First XI
Sefton Park 158 all out (54.5 overs)
P Horton 75, B Percival 31
Liverpool 159 for 2 (46 overs)
Liverpool won by 8 wickets
Second XI
Rainford 167 for 6 dec. (45 overs)
D Kelly 3 for 47
Sefton Park 168 for 3 (36.5 overs)
J Rogers 57 not out, K Patel 27, D Kelly 56
Sefton Park won by 7 wickets
Third XI
Sefton Park 224 for 9 dec. (45 overs)
J Daniels 50, A Woods 50, R Bhardwaj 53
Northern 170 for 7 (57 overs)
R Bhardwaj 2 for 18, C Mitchell 3 for 30
Match drawn
Fourth XI
Super Kings 206 all out
F Spragg 4 for 55, B Gartside 2 for 14
Sefton Park 102 all out
S Hawkes 33, J Ledbury 14, T Yates 15
The First XI travelled to local rivals Liverpool and after winning the toss decided to bat first.
After falling to 15 for 2, they recovered to reach 85 for 3 thanks to a stand between Ben Percival (31) and Paul Horton. Paul then featured in a stand of 57 for the fifth wicket with Noah Olejniczak (16) but after that wicket fell with the score on 155, three more wicket fell on that score, including Paul Horton for 75. Only three more runs were added as they were all out for 158 in 54.3 overs.
In reply, Liverpool put on 125 for the first wicket and had no trouble in passing the Sefton total in 46 overs with two wickets down.
Sefton remain in seventh place in the table where they will finish when the season ends next week.
Rainford were the visitors to Sefton Park for the Second XI's last game of the season.
The visitors won the toss and decided to bat first. At 59 for 4, it looked like Sefton would be able to bowl them out but they recovered to eventually declare on 167 for 6 in 45 overs. Dave Kelly took 3 for 47.
Kaash Patel made 27 of Sefton's 35 runs when he was Sefton's first wicket to fall. A third wicket stand of 104 between Jeremy Rogers (57 not out) and Dave Kelly (56) took them to 154 and they were able to pass the Rainford total with no more wickets falling in 36.5 overs.
The Second XI have now completed their season, finishing in fourth position.
(above) Naimat Karyab finds the edge for the Second XI's first wicket, caught behind
(Above) A catch by Shadab Khan off the bowling of Dave Kelly
(Above) Dave Kelly celebrates a catch behind the wicket by Sam Parkinson off his bowling
The Third XI looking for a result to put them nearer to winning their league, travelled to play Northern's Fourths
Sefton batted first and were able to declare on 224 for 9 in 45 overs. James Daniels scored 50 as did Alex Woods. Raj Bhardwaj scored 53.
In reply, Northern managed to block out the Sefton bowlers for 57 overs and finished on 170 for 7 with Raj taking 2 for 18 and Chris Mitchell 3 for 30.
The draw is a disappointment for Sefton but puts them five points ahead of Merseyside Sports and Cultural.
Sefton next play South Liverpool at home next week, knowing that a win will take the title. Merseyside Sports and Cultural are at home to Liverpool's Thirds.
The Fourth XI were away to Liverpool Super Kings.
The home side batted first and scored 206. Finn Spragg took 4 for 55 and Billy Gartside 2 for 14. In reply Sefton scored 102 all out with Scott Hawkes scoring 33, Joe Ledbury 14 and Tim Yates 15, so the hunt for a first win goes into the last day of the season next week.
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