Newton Aycliffe’s first team lost their penultimate game of the 2017 season at Barnard Castle last weekend…
Saturday 2nd September – NYSD Division 2
Barnard Castle 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was sunny and mild. Aycliffee won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Barnard Castle 2nd XI 214 for 8 after 50 overs
James Layfield-Carroll 3 for 30, Luke Telford 3 for 55 and Jack Slatcher 1 for 33
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 160 all out after 48.3 overs
Aycliffe’s first team lost by 54 runs away at Barnard Castle. James Layfield-Carroll (pictured) was given the man of the match award for an outstanding all round display, which included a career best innings of 40 not out off just 42 balls and with three boundaries and three sixes and earlier in the game he was the pick of the Aycliffe bowlers taking 3 for 30 from 9 overs.
Saturday 2nd September – NYSD Division 4
Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI v Yarm 2nd XI – weather was sunny and mild. Yarm won the toss and chose to bat first.
Yarm 2nd XI 208 for 7 after 50 overs
Dan Weldon 2 for 27, Steve Sweeney 2 for 50 and Dylan Tribley 1 for 29
Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI 82 all out after 27.2 overs
Dave Wright 22, Dan Weldon 12 and Dylan Tribley 10
The second team were well beaten by 126 runs at home to Yarm 2nd XI in their penultimate league game of the season. Harry Wright (sponsored by Commercial Expert Ltd) was given the man of the match award.
This week’s final senior cricket fixtures of the season:
Saturday 9th September at 12.30pm – NYSD Division 2 – Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Hartlepool 2nd XI
Saturday 9th September at 12.30pm – NYSD Division 4 – Preston 1st XI v Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI