Buckingham Town Cricket Club - September 1st 2007Dinton vs Buckingham TownAndrew Holland writes:Town win Title!Buckingham inserted Dinton knowing that a win would be enough to seal the Cherwell League Division 1 title, and promotion to the Home Counties. As early as the third over Greg Pearson had a wicket, bowling opener Darren Risden for 4. That was the only success in the first hour though as captain Ashley Smith and Richard Scott set about building a solid partnership. They added 50 against some tidy but not dangerous bowling and at 57-1 the hosts looked set for a big total. Greg Pearson continued his good form though as he had Smith lbw for 13. Scott then ran himself out for 27, before James Gear took 3 lbws to leave Buckingham in control with the score 80-6. Tim Brooker and Mark Ludlow tried to salvage something by adding 31, before the innings slumped from 111-6 to 118 all out. Gear finished with 6-26.In reply, a thought of a short chase and onto the celebratory beer by 5 o'clock faltered as Rob Large was bowled by Scott Bowler for 5. Bowler then removed Dan Harris (2), and Jimad Khan (0) to leave the score 21-3. Jonny Cater hit 7 from 6 balls before he was lbw to Nathan Brooks to give Dinton thoughts of an unlikely win. Leigh and James Tomlinson shut up though and refused to budge as the scoreboard ticked up, but no more wickets fell. James Tomlinson fell for 15 to make the score 100-5, but Leigh Tomlinson stayed to bring up his 50 with a four off the last ball of the match. Town won by 5 wickets, and will be playing Home Counties cricket in 2008. Innings of DintonRisden+ b Pearson 4 A. Smith+ lbw b Pearson 13 Scott run out (Stafford) 27 S. Smith lbw b Gear 8 Spicer lbw b Gear 6 Brooker run out (Khan) 9 Brooks lbw b Gear 0 Ludlow st Cater b Gear 20 Browne not out 2 Bowler lbw b Gear 0 Ripley b Gear 5 Extras (1b, 4lb,14w, 5nb) 24 40.2 overs Total 118 all outBowling figures Pearson 12-2-34-2 D'Silva 7-2-27-0 Stafford 11-3-26-0 Gear 10.2-2-26-6Fall of wickets 7-1 (Risden) 57-2 (A. Smith) 68-3 (Scott) 69-4 (S. Smith) 80-5 (Spicer) 80-6 (Brooks) 111-7 (Brooker) 112-8 (Ludlow) 112-9 (Bowler) 118-10 (Ripley) Innings of BuckinghamLarge* b Bowler 5 L. Tomlinson not out 53 D. Harris c A. Smith b Bowler 2 Khan lbw b Bowler 0 Cater+ lbw b Brooks 7 J. Tomlinson lbw b Brooker 15 Pearson not out 14 Extras (5b, 2lb, 17w, 1nb) 25 30.1 overs Total 121-5Bowling figures Brooks 6-1-25-1 Bowler 7-1-35-3 Scott 5-2-12-0 Spicer 7.1-2-22-0 Brooker 5-0-20-1Fall of wickets 6-1 (Large) 21-2 (D. Harris) 21-3 (Khan) 41-4 (Cater) 100-5 (J. Tomlinson)Buckingham win by 5 wickets Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Challow 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds beat Challow & Childrey 2nds easily by eight wickets to grab 30 valuable points in their relegation battle. Town put the opposition into bat and apart from Challow's openers they struggled scoring runs and were dismissed for a meagre 137 with only 10 men. Pick of the Town's bowling was Dom Pritchard with 6-41 in a fine spell from 12.5 overs. Skipper Judd chipped in with 2-35 from his 15 overs and there was one run out. In reply Town lost a quick wicket but Mike Taylor returning to form with 61 n.o. and Andy Thatcher(30) saw 30 valuable points gained comfortably as Buckingham won by eight wickets with keeper Robin Pritchard 27 n.o. at the close. Innings of Challow & Childrey 2nds
B. Vanstone c Rashid b Judd 40
R. Podbery lbw Judd 32
S. Pritchard LBW D. Pritchard 3
N. Hume c R.Pritchard b D. Pritchard 0
J. Penrose b D. Pritchard 24
T. Lane st R.Pritchard b D. Pritchard 17
P. Cox run out 10
D. Wooloff not out 0
R. Duplessis b D. Pritchard 0
T. Pill b D. Pritchard 0
Extras 137-9(all out)
Bowling figures
A. Rashid 8-0-32-0 R. Pengelly 10-1-28-0 G. Judd 15-4-35-2 D. Pritchard 12.5-1-41-6 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Taylor not out 61
D. Direkze c Podbery b Duplessis 8
A. Thatcher c&b Pill 30
R. Pritchard not out 27
Extras 15
Total 141-2
Bowling figures
R. Duplesses 11-1-25-1 D. Wooloff 6.2-0-40-0 P. Cox 4-0-29-0 T. Pill 4-0-22-1 T. Lane 4-0-18-0Buckinghamn Town 2nds(30pts) beat Challow & Childrey 2nds(7pts) by eight wickets. Cumnor 3rd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds lost by six wickets to 2nd in the table Cumnor 3rds. Town with the youngest squad in divison 7 now face the prospect of relegation but Town's youngsters have performed well all season and are improving with experience. Skipper Helps won the toss and batted on a difficult wicket and Town generally struggled. Nigel Norman opening played the anchor role and batted throughout for his 47 n.o. Skipper Helps was unlucky to be caught off the glove and the only other player to reach double figures was Bob Hutt(25) who looked in good form as they were bowled out for a meagre 118. In reply Cumnor lost two early wickets but recovered thanks to J.Metcalf(54) and they ran out comfortable winners. Chris Colbourn for Town took 2-34 and Stuart Helps and Andy Norman had one apiece. Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
N. Norman not out 47
A. Freeman c Shepheard b Lee 5
C. Cater b Bowerman 1
S. Helps c Ward b Metcalf 9
I. Wilkinson c Ricks b Lee 7
J. Whitehead run out 0
R. Hutt c Metcalf b Howarth 25
R. Laird b Ricks 2
S. Brunning b Howarth 2
A. Norman b Howarth 0
C. Colbourn lbw Howarth 0
Extras 20
Total 118-10
Bowling figures
J. Bowerman 7-1-13-1 A. Lee 14-2-39-2 J. Metcalf 4-1-8-1 C. Ricks 11-1-40-1 S. Howarth 7.5-1-17-4 Innings of Cumnor 3rds
C. Ricks b Colbourn 0
J. Metcalf b Colbourn 54
G. Glew lbw Helps 8
I. West c Whitehead b A. Norman 3
J. Ward not out 29
M. Shepheard not out 14
Extras 12
Total 120-4
Bowling figures
C. Colbourn 6.5-0-34-2 S. Helps 10-4-22-1 A. Norman 4-0-28-1 R. Laird 3-1-16-0 S. Brunning 3-0-17-0Cumnor 3rds(30pts) beat Buckingham Town 2nds(8pts) by six wickets. |