Buckingham Town Cricket Club - September 8th 2007Buckingham Town vs Oxford DownsAndrew Holland writes:Town finish with nail biting win!A rather relaxed attitude preceded the final game of the 2007 Cherwell League. Having claimed the title and promotion the previous week, there was none of the usual warming up before game, but when Rob Large won the toss he put in Oxford Downs. Buckingham never really showed their true commitment though as the atmosphere was flat and the fielding poor. Two wickets did fall to Greg Pearson though as the first hour consisted of boundaries or wickets. At 62-2 though Buckingham finished their celebrating. Wes Bartlett and Richard West set about building a quick base. Bartlett took 68 balls for his 50 as the partnership passed 100 catches went down, 8 at the last count. Bartlett then reached his 100 before Jimad Khan had him lbw for 102 (119 balls). At 210-3 with 9 overs left though, 300 was on the card. Khan and Pearson finally found some control though as wickets began to tumble. West made 76 and Ellwood a quick 29 from 26 balls before the innings closed on 265-7. Pearson 4-64 and Khan 3-50.It seemed that Buckingham were keen to keep up with the rate. Leigh Tomlinson got off to a quick start before Crouch and Milligan each took a wicket to have the hosts 26-2. Rob Large and Jimad Khan continued the big shots but neither made a big score. Large fell for 24 before Richard West came on and had Khan caught behind for 48 from 35 balls. 109-4 was the situation when Jonny Cater and James Tomlinson started to rebuild the innings. They kept the run rate steady and victory was always on before the part time bowling of Perkin removed Cater for 46. Greg Pearson came to the wicket and again a 50 partnership was built. Edges through the slips were numerous before Tomlinson finally fell to a great catch for 39. 2 balls later Ben Stafford was out and the score was 233-7. James Gear provided enough resistance though to allow Greg Pearson to hit the winning runs in the last over to end 42 not out. Innings of Oxford DownsF. Crouch+ b Pearson 12 Bartlett lbw b Khan 102 Milligan c Cater b Pearson 16 West c L. Tomlinson b Pearson 76 Perkin b Khan 1 Ellwood not out 29 Peaston lbw b Pearson 0 T. Crouch b Khan 0 Khan not out 2 Extras (2b, 7lb,13w, 5nb) 27 50 overs Total 265-7Bowling figures C. Harris 5-0-41-0 Pearson 16-3-64-4 Ell 7-2-20-0 Gear 9-1-50-0 Stafford 5-1-31-0 Khan 8-0-50-3Fall of wickets 25-1 (F. Crouch) 62-2 (Milligan) 210-3 (Bartlett) 220-4 (Perkin) 231-5 (West) 231-6 (Peaston) 237-7 (T. Crouch) Innings of Buckingham TownL. Tomlinson lbw b T. Crouch 16 Khan c F. Crouch b West 48 D. Harris c F. Crouch b Milligan 0 Large* c F. Crouch b Milligan 24 Cater+ c Ellwood b Perkin 46 J. Tomlinson c T. Crouch b Milligan 39 Pearson not out 42 Stafford c F. Crouch b Milligan 4 Gear not out 9 Extras (3b, 7lb, 24w, 4nb) 38 49.1 overs Total 266-7Bowling figures Milligan 16-1-78-4 T. Crouch 7-0-48-1 West 10-1-36-1 Peaston 5-0-28-0 Perkin 4-0-26-1 Bartlett 7.1-0-40-0Fall of wickets 25-1 (L. Tomlinson) 26-2 (D. Harris) 76-3 (Large) 109-4 (Khan) 171-5 (Cater) 229-6 (J. Tomlinson) 233-7 (Stafford)Buckingham win by 3 wickets Oxford Downs 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Town's 2nds went into their last game of the 2007 season with relegation fears and they had a winning draw against Oxford Downs 2nds. With relegated neighbours Brackley beating Didcot, Town were saved from relegation and survive in Div 4. Buckingham batting first made a good start through Mike Taylor(27) and Dilsan Direkze (39). Skipper Judd and Thompson were dismissed cheaply and then solid innings from Robin Pritchard(26), Matt Dipple(20) and Richard Pengelly(22) improved matters as Town posted a useful 191-10 total. In reply Downs never really threatened and closed on 127-9. Opening bowlers Lawrence D'Silva 2-26 and Ryan Spragg 1-26 bowled well in tidy spells and their good work was backed up well with good efforts by Richard Pengelly 5-26 and Paul Sly 1-23. Richard Pengelly's wickets against Downs saw him joint top wicket taker for the 2nds along with the absent Dom Pritchard. Both took 22 wickets this season for the 2nds League side. Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Taylor c Hook b Wilson 27
D. Direkze c Robert b Wilson 39
G. Judd c Daniel b Roberts 9
R. Pritchard lbw Hook 26
R. Thompson lbw Roberts 7
M. Dipple b Hook 20
R. Pengelly not out 22
R. Spragg run out 8
L. D'Silva c b Roberts 7
T. Hill st b Hook 4
P. Sly c b Hook 0
Extras 22
Total 191-10
Bowling figures
Gauntlett 8-0-36-0 S. Roberts 24-6-62-3 T. Hook 9-0-61-4 S. Wilson 10-2-28-2 Innings of Oxford Downs 2nds
S. Roberts b D'Silva 8
P. Daniel lbw Pengelly 23
N. Pearson c Taylor b Spragg 2
S. Akers b Pengelly 10
M. Watts c&b Sly 17
S. Wakefield b Pengelly 22
C. Hunt c R.Pritchard b Pengelly 7
R. Gauntlett ct Sly b Pengelly 0
T. Hook b L. D'Silva 4
S. Wilson not out 2
R. Berryman not out 0
Extras 32
Total 127-9
Bowling figures
L. D'Silva 13-3-26-2 R. Spragg 10-2-26-1 R. Pengelly 15-5-26-5 P. Sly 9-4-23-1 G. Judd 2-0-9-0Buckingham Town 17pts drew with Oxford Downs 2nds Buckingham Town 3rd XI vs Long Marston 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds lost their final league match against Long Marston 2nds by five wickets which saw Marston crowned as Div 7 champions. Town put up a spirited display but face relegation to div 8 in 2008. Buckingham batted first and scored a useful 181 all out. The batting performance of the day for Town came from Skipper Stuart Helps who opened and scored a superb 107. Helps absent for most part of the season through injury was in great form with the bat. John Talbot(14), Bob Hutt(13) and Adrian Freeman(13) chipped in and for Marston Simon Vassey again was a tight bowler with 59 runs from his 18 overs. The absence of all rounder Helps for many games was badly missed by the 3rds as once injured the 3rds slipped from a comfortable mid-table position into the relegation zone and never recovered. Abandoned games(6) because of poor weather didn't help their cause but with a very young side on many occassions the 3rds played with spirit and committment throughout the year. In reply Marston made a good start and with the hard hitting R. Gaymer(83) leading the way they looked like winners early on. After his dismissal Town came back into the game but Marston managed to win dispite Town's effort which couldn't be faulted. Chris Colbourn bowled very well as did skipper Helps and colt Steve Brunning picked a wicket and also took a superb catch in the slips. Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
N. Norman run out 5
S. Helps c b Wells 107
J. Talbot run out 14
I. Wilkinson b Vessey 0
R. Hutt b Horn 13
A. Johnson b Horn 6
A. Freeman st b Wells 13
C. Cater st b Wells 0
A. Norman b Horn 0
S. Brunning st b Wells 5
C. Colbourn not out 6
Extras 12
Total 181-10
Bowling figures
S. Vessey 18-6-59-1 M. Wareham 3-0-23-0 A. Wells 20-2-74-4 J. Horn 5-0-23-3 Innings of Long Marston
J. Roberts c Brunning b Colbourn 15
R. Gaymer b Helps 83
B. Rose C Helps b Brunning 42
B. Evans b Helps 5
G. Graveson b A. Norman 11
R. Adams not out 2
N. Horn not out 10
Extras 14
Total 182-5
Bowling figures
C. Colbourn 17-4-53-1 C. Cater 4-0-22-0 A. Norman 8-0-57-1 S. Helps 8-2-35-2 S. Brunning 2-0-9-1Long Marston 2nds(30pts) beat Buckingham Town 3rds(13pts) by five wickets. |