Hutt's Horwood Heartache

Buckingham Town 2^nd XI lost their friendly against a strong Great Horwood Sunday side by 3 wickets.   Buckingham electing to bat made a poor start collapsing to 25-4 against the pace of Matthew McStraw 4-11.Skipper Bob Hutt enabled a modest score 0f 130 all out was reached with a innings of 57 not out which included 11 boundaries with only Steve Kefford(19) and Dom Pritchard(12) reaching double figures.

Horwood made a poor start also and slumped to 71-7 but secured victory thanks to McStraw 32 not out and Roy Thomas 25 not out. Brijesh Valambhia took 3-18 for Buckingham from his 8 overs.

Buckingham Town 2^nd XI

T.Archdeacon         c       S.Miller             b      McStraw          9

D. Foster                 c      Livley                b      McStraw        0

S.Kefford                lbw                         b      N.Hogston      19

V.Valambhia           c      Livley                b      McStraw          4

O. Thorne               c      Miller                b      McStraw          0

J. Cater                   c      McStraw          b      N.Hogston       0

R. Hutt                    not                         out                        57

R. Thompson                                         b      R.Taylor           5

D. Pritchard             c      Livley                b      Miller             12

B. Valambhia                                         b          Miller         5

M. Dipple                                              b          Hayes         0

Extras                      13

Total                       130

Great Horwood

M. Lively                                               b      V.Valambhia    19

S. Ridgway c V.Valambhia      b          B.Valambhia     3

A. Sirett                                            b      B.Valambhia     0

L. Hayes                 run                         out                          0

N. Taylor                c Thompson               b      B.Valambhia     9

S. Miller                                                b      V.Valambhia    11

M.McStraw            not                         out                          32

N. Hogston             c J. Cater                       b      D.Pritchard       1

R. Thomas               not                         out                          25

                                                            Extras                      31

                                                            Total                       131-7

B. Valambhia 3-18                  V.Valambhia  2-27             D. Pritchard  1-20