Northern Cricket Union
Senior League Tables
Section 1
P W D L Pts Cliftonville 18 14 0 4 418 Lurgan 18 14 0 4 407 Waringstown 18 11 0 7 327 Downpatrick 18 10 0 8 319 NICC 18 10 0 8 314 Lisburn 18 7 1 10 269 Muckamore 18 7 0 11 235 Woodvale 18 6 1 11 220 Instonians 18 6 0 12 197 North Down 18 4 0 14 168
Section 2
P W D L Pts Ballymena 18 14 0 4 411 Holywood 18 14 0 4 402 Carrickfergus 18 12 0 6 385 Bangor 18 11 0 7 342 Laurelvale 16 10 0 6 309 Derriaghy 18 7 1 10 233 Collegians 18 6 0 12 205 Armagh 16 6 0 10 205 Academy 18 5 1 12 176 RUC 16 1 0 15 56
Senior Challenge Cup
Final
- Downpatrick beat NICC by 63 runs
Downpatrick 244-5 (J Patterson 96, G Ferguson 57) and 174 (R Shilliday 51, D Johnston 6-16)
NICC 190-6 (S Redpath 61*, S Hutchinson 40) and 165 (P Reid 41)
Man of the Match: J Patterson (Downpatrick)
Semi-Finals
- Lurgan 161-9 (N Anderson 76, B Gilliland 6-39) lost to Downpatrick 165-9 (J Patterson 58, P Stafford 3-38) by 1 wicket
- North Down 181 (J Gilliland 65, J Montgomery 58, P Reid 5-30) lost to NICC 182-7 (R Kennedy 49*, P Jackson 41) by 3 wickets
Quarter-Finals
- Lurgan 154 beat Cliftonville 144 by 10 runs
- Downpatrick 292-7 beat Armagh 230-8 by 62 runs
- NICC 152 beat Bangor 121 by 31 runs
- North Down 218 beat Dunmurry 66 by 152 runs
2nd Round
- Bangor 194 beat Woodvale 278 by 16 runs
- Cliftonville 339-7 beat RUC 146 by 193 runs
- NICC 212 beat Derriaghy 166 by 46 runs
- Academy 133 lost to Armagh 134-3 by 7 wickets
- Dunmurry 264-9 beat Laurelvale 233 by 31 runs
- Ballymena 160 lost to Lurgan 164-2 by 8 wickets
- North Down 220 beat Waringstown 217 by 3 runs
- Lisburn 146 lost to Downpatrick 150-2 by 8 wickets
1st Round
- Holywood 134 lost to Ballymena 138-3 by 7 wickets
- Cooke 139 lost to Dunmurry 140-3 by 7 wickets
- Muckamore 210-9 lost to Lisburn 211-5 by 5 wickets
- Collegians 79 lost to Laurelvale 80-1 by 9 wickets
- Lurgan 367-8 beat Cregagh 38 by 329 runs
- North Down 249-7 beat Instonians 124 by 125 runs
- Downpatrick 336-7 beat Donacloney 157 by 179 runs
- Waringstown 247 beat Carrickfergus 192 by 55 runs
Schools Cricket Results
Ulster Schools XI
Northern Counties Festival (Northumberland, 21-24 July)
- Ulster lost to Northumberland by 5 wickets
Ulster 187-7 (J Kennedy 51)
Northumberland 188-5 (S Prudhoe 85*) - Ulster v Cheshire - abandoned
Ulster 62-4 - Ulster beat Derbyshire by 4 wickets
Derbyshire 183-9 (S Johnston 5-41)
Ulster 184-6 (A White 57) - Ulster v Villagers - abandoned
Villagers 129-7 (J Kennedy 4-35)
Other Ulster Schools Matches
- Ulster Schools v Southern Schools - match abandoned
Lurgan, 2 July, 1997 - Ulster Schools beat MCC by 7 wickets
MCC 186-7 dec (A McCoubrey 4-49)
Ulster Schools 187-3 (C McBride 65, J Terrett 47, P Shields 46) - Ulster Schools v New South Wales Schools - match abandoned
NSW Schools 260-4
Ulster Schools 77-2
Ulster Schools Cup
- RBAI beat Ballymena Academy by 110 runs
RBAI 185-6 (C McKibbin 51, J Kennedy 3-29)
Ballymena Academy 75
Regent House
A White b R Heasley 85
C Fry b Cowan 1
P Shields c M Granleese b Corlett 66
R Haire run out 2
I McKeown b Cowan 9
A Mills not out 11
J Beggs not out 4
C Barrett
N McClean
C Wilson
B Ireland
Extras 23
Total (5 wkts) 201
FOW: 1-18 2-170 3-172 4-174 5-192
R Heasley 10 0 30 1
C Cowan 10 0 54 2
C Fuller 10 0 50 0
M Granleese 7 0 39 0
C Corlett 3 0 18 1
Campbell College
A Heasley b Ireland 1
C Fuller c Shields b Mills 2
C Corlett b Ireland 10
M McComish c Shields b Haire 13
R Turtle c & b Haire 9
C Granleese b Shields 1
R Heasley c White b Haire 4
G Thompson b White 7
S Clements c Shields Ireland 7
M Granleese lbw Ireland 7
C Cowan not out 1
Extras 25
Total 87
FOW: 1-4 2-5 3-29 4-45 5-46
6-57 7-58 8-65 9-78 10-87
B Ireland 10 2 26 4
A Mills 6 2 10 1
P Shields 4 0 9 1
R Haire 7 0 19 3
A White 3 0 6 1
C Barrett 3 0 9 0
Regent House won by 114 runs.