Sun 31st August Ramsbottom 134-3 v Lowerhouse 133-4
Cloud nine
Rammy seconds won their ninth game on the bounce on Sunday in a game that almost didn't happen! Due to a lack of opposition. The Lowerhouse players kit was locked in the dressing rooms at Lowerhouse. Batting first in a game reduced to 43 overs Lowerhouse managed 133-4. The Ramsbottom reply was swift, Martin Cropper 50 & Sam Price 48 shared a 103 opening partnership. Rammy secured the points in the 22nd over, 134-3.

Sun 24th August Accrington 102 v Ramsbottom 177

Sat 23rd August Ramsbottom 75-9 v Nelson 88
Won on run rate

Sun 17th August Ramsbottom 171-6 v Accrington 141-9
Accy Sent Packing
Another good victory for the seconds, sixth in a row. This time at the expense of Accrington, another good scalp. Accrington won the toss after a near 2 hour delay for rain, and invited Rammy to bat. The game reduced to 35 overs. Steady progress by Ramsbottom enabled them to post a competitive score of 171-6. Sam Price 34, Hassan Farooq 47 not out & Rizwan Shahid 29 plus a 6 ball 18 from Andy Dalby. Four run outs in the Accrington reply still didn't hid the fact that the Ramsbottom fielding was not at its best. But the bowling of Rizwan Shahid 3-48 &
Matty Lees 2-11 ensured a 10pt win with Accrington finishing 141-9.

Sat 16th August Rishton 169-8 v Ramsbottom 171-5
Teenagers Star
The teenage brigade had a big say in this match with Matty Lees, Jonathon Lees, Tom Parton & Hassan Farooq all at centre stage. First of all it was the bowling of Hassan Farooq with 2-17 from 14 overs including 7 maidens. The Lees brothers also took 2 wickets each as Rishton were restricted to 169-8. Sam Price anchored the early part of the reply with 26, but it was a 5th wicket stand of 79 between Matty Lees 55 & Tom Parton 41 not out that steered Ramsbottom in the right direction. A un-beaten 13 by Alex Lenkowski sealed the win.

Sun 10th August Ramsbottom 213 v Rawtenstall 98
Martin Cropper is back

Sat 2nd August Colne 79 v Ramsbottom 81-0
Colne beaten
Batting first Colne were in real trouble at 47-9, but a last wicket stand of 32 gave Rammy a target of just 79. Three wickets each for Toby McLean, Matty Lees & Hassan Farooq. Rammy's openers wasted no time in reaching the required runs, just 11 overs for Martin Cropper 33 & Sam Price 42 to see us to a 10 wicket win.

Sun 27th July Rawtenstall 173 v Ramsbottom 175-3
Sun keeps Shining
An impressive stint of bowling by Dale Gabriel 6-41 & Matty Lees 3-55 restricted the home side to 173. Ramsbottom's batsmen then made easy work of their target with Chris Wood 54 not out and Skipper Robert Read 77 as Rammy won at a canter with 21 overs to spare.

Sun 20th July Church v Ramsbottom
The Good Old Days
When Robert Reads team travelled to Church they most not have known what to expect. Once again it was a very young team, one without both Andy Dalby and Rizwan Shahid. But no need to worry has it all came together superbly. Batting first the Rammy side amassed 233-9, Ross Brown 67, Chris Wood 27, Rob Read 40, Hassan Farooq 21 & a great knock of 21 not out from Mathew Sutton. The Church reply was like a blast from last year as Rammy's bowlers got stuck in and dismissed the home side for just 47. Hassan Farooq the pick with 4-5, Matty  Lees 2-17 & Dale Gabriel 1-4.

Sat 19th July Ramsbottom v Burnley
Match Abandoned

Sun 13th July  Ramsbottom 64 v Bacup 65-5
Men against boys
Ramsbottom's second XI suffered yet another embarrassing heavy defeat in what described has the "poorest performance of the season" at Acre Bottom. Not a single Ramsbottom batsman can be happy has extras top scored with 17 out of a total of just 63 all out, Ramsbottom collapsing from 57-5. Bacup reached their target for the loss of 5 wickets. For the last couple of seasons we have complained that no one was giving us a game, well the boot is firmly on the other foot at present. For the MVP I could quite easily have given no points, so those that have got the points their is definitely no bragging rights.

Sun 6th July  East Lancashire 145 v Ramsbottom 129
"Woeful"
In a performance described by Andy Dalby as "woeful" Ramsbottom lost yet again. Having dismissed East Lancs for 145 with Rizwan Shahid 3-48, Ross Brown 3-36 & Matty Lees 2-19 a victory looked on the cards. But yet another poor batting performance let the side down. Only Rizwan Shahid 38 & Matty Lees 29 made any telling contribution and the game was lost.

5/7/8/9/10/14th July Ramsbottom 159-9 v Todmorden  160-6     Junior Cup
Tuesday night saw the second Xi complete the first innings of their Semi-final v Todmorden.
But the way it started it looked like it could all be over on the night. Batting first Rammy struggled to 58-5 with half the overs gone.  But superb knocks by Matty Lees 29 and Michael Howarth 27 not out, and with a little help from Tods bowlers with 32 wides and 4 no balls they managed to pull it around to a respectable 159-9 at close. With no play on Wednesday night it was fingers crossed for Thursday. A prompt start was made and Rammy soon got amongst the Tod Batsmen. But by close the game was left finally balanced with Tod on 100-5 with 15 overs remaining. Play will resume on Monday night 6.15pm at Acre Bottom. With Just 15 overs to play and Todmorden requiring 60 runs for victory with 5 wickets in hand this match was finally balanced. Ross Brown continued to bowl tight and Tod found runs hard to come by, but steadily they did. Going into the last over having only lost one more wicket Todmorden secured their place in the final with the eight runs they needed, and Ramsbottom's long unbeaten run in this competition was over

Sun 29th June Ramsbottom v Todmorden  Junior Cup
Match Abandoned

Saturday 28th June Ramsbottom 126-8 v Rishton 125
The Rizwan Shahid Show
In another extraordinary low scoring game at Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom seconds can applaud one man, Rizwan Shahid! With Rishton batting first Rizwan ripped through their batting with 8-46 from 12.5 overs as Rishton were sent packing for 125 in just 25.5 overs. Then in reply things did not look rosy for Ramsbottom, two batsmen back in the pavilion with no runs on the board. This trend continued and only Sam Price had shown any resistance with 18. At 58-6 Rizwan Shahid marched to the crease, and although he lost two more partners he left the field 55 not out and 12 points to Rammy.

Sunday 22nd June  Ramsbottom 209-7 v Haslingden 98
Hassy Blown away
  With Robert Read drafted late into the first XI Andy Dalby took the captain's arm band only to instantly lose the toss and at a very windy Acre Bottom asked to bat. Gladly this paid off as 209 runs later with knocks of 25 from Ross Brown, Dale Gabriel 34 & Rizwan Shahid 64 not out it was the turn of the bowlers to defend the target. And what a job they did, Andy Dalby & Jack Walmsley had Haslingden struggling at 6-3 early in the innings. Then 3 batsmen where removed on 48, Hassy struggling with 7 down. It wasn't long before the tail was moped up and Haslingden
had gone with the wind for just 98.

Sunday 15th June Todmorden 129-9 v Ramsbottom 125
More Dropped Points
In a close encounter at Centre Vale the Seconds came within a whisker of a win. With Rammy Batting first and struggling to 125 all out, Chris Wood 25 & Hassan Farooq 21. It was always going to be hard a tall order to defend. But they almost pulled it off, when the 9th wicket fell and Todmorden still requiring 12 for victory anything could happen. Unfortunately Tods last pair stuck to their task and secured the victory. Jack Walmsley 3-40 the pick of the bowlers, but maybe if extras had not been the second highest score for Todmorden with 20 it could have been a different story.

Sunday 8th June Haslingden 229 v Ramsbottom 192
Seconds Lose Again
Andy Holts 104 not out couldn't secure the second XI a victory at Bentgate. Chasing 230 for victory Andy Holt simply ran out of partners. Only 3 other batsmen reaching the teens. Haslingden having earlier been dismissed for 229, Jack Walmsley 4-48 & Matty Lees 3-32 doing the damage.

Sunday 1st June  Ramsbottom DNB v Church 13-2
Match Abandoned

Saturday 31st May Ramsbottom 216 v Enfield 170  Junior Cup
Semi-final spot secured
  Richard Rothwell stared with the bat, scoring 71. Ross Brown 30, Rizwan Shahid 22, Matty Lees 20 & Andy Dalby 14 set Enfield the challenge of  scoring 217 for victory. A steady fall of wickets kept the run chase in check. Andy Dalby 3-26, Ross Brown 2-29 & Dale Gabriel 2-24 made sure of this, Enfield falling 46 runs short, 170 all out.

Sunday 25th May Bacup v Ramsbottom

Sunday 18th May  Rishton v Ramsbottom  Junior Cup

Saturday 17th May  Burnley v  Ramsbottom
Match Abandoned

Sunday 11th May  Ramsbottom 126-4 v East Lancashire 125
Normal service resumed
The second XI got back on track with a solid performance at Acre Bottom.  East Lancs where sent packing for 125 with Andy Dalby 4-26 & Ross Brown 4-21 in a spell that included 9 maidens. Richard Rothwell with 41 & Robert Read 23 ensured the game never looked in doubt as Rammy reached their target for the loss of just 4 wkts.

Sunday 4th May  Ramsbottom v Todmorden
Match Abandoned

Saturday 3rd May Nelson 89-1 v Ramsbottom 85
Change of script
This wasn't part of the script! The all conquering second team lose a game and lose heavily.
Bowled out for just 85 with only Sam Price 28 putting up any resistance. Nelson knocked off
the runs for the loss of just 1 wkt. 

Sunday 27th April Lowerhouse v Ramsbottom
Match Abandoned

Saturday 26th April  Ramsbottom 89-1 v Colne 87
Just were we left off
The new season got underway and you could be excused for thinking it was still last season. Colne were dismissed for just 87 with "veteran" Andy Dalby the pick of the bowlers with 5-21 and the returning Hassan Farooq 3-17 proving to much for Colne. Richard Rothwell 50 not out and Sam Price 22 set the pace and Chris wood came in to finish off the victory.

Sunday 20th April Ramsbottom 37-1 v Enfield
Match Abandoned