CAMERON Mason is best known for being one of the top goalkeepers in non-league football. But the 25-year-old from Grotton is an all-rounder and excels…
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West Indies great Sonny Ramadhin still watching
SONNY Ramadhin’s love for cricket remains as intense as in 1950 when he was a member of the West Indies team which recorded their first-ever…
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Manchester Money helps support young Oldham cricketers
THE development of two young cricketers from Oldham – Friarmere’s Adam Anjum and Aadam Ali from Crompton – is being aided after both were awarded…
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Serial winner Gary Pemberton retires from cricket aged 50
GARY Pemberton, one of the most decorated players in local cricket, has announced his retirement from the game at the age of 50. Delph’s second…
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Craig Ramadhin reaches 50 not out
FRIAREMERE cricketer Craig Ramadhin has reached a landmark after completing 50 consecutive seasons playing for the club. Though Craig has reached the age of 65…
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‘John Holden Lounge’ named in honour of stalwart club steward
A STALWART steward who has dedicated nearly four decades to Dobcross Band and Social Club has had the recently refurbished bar area named in his…
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Tributes to larger-than-life local cricketer Nigel Heap
NIGEL Heap, a larger-than-life local cricketer, has died at the age of 70 following a battle against cancer. A formidable all-rounder, Nigel spent 44 years…
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Teenage captain Xander delivers cricket orders to dad
TEENAGER Xander Selby found himself in the unusual position of captaining a Delph cricket team that included dad Jon. It happened in Delph’s win at…
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Berry adds to list of centuries
CRICKETER Mark Berry, Greenfield’s second-team captain, scored an early-season century. It came in the annual friendly for the North West Over-40s against Lancashire Over-60s. Berry,…
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Cricket’s a generation game for the Mulkeen family
HOWZAT for a cricketing hat-trick, three generations of the Mulkeen family turning out in the same game. The feat happened for Springhead’s first team in…
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