Buckingham Town 3rds remain
top of the table after a three wicket win over local rivals Brackley 2nds. Brackley won
the toss and batted but struggled to 34-4 against a young bowling attack of M. Dipple 2-17
and Ben Thorne 2-24 who both did well. Brackley improved matters but then DomPritchard bowled very well taking 5-47 as Brackley made a useful 151 all
out.
Buckingham lost opener Tim Archdeacon straight away but recovered
through
Kev Saving(20) and Russ Thompson(39) . Their good work was
carried on by
Young Johnny Cater(19) who batted well. Buckingham at 87-6 looked
abit
Shaky but a fine knock by Nev Pritchard(36) swung the game
Buckingham’s way as Buckingham gained 30 more valuable points with B. Valambhia
14n.o.
hitting the winning runs.
Brackley Town 2nds
Beckett c K. Saving b M.Dipple 14
Ryan c R.Thompson b B. Thorne 6
Percy lbw M. Dipple 0
Wightman lbw B. Thorne 0
Finster lbw D. Pritchard 37
Green b D. Pritchard 17
Newby c Cater b D. Pritchard 4
Bellingham lbw D.Pritchard 28
Parish st Cater b Saving 0
Ayres c N.Pritchard b D. Pritchard 4
Gurney not out 9
Extras 32
Total 151-10
D. Pritchard 5-47
M. Dipple 2-17
B. Thorne 2-24
K. Saving 1-24
Buckingham Town 3rds
Archdeacon c Parish b Bellingham 1
K. Saving c b Ayres 20
R.Thompson c b Ayres 39
J. Cater c Parish b Ayres 19
J. Pengelly b Gurney 16
M. Foster c b Gurney 0
N. Pritchard c b Gurney 36
B. Valambhia not out 14
D. Pritchard not out 2
Extras 11
Total 158-7
T. Gurney 3-23
Ayres 3-71
Bellingham 1-13
Buckingham Town 3rds won by 3 wickets