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Bon Voyage to Mark and Anna. (Dec. 2004)
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It's good luck and best wishes to Mark and Anna, along with young globe-trotting Beth,
as the Edwards family fly off in the New Year for a couple of years in Hong Kong.
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Chairman pops the question. (Nov. 2004)
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Question Time came to Liverpool, with David Dimbleby and panelists including Clare Short,
and that other Bishop (the Rt Rev of Liverpool).
But the undoubted star of the show was the Old Roan Dentist,
probing the panel for their views on world dictatorships and the Zimbabwe tour.
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Quiz time for the Oldies. (Nov. 2004)
The victorious 3rd.XI parade the Rose Bowl after a blood match victory against the An.XI.
But name the year ... and the squad ...
click here for the answers
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Barbados ... going there, got the tee-shirt! (Oct. 2004)
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Just some of the party of 84 players, families, friends and supporters who
are off to Barbados to enjoy a 2-week cricket tour of the Caribbean island.
The trip has been organised by cricket stalwart and club vice-president Mike Bishop (middle, back row),
and this is the third time that Northern have toured Barbados since 2000.
The team are due to play 5 cricket matches,
with the highlight of the schedule being a fixture against local club team Pickwick
whose ground is the Barbados test match venue at Bridgetown's Kensington Oval.
Also on the list are games against Wanderers, the home club of legendary radio commentator Tony Cozier
and current player Ian Bradshaw whose 9th wicket partnership clinched the
West Indies' recent Champions Trophy victory over England,
and against Banks CC where Northern will be reunited with former West Indies test player Sherwin Campbell
who played for Northern in 2003.
The itinerary also includes an assortment of barbecues, beach parties
and even a football match against a local team, before the party returns on 1st November.
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Cricket section AGM and Dinner. (Sep. 2004)
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The curtain came down on another season at the end-of-season dinner.
Captain Jack Woosey (right) was able to report excellent progress at 1st.XI level,
with a greatly improved 3rd place finish in the table.
John Wildman was voted the club's most improved player, returning 478 league runs in the season batting at no.5.
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The vicar (left) took to his pulpit to describe the 5th.XI's successful first season,
and elsewhere the Parrot finally fell off his perch after 9 years in charge of the 4th.XI.
Sean Negus received Performance of the Year for his match-winning 8 wicket return for the 4ths.
Steve Cole received the Simon Bell Cup as Young Player of the Year, and Andy Sturmey was 5th.XI best young player.
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Jim Thornton (below) toasted the end of his vintage spell as 2nd.XI skipper, while
his successor Stuart Derbyshire showed his uncontained delight,
presenting scorer Rita Knowles with a bouquet.
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Umpire Roddy McLeod is never one to miss a photo opportunity.
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Goodbye to James. (Sep. 2004)
Northern said goodbye and thanks to James Marshall, with an evening out at Haskayne's first Kiwi restaurant, the Ship Inn. James has now returned home to New Zealand for their new season, but not before signing up to return to Northern in 2005.
At his send-off, James was called to account for a number of heinous crimes against his colleagues. Following ritual humiliation, at the hands of what can only be assumed to have been a kangaroo court, he responded in his own Antipodean manner with this stirring rendition of the Haka.
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James recorded 1068 league runs in the season, plus 35 wickets, but also made an enormous contribution coaching at all levels of the club, and leading the highly successful Friday evening junior sessions.
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Northern win Simon Bell trophy. (Sep. 2004)
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Northern's Sunday premier XI entertained an assortment of Camels cricketers, scraped together from various corners of the country,
and emergered victorious in the Simon Bell Memorial Trophy fixture, played annually between the two clubs.
Northern captain John Dooley is pictured, being generously congratulated by his Camels counterpart Mark Edwards.
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Right, the trophy is presented by Simon's father
Chris Bell, who also umpired the match.
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Under 15s photo call. (Aug. 2004)
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Trophy win for midweek team. (Aug. 2004)
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Our recently formed Twenty20 midweek team have claimed the season's first trophy.
In the final of the Business Junior Cup,
Northern hit 154, with 42 from Jimmy Petafi, and Joey Snellgrove hammering 46 from 36 balls.
In reply, Arriva were dismissed for 104, with Kevin Stevenson taking 4 for 11 in his 4 overs.
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Northern host Kwik Cricket finals. (Jul. 2004)
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Northern provided the venue for the Merseyside under 9's Kwik Cricket finals,
featuring a 'round robin' play-off between the qualifiers from each of six regions.
LCB's organiser Paul Bryson, the Cricket Development Officer for Merseyside,
is pictured presenting the trophy to winners Wallasey representing Wirral.
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An inexperienced Northern team (pictured with club coach James Marshall)
was formed only one week before for the qualifying stage,
and finished in a creditable third place, with 3 wins and 2 narrow reversals by just 2 and 7 runs.
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