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posted by John Winn

Woodhouses is a small village club between Manchester and Oldham and it is where Mike Atherton began his career. It now has another claim to fame for on Sunday it beat Sussex club Rottingdean in a rain affected Village Cup Final at Lords. The game was reduced to a ten over match with Woodhouses posting 112 for 1 to which Rottingdean replied with 54 for 8.

The Minor Counties Championship Final reaches the third of its allocated four days today. The match between Cambridgeshire and Devon is being played at March Town and at close of play yesterday Cambridge were 179 for 8 in reply to Devon's 228 (which included a six run penalty for the home team's slow over rate). Top scorer for Cambridgeshire was Nick Ferraby continuing the good form he showed for MCC in their match against the Nidderdale League at Burton Leonard last week.

Today sees the first day of the Second Eleven Championship final at Coventry and North Warwickshire. The start was delayed by thirty minutes and Notts II won the toss and asked Glamorgan to bat. The Glamorgan website looks as though it could be a good place to keep up with this one.

Finally if you are depressed by Yorkshire's prospects of avoiding relegation you may find some comfort in the comments of Sussex supporters on 'The Argus' website (the local paper in Brighton). They are very critical of the club, the players and Cricket Manager, former Yorkshire player,Mark Robinson.If a county's prospects can be judged by the mood of its supporters Sussex are very much part of the battle to stay in division one.