Buckingham Town Cricket Club - August 20th 2005Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Princes RisboroughNick Board writes:Nick Board rolled back the years with a superb century which saw Town 2nd's take maximum points at home to Princes Risborough on saturday. Enjoying a partnership of 215 for the fourth wicket with Lee Tomlinson, who hit an excellent ninety one, Town reached the target with an over to spare. However, it had not all been straightforward as Town found themselevs three wickets down for eleven runs in the fifth over when Risborough opening bowler Brooker (4-71) tore through Thatcher, Jones and Talsania in quick succession. When left handers Tomlinson and Board came together they needed 217 to win from the remaining forty five overs and at drinks still need to score at six an over to secure the win. Gradually, they took the game away from the opposition by forcing quick singles and finding the boundary regularly and when Tomlinson was caught behind with two runs needed the job was complete and Town eased home with ten balls remaining. Earlier, Risborough had been inserted against Town's opening attack of Ryan Spragg and Dom Pritchard(3-61), the latter bowling a great spell off spin and was unlucky not to have returned better figures due to dropped chances. R Morton(57) and R Griffen(48) accelerated the visitor's innings to reach 227-6 at tea, Vish Valambhia and Paul Sly picking up a wicket each. Innings of Princes RisboroughLinger b Spragg 26 Hitchcock b Pritchard 0 Piggott c Thatcher b Pritchard 22 Morton R c Spragg b Sly 57 Morton A b Valambhia 11 Brooker not out 28 Griffin c Board b Pritchard 48 Morton J not out 4 Extras 31 Total 227-6Bowling figures Spragg 12-2-42-1 Protchard 15-4-61-3 Valambhia 10-2-25-1 Sly 10-0-63-1 Talsania 3-0-22-0 Innings of Buckingham TownTomlinson c Peatlee b Brooker 91 Thatcher LBW Brooker 0 Jones b Brooker 5 Talsania c Peatlee b Brooker 0 Board not out 112 Valambhia not out 1 Extras 19 Total 228-4Bowling figures Brooker 17-1-71-4 Hitchcock 9-0-38-0 Greaves 15-1-73-0 Morton 2-0-15-0 Elworthy 5-2-16-0 Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Witney Mills 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds took a valuable 30 points in their relegation struggle beating Witney Mills 2nds by 6 wickets. Witney Mills won the toss and batted and scored a useful 227-7 thanks to P. Claridge(102). Buckingham didn't bowl that well and Keith Rowlingson took 4-71. Buckingham made a good start through Jon Merrell(56) who scored rapidly. Tim Archdeacon scored a valuable 28 but a mature innings from 15 year old Robin Pritchard 62 n.o.saw Buckingham home with good support from Bob Hutt, T.Murray and M. Foster. Innings of Witney Mills 2nds
P. Claridge c Foster b Rowlingson 102
B. Mills b Rowlingson 2
G. Smith b Colbourn 2
A. Claridge c Foster b Dipple 38
C. Sinclair ht. wkt b Merrell 13
T. Richards c Merrell b Rowlingson 32
J. Ayres c Dipple b Rowlingson 10
J. Holmes not out 0
Extras 28
Total 227-7(all out)
Bowling figures
C. Colbourn 8-0-38-1 K. Rowlingson 12.2-0-71-4 M. Dipple 8-0-38-1 J. Merrell 6-0-36-1 D. Direkze 7-0-39-0 Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
J.Merrell b Mills 56
T. Archdeacon b Mills 28
R. Pritchard not out 62
T. Murray c b Ayres 17
M. Foster c b Richards 15
R. Hutt not out 20
Extras 30
Total 231-4
Bowling figures
B. Mills 17-2-79-2 A. Claridge 8-2-49-0 J. Ayres 6-0-38-1 T. Richards 5-0-23-1 C. Sinclair 3-0-22-0 J. Holmes 1-0-13-0Buckingham Town 3rds(30pts) by Witney Mills 2nds(14pts) by 6 wickets. |