Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 2nd 2005

Buckingham Town vs Kidlington

Import paceman Ross Lupton ripped through the home side's batting as his seven for 36 in 16.4 overs saw Town removed for just 97.

Rob Large (31) impressed with the bat while Dan Harris (18), Matt Arnull (14) and Charles Ramson (11) were the only other players to reach double figures.

In reply, Kidlington openers James and Ali took them to 63 before the introduction of Ramson's slow left arm had Ali caught by Leigh Tomlinson.

Skipper James Gear bowled from the Bourton Road end and immediately saw Kidlington lose quick four wickets for just five runs. Vish Valambhia accepted two chances at mid on, Gear trapped Lupton in front and Leigh Tomlinson took a superb full length catch diving to his left which will not be bettered this season.

Rana and Gubbins helped Kidlington overcome their wobble to see their side home by five wickets as Gear finished with four for 13 in seven overs.

With Town not batting seventeen of their overs, an extra thirty runs would have made for a very interesting game. Something Town's young guns are fast learning.

Innings of Buckingham

C.Ramson                         b Lupton       11
D.Harris               c Rana    b Lupton       18
M.Arnull                         b Lupton       14
R.Large                st Rana   b Strong       31
J.Gear                 c Gubbins b Lupton        0
J.Cater                c Rana    b Hussain       2
L.Tomlinson            Lbw       b Lupton        1
J.Tomlinson            c N.Ali   b Lupton        2
V.Valambhia                      b Lupton        6
C.Harris               c Gubbins b Hussain       0
J.Ell                    not out                 0
Extras                                          10
Total                                           97 all out

Lupton    16.4-3-36-37
S.Ali     6-0-34-0
M.Strong  9-4-21-1
S.Hussain 1-0-0-2

Innings of Kidlington

N.Ali                c L.Tomlinson   b Ramson      29
L.James              c Valambhia     b Gear        40
S.Prabhu             c Valambhia     b Gear         5
R.Lupton             Lbw             b Gear         1
S.Rana               not out                       10
S.Hussain            c L.Tomlinson   b Gear         0
T.Gubbins            not out                        6
Extras                                              8
Total                                              99 for 5 wickets

C.Harris   4-0-19-0
M.Arnull   6-2-13-0
J.Ell      5-0-13-0
C.Ramson   10-2-37-1
J.Gear     7-1-13-4

Didcot vs Buckingham Town 2nd XI

Batting first Mike Taylor(66) maintained his superb form having already scored over four hundred runs this season and was supported well by Graham Judd(20) and John Merrill(23) and with twenty overs remaining were well poised for a big total. After an unsure start to his innings, Thompson (56) unleashed a series of big hits which included six fours and a six and together with the promising Krishan Talsania (18) added fifty three runs for the sixth wicket.

Although losing Dominic Pritchard first ball, the momentum was maintained by Ben Stafford (17) who shared a partnership of fifty runs with Thompson and pushed the score to an impressive 244 for seven wickets at tea. Pick of the bowlers for Didcot was Richardson who bowled fifteen overs for forty seven runs, taking two wickets.

Town got the start they needed when Pritchard was run out by Richard Pengelly in the third over and runs were then restricted on the two paced wicket. Jones(62) provided the anchor role for Didcot until he was removed by Dom Pritchard.

The introduction of Graham Judd into the attack saw a further three wickets fall taking his total haul to twenty at the half way stage in the season, although together with the lively Talsania they were unable to remove the tail as Didcot batted out for the draw.

Innings of Buckingham

Taylor        c  Spindler   b  Jones          66
Tasania S     c  Spindler   b  Willmott        2
Judd          c  Pritchard  b  Richardson     20
Board         c  Pritchard  b  Kennedy        15
Merrill       c  Pritchard  b  Richardson     23
Thompson      not out                         56
Talsania k    LBW                             18
Pritchard D   b  Pritchard                     0
Stafford      not out                         17
Extras                                        27
Total                                        244 for 7

Richardson 15-6-47-2
Willmott   4-0-26-1
Kennedy    11-1-61-1

Innings of Didcot

Jones                             b  Pritchard     62
Pritchard       run out                             0
Ireson                            b  Pengelly      15
Perera                            b  Pengelly       8
Spindler        c  Pritchard R    b  Judd          22
Broughton       not out  31
Gates           c  Taylor         b  Judd          20
Kennedy         c  Thompson       b  Judd           4
Richardson                              not out     1
Extras                                             17
Total                                             180 for 7 wickets

Talsania K   9-1-39-0
Pengelly     13-4-51-2
Pritchard    14-3-51-1
Judd         12-5-19-3
Talsania S   2-0-16-0

Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Leighton Buzzard 2nd XI

Buckingham won the toss and elected to bat and scored a respectable 192-9.

The Coxhill brothers James(34) and Chris(18) batted well and useful runs also came from Matt Dipple 30n.o.,M. Thatcher(28),T. Archdeacon(23), and skipper Hutt(22).

Leighton in reply were bowled out for 126 runs thanks to an excellent bowling performance from Chris Colbourn taking 7-75.

Matt Thatcher also bowled well.

Buckingham fielded well with good catches from Tim Archdeacon, an excellent run out from Hutt and wicket keeper Dipple took three catches.

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

M. Thatcher     c Jackson       b Culley        28
T. Archdeacon                   b Jackson       23
N. Wilkes                     lbw Mistry         0
J. Coxhill                      b Jackson       34
C. Coxhill      c Jenner        b Culley        18
D. Direkze      c Culley        b Mistry         0
R. Hutt                         b Jackson       22
M. Dipple               not     out             30
K. Rowlinson   c China          b Culley         3
C. Colbourn                     b Mistry        12
L. Hayes                not     out              1
                                Extras          21
                                Total          192-9

P.Jackson       15-1-70-3
Y. Mistry       21-1-83-3
A. Culley       10-3-32-3

Innings of Leighton Town 2nds

R. Raine        c Archdeacon    b Colbourn      27
T. Evans        c Dipple        b Colbourn       1
P. Jackson      c Dipple        b Thatcher      24
A. Smith                        b Colbourn       2
D. Herring                      b Colbourn       9
Y. Mistry       c Archdeacon    b Rowlinson     20
A. Culley                       b Colbourn       2
M. Jenner       c Dipple        b Colbourn       7
J. Raine                        b Colbourn       2
M. Rose                 run     out              8
P. China                not     out              5
                                Extras          17
                                Total          126-10

C. Colbourn     15.3-2-75-7
M. Thatcher     11-1-33-1
K. Rowlinson    4-0-14-1