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Post by Admin on May 19, 2021 13:01:14 GMT
Atherton’s son holding Lancs up
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Post by chris on May 19, 2021 17:40:59 GMT
Atherton’s son holding Lancs up
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Post by Admin on May 19, 2021 17:56:39 GMT
Atherton’s son holding Lancs up
Easing him back in slowly |
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Post by Admin on May 20, 2021 14:33:45 GMT
No play today draw
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Post by Admin on May 21, 2021 17:28:54 GMT
The last four day game before the 20/20 blitz in the seconds see us go to Belper Meadows  Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about 7 miles (11 km) north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the hamlets of Bargate, Blackbrook and Makeney. As of the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 21,823. Originally a centre for the nail-making industry since Medieval times, Belper expanded during the early Industrial Revolution to become one of the first mill towns with the establishment of several textile mills; as such, it forms part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. At the time of the Norman occupation, Belper was part of the land centred on Duffield held by the family of Henry de Ferrers. The Domesday Survey records a manor of "Bradley" which is thought to have stood in an area of town now known as the Coppice. At that time it was probably within the Forest of East Derbyshire which covered the whole of the county east of the Derwent. It was possibly appropriated by William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby at some time after it was disafforested in 1225 and became part of Duffield Frith.[2] The town's name is thought to be a corruption of Beaurepaire – meaning beautiful retreat – the name given to a hunting lodge, the first record of which being in a charter of 1231. This would have been the property of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster who died in 1296, the record of his estate mentioning "a capital mansion". The chapel built at that time still exists. Originally consecrated in 1250 as the Chapel of St Thomas, it was rededicated to St John during the reign of King Henry VIII. St John's Chapel is still in use today and is thought to be the oldest building still standing in Belper. St John's Chapel (originally St. Thomas) Nailer's workshop in Joseph Street Strutt's North Mill built in 1803, to replace the original one destroyed by fire Belper's East mill, built 1912 The coal deposits of Derbyshire are frequently associated with ironstone within the clay substrate. Initially obtained from surface workings, it would later have been mined in shallow bell pits. It is thought that this was important for the de Ferrers family, who were ironmasters in Normandy.[3] By the reign of Henry VIII Belper had grown to a substantial size. It is recorded that in 1609 fifty-one people died of plague.[4] However, in a Parliamentary Commissioners' report of 1650 regarding Duffield and its chapelries, Belper is described as "a hamlet appertaining to Duffield".[5] From at least the 13th century there were forges in the Belper and Duffield areas and iron-working became a major source of income, particularly nail making. By the end of the 18th century there were around 500 workshops in the town supplying nails to the newly built textile mills. The workshops were eventually superseded by machinery during the 19th century. Some of the nail-makers' houses are still in existence and form part of local tours of the town. The industrialist Jedediah Strutt, a partner of Richard Arkwright, built a water-powered cotton mill in Belper in the late 18th century: the second in the world at the time. With the expansion of the textile industry Belper became one of the first mill towns. In 1784 Strutt built the North Mill and, across the road, the West Mill. In 1803 the North Mill was burnt down and replaced by a new structure designed to be fireproof. Further extensions followed, culminating in the East Mill in 1913 – a present-day Belper landmark. Although no longer used to manufacture textiles the mill still derives electricity from the river, using turbine-driven generators. Strutt had previously patented his "Derby Rib" for stockings, and the plentiful supply of cotton encouraged the trade of framework knitting which had been carried on in the town and surrounding villages since the middle of the previous century. Mechanisation arrived about 1850, but by that time the fashion for stockings for men was disappearing. However elaborately patterned stockings, for ladies especially, were coming into vogue, and the output of the Belper "cheveners" was much in demand. The construction of the North Midland Railway in 1840 brought further prosperity. Belper was the first place in the UK to get gas lighting, at a works erected by the Strutts at Milford. Demand was such that in 1850, the Belper Gas and Coke Company was formed, with a works in the present Goods Road. Electricity followed in 1922 from the Derby and Nottingham Electrical Power Company's works at Spondon. The first telephones came in 1895 from the National Telephone Company. The end of the century also brought the motor car, CH218, owned by Mr. James Bakewell of the Elms being possibly the first. Belper remained a textile and hosiery centre into the 20th century. Meanwhile, other companies were developing: iron founding led to Park Foundry becoming a leader in the solid-fuel central-heating market; Adshead and Ratcliffe had developed Arbolite putty for iron-framed windows; Dalton and Company, which had been producing lubricating oils, developed ways of recovering used engine oil proving useful during the Second World War. In 1938, A. B. Williamson had developed a substance for conditioning silk stockings; the introduction of nylon stockings after the Second World War seemed to make it redundant, but mechanics and fitters had discovered its usefulness in cleaning hands and it is still marketed by Deb Group as Swarfega. If it ever stops rainingf the game will start on 24/5/2021 |
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Post by Admin on May 24, 2021 9:40:32 GMT
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Post by chris on May 24, 2021 9:44:43 GMT
so no play Monday? Have I interpreted that right?
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Post by Admin on May 24, 2021 13:50:28 GMT
so no play Monday? Have I interpreted that right? By the looks of it called off well before the start |
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Post by chris on May 25, 2021 9:56:17 GMT
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Post by werneth on May 25, 2021 13:27:27 GMT
Here's what the LCCC website has to say:
A 12-man Second XI squad has travelled to play Derbyshire at Belper Meadows CC this week: George Balderson, Jack Blatherwick, George Burrows, Taylor Cornall, Richard Gleeson, Tom Hartley, Liam Hurt, Rob Jones, George Lavelle, Jack Morley, Ed Moulton, Ben Walkden
Richard Gleeson continues his comeback from a stress fracture in his back while Rob Jones leads the side.
Due to rain and a wet outfield, no play was possible on Day 1 (Monday) in the Second XI Championship fixture.
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Post by Phil on May 25, 2021 14:25:27 GMT
Probably right, no play until then! |
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Post by chris on May 26, 2021 11:37:55 GMT
Probably right, no play until then!
Called off 12.24 (so before lunch of day 3 of 4) |
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Post by Admin on May 27, 2021 12:20:32 GMT
They’ve sneaked in a 20/20 at Belper
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Post by chris on May 27, 2021 16:18:06 GMT
They’ve sneaked in a 20/20 at Belper
I assume the umpires and the ECB agreed. That’s a sign of the times. Cancelling a championship match to play a friendly!
Ric Gleeson 3 overs for 29 including a maiden! |
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Post by Admin on May 28, 2021 18:24:02 GMT
With the start of this summer’s Vitality Blast now less than two weeks away, members of the squad were put through their paces in two, Second XI T20 friendly matches against Derbyshire at Belper Meadows CC.
Having lost the toss Lancashire were sent into bat first in the opening game of the day, where they struggled to get going and were all out for 96 in 18.4 overs. Jack Morley who came in at number 9 top scored with 23.
Lancashire made a good start with the ball in Derbyshire’s reply with Liam Hurt (1/7) and Jack Blatherwick (1/6) removing both openers as Derbyshire found themselves 12-2 early on.
A 64-run partnership in the middle overs then however took the game away from Lancashire as Derbyshire chased down their total in 17 overs finishing 102-4 to win the opening match by six wickets.
One positive note for the Red Rose’s however was Richard Gleeson being back in action as he continues to make his return to cricket following a back injury. Gleeson finished with figures of 1/13 from his three overs.
The days second fixture saw a much improved effort with the bat for Lancashire but an ultimately unsuccessful one as Derbyshire won the second game of the day by 5 runs.
Captain for the day Rob Jones sent Derbyshire into bat first having won the toss and the hosts then went onto post 169-4 from their 20 overs.
George Balderson was the pick of the Lancashire bowlers with his figures of 2/12 from 3 overs, while Hurt (1/35) and George Burrows (1/26) also picked up a wicket each.
Balderson then started with the bat as he made 41 off just 22 balls as he and George Lavelle made a 50 run opening partnership as Lancashire found themselves 65-0 at the end of the powerplay.
Once Balderson fell Lancashire lost wickets at regular intervals during their innings with Lavelle (27), Tom Hartley (14) and Jones (36) all reaching double figures but failing to get Lancashire to their target.
Some big hitting from Hurt, who made 17 from 9 including two 6’s got Lancashire closer to their total but fell just short as they finished on 164-8.
The two side’s first XI’s will kick off their Vitality Blast campaign on June 9th as Derbyshire travel to Emirates Old Trafford.
Report by Simon Byrne
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