Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 29th 2004 Match Reports

Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 29th 2004

Oxford Downs 1st XI vs Buckingham Town 1st XI

Andy Bone writes:
A mature innings by youth player Jonny Cater and a good display in the field were the highlights as Buckingham Town finished the stronger in a drawn game at Oxford Downs on Saturday.

After Town were inserted, Alex Romaine (29), on his first game back since returning from Brackley, played a classy knock at the top of the innings. The left-hander lost partners at regular intervals before he was unfortunate to face a delivery that kept low and he was subsequently adjudged leg before.

With the score at 86 for 4, Jeetan Patel (20) and James Gear (11) took their side past the century-mark.

With the score on 115, Town proceeded to lose four quick wickets for just twelve runs with Luke List the chief destroyer. The Downs all rounder finished with six for 68 from a 21-over stint.

Cater played a sensible innings and found Paul Streater (10), who was carrying on his excellent form of the previous week, a solid support.

The pair shared a ninth wicket stand of 46 runs in 14 overs - the highest partnership of the match - and they took Town to a more respectable 173 for 9.

Town then gifted Downs three overs due to an unnecessary run out the very next ball.

The experience of needing to bat out their sides overs was learnt, albeit in a disappointing manner.

Cater finished unbeaten on 41 runs and, at 15, played a mature innings not befitting his years.

Town kept the old ball and saw Streater's pace beat Ian Caunce in the first over, as Downs were a wicket down with just one run on the board.

Fellow opener Steve Roberts was instrumental in the anchor role for Downs as Streater and Patel bowled well in tandem.

Town's fielders supported their bowlers in a positive manner and wickets started to tumble.

Patel chipped in with a brace, one courtesy of a good catch from Gear, and he was on hand to hold a chance at backward point after Jason Ell forced an error from Bartlett.

With Downs looking to have the upper hand, a stoppage for rain saw the home side deducted five overs, while the target remained the same.

Gear replaced Streater after the players returned and with his first ball trapped Roberts leg before as the game swung back in Town's favour.

List threatened only briefly but Town, with Streater returning for a lively second spell, finished the stronger.

Patel's 23-over spell saw him bag three for 74, Gear returned with two for 16 and Streater bowled better than his one for 42 suggested.

SCORECARD

Type of game : Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League, Division One.
Oxford Downs versus Buckingham Town

Innings of Buckingham Town

 1. B.Jones        c & b List          14
 2. Alex Romaine   Lbw b List          29
 3. R.Large        c Caunce b List      5
 4. Ant Romaine    b List              11
 5. J.Patel        b List              20
 6. J.Gear         c D.Lee b M.Lee     11
 7. Shiv Talsania  Lbw b List           0
 8. J.Cater        not out             41
 9. J.Ell          c Bartlett b M.Lee   4
10. P.Streater     Lbw b West          10
11. V.Valambhia    run out              1
Extras                                 28
TOTAL                                 174 all out

Bowling figures

L.List      21-5-68-6
P.Hebbert   13-2-46-0
M.Lee       7-1-19-2
A.West      3.3-0-12-1
S.Roberts   3-0-19-0

Fall of wickets:

Innings of Oxford Downs

 1. S.Roberts   Lbw b Gear       54
 2. I.Caunce    b Streater        0
 3. D.Lee       c Gear b Patel   18
 4. L.Hope      c Patel b Gear    1
 5. W.Bartlett  b Patel           9
 6. C.Sutton    run out           6
 7. L.List      Lbw b Patel      16
 8. T.Newell    not out          36
 9. M.Lee       Lbw b Gear        0
10. A.West      not out           9
11. P.Hebbert   DNB
Extras                           13
TOTAL                           162 for 8 wickets

Bowling figures

P.Streater  11-2-42-1
J.Patel     23-2-74-3
J.Ell       6-2-24-1
J.Gear      7-1-15-2

Fall of wickets:

RESULT: MATCH DRAWN - OXFORD DOWNS 12 PTS, BUCKINGHAM TOWN 15 PTS

Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Didcot 2nd XI

Nick Board writes:
Town 2nd X1 are struggling to find their good form of recent seasons going down by six wickets to Didcot. Batting first, Town got off to a lively start but lost skipper Ed Jones in the third over. On a damp wicket and with a circle of fielders, the middle order couldn't find any momentum although Paul Board (35) battled well to support Mike Taylor (60) as they rebuilt the innings. A late cameo from Ryan Spragg (23) pushed the score on to a respectable 177 at the halfway stage. The Didcot opening batsman immediately attacked Town's bowlers who, with the exception of Mark James, gave away too many four balls. Braughton (58) and Pritchard(37) were particularly severe on the bowling and the vistors coasted home with ten overs to spare.

SCORECARD

Buckingham Town 2nd XI

Jones           c Gibbes b Richardson    14
Taylor          run out                  60
Board N         LBW McPherson            10
Thatcher A      c Pryor b Richardson      0
Arnull          b Richardson              7
Board P         c Pryor b Pritchard      35
James           run out                   0
Pritchard D     not out                  13
Pritchard N     c McPerson b Pryor        0
Spragg          c Braughton b McPherson  23
Sly             not out                   0
Extras                                   15
Total for 9 wkts                        177

Bowling figures

Richardson 16-1-51-3
Mcpherson  12-0-42-2
Allen       9-2-21-0
Pritchard   9-0-34-1
Pryor       4-0-28-1

Didcot 2nd XI

McPherson     st Pritchard b Sly      18
Pryor         c Pritchard N b James    0
Pritchard     c  Taylor b Sly         37
Braughton     not out                 58
Gibbes        c Pritchard N b Arnull  20
Spindler      not out                 30
Extras                                18
Total                                181 for 4 wkts

Bowling figures

Spragg     6-1-29-0
James      9-1-29-1
Sly        10-2-39-2
Arnull     5-0-33-1
pritchard  5-0-32-0
Jones      4-0-15-0

Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Dinton 3rd XI

Bob Hutt writes:
Buckingham Town 3rds had a sparkling 8 wicket win over Dinton 3rds at Stowe. Buckingham won the toss and put Dinton into bat and they slumped to 53-7 but were rescued by Mark Ludlow 93n.o. and Dave Halsey 41 before being dismissed for 185 all out. Suresh Talsania took 4-48 and Matt Dipple 2-18. Buckingham in reply thrashed the weakened Dinton bowling attack through Tim Archdeacon 76n.o. and Brijesh Valambhia who made a rapid 57n.o. Buckingham won reached 189-2 to win in only 21.3 overs.

Dinton 3rds

M.Spolander  c R.Pritchard b S.Talsania    0
R.Moore      b       S.Talsania            0
Taylor       b       K.Talsania            2
Ripley       b       S.Talsania           14
M.Ludlow     not out                      93
Allars       b       M.Dipple              0
Lewers       lbw     M.Dipple              0
Berendet     b       S.Talsania            0
D.Halsey     run out                      41
Ashcroft     b Helps                       0
Miller       run out                       9
Extras                                    29
Total                                    185-10

Bowling figures

Su.Talsania     18-1-48-4
K.Talsania      8-11-37-1
M.Dipple        8-2-18-2
S.Helps         9-0-32-1
B.Stafford      3-0-18-0
B.Valambhia     1.5-0-12-0

Buckingham Town 3rds

T.Archdeacon    not out            76
K.Talsania      c Ripley Allars    32
R.Thompson      b Miller            4
B.Valambhia     not out            57
Extras                             19
Total                             189-2

Bowling figures

D.Miller        4-0-30-1
Allars          4-0-21-1

Buckingham Town 3rds(30pts) beat Dinton 3rds(10pts) by 8 wickets

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