Buckingham Town Cricket Club - September 18th 2005

Buckingham Town vs Old Northamptonians - F.G.Watts Final

Batting first, Old Northamptonians lost their top order early on thanks to a three wicket burst from seamer Chris Harris after a good opening spell by promising youngster Lawrence DeSilva.

Peter Heady and Dom Pritchard also bowled well before the introduction of Vish Valambhia, three for 25 from six overs, pegged back Old Northamptonians before they closed on 173 for 9 in their 40 overs.

Dixon and Hamill top scored with 30 runs each.

Town got off to a poor start from which they never recovered, despite the best efforts of James Tomlinson (48), who held the innings together.

Dom Pritchard (19) was the only other play to make double figures as Town were dismissed for 119 all out.

Morley-Bunker was the pick of the bowling as he returned with figures of four for 24 in nine overs, while Dixon completed a fine all round display with three for 8.

Innings of ONs

G.Arblaster         c Thompsn b Desilva             8
G.Dixon             b C.Harris                     30
D.Clarke            c Heady b C.Harris             12
M.Cory              b C.Harris                      0
T.Hamill            c Heady b Valambhia            30
S.Gaunt             Lbw b D.Pritchard              22
A.Morley-Bunker     b Valambhia                    16
M.Silver            c J.Tomlinson b Valambhia      10
R.Mclean            c C.Harris b J.Tomlinson        6
B.Fagin             not out                         0
J.Mellor            not out                        10
Extras 29
Total 173 for 9

L.DeSilva    6-1-25-1
P.Heady      9-1-38-0
C.Harris     9-1-34-3
D.Pritchard  9-1-35-1
V.Valambhia  6-0-25-3
J.Tomlinson  1-0-6-1

Innings of Buckingham Town

A.Thatcher         c Mellor b McLean            0
L.Tomlinson        c Clarke b Morley-Bunker     0
J.Tomlinson        b Dixon                     48
Shiv Talsania      b Mclean                     2
P.Heady            b Morley-Bunker              9
R.Thompson         b Morley-Bunker              2
V.Valambhia        c Cory b Morley-Bunker       0
D.Pritchard        c Dixon b Fagin             19
C.Harris           b Dixon                      2
N.Pritchard        b Dixon                      7
L.Desilva          not out                      4
Extras 26
Total 119 all out

A.Morley-Bunker 9-1-24-4
R.Mclean        7-1-32-2
M.Silver        6-0-27-0
B.Fagin         5-0-21-1
G.Dixon         3.4-0-8-3

Stony Stratford 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 2nd XI

Stony batted first and always struggled against Towns young bowlers Andy Norman, Dilsan Direkze and Adam Bone who all bowled well as did Brijesh Valambhia.

Stony could only make 111-9 from their 40 overs. Buckingham won easily thanks to skipper Bob Hutt(45) who was in good form.

Innings of Stony Stratford 2nds

Pickles                 lbw Norman       8
J. Aylott               b Bone          10
G. Carter               b Norman        18
M. Chaplin            c&b Bone           8
A. Miller       run     out             18
B. Wisensinge           b Valambhia      4
S. Wisensinge   st Arnold b Direkze     24
R. Wells                b Valambhia      0
J. Chaplin      run     out              2
G. Barthlomew   not     out              1
                        Extras          13
                        Total          111-9

A. Norman       8-1-18-2
D. Direkze      8-1-17-1
B. Valambhia    8-1-10-2
A. Bone         8-3-16-2
C. Horsler      8-0-42-0

Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds

R.Hutt       c Miller   b B.Wisensinge    45
A. Freeman  st Miller   b Barthlomew       6
M. Foster               b S. Wisensinge   18
K. DeSilva      retired                    7
T. Archdeacon           run     out       10
P. Arnold               not     out        9
D. Direkze              not     out        1
                        Extras            16
                        Total            112-4

J. Chaplin      4-0-11-0
G. Barthlomew   5-1-13-1
G. Carter       7-1-29-0
S. Wisensinge   6-3-11-1
J. Pickles      6.3-0-23-0
B. Wisensinge   6-2-11-1