ASHLEY Chambers has announced his arrival in first-team cricket with an astonishing return of 8-34 for Walton — just three weeks past his 14th birthday.
The young leg spinner blew Chesterfield 2nds away during a devastating spell on debut for Walton as they won their Derbyshire League Division Three encounter at Station Lane.
The hot prospect took a seven-wicket haul for Walton’s third XI earlier in the summer and was only selected on Saturday due to the unavailability of regular spinner Phil Preston.
But he paid the club’s selection committee back — with Preston now under pressure to get his place back.
But all had gone well for the bottom club early on in the match, with Robert McCarroll (33) and Andrew McCarroll (41) easing Chesterfield to a solid 92-1 after the early loss of James Colton.
Robert McCarroll was Chambers’ first victim and the rest followed alarmingly quickly.
He completed a five-wicket haul with the wicket of Aaron Jepson before James Blackwell grabbed a small slice of the action at the other hand to leave Chesterfield on 109-7.
But the Walton youngster needed no further help, grabbing the last of his wickets with the first two balls of his 11th over to complete a remarkable spell.
Paul Goodwin (2-23) snatched a couple of early wickets after tea to leave Walton on 28-2 but the home side had no further trouble as Andy Easter (45no) and Ed Chapman (48no) completed an easy win in the 37th over with an unbroken stand of 102.
Walton remain in with a shout of promotion, with big games to come against Brailsford and South Wingfield.
TRENTSIDE moved a step closer to Division Two cricket in 2011 with victory over strugglers Heanor.
The Branston side sit just 14 points off the pace in third after completing a 54- run win.
It was, however, a stuttering effort with the bat with only Tom Liversage (36) and Kevin Bailey (25) of the top-order making any real headway.
A nervy 99-5 became 126-7, with further wickets for Kevin Barber (4-60) and Jordan Halford (3-51) but late, and crucial, runs from Ben Tivey (40) and Ben Liversage (26) eventually took Trentside to a respectable 188 all out.
Tivey (3-38) and Matt Harvey (2-35) reduced Heanor in reply to 292 but the home side responded through Mark Payne (38) and Andrew Brear (27) and reached a healthy 73-2. Payne soldiered on, losing both Brear and Andrew Taylor along the way, until his own downfall left the reply on 124-5.
The leg-spin of Karl Hancox (3-27) then took over and Heanor, desperate for the win, succumbed in the chase and were all out for 134 in the 43rd over.
ALREWAS won one and lost one as they played a double-header at the weekend.
Matt Williams’ men sank alarmingly to Darley Dale on Saturday on a pitch suited to seam bowling.
Dale were 76 all out, with Ollie Broadway taking a stunning 4-14 in just 23 balls.
But Alrewas’ batting was a disgrace as they slumped to a diabolical 34 all out, with no-one reaching double figures and Broadway top-scoring with eight.
The Daisy Lane side made amends on Sunday as they beat Chesterfield 2nds at
Queen’s Park.
Batting first, Tom Chapman (75) and Gaz Woolley (56) were the cornerstone of Alrewas’ 240-6.
Broadway then produced another excellent spell, taking 5-41 as Chesterfield were bundled out for 190 in 41.2 overs for the visitors to take a maximum 27-point haul.
LULLINGTON Park 2nds were turned over at home by Brailsford & Ednaston, despite Tom Chapman’s 84, as Duncan Player led the visitors home with a superb 98 with nearly four overs to spare.
PROMOTION-chasing Tutbury saw their excellent unbeaten run in Division Two come to an end with defeat at Duffield.
The Mill sisde struggled to get their innings moving and stuttered to 67-5.
Daniel Green’s second fifty of the campaign (51) stopped the rot and with the help of Matt Edgerton and Craig Watson the score improved to a much healthier 160-7.
The final scramble for runs saw Green’s demise, Balraj Johal (3-49) and Jono Clare (2-41) helping restrict the Tutbury innings to 185.
Duffield’s reply mirrored Tutbury’s effort in the early stages, Edgerton (3-53) and Sam Wesson (2-43) reducing the hosts to 53-3, but Duffield assumed control thanks to Ashley Gray (50) and Steven Muskett (57).
Their partnership realised 88 crucial runs before a mini-collapse left the reply on a nervy 179-7 but Jono Clare (16no) was on-hand and victory was completed with four balls to spare.
