Nantwich Town’s stumbling league campaign took another hit yesterday with a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Newcastle Town.
The loss leaves the Dabbers third from bottom, but they do have some games in hand over teams around them.
Nantwich Cricket Club suffered a disappointing weekend as the first team slumped to a surprise defeat to lowly Brooklands.
The bottom-of-the-table visitors won the toss and elected to bat at Whitehouse Lane but their decision seemed to have backfired as Phil Stockton (4-29) and Scott Wardley (3-43) reduced them to 64-7.
Nantwich Cricket Club’s first team suffered a double disappointment at the weekend as their league chances faded and their hopes of a return to Lord’s were ended.
On Saturday, Jason Foulkes took 3-23 and Phil Stockton, Mitchell Spencer and Ray Doyle claimed two wickets apiece as hosts Neston were dismissed for only 98 in the ECB Premier League match.
Nantwich Cricket Club’s first team managed to dodge the showers at Chester Boughton Hall …but could not dodge defeat.
After putting the visitors into bat, Chester took wickets at crucial times, restricting the Dabbers to 216 all out from 55 overs.
Nantwich CC 1sts fell to a third successive defeat in the Cheshire County Cricket League as their batting struggles continued at Oxton.
Put into bat, Ray Doyle’s side toiled to 173 all out from 54.3 overs, despite a typically stylish 63 from Luke Robinson.
Nantwich Cricket Club slumped to another heavy defeat as Ashley Davis ran riot at Whitehouse Lane.
The Neston CC quickie took seven wickets as the home side came up 95 runs short of a target of 209.
Nantwich Cricket Club’s promising start to the season came to a shuddering halt as they suffered a heavy defeat at Hyde.
Ray Doyle’s side had enjoyed two emphatic victories before the trip to Tameside.
By Liam Price
Matlock Town came away with the points with a 1-0 win over Nantwich Town at the Swansway Stadium.
Head Coach Gary Taylor-Fletcher spoke of the Dabbers “needing that bit of composure in the final third to find the right pass” as Nantwich blanked at home.
By Liam Price
Nantwich Town suffered their worst defeat of the season with a 4-0 thumping by Stalybridge Celtic at the Swansway Stadium.
And Dabbers manager Ritchie Sutton questioned the character of his squad after the game.
Crewe and Nantwich RUFC 1sts returned to action after month off but fell to a narrow defeat on the road to Ludlow.
Crewe took a side which has been hampered by injuries and unavailability but hoped to hit back from a 33-13 loss to Ludlow earlier in the season.
Nantwich Town allowed Guiseley to come from behind to complete a league double over the Dabbers in a performance head coach Gary Taylor-Fletcher labelled “embarrassing”.
Lewis Whitham had a sniff of a chance in the very first minute for Guiseley, doing the first of many cut insides from the left and curling over the bar.
Nantwich Town striker Dan Cockerline is set to be out for a while after suffering a dislocated shoulder in their 3-0 Boxing Day loss away at Stafford Rangers.
It’s a blow for the Dabbers who are facing a relegation scrap after the defeat left them fourth from bottom of the Northern Premier League.
Crewe & Nantwich 1sts suffered a heavy defeat to Walsall, the club who were promoted alongside the Vagrants outfit last season.
It was an uncharacteristically slow start by Crewe which led to a difficult first half as the hosts conceded several tries to an impressive Walsall side.
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