...4

Extras ...8

Total ...119

Bowling: M Steven 13.4-2-36-3; M Nazar 7-3-10-1; A Nawab 14-2-32-2; R Nadeem 4-1-11-0; C Sackfield 10-5-24-4.

M Nazar not out ...56

C Sackfield run out ...25

L Alladice not out ...29

Extras ...10

Total (for 1) ...120

Bowling: P Houghton 7-2-24-0; I McCue 6-0-24-0; P Gurney 5-0-23-0; J Taylor 2-0-15-0; S Ahmed 5-0-24-0; M Taylor 2-2-0-0.

Bolton won by nine wickets

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.