Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 6th 2004

Buckingham Town 1st XI vs Old Northamptonians

Dan Harris bowled six tidy overs for only 18 runs as O.N's could only make 114-7. Buckingham also fielded very well and took several fine catches.

In reply Buckingham's openers Nick Board(36) and Henry Colver(36) gave them a solid start as Chris Board 26n.o. saw Buckingham home to a comfortable win.

Innings of Old Northamptonians

White       c D.Harris b D.Pritchard    20
M.Silver    c Watson b R.Spragg         13
G.Dixon     b D.Pritchard                4
M.Cory      c Large b D.Pritchard       11
J.Meller    c Myers b Large             20
M.Ahmed     not out                     32
R.MaClean   lbw Large                    9
J.Burdett   c N.Board b Large            0
I.Warren    not out                      1
Extras                                   4
Total                                  114-7

R.Spragg        6-1-17-1
C.Board         9-3-13-0
D.Pritchard     8-1-17-3
W.Myers         4-0-29-0
R.Large         7-0-16-3
D.Harris        6-1-18-0

Innings of Buckingham Town 1st XI

N.Board         c Burdett b Cory        36
H.Colver        b Desmond               36
K.DeSilva       c Burdett b Warren       9
C.Board         not out                 26
R.Watson        not out                  2
Extras                                   6
Total                                  115-3

I.Warren        1-20
J.Desmond       1-20
M.Cory          1-25

RESULT: Buckingham Town Ist XI(4pts) beat O.N's(Opts) by 6 wickets.

Buckingham Town 2nd XI v Banbury 20

M.Rowell(100) was the main stay of the Banbury innings of 210-8 from their 40 overs before skipper Hutt took a good diving catch to dismiss him. A.Foster 50n.o. gave him good support.

Town's opening bowlers Vishal Valambhia and Adam Cook bowled well as did the other bowlers used Simon Board, Matt Dipple, Chris Horsler and Robin Pritchard.

Town won comfortably thanks to opener Tim Archdeacon 78n.o. and Vishal Valambhia(70) and Brijesh Valambhia 23n.o.

Innings of Banbury 20

M.Rowell        c Hutt b Board          100
A.Hume          c B.Valambhia b Cook      1
T.Vickers       b Cook                    7
Mahmood         b V.Valambhia             0
A.Foster        not out                  51
K.Singh         c Hutt b.Horsler          1
C.Wiggins       b Horsler                19
F.Khalid        c Cook b Dipple           1
Cleaver         lbw R.Pritchard           6
Rehmann         not out                   0
Extras                                   21
Total                                   210-8

V.Valambhia     8-2-26-1
A.Cook          8-1-35-2
S.Board         8-0-59-1
M.Dipple        6-0-38-1
C.Horsler       8-1-42-2
R.Pritchard     2-0-4-1

Innings of Buckingham Town 2nd XI

T.Archdeacon    not out          78
S.Kefford       b Cleaver         0
V.Valambhia     c Hume Rowell    70
B. Valambhia    not out          23
Extras                           30
Total                           214-2

Cleaver 1-29
Rowell  1-15

RESULT: Buckingham Town 2nds won by 8 wickets.

Buckingham Town U14 v Great Houghton

Buckingham U'13s put in a professional performance in their first Shires League match of the season coming out comfortable winners at Great Houghton. Put into bat on a firm pitch, Town lost Jamie Hirst early but Josh Goff came to the crease and made an excellent 48. Meanwhile opener Toby O'Neill had to retire on 24 due to dehydration. This meant that Jack Thompson came in to bat and made an impressive 23 (his maiden runs for the club). O'Neill returned but could add only 2 to his total and Jack Robbins was unluckily lbw before Stuart Powell made a quick 16 not out to complete the 25 overs, with Tom Jones 4 not out.

With 133 for 5 to defend on a slow outfield Town could afford to attack and were rewarded in the first over when Goff took a key wicket thanks to a tremendous catch at point by Oliver Collins (man of the match with two catches and bowling figures of 3-8) and another in his second thanks to a one handed overhead catch from Max Jarman at short extra cover. The other opening bowler Alex Guntert also struck a good line and length and got his reward with 2-2 in 3 overs, then Danny Hobden, Jarman and Powell each took a wicket as the hosts collapsed to 29 all out. The attacking fields set by the captain Goff worked well, with Powell and O'Neill also taking close catches and Jones a stumping.