Ten man Burton Leonard crashed out of the West Tanfield Invitational Knockout after a disappointing batting display.
Having restricted the hosts to only 116, Burton’s batsmen struggled against Tanfield’s slow bowlers and wasted too many balls. Only some mid order contributions from Mark Fox and Stuart Barker ensured Burton Leonard got anywhere near the target but [...]
Burton Leonard 3rd XI got back to winning ways yesterday with a comfortable 58 run victory over Galphay and Winksley.
A huge groan could be heard coming from the visitors changing room after the news that they would be fielding first in the thirty degree heat whilst Burton batted first. Stuart Barker (72) and a quick [...]
Pictured above is the 3rd Team taken before yesterday’s game against Galphay and Winksley.
From left to right starting with the back row, Stuart Barker, Mark Rose, Nigel Stewart, Mark Hammatt, Ben Teggin, Kenny Horner, Wilf Wigglesworth, Phil Chatterton, Clive Carass (capt), Simon Parkinson, David Burrows
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Burton Leonard 1st XI lost their first game in over month on Saturday after going down by 75 runs at Bishop Thornton. Thornton piled up 267-5 from their 45 overs and in reply Burton managed to salvage a batting point finishing on 192-6.
Below are photos of the game taken by Brian Murray.
On the warmest day of the Summer so far, Burton Leonard 2nd XI finally managed only their second win of the season with a comfortable seven wicket win against third in the table, Alne 2nds. Having lost their last two games due to poor batting, Chris Sladen (88) and Leigh Parsons (64*) shared in a [...]
Pictured above is the 2nd Team taken before yesterday’s game against Alne.
From left to right starting with the back row, James Robinson, Kris Burtwistle, Joe Wilson, Iain Barker, Bryan Slack, Ben Drummond, Chris Sladen, Leigh Parsons, Trevor Kettlewell (capt), Johnny Duffy, MIke Carter
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The Royal Oak, Burton Leonard hosted the second of three theme nights and fittingly as it was the 4th July, an American Buffet was served and this was followed by two sets by local guitarist and vocalist, Rob Donelly who played an excellent set consisting of Santana, Robert Cray, Lenard SKinner and Steppenwolf to name [...]
[ July 21, 2008; 6:15 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Burton Leonard B will play in the Evening League Cup Final after defeating Marton-cum-Grafton by 8 wickets in the Semi-Final.
The match will be played at Knaresborough Forest and their opponents will be Pannal Ash.
The match kicks off at 6.15 pm
Team Royal Oak, Burton Leonard successfully completed the 2008 Great Yorkshire Bike Ride last Saturday and raised nearly £1000 for charity in the process. This is the 25th time the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride has been organised by the Wetherby Lions and last year raised almost £120,000 for worthy local charities.
The ride starts in Wetherby [...]
Following on from the Evening A team’s fantastic win against Scotton last monday to reach the Semi-Finals of the CB Atkinson Cup, Burton Leonard B won their quarter final against Harrogate Gas Sports last night thanks to an unbeaten 120 run partnership between Mike Stansfield (39*) and Ben Drummond (74*) to reach Gas Sports 150-8 [...]