It was a season of struggle for Cliftonville Academy, but they managed to stay in the Premiership, by virtue of finishing above Cregagh.
Just three players scored more than 300 runs, with overseas professional Dom Hendricks leading the way with 554 runs at 36.93, making three fifties and the only century - an unbeaten 165.
Matty McCord made 366 runs at 20.33, while Max Burton made the only other 50, hitting 306 runs at 20.40 - well short of his exploits in Section One last season.
The rest of the batting is a tale of woe with nothing rally noteworthy.
The bowling isn't exactly joyous reading either, with only Matty McCord passing 20 wickets. He managed 25 wickets at 20.68, taking the only five-wicket haul into the bargain.
Andrew Forbes claimed 19 wickets at 28.95, while the only other double figures were achieved by Ben Kane (12 wkts) and Richard Hood (11 wickets).
Cliftonville are well aware of the need to strengthen their playing pool resources, and are already shopping in the market, with one offer under consideration by a leading North West all-rounder.
CLIFTONVILLE BATTING
# | Name | Club | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s | Runs |
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1 | D Hendricks | CLAcad | 16 | 16 | 1 | 554 | 165* | 36.93 | 723 | 76.63 | 1 | 3 | - | 65 | 7 | 554 |
2 | M McCord | CLAcad | 20 | 20 | 2 | 366 | 42 | 20.33 | 365 | 98.90 | - | - | 1 | 35 | 12 | 366 |
3 | M Burton | CLAcad | 15 | 15 | - | 306 | 68 | 20.40 | 380 | 76.05 | - | 1 | - | 35 | 7 | 306 |
4 | D Reid | CLAcad | 17 | 17 | - | 168 | 46 | 9.88 | 387 | 43.41 | - | - | 2 | 10 | - | 168 |
5 | S O'Leary | CLAcad | 14 | 14 | - | 168 | 41 | 12.00 | 136 | 93.38 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 9 | 168 |
6 | N Cahill | CLAcad | 18 | 17 | 2 | 127 | 35 | 8.47 | 349 | 36.39 | - | - | 3 | 14 | - | 127 |
7 | A Kelso | CLAcad | 18 | 15 | 3 | 113 | 23* | 9.42 | 204 | 51.96 | - | - | 2 | 8 | - | 113 |
8 | J Terrett | CLAcad | 7 | 7 | - | 100 | 35 | 14.29 | 199 | 49.75 | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | 100 |
9 | A Forbes | CLAcad | 20 | 17 | 4 | 98 | 17* | 7.54 | 188 | 46.81 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 98 |
10 | R Hood | CLAcad | 16 | 13 | 2 | 94 | 20 | 8.55 | 277 | 33.94 | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | 94 |
11 | J Kane | CLAcad | 12 | 12 | 1 | 84 | 25 | 7.64 | 170 | 49.41 | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | 84 |
12 | R Moffett | CLAcad | 3 | 3 | - | 79 | 35 | 26.33 | 150 | 52.67 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 79 |
13 | B Kane | CLAcad | 16 | 13 | 4 | 63 | 21 | 7.00 | 79 | 53.16 | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | 63 |
14 | Adam Beard | CLAcad | 7 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 21* | 8.67 | 61 | 85.25 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 52 |
15 | S Muthusamy | CLAcad | 1 | 1 | - | 48 | 48 | 48.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 48 |
16 | N Hornbuckle | CLAcad | 1 | 1 | - | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | 21 | 52.38 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
17 | A Montgomery | CLAcad | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5* | 10.00 | 23 | 43.48 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 10 |
18 | J Roe | CLAcad | 3 | 3 | - | 9 | 4 | 3.00 | 22 | 40.91 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
19 | A Burton | CLAcad | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 8 | 87.50 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
20 | B Anderson | CLAcad | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1* | 1.00 | 21 | 4.76 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
CLIFTONVILLE BOWLING
# | Name | Club | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI | 10WM | wds | nbs | Wkts |
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1 | M McCord | CLAcad | 20 | 107.1 | 11 | 517 | 25 | 5-21 | 20.68 | 4.82 | 25.72 | 1 | - | 33 | 2 | 25 |
2 | A Forbes | CLAcad | 20 | 95.2 | 7 | 550 | 19 | 4-11 | 28.95 | 5.77 | 30.11 | - | - | 42 | 9 | 19 |
3 | B Kane | CLAcad | 16 | 76.4 | 4 | 392 | 12 | 4-20 | 32.67 | 5.11 | 38.33 | - | - | 7 | - | 12 |
4 | R Hood | CLAcad | 16 | 77 | 6 | 430 | 11 | 2-30 | 39.09 | 5.58 | 42.00 | - | - | 39 | 4 | 11 |
5 | J Terrett | CLAcad | 7 | 10.3 | - | 59 | 4 | 2-50 | 14.75 | 5.62 | 15.75 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
6 | M Burton | CLAcad | 15 | 25 | - | 187 | 4 | 2-50 | 46.75 | 7.48 | 37.50 | - | - | 8 | - | 4 |
7 | B Anderson | CLAcad | 6 | 29 | 1 | 178 | 3 | 1-15 | 59.33 | 6.14 | 58.00 | - | - | 21 | - | 3 |
8 | N Hornbuckle | CLAcad | 1 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2-23 | 11.50 | 2.30 | 30.00 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
9 | D Hendricks | CLAcad | 16 | 38 | - | 207 | 2 | 1-18 | 103.50 | 5.45 | 114.00 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
10 | A Montgomery | CLAcad | 7 | 15 | - | 123 | 1 | 1-29 | 123.00 | 8.20 | 90.00 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
11 | S O'Leary | CLAcad | 14 | 25.5 | 1 | 211 | 1 | 1-39 | 211.00 | 8.17 | 155.00 | - | - | 13 | 6 | 1 |
12 | O Scott | 1 | 2.1 | - | 16 | - | 0-16 | - | 7.38 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
13 | S Muthusamy | CLAcad | 1 | 4 | - | 29 | - | 0-29 | - | 7.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |