Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 16th 2004

Buckingham 2nd XI vs Milton Keynes Park

Buckingham Town won their opening F.G.Watts game on Sunday when they defeated MK Park.

Opener Jamie Wade made 65 for MK Park, who were 77 without loss at one stage, before wickets started to fall.

Chris Harris eventually removed Wade, thanks to a good catch by Rob Pritchard, before the run rate slowed.

Dominic Pritchard got in amongst the wickets and found good support from Steve Beck. Pritchard finished with 5 for 18, while Beck and Harris grabbed a brace of wickets apiece.

MK Park posted 156-8 from their overs.

Steve Beck (45) helped Town start brightly before they slipped to 70 for 4.

Rob Large played a Captain's knock by helping lead his side to victory, finishing unbeaten on 47 not out.

SCORECARD TO FOLLOW

Buckingham 2nd XI vs Towcesterians - Friendly

Buckingham Town 2nds lost their 40 over a side friendly against Towcesterians but their youngsters once again put up a creditabale display. Towcesterians batting first scored a very useful 210 all out thanks mainly to their "overseas" player J. O'Kelly who scored 136.

Buckingham's youngsters did well with the ball and Nick Wilkes and Chris Horsler made good debut performances. Chris Horsler will remember his senior debut especially as he claimed a hat-trick. Opening bowlers Lawrence DeSilva, Matt Dipple and Simon Board all did well.

Buckingham's replied with a good effort of 182-7. Kevin DeSilva(62) batted well and younsters Matt Dipple 26n.o. and Dan Murray 16n.o. enjoyed themselves at the end.

Towcesterians

D. Roberts      b       Board           17
K.Lewis         lbw     L.DeSilva        7
J.O'Kelly       b       Horsler        136
M.Yuill         st      Hutt b Board     0
A. Roberts      lbw     Board            2
S. Yuill        b       Dipple          25
A.Key           b       Welford          6
D.Williams      b       Horsler          0
S.Duffy         lbw     Horsler          0
G.Linnell       b       Welford          2
B.English       not     out              0
Extras                                  15
Total                                  210-10  

S.Board         8-0-41-3
C.Horsler       3-0-8-3
P.Welford       2.1-1-9-2
L.DeSilva       8-0-36-0
M.Dipple        8-0-56-1
N.Wilkes        7-0-47-0
D.Murray        1-0-2-0

Buckingham Town 2nds

S.Kefford       b       Williams        0
R.Thompson      b       Williams        9
K.DeSilva       b       S.Yuill        62
C.Horsler       c       O'Kelly b       8
N.Wilkes        b       Williams        0
R.Hutt  c       b       M.Yuill        11
P.Welford       run     out            13
D.Murray        not     out            26
M.Dipple        not     out            16
Extras                                 35
Total                                 182-7

Williams        8-4-17-4
M.Yuill         5-0-31-1
S.Yuill         6-0-35-1
Duffy           4-1-7-0
Linnell         8-2-18-0
English         4-1-20-0
Lewis           2-0-13-0
D.Roberts       2-0-25-0
A.Roberts       1-0-6-0