Batting Averages Division One - 1955 (Qualification 14 Innings - Average 14.00) Player Club Inns NO HS Runs Ave W E Alley (Pro) Blackpool 21 11 151* 1330 133.00 G L Willatt Kendal 14 6 126* 773 96.62 L Warburton (Pro) 20 7 110 838 64.46 P Hough (Pro) Kendal 21 4 116* 882 51.88 T Incles Blackpool 19 4 123* 778 51.86 J F Blackledge Chorley 17 2 100* 688 45.86 T G Dugdale Chorley 17 1 92 629 39.31 G F Edmundson Blackpool 13 5 58* 304 38.00 Y B Palwankar (Pro) Lancaster 20 5 53* 564 37.60 J Hindle Preston 20 7 66* 485 37.31 J H Swanton Darwen 19 5 51* 459 32.78 W Greenhalgh (Pro) Fleetwood 21 2 81 614 32.32 K Brothwood (Pro) Preston 20 2 75* 568 31.55 R G Garlick St Annes 21 5 85 500 31.25 L C Messado Lancaster 18 3 104 459 30.60 L Laza (Pro) Furness 21 3 78* 518 28.78 E Ogden Preston 17 2 57 429 28.60 R Stewart Kendal 14 4 65 273 27.30 E C Crompton 18 2 86 409 25.56 J Lightbown Darwen 21 3 70* 460 25.55 H Ellis St Annes 20 1 133* 455 23.95 J S Pomfret Chorley 20 1 74 453 23.84 R S Miller (Pro) Morecambe 21 0 50 493 23.47 G Coombe Furness 12 1 70 255 23.18 J Neave Morecambe 10 1 72 208 23.11 B J Robinson 12 1 58 251 22.82 R S Ellwood Kendal 12 3 62 204 22.66 K Bennett (Pro) H Wardleworth 20 6 40 315 22.50 19 0 54 427 22.47
H Tomkin 18 1 80 373 21.94 W E Greene St Annes 20 1 45 413 21.74 J B Hide Preston 19 1 69* 376 20.89 D Jepson 17 3 82* 289 20.64 L Wilson Furness 19 1 85 369 20.50 O Demming (Pro) Chorley 19 4 50* 307 20.46 A Pemberton Furness 19 0 54 378 19.89 J Smith Darwen 10 2 45* 159 19.87 K Brooksbank Morecambe 21 0 67 413 19.67 D Porter 11 1 37 192 19.20 E Townson Morecambe 18 9 30 172 19.11 P G Vause 14 0 61 267 19.07 D Haslam St Annes 19 1 69* 343 19.05 F Pennington 21 4 101* 320 18.82 J K Hughes Furness 19 4 63 282 18.80 R Shaw 13 8 16* 90 18.00 J K Wayman Fleetwood 18 1 51* 305 17.94 D Jackson Fleetwood 19 2 62* 300 17.64 J Lancaster Chorley 15 1 51 246 17.57 K Jacobs Lancaster 10 1 36 158 17.55 A McCann Fleetwood 21 3 84* 311 17.28 F D Booth Darwen 18 3 46* 256 17.06 K S Williamson Morecambe 22 1 89 345 16.43 G Wilson Furness 17 3 31 230 16.43 J Dunbar Lancaster 20 0 46 328 16.40 J P Bennett Blackpool 15 3 57* 193 16.08 A Robinson Lancaster 17 2 81 235 15.67 A E Watts St Annes 18 0 56 278 15.44 R E Bibby Preston 15 0 46 231 15.40 A Dawson Fleetwood 13 1 38 183 15.25 L Whittaker Darwen 17 3 52 206 14.71 D Veevers St Annes 11 0 66 161 14.63 W H Tickle Furness 17 5 62* 173 14.41 * Not Out
Bowling Averages Division One 1955 (Qualification 12 Wickets - Average 32.00) Player Club Overs* Mdns Runs Wkts Ave O Demming (Pro) Chorley 301.3 55 948 88 10.77 J K Hughes Furness 207.6 38 590 50 11.80 W H Tickle Furness 135.2 10 594 47 12.64 G Elson Lancaster 148.1 18 496 39 12.72 R S Miller (Pro) Morecambe 266.3 33 864 66 13.09 W E Alley (Pro) Blackpool 241.3 46 628 46 13.65 G Coombe Furness 91.5 11 301 22 13.68 N Langfield Blackpool 108.7 12 385 28 13.75 K Whipp Fleetwood 73.6 9 249 18 13.83 K T O Cox Blackpool 150.2 30 383 27 14.19 J F Blackledge Chorkey 68.7 7 305 21 14.52 C Dalzell Kendal 198.1 40 640 44 14.55 R Booth Preston 71.5 13 203 14 14.57 L Warburton (Pro) 207.1 37 603 40 15.07 J R Robinson Preston 140.6 20 574 38 15.11 T H Edwardson (Pro) Darwen 247.1 19 1066 68 15.68 K Bennett (Pro) 228.4 39 728 46 15.83 T Ashcroft 61.6 9 223 14 15.93 R Stewart Kendal 97 6 475 29 16.38 Y B Palwankar (Pro) Lancaster 302.6 61 868 51 17.02 P Hough (Pro) Kendal 104.6 14 444 26 17.08 P R Butterworth Fleetwood 119.2 19 468 27 17.33 J Halliwell 192 42 542 31 17.49 J E Haigh Morecambe 111.5 10 421 24 17.54 G F Edmundson Blackpool 138 21 457 26 17.58 R G Garlick (Pro) St Annes 329.5 65 942 52 18.12 J Ganley Blackpool 66.3 6 309 17 18.18
T G Hall Lancaster 161 28 551 30 18.36 K Brooksbank Morecambe 97.5 7 538 28 19.21 P Brough 61 5 296 15 19.73 J H Swanton Darwen 62.3 10 262 13 20.15 T G Dugdale Chorley 81.5 7 344 17 20.24 D Bancroft Kendal 114.4 10 449 22 20.41 W McKittrick 158 28 575 28 20.54 P Edmondson 113.6 12 502 24 20.92 B R Cauwood Morecambe 138 17 584 26 22.46 W Greenhalgh (Pro) Fleetwood 141.1 19 454 20 22.70 L Whittaker Darwen 111.6 13 461 20 23.05 D Jackson Fleetwood 71 7 302 12 25.17 K Pike St Annes 145.6 18 570 22 25.91 K Brothwood (Pro) Preston 173.7 39 654 24 27.73 P G Vause 129.2 20 420 15 28.00 F Eccles Darwen 80.3 12 345 12 28.75 A E Watts St Annes 88.3 8 438 14 31.28 W Harrison Kendal 141.3 14 566 18 31.44 * Please note an Over consists of 8 balls
DIVISION ONE 1955 Team P W D L Pts Blackpool 22 10 11 1 41 Furness 22 11 3 8 36 Kendal 22 9 9 4 36 Chorley 22 8 9 5 33 Darwen 22 8 7 7 31 22 7 9 6 30 Lancaster 22 6 9 7 27 St Annes 22 6 9 7 27 Morecambe 22 5 10 7 25 22 4 12 6 24 Preston 22 3 9 10 18 Fleetwood 22 3 7 12 16 INDIVIDUAL BATTING PERFORMANCES Division One 1955 Batting 100s Club N o Name Scores Blackpool 10 W E Alley T Incles 123*, 115, 104* Chorley 1 J F Blackledge 100* Kendal 3 P Hough 116*, 100* G L Willatt 126* Lancaster 1 L C Messado 104 4 L Warburton 110, 102*, 101* F Pennington 101* St Annes 1 H Ellis 133* Batting 50s and Over 151*, 128, 123*, 115*, 103*, 102*, 101*
Club N o Name Scores Blackpool 10 W E Alley 62, 60, 54*, 54* T Incles 89*, 74 G F Edmundson 58*, 50* D Lewin 58 J P Bennett 57* Chorley 16 J F Blackledge 77, 76, 67, 65, 64 T G Dugdale 92, 85, 77, 74, 71 J S Pomfret 74, 61, 51, 50* J Lancaster 51 O Demming 50* Darwen 8 J H Swanton 51*, 50*, 50 J Lightbown 70*, 65* J Wray 61 E H Friend 54 L Whittaker 52 Fleetwood 8 W Greenhalgh 81, 70*, 70 D Jackson 62*, 55 J K Wayman 51*, 50 A McCann 84* Furness 13 L Laza 78*, 68, 64, 55, 53* G Coombe 70, 66 L Wilson 85, 54 A Pemberton 54, 50 J K Hughes 63 W H Tickle 62* Kendal 20 P Hough 82*, 74, 70, 69, 52, 51, 51, 50 G L Willatt 97*, 91, 65, 63*, 56, 55*, 50 R Stewart 65, 56* T McKegg 56, 50 R S Ellwood 62 Lancaster 8 Y B Palwankar 53*, 52*, 50*, 50 L Messado 54*, 51 A Robinson 81 T G Hall 52
5 L Warburton 96*, 63, 59, 57 P G Vause 61 11 E C Crompton 86, 51*, 51 H Tomkin 80, 52* H Wardleworth 54, 52 D Jepson 82* J U Dalton 72* J Halliwell 65 B J Robinson 58 Morecambe 5 K Brooksbank 67, 52 K S Williamson 89 J Neave 72 R S Miller 50 Preston 10 K Brothwood 75*, 75, 73, 51 J Hindle 66*, 65* J B Hide 69*, 51 E Ogden 57, 51* St Annes 9 R G Garlick 85, 56 D Haslam 69*, 55 A E Watts 56, 54 D Veevers 66 H Ellis 65 D Wareing 57 * Not Out
INDIVIDUAL BOWLING PERFORMANCES Division One 1955 Bowling 5 Wickets or more Club N o Name Figures Blackpool 4 W E Alley 7-34 5-29 5-46 Chorley 10 O Demming N Langfield 6-14 J F Blackledge 5-20 9-44 8-38 7-39 6-25 6-31 5-37 5-43 5-54 5-62 Darwen 7 T H Edwardson 8-48 7-42 6-54 6-75 5-54 5-69 E Haworth 5-31 Fleetwood 4 K Whipp 5-27 5-29 R Porter 6-20 W Greenhalgh 5-35 Furness 10 W H Tickle 8-59 5-32 5-41 5-47 J K Hughes 6-10 5-21 5-36 5-47 G Coombe 5-15 5-62 Kendal 7 C Dalzell 6-24 6-27 D Bancroft 5-19 5-42 P Hough 5-43 B Reed 5-49 R Stewart 5-74 Lancaster 7 G H Elson 6-10 6-38 5-38 5-53 G Farebrother 7-53 Y B Palwankar 5-15 T G Hall 5-41 4 L Warburton 7-51 5-20 5-36 5-61 6 J Halliwell 6-33 5-24 5-35 T Gradwell 8-46 K Bennett 6-16 J U Dalton 5-82 Morecambe 6 R S Miller 7-39 6-49 5-28 5-46
B R Cauwood 6-68 K Brooksbank 5-42 Preston 2 J R Robinson 7-48 6-57 St Annes 4 R G Garlick 7-48 5-29 5-43 K Pike 5-41