FOX LODGE (League position 9th. Senior Cup: semi-final)

It all started so well for the Foxies, who at the halfway stage of the campaign were safely in the top half of the table and were in the last four of the senior cup they won in 2022. As the weather turned so did their fortunes, and a Championship place was all but sealed with a loss in the local derby to Burndennett.

The batting was led by Gayan Maneeshan with the Sri Lankan professional making 651 runs at 34.26, including five 50s – no senior players made a hundred. TJ Nicholl’s 418 at 22 was the only other player to make the NW top 50 – just creeping in at 46th. Johnny Robinson, Jason Milligan, Craig Doherty and Brian Allen all passed 300 runs to average in the 20s, but the Ballymagorry side needed more.



Skipper Aaron Heywood had a very good season with the ball, taking their only five-wicket haul on his way to 37 wickets at 14.97, which saw him finish fourth. Johnny Robinson’s 33 at 16.36 also saw him make the top ten. However, Adam Walker was the only other bowler to pass 20 wickets – taking 24 at 23.96. Gayan Maneeshan with 17 and Levi Kerr’s 16 were next in line.



A season in the Championship will allow them to regroup, blood a few youngsters and no doubt come back all the stronger. They have depth in numbers and if a few of the younger players emerge as quality performers then their return to the top flight may not be too far away.

TOP RUN SCORERS

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 G Maneeshan 22 22 3 651 81 34.26 614 106.03 - 5 63 35
2 TJ Nicholl 19 19 - 418 63 22.00 300 139.33 - 3 41 32
3 J Robinson 22 19 1 381 59 21.17 331 115.11 - 2 40 21
4 J Milligan 18 18 3 374 94 24.93 509 73.48 - 1 37 13
5 C Doherty 19 17 1 339 59 21.19 430 78.84 - 2 32 20
6 B Allen 17 16 2 321 55* 22.93 527 60.91 - 2 36 5
7 A Doherty 13 12 1 175 60 15.91 158 110.76 - 1 14 12
8 Aaron Heywood 22 16 2 147 34 10.50 246 59.76 - - 12 7
9 L Kerr 21 14 6 101 23* 12.62 108 93.52 - - 5 8
10 A Logue 14 13 1 77 24* 6.42 124 62.10 - - 12 1
11 A Walker 19 14 2 68 14 5.67 116 58.62 - - 3 4
12 D McCarter 4 4 - 59 31 14.75 60 98.33 - - 2 6
13 G Doherty 3 3 1 25 12 12.50 29 86.21 - - 4 1
14 Jonny Heywood 1 1 - 21 21 21.00 49 42.86 - - 1 1
15 J McIntyre 3 2 - 20 13 10.00 27 74.07 - - 3 -
16 R Harpur 18 12 10 16 6* 8.00 43 37.21 - - 2 -
17 L Hayes 4 3 - 13 12 4.33 34 38.24 - - 1 -
18 Ad Doherty 2 1 - 4 4 4.00 7 57.14 - - - -
19 M Heywood 1 1 - 3 3 3.00 6 50.00 - - - -

TOP WICKET TAKERS

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 Aaron Heywood 22 133 17 554 37 5-18 14.97 4.17 21.57 1 3 1
2 J Robinson 22 99 9 540 33 3-5 16.36 5.45 18.00 - 14 2
3 A Walker 19 99.3 7 575 24 4-20 23.96 5.78 24.88 - 25 1
4 G Maneeshan 22 65.1 5 340 17 3-25 20.00 5.22 23.00 - 17 1
5 L Kerr 21 77.2 3 504 16 4-33 31.50 6.52 29.00 - 35 5
6 J Milligan 18 65.1 5 335 12 3-33 27.92 5.14 32.58 - 5 -
7 R Harpur 18 85.3 7 413 11 3-23 37.55 4.83 46.64 - 24 -
8 A Doherty 13 8.3 - 63 2 1-6 31.50 7.41 25.50 - 9 -
9 J McIntyre 3 2.3 - 18 - 0-4 - 7.20 - - - -