Weekend Preview June 26th/28th

Weekend Preview June 26th/28th

The weekend starts on Friday for the final time this season when Accrington travel to Church for the last T20 JWL Founders Group game.

Emile Harataar will lead the team in the absence of Jacob Clarke.

The Match Ball is still available to sponsor.

On Sunday Accrington take on sixth placed Rochdale at Thorneyholme Road as the season reaches the halfway point.

Accrington were beaten at Middleton to drop down to third place in the Division 2 table and Rochdale were beaten at home by Colne last Sunday. 

Rochdale have won all three of the clubs previous league meetings.

Accrington make three changes with Jon Hayhurst, Sam Molloy and Simon Hanson returning in place of Nathaniel Young, Ali Hasham and Harry Cunliffe.

Zac Ayres replaces Moosa Kashmiri in the Rochdale team. Dale Phillips again stands in as sub professional.

The Match Ball Sponsor is Club President Duncan Warburton.

The seconds make the short trip to Dill Hall Lane to meet promotion chasing Enfield.

The thirds have no game this weekend but if you want to catch another glimpse of Jurie in action he is standing in for Littleborough's Premier Division game against Enfield at Hare Hill on Saturday.

This weeks teams

This season we are looking back at the long hot summer of 1976 when the club finished as runners up in both league and cup to Rawtenstall and also the less successful season of 1996 when the club finished bottom for the third season running in it's 150th year with Chad Grainger as professional.

Champions Accrington won for the sixth time, beating Lowerhouse by 71 runs at Thorneyholme Road. on Saturday June 26th 1976.

Bottom club Accrington went down to a fifth successive defeat, losing to Burnley by 42 runs at Thorneyholme Road on Saturday June 29th 1996.

Scott Greaves took a career best 6-37 to help Accrington move off the bottom of the table after a 7 wicket win at Church on Sunday June 30th 1996.

To get the feel of the club back in 1996 please visit the monthly Newsletters on Crickethistory.website.

https://crickethistory.website/club/accrington/accrington_newsletters_1996/index.html

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