Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 30th 2005

Buckingham Town vs Shipton

The character shown during saturday's home game against Shipton-under-Wychwood has helped lift Town out of the relegation zone.

Gear lost the toss and was unsurprisingly inserted on a Bourton road green topped track on a damp afternoon.

Shipton seamer Chris Panter exploited the conditions, bowling in the right areas, as he removed Dan Harris and James Tomlinson in successive deliveries. In his next over he saw Sohail Nasir edge to slip before the returning Anthony Romaine received a delivery that lifted and was caught behind.

When Rob Large was castled by Jason Constable, Town were reeling at 14 for 5.

This brought Judd and Cater to the wicket who, between them, knew they still had 43 overs to bat and they proceeded to play beautifully. The pair battled well as they took the score to 87 before Cater saw a delivery clip the top of his off stump. He had made an excellent 36 and had batted three minutes short of an hour.

Skipper Gear joined Judd in the middle and the pair batted through until the final over.

Judd's workman-like performance saw him reach a fine half century from 113 balls before his skipper, slowly opening up, soon past fifty, this time in 70 balls.

Gear was in savage mood as he hit nine fours and two sixes as Town passed the 200-mark, something deemed highly unlikely just two hours earlier.

Judd, ever the team player, was run out for 57, before Gear finished unbeaten on 89 as Town posted 209 for 7. Town had taken 93 runs off the final ten overs.

In reply, Shipton started brightly and having lost just two wickets - Andy Hemming edged Jason Ell to Large as slip and Nasir bowled Charles Brain - looked set up needing just 73 runs to win from the last 14 overs.

The 37th over proved to be the turning point as Gear bowled Hartley, had Constable caught behind and castled Bowman.

Dangerman Steve Bates started to open up but was run out by a sensational direct hit by Tomlinson who, from deep mid on, knocked down the stumps with Bates believing he was safe running to the opposite end.

Having inserted Town, Shipton had to keep going and did so as Panter's superb knock swung the game back towards the visitors grasp.

Chris Harris was on hand twice to accept catches before Cater stumped Morris to leave Town with three balls at the number eleven, who sadly for the home side looked solid as the game ended in a draw with Shipton closing on 203 for 9.

Gear finished with four for 59, while Nasir chipped in with three for 62.

Innings of Buckingham

S.Nasir             c Ch.Brain b Panter        7
D.Harris            Lbw b Panter               0
J.Tomlinson         b Panter                   0
R.Large             b Constable                6
A.Romaine           c Ch Brain b Panter        0
G.Judd              run out                   57
J.Cater             b Bates                   36
J.Gear              not out                   89
J.Ell               not out                    0
Extras 14
Total 209 for 7 off 50 overs

J.Constable 16.5-2-97-1
C.Panter    16.1-7-27-4
D.Bishop    2-0-14-0
S.Bates     15-2-66-1

Innings of Shipton-under-Wychwood

A.Hemming              c Large b Ell             36
Ch.Brain               b Nasir                   30
S.Bates                run out (Tomlinson)       39
J.Hartley              b Gear                    19
J.Constable            c Cater b Gear             0
B.Bowman               b Gear                     0
C.Lambert              c C.Harris b Gear         14
C.Panter               c C.Harris b Nasir        38
D.Morris               st Cater b Nasir           3
D.Bishop               not out                    8
C.Brain                not out                    0
Extras 16
Total 203 for 9 off 50 overs

C.Harris     10-2-37-0
K.Talsania   8-2-22-0
J.Ell        8-4-15-1
S.Nasir      14-3-62-3
J.Gear       10-0-59-4

Cumnor 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 2nd XI

In a rain affected match, reduced to forty four overs, Town elected to bat first on a wicket sodden by a downpour just before the game was due to start. Slow but steady progress was made by opener Maggs Thatcher(25) although Tomlinson, Talsania and Andy Thatcher were all lost cheaply to catches.

Skipper Ed Jones(43) led from the front and together with Russel Thompson(29) recovered the situation adding fifty to the total before Thompson departed adjudged LBW to Easterbrook. A useful contrbution by Tom Murray(16) maintained the momentum and a rapid thirty five from twenty three balls by Vish Valambhia saw Town's total reach 188 at the half way stage.Easterbrook(5-35) was Cumnor's most successful bowler supported by Thompson(3-51)

In reply, Johnson(35) and Kirsten(19) got off to a flying start punishing anything overpitched but this changed with the introduction of Pritchard who took the pace off the ball, claiming three wickets including that of opener Johnson with his first delivery. Town's fielding was of a high standard with four excellent catches taken, two each for Ben Stafford and Russell Thompson.

However, Cumnor's strength in batting was evident as both Thompson(36) and Burt (58) took control allowing the home side to reach Town's total with three overs remaining.

Innings of Buckingham Town

M Thatcher     c  Hunter  b  Thompson      25
Tomlinson      c  Ham  b  thompson          1
Talsania       c  Hunter  b  thompson       2
Jones          c  Evans  b  Easterbrook    43
A Thatcher     c  Ham  b  Easterbrook       0
Thompson       LBW  Easterbrook            29
Murray         c  Johns  b  Cox            16
Valambhia      LBW  Easterbrook            35
Stafford       LBW  Easterbrook             2
Pritchard      not out                     10
Spragg         not out                      3
Extras 22
Total 188 - 9

Easterbrook  20-2-85-5
Thompson     18-6-51-3
Cox          4-0-24-1

Innings of Cumnor

Johnson      b  Pritchard                35
Kirsten      c  Stafford  b  Spragg      19
Hunter       c  Thompson  b  Valambhia    0
Evans        c  Stafford  b  Pritchard   19
Burt         c  Thompson  b  pritchard   58
Thompson     not out                     36
Jones        not out                      0
Extras 22
Total 189-5

Spragg    6-2-34-1
Valambhia 13-3-40-1
Pritchard 13-1-46-3

Oxford & Bletchingdon 3rd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XI

Buckingham batted first and struggled and without doubt had the worse of the rain affected wicket.

Robin Pritchard(27) and Keith Rowlingson 30n.o. did well with the bat as Buckingham crashed to 104 all out.

The Oxfordshire side won comfortably but all the Buckingham bowlers did well.

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

M. Foster                       b Price          0
N. Wilkes       c Guthrie       b Price          4
R. Pritchard    c Nav           b Gregor        27
J. Merrell                      b Haynes        12
A. Peshavaria   c Hooker        b Haynes         9
D. Direkze      c Guthrie       b Gregor         6
K. Rowlingson            not     out            30
N. Pritchard    c Kitchen       b Haynes         0
A. Norman                     c&b Haynes         3
C. Colbourn             run             out      0
C. Cater        c Guthrie       b Navmandady     1
                                Extras          14
                                Total          104-10

Adamson         6-2-20-0
Price           7-1-20-2
Haynes          12-5-10-4
Gregor          10-2-39-2
Navmandady      1.1-0-9-1

Innings of Oxford & Bletchingdon 3rds

J. Guthrie              not     out             54
S. Hooker       c R.Pritchard   b Norman        29
A. Haynes       c Direkze       b Peshavaria     2
D. Bennett              not     out             17
                                Extras           4
                                Total          106-2

C. Colbourn     6-2-18-0
C. Cater        4-0-15-0
A. Norman       9-2-34-1
K. Rowlingson   5-1-16-0
A. Peshavaria   3-0-23-1