Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 10th 2008Farnham Royal vs Buckingham TownAndrew Holland writes:Town Lose First League GameOn their first return to Home Counties League since 2002 there were positive feelings within the Buckingham camp. Their opponents were back in Division 2 following relegation in 2007. Farnham won the toss and elected to bowl first. Things started badly as Leigh Tomlinson fell early for 5. Dan Harris came in and found the boundary though and skipper Rob Large twice pulled overseas bowler Krishmar Santokie for 6. From 11 overs the score was 60-1 when Harris was caught behind for 13. Unfortunately the wicket triggered a collapse as the next 4 batsmen all failed to reach double figures with only Rob Large showing any form. At lunch the score stood at 121-6 with Large not out 67.After lunch Rob Large finally found a batting partner in Greg Pearson as they set about batting through the remaining 30 overs of the innings. Although the rate was slow runs kept coming with Large bringing up his century from 130 balls. Between them Large and Pearson added 119 for the seventh wicket bringing the score to 240-6 from 54 overs. Pearson reached 50 from 94 balls before Large fell for 130 (156 balls), and Pearson went 3 overs later. The final 2 wickets adding only 3 runs to finish the innings 251 all out from 58.5 overs, leaving Farnham 252 to win in 51 overs, Santokie finishing with 6 wickets. In reply Dewayne Bowden took 2 early wickets as the score moved to 33-2 from 7 overs. Opener Dan Simpson looked set for a big score though as he picked off the runs around the field and formed a 50 run partnership for the 3rd wicket before Khan was caught at slip off Pearson in the penultimate over before tea. At tea the score was 83-3 from 17 overs and evenly poised for a good final session. After tea Buckingham failed to press home any advantage they had as Simpson moved to 50 from and captain Ollie Clayson scored fluently. James Gear did manage to remove Simpson for 72 but new batsman Santokie took the attack to the bowlers. Despite being dropped twice he went for his shots and hit 53 from 43 balls with 2 fours and 5 sixes. Gear had Santokie caught late on but Clayson (57 not out) saw the home side through to a 5 wicket victory with 20 balls to spare.
Innings of BuckinghamLarge* st Sanford b Naseri 130 L. Tomlinson b Amin 5 Harris c Sanford b Boparai 13 Bowden c Boparai b Naseri 7 Cater+ c Clayson b Santokie 5 Parker lbw b Santokie 2 J. Tomlinson b Santokie 0 Pearson b Santokie 50 Gear b Santokie 9 Churms c Pulsford b Santokie 0 Ell Not Out 1 Extras (4b, 9lb, 9w, 7nb) 29 58.5 overs Total 251 all outBowling figures Santokie 22.5-4-83-6 Amin 7-1-20-1 Boparai 5-0-36-1 Naseri 16-0-59-2 Khan 8-1-40-0Fall of wickets 22-1 (L. Tomlinson) 60-2 (Harris) 87-3 (Bowden) 106-4 (Cater) 113-5 (Parker) 121-6 (J. Tomlinson) 240-7 (Large) 248-8 (Pearson) 248-9 (Churms) 251-10 (Gear) Innings of Farnham RoyalSyddall lbw b Bowden 0 Simpson c L. Tom'son b Gear 72 Naseri c Cater b Bowden 12 Khan c Large b Pearson 13 Clayson* Not Out 57 Santokie c Ell b Gear 53 Sanford+ Not Out 4 Extras (11b, 3lb, 13w, 15nb) 42 47.4 overs Total 253-5Bowling figures Bowden 12-2-40-2 Churms 5-0-46-0 Pearson 7-1-42-1 Ell 7-0-37-0 Gear 11.4-0-61-2 Harris 5-1-13-0Fall of wickets 16-1 (Syddall) 33-2 (Naseri) 83-3 (Khan) 156-4 (Simpson) 234-5 (Santokie)Farnham Royal won by 5 wickets
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Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Oxford Downs 2nd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds had a fine 77 run victory over Oxford Downs 2nds after a fine performance from Ben Stafford who scored 58 n.o and took 6-57. Downs put Town into bat and after losing a couple of early wickets G. Judd(40) and R.Pritchard(38) both batting well improved matters. At 136-5 Town still needed to improve and thats when Ben Stafford came in a crashed the ball round the ground for his 58n.o. He received good support from R. Thompson(19),Chris Coates(19n.o.) and D. Pritchard(12) as a very respectable total of 231-8 was reached. For Downs Steve Roberts bowled well for 5-103 although quite alot of catches went down which didn't help Downs much. Oxford Downs made a steady start and at 103-3 the match seemed destined for a draw but suddenly Town saw wickets steadily fall as Ben Stafford took 6-57 as Town won the match by 76 runs with a good all round team performance. A superb run out by Andy Thatcher dismissed the dangerous S. Roberts.
Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
M. Thatcher c b Roberts 14
A. Thatcher b Roberts 7
G. Judd c b Hunt 40
R. Pritchard lbw Hunt 38
R. Thompson c b Roberts 19
B. Stafford not out 58
R. Pengelly c b Wilson 1
D. Pritchard c b Roberts 12
J. Whitehead c b Roberts 7
C. Coates not out 19
Extras 17
Total 231-8
Bowling figures
T. Hook 7-1-29-0 S. Roberts 25-6-103-5 Lee 11-2-60-0 Hunt 6-0-13-2 Wilson 3-0-18-1 Innings of Oxford Downs 2nds
S. Roberts run out 29
Daniel c&b D.Pritchard 43
J. Florey c Coates b Stafford 15
C. Hunt c R.Pritchard b Stafford 13
M. Watts b Stafford 30
B. Peaston b Stafford 1
M. Lee c&b M.Thatcher 5
T. Hook lbw Coates 1
B. Carol b Stafford 6
W. Watt b Stafford 0
S. Wilson not out 0
Extras 11
Total 154-10
Bowling figures
R. Spragg 8-1-28-0 R. Pengelly 7-1-16-0 D. Pritchard 11-1-34-1 B. Stafford 18-6-57-6 M. Thatcher 4-2-6-1 C. Coates 4-0-5-1Buckingham Town 2nds beat Oxford Downs 2nds by 76 runs. Twyford 2nd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds won their first league match of the season beating newcomers Twyford 2nds by five wickets. On a damp difficult wicket Buckingham put Twyford into bat and apart from T. Cook(23) they struggled early on against excellent bowling from L. D'Silva 4-27 and Paul Sly 5-54. At 53-7 Town were well on top as Twyford struggled to 98 all out. Nev Pritchard did well behind the stumps. Sam Deal batted well for his 18. Young steve brunning put in a tidy bowling spell. Town in reply lost a quick wicket but recovered through Nigel Norman 37n.o. and he received good support from J. Talbot(23) and Stuart Helps (21) as Town achieved victory with five wickets left. For Twyford N. Perna 3-50 and T. King 1-25 bowled well.
Innings of Twyford 2nds
A. Perna lbw L.D'Silva 1
T. Cook c N.Pritchard b Sly 23
D. Wiffin c Wilkinson b Sly 6
K. Cronshaw c Helps b L.D'Silva 1
J. Nix b L.D'Silva 0
N. Perna c Helps b Sly 16
D. Bone c N.Pritchard b Sly 0
S. Deal c A. Norman b Cater 18
K. Batchelor b Sly 12
T. King b L.D'Silva 15
R. Wade not out 0
Extras 6
Total 98-10
Bowling figures
L. D'Silva 11.4-3-27-4 P. Sly 17-3-54-5 S. Brunning 7-1-16-0 C. Cater 1-1-0-1 Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
N. Norman not out 37
D. Direkze b Perna 0
J. Talbot b King 23
C. Cater b Perna 2
I. Wilkinson b Nix 0
S. Helps b Perna 21
S. Brunning not out 4
Extras 12
Total 99-5
Bowling figures
N. Perna 18-4-50-3 T. King 11-4-25-1 J. Nix 6-1-17-1Buckingham Town 3rds beat Twyford 2nds by 5 wickets. |