Buckingham Town Cricket Club - May 24th 2008Finchampstead vs Buckingham TownAndrew Holland writes:Thumping Win Kick Starts Season!Buckingham won the toss on their first visit to Finchampstead and elected to bowl first. There was a change in the new ball partnership with Greg Pearson being restored to the role he played in well throughout last year, and it took him only 3 overs to repay his captain as the Finchampstead opener was caught at square leg for 2. Between them Pearson and Dewayne Bowden bowled a tight 14 over spell which reduced the home side to 29-2 before Leo Churms struck in his first over and Pearson took his second, and the score was 37-4. Sam Cheetham rode his luck with edges beating fielders and his runs coming mainly in boundaries, but the support was thin as Churms claimed 2 more wickets before lunch to end the session with Finchampstead 82-6.After lunch Cheethams luck ran out as he was caught behind off Bowden for 32. Bowden and Churms both took another wicket and the score had limped to 103-9. The final pair showed resistance though, battling away for 16 overs and contributing 37 before Bowden wrapped the innings up in the 59th over for 140. Churms took 4-24 and Bowden 4-34. The reply was a total contrast to the first innings as Rob Large and Leigh Tomlinson got stuck into the bowling and scored at 5 runs an over in comfort. Large especially played his shots with 3 huge sixes. Both batsmen passed 50 and the teams took tea at 121-0 with 20 to win. Unfortunately Large was bowled by spinner Cheetham for 72 (76 balls) after tea before Bowden hit consecutive 4s to give Buckingham their first win of the season. Innings of FinchampsteadLane c J. Tom'son b Pearson 2 Patterson c&b Bowden 9 Jones c Parker b Churms 7 Cheetham c Cater b Bowden 32 Bloyce b Pearson 3 Woodroffe c Cater b Churms 8 Taylor* c J. Tom'son b Churms 2 Harper c Cater b Bowden 23 Cowie c Parker b Bowden 2 Hillman+ c Large b Churms 5 Parson Not Out 19 Extras (2b, 8lb, 8w, 10nb) 28 58.2 overs Total 140 all outBowling figures Bowden 15.2-2-34-4 Pearson 17-6-54-2 Churms 14-7-24-4 Gear 12-5-18-0Fall of wickets 11-1 (Lane) 15-2 (Patterson) 29-3 (Jones) 37-4 (Bloyce) 64-5 (Woodroffe) 73-6 (Taylor) 82-7 (Cheetham) 91-8 (Cowie) 103-9 (Hillman) 140-10 (Harper) Innings of BuckinghamLarge* b Cheetham 72 L. Tomlinson Not Out 57 Bowden Not Out 8 Extras (3b, 1lb, 1w, 1nb) 6 27.5 overs Total 143-1Bowling figures Parson 9-2-34-0 Taylor 2-0-12-0 Harper 5-0-26-0 Bloyce 5-1-23-0 Cowie 1-0-13-0 Jones 3-1-12-0 Cheetham 2.5-0-19-1Fall of wickets 133-1 (Large)Buckingham won by 9 wickets Points: Buckingham - 25 Finchampstead - 2 Buckingham Town 2nd XI vs Princes Risborough 1st XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 2nds drew their league match against Princes Risborough 1sts. Risborough chose to bat and made a useful 232-2 from their 52 overs. Paul Strong 112n.o. and A. Morton 74n.o. were in excellent form as Town's bowlers had little joy. Ben Stafford(1-78) and Richard Pengelly bowled long spells and had good figures until a late run chase spoiled them. In reply Andy Thatcher(32) scored briskly before being caught. Mike Taylor(22) and Graham Judd(32) batted well taking the score up to 93 with the game finely balanced. A. Hitchcock 5-49 then saw wickets fall cheaply with only Russell Thompson(19) looking good. Buckingham closed on 141-8 from their 48 overs with the Buckingham tail holding out for a draw. Innings of Princes Risborough 1sts
Paul Strong not out 112
D. Brooker b L. D'Silva 13
N. Thomas c R.Pritchard b Stafford 13
A. Morton not out 74
Extras 17
Total 232-2
Bowling figures
L. D'Silva 6-1-31-1 R. Spragg 6-2-22-0 B. Stafford 18-2-78-1 R. Pengelly 17-3-73-0 D. Pritchard 5-0-24-0 Innings of Buckingham Town 2nds
A. Thatcher c Griffin b Hitchcock 32
M. Taylor c Strong b Greaves 22
G. Judd b Hitchcock 32
R. Pritchard c Williams b Hitchcock 2
R. Thompson lbw Greaves 19
B. Stafford b Hitchcock 0
R. Pengelly c Thomas b Hitchcock 6
C. Coates not out 5
R. Spragg lbw Green 1
D. Pritchard not out 4
Extras 18
Total 141-8
Bowling figures
P. Green 8-3--26-1 A. Hitchcock 18-4-49-5 S. Greaves 21-5-50-2 D. Brooker 1-0-8-0Match drawn. Princes Risborough 1sts(16pts) Buckingham Town 2nds 5 pts. Aston Rowant 3rd XI vs Buckingham Town 3rd XIBob Hutt writes:Buckingham Town 3rds had a big league win over Aston Rowant 3rds by 130 runs. Town were inserted and made a fine start through openers Stuart helps(71) and Tom Jones(65) who batted very well putting on 154 for the 1st wicket. Anant Peshavaria 38n.o. saw Town to a useful 216-6. Right from the start Rowant struggled against Paul Sly 1-14 from ten overs and Steve Brunning 3-11 who continued his impressive form this season with the ball. Young Robbie Laird 2-15 and newcomer Chris Wigan 4-20 saw Town home to an impressive win. Brunning also took an excellent catch. Innings of Buckingham Town 3rds
T. Jones lbw Grosse 65
S. Helps c Cooper b Grosse 71
C. Wigan st Hutton b Morris 9
C. Cater b Grosse 5
A. Peshavaria not out 38
R. Laird b Morris 0
J. Whitehead c Sears b Morris 0
I. Wilkinson not out 7
Extras 21
Total 216-6
Bowling figures
G. Redcar-Sylar 6-1-24-0 J. Smith 8-0-40-0 Simpson 7-0-28-0 Cooper 3-0-23-0 Grosse 12-0-53-3 Naylor 4-1-22-0 Morris 7-2-22-3 Innings of Aston Rowant 3rds
Cooper c Pritchard b Brunning 5
Sears b Brunning 3
Muttit b Laird 5
Hutton b Brunning 6
Smith snr not out 15
Naylor b Laird 0
Grosse c Brunning b Wigan 18
Donner lbw Wigan 0
Redcar-Sylar c Wilkinson b Wigan 0
Simpson b Wigan 12
Morris c Laird b Sly 6
Extras 16
Total 86-10
Bowling figures
P. Sly 10.1.-4-14-1 S. Brunning 6-3-11-3 R. Laird 6-2-15-2 C. Wigan 6-0-20-4 C. Cater 4-1-19-0Buckingham Town 3rds(25pts) beat Aston Rowant 3rds(2pts) by 130 runs. |