Buckingham Town Cricket Club - July 24th 2008

Skipper Hutt won the toss on a hot day and chose to bat first.

Stuart Parker returned to form with 63 runs and fellow opener Lee Tomlinson made 33. Useful runs came from K. Patel 24n.o. and Adrian Johnson 16. Chris Coates was in fine form at the close with a hard hitting 42n.o. to see Town to 189-4 from 42 overs.

Chase in reply saw John Watson(49) and Nick Reynolds(29) in good form and with Mark Parrott(33) Chase almost won the match but closed on 186-8 just 4 runs from victory.

Graham Sear 26 not out along with Roger Rolls(11), and Jason Ell(11) just failed in an exciting finish. Chase had 36 overs to reach their target. For Town Matt Dipple 2-18 dismissed both openers and Chris Coates completed a fine match with 2-42. Lawrence D'Silva, Kirtley Patel and young Frank Johnson had one wicket apiece.

Innings of Buckingham Midweek XI

S. Parker       c Reynolds      b Gurney        63
L. Tomlinson                    b Connell       33
R. Pritchard                    b Connell        2
A. Johnson      c Reynolds      b Beck          16
K. Patel                not     out             24
C. Coates               not     out             42
                                Extras           8
                                Total          189-4

D. Connell      12-1-48-2
G. Sear         14-0-60-0
S. Beck         9-2-41-1
A. Gurney       6-2-31-1

Innings of Chase Farmers

R. Reynolds                     b Dipple        29
R. Goodman                      b Dipple         4
J. Watson                       b L.D'Silva     49
S. Beck         c Dipple        b Patel          0
M. Parrott                      b Coates        33
R. Rolls        c Hutt          b F. Johnson    14
G. Sear                 not     out             26
J. Ell                  run     out             11
D. Connell      st R.Pritchard  b Coates         0
                                Extras          15
                                Total          186-8

L. D'Silva      8-2-28-1
M. Dipple       6-1-18-2
K. Patel        6-0-27-1
T. Barrett      7-1-40-0
C. Coates       7-0-42-2
F. Johnson      3-0-22-1