MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IMPOSE TWO WEEK BAN

Date: 20th September 2016

A malpractice complaint against Sefton Park 5th XI was upheld by the Cricket Committee at its meeting on September 19th.

In the match between Maghull 4 and Sefton Park 5 on 17th September a player was fraudulently entered on the team sheet under the name of a non-registered player when in fact he was a registered player of another club.

Sefton Park CC has admitted entering the wrong name and playing an ineligible player. The club has apologised for this occurrence.

The Management Committee has no alternative but to award the match to Magull 4 who receive 25 points. Ssfton Park 5 lose 10 points.

The Committee appreciate that captains are often put under extreme pressure to field eleven players but there is no excuse for cheating and further punishment is appropriate. The team will be fined £75 and the captain, Danny Wright, will be banned from playing for the first two matches of the 2017 season.

Management Committee