Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 17th 2004

Shipton-under-Wychwood vs Buckingham Town

Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League, Division One

Batting first on a flat deck and quick outfield, Shipton's batsmen got them off to a flier with Steve Bates the main protagonist.

Paul Streater, who is bowling well in his second spell at the club, found the edges of Hemming then Bates (38) and Jonny Cater gratefully excepted the chances behind the stumps.

Oxfordshire's Simon Hole shared a 79-run stand with Jason Constable before Jeetan Patel was introduced in place of Streater, who bowled a tidy ten over taking two for 37.

Patel bowled Constable (39) before fellow spinner James Gear trapped Hole (41) leg before.

John Hartley (51) added some late order gusto as Shipton closed on 238 for 7 from their 50 overs.

Patel chipped in again with wickets - his three for 67 took his tally to 32 wickets for the season - while Gear finished with two for 59.

Shipton decided to keep the old ball and they proceeded to bowl spin duo Phil Garner and Sean Miller all the way through Town's innings.

Alex Romaine and Bryn Jones, promoted back to opening, gave Town a steady start, adding 61 runs for the opening wicket.

Romaine (22) was bowled before his brother Anthony joined Jones at the crease.

The new pairing pushed Town into an excellent position as Jones reached his half century from 60 balls.

Having added a 70-run partnership, Jones was caught by Constable off the bowling of Garner for 66 runs, including six boundaries.

Three runs later Gear, a match-winner on more than one occasion in recent weeks, was caught and failed to trouble the scorers.

Dan Harris (11) supported Romaine, who reached a 60-ball fifty, before Town lost three wickets in the space of eleven runs.

Romaine finished on 72 runs in a 62-minute innings, Rob Large was run out while Harris was trapped in front attempting to sweep.

Patel's introduction saw him hit five boundaries in his first thirteen deliveries faced and take Town past the two hundred mark and they needed 27 runs to win from 24 balls.

Disaster then struck for Town in the 47th over as Patel (27) was bowled and two other wickets fell within four balls.

When Streater was caught by Hartley off Garner and Town had lost four wickets in eleven balls and added just two runs.

Garner finished with five for 117 while Miller returned with four for 91 as Town were dismissed for 212 in 47.5 overs.

Innings of Shipton

1.S.Bates       c Cater b Streater      38
2.A.Hemming     c Cater b Streater       5
3.S.Hole        Lbw b Gear              41
4.J.Constable   b Patel                 39
5.P.Hemming     c & b Patel             21
6.J.Hartley     b Patel                 51
7.T.Senior      c Large b Gear           5
8.P.Garner      not out                 13
9.I.Lewis       not out                  0
Extras                                  25
TOTAL                                  238 for 7 wickets

C.Harris        5-0-34-0
P.Streater      10-2-37-2
V.Valambhia     7-1-22-0
J.Patel         15-2-67-3
J.Gear          13-1-59-2

1 - 47
2 - 52
3 - 131
4 - 149
5 - 187
6 - 200
7 - 234

Innings of Buckingham Town

1.Al.Romaine    b Miller                22
2.B.Jones       c Constable b Garner    66
3.An.Romaine    b Garner                72
4.J.Gear        c Miller b Garner        0
5.D.Harris      Lbw b Garner            11
6.R.Large       run out                  1
7.J.Patel       b Miller                27
8.P.Streater    c Hartley b Garner       5
9.J.Cater       c & b Miller             0
10.C.Harris     c Hartley b Miller       0
11.V.Valambhia  not out                  0
Extras                                   8
TOTAL                                  212 all out

S.Miller        24-7-91-4
P.Garner        23.5-2-117-5

1 - 61
2 - 131
3 - 134
4 - 171
5 - 172
6 - 183
7 - 211
8 - 211
9 - 212

RESULT: Shipton won by 26 runs

Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Wallingford

Put into bat Town produced a solid performance against the slow opening attack of Spindler and Prescott maintaing a healthy run rate throughout. Taylor and Thatcher were lost LBW to Spindler in quick succession and then Nick Board(37) and Matt Arnull(25) shared a partnership of sixty. Consistent contributions were made made by Pengelly (22), Talsania (26) and Murray (25)as Town completed their innings on 225.

Suresh Talsania made a lively start, taking two wickets in his first two overs as did Pengelly who bowled the dangerous Sessions in his first over. However, with Wallingford needing four runs an over with six wickets in hand, they decided to play for the draw, hitting only seventy two runs off their last twenty five overs. Although, a number of bowling changes were made, the breakthrough never really came and the game limped through to a disappointing draw.

On a positive note, Town are now producing a far better performance and collected another vital sixteen points as they aim to move away from the danger zone at the foot of the table.

Innings of Buckingham Town 2nd XI

Taylor           lbw Spindler            15
Tansania         c Ridley b Prescott     21
Board N          c&b Spindler            37
Thatcher         lbw Spindler            12
Arnull           c Bowman b Ainsworth    25
Pengelly R       run out                 22
Talsania Suresh  run out                 26
Murray           not out                 25
Pengelly J       run out                  0
Spragg           not out                  8
Sly              dnb
Extras                                   34
Total                                   225-8

Spindler        25-2-95-3
Prescott        11-1-39-1
Green           11-1-51-1

Innings of Wallingford

Bowman          b Talsania               3
Ainsworth L     b Talsania               5
Priestly        c Talsania b Talsania   11
Sessions        b Pengelly              41
Prescott        c Murray b Pengelly     17
Ainsworth W     b Arnull                41
Smith           not out                 28
Ridley          not out                  0
Extras                                  16
Total                                  162-6

Talsania        21-6-53-3
Spragg          9-1-46-0
Pengelly        9-2-19-2
Sly             7-0-19-0

Kingston Bagpuize 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XI

Kingston elected to bat and made a solid start and then Buckingham came back into the game but a late flurry of runs saw them close on a respectable 215-7.

Buckingham used just three bowlers and they all did well - Skipper Stuart Helps 4-97 from 23 overs, Peter Heady 1-60 and Dom Pritchard 2-55.

Neville Pritchard was in fine form behind the stumps with three stumpings and one catch.

Buckingham after losing an early wicket recovered with Bob Hutt(31) and Russell Thompson(17) and their good work was carried on by S.Helps(33) and with Peter Heady 54n.o. playing the anchor role Buckingham grabbed a vital win with Neville Pritchard hitting a rapid 35 n.o. including two sixes.

Innings of Kingston Bagpuize 2nds

P.Temple        b Heady                         41
V.Bush          c Hirst b D.Pritchard           54
M.Cechini       c N.Pritchard b Helps           50
A.Forster       st N.Pritchard b S.Helps         0
Trollope        st N.Pritchard b D.Pritchard    19
A.Wolfe         c Hutt b Helps                  17
Hickman         st N.Pritchard b Helps           3
Oakley          not out                          3
S.Temple        not out                          4
Extras                                          22
Total                                          215-7

S.Helps         23-1-97-5
P.Heady         14-1-60-1
D.Pritchard     9-1-55-2

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

R.Hutt          b Hickman               31
T.Archdeacon    b Oakley                 1
R.Thompson      c&b Hickman             17
P.Heady         not out                 54
S.Helps         c Cechini b O.Bush      33
J.Hirst         lbw O.Bush               6
N.Pritchard     not out                 35
Extras                                  41
Total                                  218-5

Hickman         17-0-62-2
Oakley          9-2-45-1
Trollope        3-0-12-0
S.Temple        4-0-32-0
O.Bush          5.4-0-34-2
V.Bush          5-0-31-0

Result: Buckingham Town 3rds(30pts) beat K.Bagpuize(14pts) by 5 wickets