STOCKTON TOOK DIVE TO AVOID ‘OBLIVION’

Kumail Jaffer discovers the reason why a Premier League champion club decided to take a step down into a lower standard of competition

Prolific: Matty Gill, right, scored a fine century last season
PICTURES: Mark Fletcher

The whirlwind world of club cricket is prone to seeing the underdog rise and, unfortunately for Stockton CC, the mighty fall. Champions of the North East Regional Premier Cricket League (NEPL) in 2013, the proud club succumbed to relegation last season after a tight battle at the bottom.
The club will now play in the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League (N...

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