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Day of cheers and tears
Matches played on 28 August 2010: round-up by special correspondent John Cushion of the Eastern Daily Press.
On the last day of the Frankly Digital Norfolk Alliance campaign Stow claimed the second promotion spot in Division One ahead of visitors and rivals Swardeston A with a five-wicket win.
For Stow, Dammika Perera claimed four for 24, while Keith Thompson 60 and Tom High 50 were in the runs.
The Division Two relegation question was answered ahead of today's match between Fakenham A and Swardeston B.
Dereham needed nine points from their home match with North Runcton A to send Swardeston down, and claimed 22. For Dereham, Kristian Fletcher took four for 36, Lee Hoggett hit 64no and Duncan Hewitt 62.
In Division Three, Horsford A needed 20 points from Acle to pip Great Witchingham A to promotion, and collected 21, despite the Witches' 22-point haul at Lowestoft Railway. Dan Clark returned four for 39 for Horsford.
Thetford and and Mundford finished the bottom two teams. Ryan Conroy scored 52 for Thetford.
In Division Four, Great Melton secured top spot with six points from a rain-disrupted match against Hardingham, two more than they needed.
Sprowston A finished runners-up in a tight finish after beating rivals Narborough, who finish a point behind Old Buckenham A, who secured third place with a last-day win. Paul Harwood took six for 33 for Narborough.
Norwich B, for whom Jamie Bradford made 51no, escaped relegation with a win at Bungay, which means the drop for Halvergate and Aldborough.
In Division Six, Mattishall A go up in second spot after a win at Beccles A by seven wickets. Paul Beaumont made 88.
Mundford A were unable to avoid the wooden spoon, finishing three points adrift of Thetford A despite taking 21 points at Garboldisham A
Notable performances
Some of the best individual performances in the league were Hugo Nel's 104no for Acle; Downham's Jared Cunningham's 56 and Patrick Yates' five for 60; Rahul Dewan making 97no for Brooke and Mpho Sekoto 58 for Lowestoft in the Premier Division.
Bradenham's Brett Gates took four for 24 and Brett Stolworthy made 51no in Division One.
In Division Two, Mitchell Hinds made 59 for Garboldisham; Greg Marks 77 for North Runcton A; Anthony Pearson 54 for Saxlingham; Anthony Dobing 51 for Hillington, with Ash Jarvis taking four for nine; Craig Cole hit 54 for Mattishall and Dale Sims 64 for Saham Toney.
Ben Clark claimed four for 34 and Curtis Williams-Ward hit 50no for Swaffham in Division Three, where Dersingham's Dickie Sayers made an unbeaten 130 and Manny Sayers 50.
Troy Allen made 56 for Aldborough in Division Four.
In Division Five, Billy Payne cracked 183 for promoted Cromer A, Paul Winterbone 63; Matthew Clarke was 87no for Great Melton A; Nick Burrett made 130no for Hethersett & TV, Paul Reeve 55no.
- Promotions and relegations may be affected if Fakenham come down from the EAPL.
