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
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
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