Buckingham Town Cricket Club - September 3rd 2005

Kidlington v Buckingham Town

Town had good fortune as they were inserted after losing the toss, while Bourton Vale won the toss and were forced to gamble as they invited MK Park to bat.

Leigh Tomlinson stepped up to fill the opening berth and proceeded to anchor the innings as Hussain took three early wickets.

Graham Judd (16) and James Gear (24) both batted well as Tomlinson reached a fine half century.

Town slowly accumulated batting points before Tomlinson (61) was stumped as Town looked to accelerate with just seven overs remaining.

Jonny Cater (11) and Bryn Jones (23) scored good late order runs before Town finished on 179 for 9 and seven batting points.

Town, who had spies at Campbell Park, knew Milton Keynes had posted an impressive total of 244 for 8. This meant that if Town did not win then Bourton Vale had to get a victory, or gain a highly unlikely tie, to relegate the Bourton Road club.

In reply, Kidlington started brightly before Jason Ell chipped in with a brace of wickets and Gear removed opener Nawaz Ali (64) as Kidlington lost three wickets for just ten runs.

Meanwhile at Campbell Park, the Bourton Vale openers had shared a century stand and looked set, which was dangerous news for Town.

Gear had former Town player Matt Arnull (4) caught behind, while Jones had Kitson caught by Ell as Kidlington were reduced to 166 for 7 needing 14 runs to win.

Bourton Vale lost three quick wickets before they started a mid order revival.

Kidlington's pair of Rana (20 not out) and Hussain (11 not out) saw their side home to a three wicket success and leave Town waiting on the news from Campbell Park.

Bourton Vale lost wickets at regular intervals before their last man was run out, 23 runs short of MK Park's total, to see celebrations start in Kidlington as Town had finished eleven points clear of their closest rivals.

Innings of Buckingham Town

E.Jones              c S.Ali b Hussain        5
L.Tomlinson          st Rana b Strong        61
J.Tomlinson          Lbw b Hussain            0
R.Large              c Prabhu b Hussain      12
G.Judd               c & b s.Ali             16
J.Gear               c N.Ali b Strong        24
J.Cater              st Rana b Strong        11
B.Jones              st Rana b Strong        23
J.Ell                c Strong b Hussain       6
C.Harris             not out                  5
K.Talsania           not out                  1
Extras 15
Total 179 for 9 wickets in 50 overs

M.Richards   8-2-27-0
S.Hussain    14-3-35-4
M.Strong     17-1-62-4
S.Ali        2-0-12-1
M.Arnull     9-0-39-0

Innings of Kidlington

N.Ali            Lbw b Gear                64
L.James          c Cater b K.Talsania      19
S.Ali            c J.Tomlinson b Ell       29
M.Richards       c K.Talsania b Ell        21
S.Prabhu         run out                    2
S.Rana           not out                   20
M.Arnull         c Cater b Gear             4
J.Kitson         c Ell b B.Jones            5
S.Hussain        not out                   11
Extras 8
Total 183 for 7 wickets in 42.3 overs

J.Ell      8-0-55-2
J.Gear     14-1-43-2
K.Talsania 6-1-28-1
C.Harris   10-1-39-0
B.Jones    4.3-0-18-1

Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Didcot

Batting first, Town lost opener Talsania early on but Mike Taylor(43) had excellent support from Rob Pritchard (69) who held the innings together with some crisp strokeplay. A partnership of sixty runs with his brother Dom Pritchard (37) and useful contributions from Nick Wilkes(11) and Richard Pengelly(14) took Town to 229-7 at tea, a useful but gettable total.

Didcot relied on opener Jones(81) to provide the basis for their reply and he was kept subdued by Town opening bowlers Valambhia, who bowled eleven overs for twenty seven runs and Pritchard who bowled sixteeen overs for fifty six runs.

However, useful contributions from Ireson(22) and Perera(20) looked to be keeping Didcot on target at the half way stage although the introduction of Ryan Spragg(2-51) and Pengelly(2-19) brought the initiative back to Town. Backed up by some good ground fielding the chances of quick runs were restricted and the visitors finished on 197-6 to share the points.

Nick Board commented "We have played some really good cricket this year, although frequent first team calls has made it difficult to produce consistent performances throughout the season and achieve the number of wins needed for promotion"

Leighton Buzzard 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XI

Buckingham won the toss and batted and after losing two early wickets Matt Dipple(28) and John Pengelly(38) batted well to see Buckingham into a good position but they then lost wickets and only Stuart Helps(41) and Nev Pritchard(18) offered any resistance as they closed on a respectable 207-10.

Leighton at 83-4 were in trouble but skipper Jackson 68n.o. and Wakefield 40n.o. resued them as Buckingham sought the one wicket to guarantee their division 7 survival.

Buckingham 3rds now have to wait and see how many sides are relegated.

Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds

J. Hirst        c Wakefield     b Jackson        8
T. Archdeacon   c Raine         b Jackson       10
J. Pengelly     c               b Jackson       38
M. Dipple       c China         b Wakefield     28
D. Direkze                    c&b Wakefield      4
S. Helps        c Evans         b Roberts       41
R. Hutt         c China         b Jackson        3
T. Jones        c Raine         b Roberts        0
N. Pritchard                    b Jackson       18
L. DeSilva              not     out              8
A. Norman       c Roberts       b Jackson        3
                                Extras          45
                                Total          207-10

P. Jackson      20-2-75-6
C. Thompson     7-0-23-0
G. Benjer       2-0-10-0
T. Evans        3-0-15-0
C. Wakefield    7-1-31-2
D. Roberts      7-1-35-2

Innings of Leighton Buzzard 2nds

D. Roberts      c Pengelly      b Norman        21
R. Raine        c Dipple        b Norman        28
T. Evans                        b Helps          3
C. Wakefield            not     out             40
C. Thompson                  c&b Helps           7
P. Jackson              not     out             68
                                Extras          45
                                Total          212-4

S. Helps        16.3-3-68-2
A. Norman       14-0-56-2
L. DeSilva      7-2-24-0
M. Dipple       4-0-35-0
J. Hirst        1-0-14-0