Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 8th 2005

Southgate vs Buckingham Town

ECB Cockspur Cup

Buckingham Town put up a brave fight on Sunday in their inaugural Cockspur Cup game at Middlesex Premier League side Southgate but went down to a six-wicket defeat.

Batting first, home grown products Dan Harris and Jonny Cater batted very well against a side two leagues above their Cherwell League status.

In the absence of the injured Bryn Jones, the pair shared a superb 129-run opening partnership with Harris reaching a 68-ball half century in 86 minutes while Cater supported well with a valuable knock.

Harris was stumped for an attacking 75 from 86 balls, but sadly Town failed to build from the platform set and then proceeded to lose six wickets for just 26 runs. Cater was amongst those dismissed as he was run out for an excellent 45 runs from 95 balls.

Skipper James Gear (15) reached double figures before Jason Ell chipped in at the end with an unbeaten 17 to help steer Town through to 188 for 7 in 45 overs.

Opening bowler Vish Valambhia bowled brightly and was much improved on the previous day's efforts as he removed openers Stevens and Tohill. His nine overs saw him return with figures of two for 32.

Skipper Jamie Jounning (68) and Hartman (50) then shared a stand of 97 runs but were aided by two dropped catches which proved to be vital before Matt Arnull and Gear castled both players.

Robinson and Dean saw Southgate home although it was a very creditable performance by Town's young side.

Innings of Buckingham

D.Harris            st Singleton b Siddiqui            75
J.Cater             run out                            45
R.Large             ct & b Dean                         1
A.Thatcher          run out                             3
S.Talsania          ct Mir b Tohill                     8
J.Gear              b Mir                              15
M.Arnull            run out                             1
J.Ell               not out                            17
C.Harris            not out                             9
Extras                                                 14
Total                                                 188 for 7 from 45 overs

Mir        9-1-27-1
Stevens    5-1-13-0
Johnson    9-1-37-0
T.Siddiqui 9-2-47-1
Dean       9-0-42-1
Tohill     4-0-13-1

Innings of Southgate

M.Stevens              ct Gear b Valambhia          14
N.Tohill               ct Thatcher b Valambhia      30
J.Jounning             b Arnull                     68
B.Hartman              b Gear                       50
P.Robinson             not out                       6
W.Dean                 not out                       6
Extras                                              15
Total                                              189 for 4 from 39.5 overs

C.Harris     9-2-40-0
V.Valambhia  9-3-32-2
M.Arnull     6-1-22-1
J.Ell        4-0-33-0
D.Pritchard  5-0-26-0
J.Gear       6-0-28-1
D.Harris     0.5-0-1-0

Rushden vs Buckingham Town 2nd XI

F.G. Watts & Partners Sunday League

Batting first Buckingham scored a useful 222-4 from their 38 overs. Lee Tomlinson was in fine form with 97 and J.Merrill(33), T.Archdeacon(21) and K.DeSilva 16n.o. supported him.

In reply Rushden's two "pro" players savaged the Buckingham bowling reaching their target in only 19.2 overs.

12 year old Tom Hill was happy to take the only wicket and 12 year old adam bone and Chris Horsler also bowled well.

Innings of Buckingham Town

T. Archdeacon       c b Javed           21
L.Tomlinson         b Sohail            97
J. Tomlinson        c b Rawlins         10
J. Merrill          b Firm              33
K. DeSilva          not out             16
T. Murray           not out              1
                        Extras          44
                        Total          222-4

Innings of Rushden

Sohail          not out                  78
A. Javed        c L.Tomlinson b T.Hill  126
A.Denton        not out                   0
                        Extras           14
                        Total           223-1

K.Desilva       3-0-33-0
L.Tomlinson     5-0-52-0
J.Tomlinson     4-0-67-0
C.Horsler       3-0-25-0
T.Hill          1.2-0-19-1
A. Bone         3-0-21-0

RESULT: Rushden won by 9 wkts