Final repeat in Tomlin Trophy
by Paul Barker, 18th August 2002

By some quirk of fate the Tomlin Trophy will be contested by holders Mansfield Hosiery Mills and Cutthorpe the beaten finalists in a repeat of last year's game at Central Avenue, Worksop on Sunday 8th September.

Hosiery Mills saw off the challenge of Farnsfield in an interesting match by four wickets. It was former Hosiery Mills star James Bennett who propped up the Farnsfield innings with a well constructed 61 whilst good support came from Garry Peck who made 28.

The surprise was the wicket taking foray of Hosiery Mills skipper Mark Langford. Only known as an occasional bowler Langford bagged 5 for 16 and ripped the heart out of the Farnsfield batting as they collapsed to 160 all out.

This target proved quite comfortable for Hosiery Mills as the belligerent Andy Biggin smashed a quick-fire unbeaten 63 to take his side to the final once again. Tim Haines was the pick of the Farnsfield attack taking 2 for 10 from eight very accurate overs.

Whilst Hosiery Mills league form is erratic to say the least, their cup exploits are more than a match for anyone and they will be looking forward to another final with relish.

Cutthorpe made it a miserable weekend for Kiveton Park in the other semi-final as the home side scored above 200 runs for the second consecutive day and lost. Batting first Kiveton piled up 206 for 9 from their 40 overs with Adam Burgess (31), Andy Marsh (37) and Micky Godber (34) all batting well.

Once again it was not to be for them however as Nigel Kingham (52) and Andy Thompson (32) gave them an early advantage thet they never looked like losing. Six wickets fell before the Cutthorpe total reached 207 for 6 and so took them to another final. Andy Norbury (3 for 45) was the pick of the Kiveton attack, but the whole weekend must have been a major disappointment for them and they now have to pick themselves up for the final run in for the championship.

In the Mallen Trophy semi-final West Indian Cavaliers won the right to meet Killamarsh in the final at Kiveton Park on Sunday 1st September. Batting first Cavaliers struggled against some accurate Edwinstowe bowling in which Andy Dent (3 for 10) was particularly impressive. Their final total of 131 for 8 looked small and only Westcarr with 31 batted with any confidence for the Cavaliers.

As it turned out it was enough as Edwinstowe crumbled to 99 all out with Patel bagging 4 for 16 to send the joyous Cavaliers top the final.