Common hosts cricket qualifier

SUCH is the improvement in facilities at Little Common Cricket Club that they were awarded the area qualifier for the Sussex Schools Tournament for the first time.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Jun 2004, 15:28 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:09 BST

The event, being sponsored by Davies & Tate for the 12th consecutive year, has been running for many years and it is a tribute to the hard work put in by the club's members that it has finally found a home at Peartree Lane.

The Sussex County Cricket Club-organised competition was one of eight taking place throughout the county and the winners of each will converge on the County Ground, Hove, for the finals on July 6.

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Little Ridge A will harbour that honour after defeating Silverdale while St Leonards, Little Ridge B and Blacklands were the winners of the other finals for the minor placings, but enjoyment and taking part were higher up the agenda.

Results - Group A: 1 Little Ridge A, 2 Silverdale, 3 Ninfield, 4 Sacred Heart. Group B: 1 Red Lake, 2 St Leonards CofE, 3 Blacklands, 4 Little Ridge B.

Second round: Little Ridge A beat Silverdale by 21 runs, Silverdale beat Red Lake by 76 runs, Little Ridge B beat Ninfield by 16 runs, Sacred Heart beat Blacklands by 16 runs.

Finals - 1st/2nd place: Little Ridge A beat Silverdale by 21 runs. 3rd/4th place: St Leonards CofE beat Red Lake by 31 runs. 5th/6th place: Little Ridge B beat Sacred Heart by 26 runs. 7th/8th place: Blacklands beat Ninfield by 10 runs.