The Buckingham A team (u10's) played the Grand final at overstone Park c.c. sun 1/9/02 .Although they won every game through the season and won the league this match had to be played as a decider.

Details from the score sheet as follows,

Batting 20 over game 5 overs per pair                                                                        BOWLING

                                           RUNS        OUTS        NET SCORE                    

overs   Mdns   Runs   Wides  No ball    wckt

1stpair: Jack Deal                 8                0                    8                                4           0         12        2        1            1

             Tom Hill                 6                0                    6                                3           2           2        1        0             3 

2nd pair Jack Bridges            7                0                    7                               WICKET KEEPER

            Ben Cater                 0                2                 -10                                1            0           3        1        0          0

3rd pair Steve Brunning          0               0                    0                                 4            0          11       1        1          1

            Callum Cater            4                0                    4                                3            0            5        0        0          1

4th pair Adam Bone              7                0                    7                                3            0           15       1        0          2

           Alisdair Shaw            7                1                   2                                 2            0            3        1        0          0    

                    

                                                   NET SCORE        24                                                          WICKETS                  8

                                                   EXTRAS              30

 

                                                   NET TOTAL         54

 

OVERSTONE   NET SCORE 16

                       EXTRAS        23

                      NET TOTAL    39           WICKETS TAKEN 3

OVERSTONE ELECTED TO BOWL AFTER WINNING THE TOSS,

THE OPENING BATSMEN TOM HILL AND JACK DEAL FACED NORTHANTS COUNTY BOWLER P. PATEL WITHOUT ANY LOSS OF WICKETS.

ALL BATSMEN DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB ,WITH LAST PAIR BONE & SHAW ADDING ON VITAL RUNS.

ALL BOWLERS ON THE DAY WERE OUTSTANDING ,TO BE SAID AS THE BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON(ESPECIALLY AS IT WAS A DAY THAT REALLY MATTERED).

OVERSTONE STARTED WELL, BUT WAS THEN TOTALLY OUT CLASSED BY BUCKINGHAM POWERFUL BOWLING ATTACK... PICK OF THE BOWLERS WAS HARD TO CHOOSE AS THEY ALL BOWLED TO THERE FULL POTENTIAL.

LATE CALL  UP BEN CATER (ONLY 8 YEARS OLD IN AUGUST) APPLIED HIMSELF ADMIRABLY IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE GAME.

TOM HILL WAS VOTED MAN OF THE MATCH BY THE NEUTRAL UMPIRES FOR HIS ALL ROUND PERFORMANCE BUT ESPECIALLY FOR HIS BOWLING OF 3 OVERS 2 MAIDENS 3 WICKETS FOR 2 RUNS( TOM CELEBRATED HIS 10th BIRTHDAY ON FRIDAY 30th AUG)