Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 30th 2005

Buckingham Town vs Wolverton

F.G.Watts League

Buckingham Town suffered an eight-wicket defeat at home against Wolverton in the F.G.Watts League on Bank Holiday Monday afternoon.

Town managed to post just 117 with Vish Valambhia (27) and James Tomlinson (23) top scoring.

Lawrence DeSilva was the only bowler to take a wicket, the other dismissal was a run out as Wolverton romped home in just 19 overs.

Innings of Buckingham Town

S.Talsania            b H.Khan                    19
A.Thatcher            c Hammersley b Rehman        4
J.Tomlinson           c Pichowski b Raja          23
M.Arnull              st Hammersley b Khan         7
B.Stafford            run out                      5
L.Tomlinson           c Hammersley b Raja          2
V.Valambhia           c Hammersley b Rehman       27
D.Pritchard           b H.Khan                     0
R.Pritchard           c Valjee b J.Raja           11
L.Desilva             b Pichowski                  2
K.Desilva             not out                      0
Extras                                            17
Total                                            117 all out

A.Mahmood   8-0-18-0
A.Rehman    8-2-21-2
H.Khan      9-1-30-3
A.Raja      7-1-18-2
J.Raja      4-0-13-1
S.Pichowski 1.2-0-10-1

Innings of Wolverton

U.Valjee                b DeSilva           27
A.Watkins               run out             42
I.Chapman               not out             27
S.Pichowski             not out             13
Extras                                      10
Total                                      119 for 2 in 19 overs

M.Arnull      6-2-24-0
V.Valambhia   4-0-24-0
D.Pritchard   4-0-25-0
L.Desilva     3-0-21-1
J.Tomlinson   1-0-7-0
S.Talsania    1-0-11-0

Result: Wolverton won by eight wickets

Horley U15 vs Buckingham Town U15 (South Northants League)

Buckingham Town won a good contest by 25 runs in their South Northants U15 league match at Horley, after the hosts were up with the run rate for most of their innings.

Put in to bat, Town's top order provided their habitual solid platform, reaching 79 for 2 after 10 overs thanks to Nick Wilkes's partnerships with Jamie Hirst (13) and Stuart Powell (12). After Wilkes retired on 50 in the 14th over, Harsh Jethra (17 not out) and Josh Goodey (11 not out) pushed the score along to 141 for 4.

In reply, Horley were well on track at 81 for 2 after 12 overs but were then slowed down by lost wickets and finished on 116 for 7. Town fielded tidily and took all their chances. Stand-in keeper Dilshan Direkze had an excellent game with two smart run-outs and a stumping, Jethra took a catch and a run-out and Andy Norman a running catch. Jonny Neeves was the pick of the bowlers with 2 wickets for 13 from 5 overs, while Danny Hobden also took two and Goodey one.

For the hosts, S Pearce and J Nunnelly played particularly well, each scoring 36 and taking wickets, with Pearce's figures 3-23 off 5.