A road closure was put in place at the junction of East
Lancs Road and Bridgehouse Lane (Vikings Landing Pub), heading out of the city.
by Barry Stanley, recalling the words of a soldier who drove ambulances down the East
Lancs during the first world war.
When the second period started
Lancs forced a corner and a header clipped the bar - but the momentum switched back to North and Fox had a shot deflected for a corner and then saw his free-kick from 25 yards pushed around the post by the diving goalkeeper.
The second tweet said: 'Road closed - Atherleigh Way in Leigh between Saint Helens Road and A580 East
Lancs due to another 5-vehicle RTC'.
Positions: Colne Valley 4-76, Wallasey 4-73, Furness 4-69, South Lakes 4-58, East
Lancs 4-43.
NORTH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS' CH'SHIP (Whitley Bay): 136 T Hesketh (Yorks); 143 D Corsby (
Lancs), T Fleetwood (
Lancs); 146 T Singleton (Lincs).
Police were called to the East
Lancs Road, near the M57 slip road, over concerns for the safety of a man.
At Darwin: Andrew Cairns (Linthwaite Hall) v Reg Horman (Railway), Mark Wood (Lockwood Con) v Lee Hammond (D/Subs), Tony Beeden (Canalside) v Lee Longland (D/Subs), Kieran O'Prey (Crosland Moor) v Dave Hoyle (Whitehall), Andrew Wadsworth (Canalside) v Dave Whittle (Whitehall), Adam Douglas (Canalside) v Mick Lee (Butlers), Michael Martin (Canalside) v Kevin Haslam (Whitehall), Andrew Heaume (Canalside) v Dave Fryer (East
Lancs), Roger Crowther (Longwood BC) v Neil Spencer (East
Lancs), Martin Griffiths (Lindley Lib) v John Spencer (East/
Lancs), Ian Briggs (Longwood) v Dave Shawforth (East
Lancs), Michael Sweeney (Canalside) v John Bentley (Whitehall).
At the end of May, Durham defeated
Lancs by an innings and 125 runs to maintain their grip on the top slot.
Dylan Adamson (Churchill) was prominent with some penetrating runs as play was confined to the
Lancs half for the first ten minutes.
SPOTTED on a farm track in
Lancs: Entrance only - do not enter.
MP Vaughan (Yorkshire) Age 32 Caps 74, AJ Strauss (Middlesex) 29 61, IR Bell (Warwicks) 22 26, PD Collingwood (Durham) 30 103, KP Pietersen (Hampshire) 26 41, A Flintoff (Lancashire) 29 105, EC Joyce (Middlesex) 28 3, JWM Dalrymple (Middlesex) 25 14, CMW Read (Notts, wkt) 28 33, PA Nixon (Leice, wkt) 36 0, SI Mahmood (
Lancs) 25 15, J Lewis (Gloucs) 31 8, LE Plunkett (Durham), CT Tremlett (Hants) 25 3, MS Panesar (Northants) 24 0, JM Anderson (
Lancs) 24 53.