L&DCC 1st XI (ECB Premier League) Miscellany - 2005
Highest first innings total 
303-4d  Lytham (at Leigh) on September 17th
Highest second innings total 
261     Northern v (Sefton Park) on June 11th
Highest match aggregate 
527     Sefton Park (266-4d) at Northern (261) on June 11th
Lowest first innings total 
40      Hightown (at Bootle) on August 27th
Lowest second innings total 
58      Lytham (v Bootle) on May 28th
Lowest match aggregate 
82      Hightown (40) at Bootle (42-0) on August 27th
Most runs scored 
861     D.R.Snellgrove (Bootle)
Highest individual score 
151     P.J.Horton (Sefton Park) at Northern on June 11th
Most ducks in a match 
7       Ormskirk (4) at Leigh (3) on August 6th
Most ducks in a season 
6       R.Davis (Bootle)
6       A.SANFORD (Ormskirk)
6       P.A.Vallance (Leigh)
Most wickets taken 
63      M.A.Sharp (Lytham)
Best bowling performance 
8-25    S.J.Mullaney (Leigh) v Bootle on August 20th
Hat tricks (4)
P.J.Cooper (Northern) v Lytham on May 7th taking the wickets of R.J.Openshaw,
R.Ranson and A.Mulligan - all lbw.

A.C.WARREN (Bootle) v Northern on June 25th taking the wickets of S.D.Parry, 
C.P.Hey and A.D.Fraser.

A.SANFORD (Ormskirk) v Hightown on July 2nd taking the wickets of S.Vosloo,
M.D.Warren and M.R.Stoker - all bowled - the first three balls of the innings.

C.S.Lamb (Bootle) v Hightown on August 27th taking the wickets of G.Glynne-Jones, 
L.N.J.Heathcliff-Core and G.R.Jones  - to finish the innings.
Most dismissals in a match (6) 
ct 4, st 2 M.J.Bimpson (Fleetwood Hesketh) v Sefton Park on July 9th
Most catches in a match by outfielder (4)  
ct 4    P.J.Horton (Sefton Park) at Wallasey on August 27th
Most overs bowled 
320.2   M.A.Sharp (Lytham)
Most overs bowled in a match 
27      C.J.Bourne (Wallasey) at Fleetwood Hesketh on July 30th
Most maidens bowled 
111     M.A.Sharp (Lytham)
Most runs conceded 
1030    E.J.McINNIS (Hightown)
1000 runs conceded in season (1)
1030    E.J.McINNIS (Hightown)
Most runs conceded in a match
99      Kamran Farooq (New Brighton) at Hightown on June 25th (23-4-99-2)
99      P.J.G.Appleton (Fleetwood Hesketh) at Northop Hall on August 6th (22-1-99-3)
Most lbws in a match
8       Leigh (5) v Bootle (3) on August 20th
Most extras in an innings 
38      Northop Hall v Hightown on May 30th (b7, lb10, w7, nb14)
38      Northop Hall at Northern on September 17th (b6, lb5, w4, nb23)
Most consecutive wins 
5       Wallasey (July 16th to August 13th
Most consecutive draws 
3       Ormskirk (June 4th to June 18th)
3       Wallasey (June 25th to July 9th)
Most consecutive defeats 
7       Northop Hall (June 25th to August 6th)

Miscellany 
In the 132 matches played, 44307 runs were scored at a rate of 63.09 per 100 balls bowled for the loss of 1972 wickets at rates of 22.46 runs per wicket and 35.60 balls per wicket with 27 centuries, 180 fifties, 49 century partnerships and 329 ducks. 11703.1 overs were bowled of which 2284 (19.51%) were maidens.

Of the 1972 wickets to fall, 1031 were caught (55 being caught and bowled), 445 bowled, 350 lbw, 59 stumped, 85 run out and 2 obstructing the field.

There were 3278 extras (1024 byes, 1143 leg byes, 303 wides and 808 no balls), 7.398% of the runs scored.