Buckingham Town Cricket Club - June 18th 2005

Buckingham Town vs MK Park

Town started brightly as Matt Arnull (1 for 56) and Chris Harris (3 for 71) pegged MK Park back to 31 for 3 after 15 overs before Jamie Wade and MK Park Skipper Graham Simpson shared a stand of 183.

In a mirror image of the game twelve months earlier where Town were struggling badly before a large partnership batted the opposition out of the game. This year it was MK Park who turned the game in an incredible twenty over spell.

Wade batted through with an unbeaten 110, while Simpson was castled by Harris for 90 as the pair helped add 193 runs for the final twenty overs.

MK Park posted 280 for 4 from their 50 overs.

In the first over Mohammed had stand-in skipper Bryn Jones caught superbly at slip by Russ Sissing and after that it was only Rob Large who showed any resistance against the visitors attack.

Large batted well and reached a fine half century as wickets continued to fall as Town past the century mark.

After making a superb 69 runs, Large was caught by Wade off of Simpson as Town were finally dismissed for just 147.

Mohammed finished with three for 42 while James Sprittles returned with three for 11.

Innings of MK Park

K.Hollis              b C.Harris                      11
P.Strong              c Cater b Arnull                 6
J.Wade                not out                        110
J.Sprittles           ct Cater b C.Harris              5
G.Simpson             b C.Harris                      90
R.Sissing             not out                         27
Extras                                                31
Total                                                280 for 4 wickets

C.Harris     13.3-2-71-3
M.Arnull     16-2-56-1
J.Ell        3-0-9-0
V.Valambhia  7-0-46-0
D.Pritchard  6-0-36-0
B.Jones      5-0-54-0

Innings of Buckingham Town

B.Jones                ct Sissing b Mohammed        0
D.Harris               b Mohammed                   6
L.Tomlinson            ct Ward b Keeping           14
R.Large                ct Wade b Simpson           69
J.Tomlinson            c & b Sprittles             16
J.Cater                ct Simpson b Sprittles       1
C.Harris               ct Sissing b Simpson         3
D.Pritchard            b Mohammed                  10
J.Ell                  b Sprittles                  6
V.Valambhia            Lbw b Keeping                7
M.Arnull               Not out                      0
Extras                                             15
Total                                             147 all out

Mohammed    13-1-42-3
S.Keeping   10-0-36-2
N.Packard   10-0-31-0
J.Sprittles 7-3-11-3
G.Simpson   8-2-20-2

RESULT: MK Park won by 133 runs

Witney Mills 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XI

Witney batted first and after a good start looked like making a big score but collapsed to 159 all out with Matt Dipple 5-26 and Dilsan Direkze 2-1 doing the damage.

Lee Hayes and Chris Colbourn both also bowled well.

After losing an early wicket Robin Pritchard(20) batted well with Krishen Talsania playing the anchor role with 38.n.o.

Star of the Buckingham batting was Rusell Thompson with a hard hitting 63 n.o.

Innings of Witney Mills 2nds

S. Turnball                     b Hayes         20
J. Sarbutts     c Archdeacon    b Colbourn       0
S. Brain                      c&b Colbourn       4
P. Magnoson                     b Dipple        31
P. Lefort       c Hutt          b Dipple        58
A. Claridge                     b Dipple        12
D. McGing                       b Direkze        4
T. Ayres                        b Dipple         4
S. Doughty                      b Direkze        1
B. Mills        not out                          0
M. Petty                        b Dipple         4
                                Extras          23
                                Total          159-10

K. Talsania     5-1-18-0
C. Colbourn     13-3-58-2
L. Hayes        12-1-54-1
M. Dipple       6.4-0-26-5
D. Direkze      3-2-1-2

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

T. Archdeacon                   b McGing         2
K. Talsania             not out                 38
R. Pritchard                  lbw Mills         20
R. Thompson             not out                 63
                                Extras          37
                                Total          160-2

A. Claridge     7-0-13-0
D. McGing       9-0-46-1
M. Petty        5-0-10-0
B. Mills        5-0-20-1
P. Magnoson     5.2-1-37-0
S. Doughty      3-0-25-0