With just two fixtures left for both the 1^st and 2^nd XI, the club are hoping to keep the excellent momentum going. The club last tasted a league defeat on July 10^th when the stiff’s where beaten by local rivals Humbleton, since then the club has gone from strength to strength to create an excellent winning mentality across all 3 teams in what has been one of the clubs greatest seasons in recent memory. 

In what has been described as the biggest game in the clubs 160 year history, Peter Richardson has made two enforced to changes to the side that won comfortably away at Cottingham last week. Ashley McKinley (holiday) and Richard Vickers (bike ride) are both missing so Christian Blanchard and Jason McKinley come back into the side for Saturdays game with second place Hessle. Requiring just 5 points to secure a first ever premier league title the first eleven will still be hoping to claim a full twenty points against an impressive Hessle side. In their previous meeting Hessle rattled up an impressive 251 and Patrington fell just 4 runs short in what was an excellent game of cricket back in may. Patrington have lost just 1 game in the 14 since, and are currently on a run of 8 victories. Richardson has called for his men to give one last huge push and will be hoping for a repeat of Saturday’s faultless performance against Cottingham. 

Teams for Saturday:-

1^st XI vs. Hessle (H) meet Southside 12.10 – Richardson P, Collinson D, Pollard M, Guy S, Critchley J, McKinley Jas, Blanchard C, McKinley Jam, Foster C, Sansam M, Goundrill M. 

2^nd XI vs. North Ferriby (A) meet market place 11.50 – Ratcliffe G, Todd M, Critchley A, Baker J, Guy A, Vickers D, Randhawa K, Broom D, Rowbottom S, Macfarlane C, Buss I. 

Please note games now start at 1pm. 

Should players become unavailable please contact your team captain ASAP.

The first team have had an excellent following throughout 2010 and would like to invite all the supporters of the club to Saturday’s final home game of the season, where the club will be holding a bbq to celebrate what has been a terrific season for all three senior teams.

In their quest for a first ever premier league title, Patrington travel to bottom placed Cottingham on Saturday hoping to secure a precious twenty points. Skipper Richardson knows that their opponents will be no pushovers after they recorded an excellent 166 run victory over Beverley at the weekend. The First XI are unchanged from their last fixture where they overcame lowly North Ferriby in a hard fought 3 wicket victory. Leading run scorer Jamie McKinley needs 34 runs to reach 500 league runs for the first time in his career and Marc Pollard needs just 7 to reach 400 for the third season running. With no major stand out performer or one person relied upon for runs, 7 players have scored over 250 league runs showing how much depth there is to this sides batting order.

The second xi look to keep alive their slim title hopes when they entertain Eastrington on Saturday. Ratcliffe makes three changes to his side that won convincingly over Sutton last weekend, with Jason McKinley, Andrew Guy and Dave Vickers all coming in for Ashley McKinley, Calum McGee and Sam Stockdale. Ratcliffe will be wanting a maximum twenty points and will be hoping local rivals Humbleton can turn over the league leaders Hull YPI as they look to make inroads into the 21 point gap at the top of the table. As well as their own title aspirations some of the first team fringe players have a further incentive to produce a strong performance as they all remain in the hunt for a recall to the first team for the all important final home game of the season as Ashley McKinley will miss out due to a family holiday. The skipper will be hoping to continue his fine form with the ball as he needs a further four victims to register 50 wickets for the season and looks to maintain his status of leading (league) wicket taker across all four divisions.

The third team play their final game of the season on Saturday when they entertain HICE, the third's are currently on an excellent unbeaten run of 11 games, with 10 of those been outright victories. With promotion no longer a possibility Shaun McKinley is hoping his side can end the season on a high as they look to secure 3rd place in what has turned out to be an excellent season for the third team. Andrew Beedham will be gutted to miss out as he ends the season with 490 runs at an impressive average of 37.69. Matty Rowbottom requires 3 further runs to register 250 runs for the season and Connor McKinley just 1 to finish with 200 as the youngsters look to finish 3rd and 4th respectively in the leading run scorers for the third xi. On the bowling front Shaun McKinley needs 3 more wickets to finish with an impressive 30 wickets, with a bowling average currently @ 10.48 and youngster David Milner averaging 11.23 either player can still pick up the clubs bowler of the year award.

Teams for Saturday:-

1^st XI vs. Cottingham (A) meet market place 12.10 – Richardson P, Collinson D, Pollard M, Guy S, Critchley J, McKinley A, Vickers R, McKinley Jam, Foster C, Sansam M, Goundrill M. 

2^nd XI vs. Eastrington (H) meet Southside 12.40 prompt – Ratcliffe G, Todd M, Critchley A, Pollard B, Guy A, Vickers D, Randhawa K, Broom D, Blanchard C, McKinley Jas, Buss I.

3^rd XI vs. HICE (H) meet playing fields 12.40 – McKinley S, McKinley C, Metcalf R, Buss C, Baker J, Eggett J, Rowbottom M, Milner D, Rowbottom S, Parker M, Devlin M.

Should players become unavailable please contact your team captain ASAP.

Saturday 21st August

2nd XI (Away) vs Sutton - Meet in the Market Place 12:10

Ratcliffe G, Todd M, Critchley J, Critchley A, Pollard B, McKinley A, Randhawa K, Broom D, Blanchard C, Stockdale S, Buss I

3rd XI (Home) vs Cottingham - Meet at Southside 1:00

McKinley S, Beedham A, Baker J, Eggett J, McKinley C, Rowbottom S, Rowbottom M, Devlin M, Parker M, Buss C, Milner D

Sunday 22nd August

2nd XI (Home) vs Fairburn - Meet at Southside 11:30 (12:00 Start)

Ratcliffe G, Critchley A, Pollard B, Broom D, McKinley A, Randhawa K, Blanchard C, Eggett J, Buss I, Vickers D, A N Other

Entering the business end of the season and another huge week, all three teams remain in contention for honours come the end of the season. And with no fewer than 44 players available for selection some tough selection dilemmas had to be tackled at the start of the week. 

The first team travel to North Ferriby on Saturday and with all players available for the first time this season skipper Richardson had the unenviable task of selecting a first choice 11. With Richard Vickers, Jamie McKinley and Craig Foster all returning they replace the unlucky trio of Jason McKinley, Christian Blanchard and Sam Stockdale. With the latest selection headaches, all players currently in the first xi know there is plenty of competition for places and that nobody is an automatic selection. After an excellent performance at the weekend against Kirk Ella the first team will be once again looking to keep the momentum going into this week’s fixture. In the reversal of this fixture earlier in the season Ferriby inflicted a defeat on Patrington, only for the result to be overturned due to the Church Lane outfit fielding an ineligible player. So despite Ferriby’s lowly league placing, Patrington know nothing can be taken for granted come Saturday and only another strong performance will see them collect twenty points in their pursuit of a first premier league title. 

The second team skipper also had a tricky selection dilemma this week as he had to fit in the unlucky trio from the first xi at the expense of Jack Eggett, Connor McKinley and third team captain Shaun McKinley. The stiff’s host Cottingham on Saturday and will be looking to keep the pressure on league leaders Hull & YPI after they cut the gap at the top of the table to just 21 points after their fine victory over the leaders at the weekend. With Patrington currently in second place and 29 points ahead of Humbleton in third the second xi will qualify for the Yorkshire council play off’s which take place on the 22^nd August and they are likely to host Pontefract & District League side Fairburn, this is the first time the second xi will have taken part in the play-offs and it is a tribute to the successful season the side have had under Glenn Ratcliffe in just his first season as second team captain. 

The third team look to continue their promotion push as they travel to local rivals Roos looking to close the gap on second placed Humberside Police who are currently 14 points ahead of third place Patrington. Shaun McKinley boasts a full strength side with plenty of players counting themselves unlucky not to be selected in what was one of the club’s trickiest selection weekends in recent history. McKinley has the luxury of selecting a batting line up from his usual consistent performers in Beedham, McGee, Rowbottom and Metcalf as well as previously second team ever present Jack Eggett and also the returning James Baker whose last innings for the club was his unbeaten 139 for the second xi on June 5^th. On the bowling front McKinley has plenty of options at his disposal to compliment himself (24), Rob Metcalf (17) and David Milner (17) who have taken 58 wickets between them this season.

1^st XI vs. North Ferriby (A) meet Market Place 12.15 – Richardson P, Collinson D, Critchley J, Pollard M, McKinley Jam, McKinley A, Guy S, Foster C, Vickers R, Goundrill M, Sansam M.

2^nd XI vs. Cottingham (H) meet Southside 12.45 – Ratcliffe G, Todd M, McKinley Jas, Critchley A, Pollard B, Guy A, Vickers D, Broom D, Blanchard C, Stockdale S, Buss I. 

3^rd XI vs. Roos (A) meet Market Place 12.40 – McKinley S, Rowbottom M, Eggett J, Baker J, McGee C, Beedham A, McKinley C, Metcalf R, Milner D, Randhawa K, Harrison L. 

Should players become unavailable please contact your team captain ASAP.

Yet again Patrington claimed maximum points in key fixtures as both the firsts and seconds continue their push for silverware. The first team disposed of Kirk Ella by 7 wickets and the second xi had an even more comfortable victory by 6 wickets against league leaders Hull & YPI.

Patrington 1^st XI 125 for 3 - (Stewart Guy 82* Richardson 18)

Kirk Ella 124 all out - (Goundrill 2-26, Collinson 2-10, Blanchard 2-27)

Patrington win by 7 wickets
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Patrington 2^nd XI 61 for 4 – (Ian Buss 30)

Hull & YPI 60 all out – (Vickers 5-14, Ratcliffe 2-18)

Patrington win by 6 wickets

The first eleven entertain Kirk Ella on Saturday in their penultimate home game of the season. After an excellent result away at champions Sutton the first XI will be keen to take the momentum from what was arguably their strongest performance of the season into Saturday’s potentially tricky fixture. Kirk Ella currently sit in 5^th position 59 points behind Patrington and know that only a win will keep alive any slim chances of a potential title push. The visitors defeated the hosts by 3 wickets in the reverse of this fixture earlier in the season, so the home side will not be taking their opponents too lightly come Saturday. Skipper Peter Richardson makes three enforced changes as Richard Vickers, Jamie McKinley and Craig Foster are all unavailable, in their place come Stewart Guy who returns from holiday, with Christian Blanchard and Sam Stockdale earning a call up after strong performances in the second XI. All three should prove more than adequate replacements and along with Goundrill, Collinson and Ashley McKinley the bowling attack still poses plenty of threat to the opposition. With Vickers and McKinley missing from the top of the order, Guy will most likely be given a chance to open the innings, a role which the 26 year old has filled on plenty of occasions for the first team. Richardson also welcomes back first choice wicket keeper Mark Sansam in place of David Broom.

The second XI travel to league leaders Hull & YPI in a make or break fixture as they look to close the 40 point gap their opponents currently hold over Patrington who sit in 2^nd place. Losing Stockdale and Blanchard to first team duties, Ratcliffe has called up Ian Buss who is home from navy duties and he also gives third team leading wicket taker and captain Shaun McKinley a chance to shine as the thirds have no fixture. The skipper also welcomes back wicket keeper David Broom from the first team. Ratcliffe will be hoping the experienced duo of Mark Todd (432) and Adrian Critchley (686) continue to churn out the runs, both have been in terrific form with the bat throughout the season and have become the backbone of the run scoring which has allowed the second team to set some imposing totals during the season. Ratcliffe who took his 40^th victim at the weekend will once again lead the attack with Dave Vickers (21) who recorded impressive figures of 4-10 at the weekend. McKinley, Todd, Buss, Critchley and Eggett will also provide the captain with plenty of bowling options in the absence of Blanchard and Stockdale.

Teams for Saturday:-

1^st XI vs. Kirk Ella (H) meet Southside 12.30 – Richardson P, Collinson D, Critchley J, Pollard M, McKinley Jas, McKinley A, Guy S, Blanchard C, Stockdale S, Goundrill M, Sansam M.

2^nd XI vs. Hull & YPI (A) meet Market Place 12.20 – Ratcliffe G, Eggett J, Todd M, McKinley C, Critchley A, Pollard B, Guy A, Vickers D, Broom D, McKinley S, Buss I. 

Should players become unavailable please contact your team captain ASAP.