Scarborough's Folkton & Flixton are village cricket's Lord's of the manor

Captain Will Norman revealed his delight after lifting the silverware in front of the historic Lord’s pavilion.

“This is like a dream,” he said of the York Premier League team achievement.

“It turned out to be quite comfortable in the end. We were really nervous after 10 or 15 overs, but we finished strongly.

“Harry Walmsley changed the game, Will Hutchinson was awesome and Matthew Nesfield’s 60 gave us a decent total to defend.

“We’ve had great support here at Lord’s from our great supporters who made a lot of noise so thank you to everyone.”

Captain Norman lost the toss and was asked to bat first for the first time in the competition and his side got off to a poor start.

Stuart Stocks had a lucky escape in the second over, almost chopping on to Liphook skipper Charles Janczur.

It was the Liphook skipper Janczur who grabbed the first breakthrough for the Hampshire side, bowling Stocks for one with the score on 10.

Janczur then struck again, this time sending Rich Malthouse’s off-stump cartwheeling on eight to leave Flixton on 19-2.

Youngster Will Hutchinson, 17, and Tom Norman rebuilt the Flixton innings, but Norman fell when he chipped a George Neave delivery tamely up to Robert Nicklin at mid-on on for 19.

Will Norman replaced his brother Tom at the crease, but he soon departed to a piece of stunning fielding, Suman Ganguly holding onto a rapid chance diving away to his right at gully to dismiss him for just two with the Scarborough side in trouble on 59-4 and Liphook’s tails now up.

Matthew Nesfield joined Hutchinson, but the Flixton pair struggled to get the run-rate up drastically, with the York Senior League Premier Division outfit on 62-4 at the halfway stage.

Again, Flixton steadily went about rebuilding their faltering innings, Hutchinson and Matthew Nesfield working the ball around and taking the score past the 100 mark.

Hutchinson fell agonisingly short of a memorable half-century when his stumps were rearranged by the pacy Neave on 48, Flixton had moved onto 144-5 and were recovering nicely.

Matthew Nesfield moved to his half-century from 64 deliveries, helping his side past the 150-mark and towards a respectable total before he was cleaned up by the returning Ganguly for 60.

Connor Stephenson came and went for two, trapped lbw trying to heave to the leg-side boundary, but Flixton rallied as Harry Walmsley smashed 35 from 17 balls, falling lbw in the final over to Ganguly, the Scarborough side’s innings finishing on 198-8.

Liphook moved away to a steady start, but Stephenson induced an edge off dangerman Covey’s outside edge and Marley Ward did the rest behind the stumps with the score on 17.

Sixteen-year-old Jake Hatton then grabbed a second wicket to stem the Liphook flow, Robert Nicklin top-edging to Richard Malthouse at gully.

Controversy followed, with Ward appealing for the stumping of Harry Munt, the umpire appearing to signal out, but going on to change his mind.

He had no choice but to go shortly after though as Stephenson had him trapped in front lbw for 19.

Stephenson then had Neave out first ball, Hutchinson clinging on to another top-edge at extra cover with Liphook teetering on 55-4.

Slow bowler Tom Norman claimed the crucial wicket of Ganguly, quickly dismissing Jonny Pryce without scoring to put Flixton in command.

Grant Rouse and Richard Williams steadied the Liphook ship, but they were soon sailing in choppy waters again on 99-7 when Norman had Grant 
Rouse caught at gully by Malthouse.

The Liphook effort ran ashore shortly after, Richard Williams trapped lbw to Malthouse for two from 25 balls, Liphook now on 
99-8.

Walmsley came into the attack and removed the stubborn Burton for four, before he snaffled the final wicket, Liphook finishing on 126 all out, sparking wild celebrations on the pitch and in the crowd.