Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 9th 2005

Buckingham Town vs Dinton

Town, who were missing strike bowler Chris Harris, elected to bowl first after winning the toss. They proceeded to reduce Dinton to 198 all out, a score they would have accepted when the first ball was bowled.

Matt Arnull and Jason Ell bowled a very tight opening spell and started brightly with Purcell run out in the second over.

Bucks Captain Paul Atkins was caught behind by the fast-improving Jonny Cater off the bowling of Ell before the next ball the seamer castled Scott.

The introduction of Gear saw wickets fall, thanks to a catch and a smart stumping by Cater.

A run out after a superb long-range throw by Dan Harris and a Vish Valambhia strike saw Dinton struggle.

Ashley Smith, who nearly joined Town eighteen months ago, hung around and proved a thorn in Town's side all afternoon. He showed dogged resistance as he reached a fine half century, even after surviving a big leg before shout from Charles Ramson's first delivery. The youngster opened up as wickets fell the other end and showed a nice aray of shots in an excellent innings.

Ten runs short of his century another Cater stumping off Gear saw Smith removed before Arnull returned to remove the tail thanks to an easy chance for Matthew Thatcher and a skier which Leigh Tomlinson made look easier than it was to accept.

With Town in positive mood at tea the situation soon changed as they lost three wickets for just twelve runs. A position from which they never recovered.

James Tomlinson batted very well and showed a sharpness between the wickets which gave Town a lifeline.

Sadly wickets fell the other end, including two run outs, as Tomlinson (44) was stumped trying to increase the tempo of the innings.

Valambhia clubbed seventeen from just ten balls before being bowled to leave Town feeling it was a game they had lost rather than Dinton had won.

Ripley's three for 20 and Bowler's three for 39 had done the early damage to help give their side a 62-run win and the double over the Bourton Road club.

Innings of Dinton

P.Atkins                   ct Cater b Ell                    8
J.Purcell                  run out                           0
A.Smith                    st Cater b Gear                  90
P.Scott                    b Ell                             0
N.Spicer                   ct Cater b Gear                  34
D.Risden                   b Valambhia                      12
R.Scott                    run out                          19
P.Gregory                  st Cater b Gear                   5
K.Ripley                   ct Thatcher b Arnull              2
S.Bowler                   ct L.Tomlinson b Arnull           3
R.Browne                   not out                           3
Extras    22
Total 198 all out

M.Arnull 15-5-40-2
J.Ell 10-1-45-2
C.Ramson 10-1-38-0
J.Gear 11.2-1-52-3
V.Valambhia 3-1-19-1

Innings of Buckingham

M.Thatcher                b Bowler                        1
D.Harris                  b Bowler                       10
R.Large                   c & b Ripley                   12
L.Tomlinson               Lbw b Ripley                    0
J.Tomlinson               st Risden b Spicer             44
J.Cater                   ct Risden b Spicer             10
J.Gear                    run out                         9
M.Arnull                  run out                        13
C.Ramson                  ct Risden b Bowler              9
V.Valambhia               b Ripley                       17
J.Ell                     not out                         1
Extras 10
Total 136 all out

S.Bowler 11-3-39-3
K.Ripley 11-1-20-3
N.Spicer 10-1-46-2
R.Browne 10-1-25-0

Horspath vs Buckingham Town 2nd XI

Electing to bat first, Town openers Taylor(87) and Talsania(28) got off to their customary solid start adding 83 for the first wicket although Cummings and Eason bowled accurately and forced the run rate down. Graham Judd and Ed Jones(17) attempted to put some urgency into the innings but were quickly lost due to an excellent catch and an unfortunate run out. Nick Board(65) then joined Taylor an added 108 for the fifth wicket in sixteen overs before Taylor was run out. Board was caught in the last over having hit seven fours in his 57 ball innings and Town's total having reached a challenging 238 for 7.

Taking the old ball, Town opened the bowling with Dom Pritchard and Graham Judd on what was now a very flat pitch.Pritchard (3-86) shook Horspath removing Decairies, caught by brother Robin, Plested and A Eason. However, the in form Rob Eason (68 no) and Cawston (60 no) demonstrated the depth in batting Horspath have and they coasted to victory for the loss of three wickets.

Innings of Buckingham Town

Taylor      run out                  87
Talsania    c  Heritage  b  Skelton  28
Judd        run out                   4
Jones       c&b  Skelton             17
Board       c  Cook  b  Eason        65
Merrill     run out                   5
Thompson    b  Eason                  0
Pritchard   not out                   0
Talsania K  not out                   1
Extras  31
Total 238-7

Cummings   9-4-19-0
Eason      14-2-64-2
Cook       11-2-46-0
Skelton    9-0-56-2
Heritage   7-0-44-0

Innings of Horspath

Decaires    c  Pritchard R  b  Pritchard    49
Plested     b  Pritchard                     4
R Eason     not out                         68
A Eason     b  Pritchard                    11
A Cawston   not out                         60
Extras  48
Total  240 - 3

Pritchard  21-3-86-3
Judd       9-2-41-0
Talsania K 6-1-41-0
Spragg     4-0-32-0;
Talsania S 3-0-18-0;

Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Long Marston

Buckingham batting first did well to make 217-9 thanks to Tim Archdeacon(91) who survived a couple of chances to score valuable runs. A.Peshavaria(27) and Tom Murray (22) scored useful runs.

After good start Long Marston struggled and held on at 176-8.

Young Andy Norman making his debut impressed with 3-31 from 16 overs whilst A. Peshavaria 4-61 and Lawrence DeSilva both bowled well.

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

T.Archdeacon            run     out     91
T. Murray               b Vessey        22
T. Jones                b Vessey         4
J. Coxhill              b N.Horn         6
D. Direkze              b Griffiths      9
R. Hutt              lbw  Horn Jnr       4
A. Norman               b Horn Jnr       6
A. Peshavaria           run     out     27
N. Pritchard  c Griffiths  b Horn Jnr    0
K. Rowlinson            not     out     14
                        Extras          35
                        Total          217-9

S.Vessey        12-2-31-2
N. Horn         17-4-69-1
J. Roberts      1-0-8-0
M. Griffiths    6-0-47-1
Horn Jnr        10-0-56-3

Innings of Long Marston 2nds

P. Goss                 b Rowlinson     19
J. Roberts              b Norman        35
G. Graveson   c Murray  b Peshavaria    21
J. Tymms      c Direkze b Peshavaria    15
K. Winfield   c Peshavaria b Norman      6
S. Vessey               b Peshavaria     6
N. Horn                 not     out     27
Horn Jnr                b Peshavaria     0
C. Chapman              b Norman         0
M. Griffiths    not     out              0
                        Extras          47
                        Total          176-8

L. DeSilva      7-1-34-0
K. Rowlinson    6-0-43-1
A. Peshavaria   15-1-61-4
A. Norman       16-4-31-3
D. Direkze      2-0-6-0

RESULT: Match drawn

Buckingham Town 3rds 17pts
Long Marston 2nds 16 pts.