WEEK 2: 5-6th May 2012
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After bowlers held sway during the
first week of the season the second weeks’ scores reflected, in some matches,
a fight back from those wielding the willow. Pride of place goes to Caldbeck’s
Robert Benn, the first centurion of the season in his team’s drawn match at
home to Staffield. He was nearly joined by Lanercost II’s Kyle May, who
succumbed in the nineties, but at least had the satisfaction of being
instrumental in the defeat of Wetheral. At the other end of the spectrum
Longtown will not be wishing to repeat their batting performance in their
opening match at home to Braithwaite, who took less than ten overs to
overhaul their opponents meagre total. The mark for the best bowling
performance of the season has been adjusted upwards by Keswick |
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Prem |
Nunwick (h) |
59 |
20.5 |
lost |
Appleby II (a) |
62-1 |
15.5 |
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Phil Brabbins |
37 no |
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Mike Newton Phil Cook |
7-1-20-4 3.5-1-10-3 |
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Anthony writes: Appleby arrived at Nunwick
eager to put last week’s opening day defeat behind them. A good toss to win
and Nunwick were put into bat first. Justified as in just the third over
young Mike Newton removed both openers, Bain and Mawson to set the ball
rolling. Ross Collin and Pete Ventner (16) both briefly looked like halting
the constant fall of wickets, but both Newton, recording his best senior
figures, and Pete Smith, returning to the team, bowled with good control. Joe
Davidson’s direct hit from mid-wicket ran Sinkinson out, and the evergreen
Phil Cook finished off the tail, the garrulous Metcalfe being the final
victim. Chasing just 59, victory would be
ensured with any sort of solid start, so a half century was just what the
captain ordered. Graeme Bain bowled particularly well without luck in a bid
to get Nunwick back into the game. Anthony Errington was caught down the leg
side off Mawson, but Phil Brabbins guaranteed the game was going in just ‘one
direction’. Joe Davidson came in and the game was won by nine wickets with
less than half the overs played. A comprehensive victory for Appleby, good to
get a first win back in the top flight. Nunwick looked rusty, this was their
first game after having a stand down last week, and I’m sure they’ll improve
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Prem |
Stainton I (h) |
67 |
30.5 |
tied |
Scotby (a) |
67 |
23.1 |
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Jonny Ridley |
25no |
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Vijay Kopparthi Olly Driver Mark Vasey |
10-3-15-5 10-3-28-2 4.5-2-7-2 |
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Stuart Marshall Scott Lancaster Martin Ruddick Jonny Ridley |
8-5-5-2 6.1-1-18-2 5-2-11-2 4-1-10-2 |
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Martin writes: Scotby won
the toss and had no hesitation in putting Stainton in to bat on what looked
like to be a traditional slow and low wicket at Stainton. Stainton’s innings
never got going losing wickets at regular intervals and never really
troubling the scorer's. 7/1 very quickly became 29/8 through some good tight
bowling in particular Vijay Kopparthi, but also some very average shots. The
last two wickets brought the two biggest partnerships of the innings; 18
between Jonny Ridley and Andrew Hodgson and 20 between Ridley and Stuart
Marshall which, in the context of the innings, were massive contributions,
three quarters of the score. Ridley ending up undefeated, the only batsman in
double figures. At tea Stainton felt that they would
have to bowl and field like heroes to defend this score but as everyone knows
anything can happen. Scotby’s innings got off to a relative flyer mainly down
to byes 19 in total. Stainton finally got the breakthrough as Marshall bowled
Farrer around his legs. And, with Lancaster then bowling Illidge two balls
later, it gave Stainton much needed hope. Regular wickets then started to
fall and at drinks Scotby were 53- 6 with the dangerous Driver still at
crease. First ball after drinks Stainton got the wicket of Driver the whole
Stainton team now thinking that it could just be possible to win this game,
Britton then dispatched Ridley for the first six of the game followed by a
then four of the bowling of Lancaster to put the away side in the driving
seat. However, with the scores tied Ridley bowled Nick Rigg with his first
ball of the over then followed it up with 5 dots. The next over Wood hit the
ball straight back to Jeff Marshall and Kopparthi then set off for a suicidal
run. With the ball in his hands, and Kopparthi half way down the wicket, Marshall
thought it couldn't be true running to the bowlers end taking the bails off.
In the end Stainton felt that it was four points won, whilst Scotby, a game
they feel they should have won, four points lost. |
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Prem |
Carlisle |
125 |
37.5 |
lost |
Culgaith (a) |
126/6 |
28.3 |
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Ian Oultram |
45no |
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Josh Hall |
48 |
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Thom Sarjeant Joe Mitchell Teddy Stamper |
7-1-13-0 19-2-24-6 10-1-41-2 |
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Teddy writes: Each bank holiday is
eagerly anticipated and this was no exception, an away trip to Great border
city on the UK’s premier poison consumption day. Before the festivities and
the bombs were attacked there was a job to be done, a potential banana skin
which the league leaders were keen to avoid. A christening provided the back
drop to the game with both teams receiving a guard of honour upon arrival.
With the amber nectar flowing, sun shining and the toss been made Culgaith
took to the field keen to continue from where they left off the Saturday
previous. Which Tyson would turn up, as he steamed in everyone on the field
held their breath, as he approached the final furlong of his run up he
released the ball, swinging through the air it pitched outside the off stump
and flew through to the keeper. “Aye as feel as grand as out today like,”
murmured the gelding. He bowled beautifully and a first spell that
accompanied ably by Sarjeant restricted the home team to a measly 12 runs
from the first 10 overs. The crowd had been silenced, until the pressure
finally took hold and the opening batsmen sliced one straight up into the
air. Mr Sisson manoeuvred himself underneath the swirling ball “OOOOoohhh”
was the cry as the crowd found its voice again, and the ball slipped through
his fingertips and hit the deck. This luck wasn’t to last long. Captain
Robson threw the ball to his young pretender. This Rolling Stone charged in
and seemingly bowled and over of slower balls, but he hadn’t lost a yard of
pace as was feared but was just struggling to digest the mountain of cow he
had consumed on the replacement train/bus service. In is next over he bowled
with his usual swagger and the wickets started to tumble. He took six wickets
and was supported by the dependable Stamper who bowled dependably without any
excitement till the big dipper made an appearance. Mitchell’s length wasn’t
the only impressive one on show as a streaker briefly interrupted proceedings
before being politely reminded that he wouldn’t be processed till Tuesday
morning given the Bank holiday if arrested. Carlisle rallied and made vital
runs scored at the end of the innings as the tail wagged the dog. After the interval Hall and Sarjeant
made a steady start and scampered through to 50 without threat. Sarjeant’s
departure led to a steady fall of wickets. This fall of wickets included a
rare sight similar to that of a UFO, a golden duck for Culgaith’s main man.
The shock was so great an ambulance had to be called as a fielder in the
other game ran into a tree and knocked himself out because he was so
distracted. Errington’s passing brought Sisson to the crease. Sisson steadied
the ship and meant the total which always looked a little short proved to be
manageable without much grief. This meant that Culgaith kept up their 100%
start to the season. A big crowd had turned up to see Culgaith,
understandable really given the quality on show and the growing reputation of
the team. As the game ended thoughts turned to the post match celebrations
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Prem |
Caldbeck I (h) |
196/6 |
40 |
drew |
Staffield (a) |
157/8 |
40 |
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Robert Benn Mike Wilson Steve Watson |
101 26 23 |
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Terence O’Neil Chris Tuer Tony Threlkeld |
50 45 40 |
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Paul Jeffries Richard Bamber |
9-1-39-1 8-0-37-2 |
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Kevin Pattinson Steve Watson |
10-2-20-2 10-0-42-3 |
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Staffield were the visitors to
Caldbeck, and found Rob Benn in pugnacious form. Opening the innings, he was fifth man out,
and dominated every partnership. The
opening partnership of 64 with Brownrigg laid the foundations, and both
Watson and Wilson played second fiddle (Strong and Edmondson made ducks so
their contribution was less). Four
dropped catches didn’t help the visitors cause. Staffield set about the chase in determined
fashion, but tight bowling always had the required run rate creeping up. O’Neil and Tuer put on 90, and as is often
the case, once one goes the second soon follows. But Bamber and Threlkeld had the visitors
requiring 60 to win, off ten overs, with wickets in hand. However six quick wickets saw them slump to
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Shap (h) |
150 |
37.4 |
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Sam Wood John Blue |
48 21 |
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Andrew Trickett Ben Davidson |
99 35no |
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Gareth Webber Simon Plevin |
6.4-0-15-4 10-3-23-3 |
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Steve’s report: Shap entertained |
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Div 1 |
Rockcliffe (a) |
81 |
32.1 |
lost |
Edenhall (h) |
82 / 3 |
30.2 |
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Matthew Wilson |
42no |
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Andrew Gate Jamie Armstrong Roger Binks |
9.1-3-16-4 9-4-14-2 7-0-18-2 |
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James Freebairn |
10-1-23-3 |
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Andrew writes: What appears to be an easy
victory is far from the truth. Rockcliffe struggled to come to terms with the
swinging ball and accuracy of the Edenhall bowlers. With two quick wickets at
the start of the Rockcliffe innings led to a cautious approach from Wharton
(21)and Johnston who were quite happy to wait for the bad ball which were few
and far between. Johnston fell to Hetherington and from then on wickets fell
regularly as the returning openers Gate and Armstrong took five wickets
between them. Edenhall also made slow progress as
the Rockcliffe bowlers bowled a tight line and length, Freebairn in
particular, and at 34-3 were hoping to make inroads into the lower order.
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Div 1 |
Penrith |
215/8 |
40 |
beat |
Baggrow (a) |
162 |
39.2 |
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Jacques Rowe Andrew Bain |
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John Raven Ashley Peile |
77 40 |
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Ashley Peile |
10-3-70-4 |
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Liam Trevaskis Sam Hall |
10-0-44-4 3-0-9-3 |
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Tim writes: Spring returned after an
absence of a month; the sun appeared and the wind had dropped. Penrith won
the toss and made a positive move to bat as “the mothers” of the three under
18 players in Penrith For B&B, Raven bowled accurately
and Penrith’s openers found it hard-going and three wickets were down with
only about 30 on the board when Bain joined Rowe. B&B was short of one or
two key players and Rowe had started to find the boundary now and again but
Bain was in search of acres further afield. His first five deliveries were 2
2 2 6 6 followed by a most reprehensible brace of dot balls. It was now we
saw that it wasn’t only the wind that had been dropping – Bain himself
benefited from about half a dozen and the total number for the innings was in
double figures. Bain and Rowe had put on just over a
century partnership when Bain perished to a top edge for 64 off about 40
balls. Rowe scored his highest for the club....and a lifetime best....when
bowled for 81. The remainder of the Penrith innings was rather in the shadow
of what went before. Off the last ball, but all too late, B&B, after some
very ordinary ground fielding, found form with a fine direct hit to remove
the Penrith captain. It was a competitive total. Raven also opened the batting and
Reed soon found the short on-side boundary to the batsman’s liking, mid-on being
his favourite area. On that wicket, even a fair length could stand up to be
hit and the punch-drive with a hint of pull brought Raven many runs. Iliffe bowled well against attacking batsmen. By drinks
only one wicket had fallen and Raven had 80-90 per cent of the runs on the
board. His wicket was key to the direction of the
game. Joined by a reel of Peile after Peile, one of whom batted well and
posed a real threat, Raven finally succumbed to the left arm spin of
Trevaskis, a ball that seemed to sit up to be hit but then rather slouched
instead and got through to the stumps. Had he and Peile stayed longer they
could have changed the course of the match but on an early-season wicket,
attack had its risks. In the field
Penrith’s catching was not unblemished but Bain, the beneficiary of so many
dropped catches in his innings, rather spoiled the scorer’s day by taking the
only catch of the B&B innings, all other dismissals being bowled. The
rest of the B&B order fell to some good bowling by Trevaskis who improved
as the order progressed and B&B seemed home and dry for a point until
Hall took two in two and Iliffe claimed her first
wicket for Penrith CC. The game was played hard but with
humour. The only raised eyebrows came over a difference of opinion over a
stumping: the line of the popping crease must belong to one side or the
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Div 1 |
Longtown (h) |
31 |
17.2 |
Lost |
Braithwaite (a) |
32-0 |
9.2 |
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Harry Rigby |
24no |
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Dan Pyke Phil Knight Lee Zaninetti |
6-4-8-4 4-2-5-1 4.2-1-10-3 |
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Steve writes: Longtown’s prospects of
getting off to a good start in Division One quickly disappeared; as we were still
trying to muster a team together an hour before the match was due start. So
with a weak team Longtown were inserted to bat by Gilbert and wickets soon
fell. Eddie Faulder was the first man to go, caught brilliantly by Lee
Zaninetti at square leg off the bowling of Phil Knight. The next four wickets
all fell to Dan Pyke who bowled fantastically and would have left our best
batting line up struggling. This left the home side 15-5. Any hopes of
setting a competitive score were dashed when Zaninetti picked up the wicket
of Tony Steele in his first over. What followed was the inevitable collapse
of the long tail for only a dozen more runs, with Zaninetti picking up a
further two wickets. In response Braithwaite could afford
to relax with the bat chasing such a low total. Rigby and Jason Pyke opened
and did just that as they saw their team home inside 10 overs, Rigby being
the main contributor, including what we believe to be the biggest six hit on
our new ground. One highlight for Longtown was David Steele’s tight bowling
spell of five overs. A A message to Braithwaite - we
apologise for the poor contest we gave you and guarantee that we’ll give you
a much better match when we meet again later in the season. |
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Div 1 |
Patterdale (a) |
115 |
38.3 |
lost |
K. Stephen (h) |
116/8 |
29 |
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Gavin Oliver |
31 |
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Phil Hunter |
25no |
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Chris Scarr Ross Davies Chris Bowman |
7-1-12-3 8.3-2-10-2 10-3-19-2 |
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10-2-15-3 10-2-29-2 |
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Div 2 |
Keswick II (h) |
185 |
38 |
beat |
Gamblesby (a) |
168 |
39.2 |
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James Benson Karl Link |
49 49 |
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Richard Benson Ben Cave |
55 40 |
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Richard Benson |
10-0-47-3 |
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Keith Richardson Karl Link |
10-0-32-3 9.3-5-4-3 |
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Keith writes: Karl Link, formerly of
Stainton, made his Keswick 2nds debut at Fitz Park and produced a 'Man of the
Match' performance. Karl, a chef at Morrell's Restaurant in Keswick, also
lives in the town and with his son now playing for the club's juniors, so the
move to KCC seemed a natural one. Batting at No5 he fell one run short of a
half century as Keswick made a faltering 185/8 from their 40 overs. Opener
and hard hitting left handed bat James Benson, who also hit 49 as Gamblesby,
made something of a speciality of removing batsmen as they honed in on the
elusive 50. Keswick's ground and square were in
immaculate condition for this their first completed league game (last
Sunday's home game against Carlisle Academy fell foul of the
weather) but their unbeaten league record, now entering its second season,
almost came to grief against a spirited challenge from a Gamblesby team which
fought to the last. Indeed, had it not been for an eighth wicket unbeaten
partnership of 40-plus runs between the ancient monument that is Keith
Richardson (18 not out and definitely in his final season as a player) and
the decidedly more youthful 13 year old
James McGown (20 not out) this game could so easily have gone to the
visitors. Gamblesby's 'Man of the Match' Richard
Benson struck a well-earned half century and claimed three wickets. Benson
and the equally impressive Ben Cave, 40 runs in addition to an economical
spell of away swing bowling, put on 53 and the pair threatened to win the
game for Gamblesby until wicket keeper Steve Clark removed Benson with a fine
catch on the run off the bowling of James Benson. There were almost as many
Bensons in this match as there were once Littles at Gamblesby and Gates at
Temple Sowerby! But then maybe not . . . With Richard Benson back in the
pavilion, Cave refused to subside and looked to have earned nine-man
Gamblesby a point from the draw until Link popped up to claim his wicket in
the very last over and with the visiting total on 168, just 17 short of the
Keswick total. The wide open spaces of Fitz Park are difficult enough to
patrol with a full complement of eleven players but Gamblesby paid the price
for having just nine in their ranks. Although, having said that, Keswick
found themselves reduced to similar straits in the closing stages of the
match when two young players had to leave early in order to dash off to work.
Keswick, who have lost four key players from last season to the club's 1st
XI - including, on the day, 2nd XI
captain Graeme Dixon - may be better placed this coming Saturday once the
soccer season and, for that matter the rugby season, finally reach their
respective zeniths. Although soccer training for the 2012 / 2013 season has probably already started before this season ends. All
of which reminds me of the Monty Python sketch about hard times in the mills
when workers toiled so hard and so long that they had to get up for the first
shift before they had actually gone to bed. |
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Div 2 |
Lowther (a) |
186/8 |
40 |
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Wigton |
101 |
27.2 |
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Tony Ward |
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Matthew Percival |
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Norman Edwards |
10-2-19-3 |
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10-5-13-2 |
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Div 2 |
Lanercost II
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158 |
38 |
beat |
Wetheral (a) |
119 |
37.5 |
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Kyle May |
91 |
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Richard Timperon |
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Richard writes: Wetheral arrived for
their Sunday fixture with Lanercost II on a dry but cool day. Having won the toss Wetheral asked
Lanercost to bat first. Rory Dollard showed his hand in the first over going
after a slightly short ball and carving it square of the wicket on the
offside for six. Kyle May joined in on
the act and the home side raced to 40runs without loss in only the sixth
over. Marco Oliver having gone for
eight in his first over then had Rory caught behind by Millar for a brisk
23. Mather went for 30 runs in his
first four overs but then bowled a double wicket maiden. First he removing Keiron Foster having him
caught behind, David Ferguson went with the next ball trapped in front and he
only narrowly missed out with his hat trick ball. With the score on 60-3 after 9 overs
Wetheral had managed to stem the tide somewhat. Mather struck again in his sixth over clean
bowling Usher for a duck, meaning batsmen 3, 4 and 5 had all come and gone
without troubling the score. This
brought Veivers to the crease to support May.
Dougie Field came onto bowl and had a towering catch in the deep dropped
by Timperon, he failed to hold onto it having three bites of the cherry
before it came into contact with the ground. Field continued to suffer at the
expense of the batsmen with good deliveries quickly being followed by
boundary balls. May by this point had
moved past 50 and Veivers was in the teens as the home side moved onto 120 at
the halfway stage. Mather had bowled
out and so captain Andy Oliver handed the ball to Giles Vasey. Despite going
for nine runs in his first over he crucially removed Veivers, caught behind
by Millar. Lanercost were on 129-5 and
May at this stage was well on the way to a century but departed in the
nineties, adjudged lbw. Andy Oliver
replaced Field at the road end and removed A Smith with his first ball. Vasey bowling dare I say it “beautifully”
captured his third victim, a wicket maiden.
Oliver then took his second wicket with the first ball of this second
over before Vasey wrapped up proceedings taking the last wicket, caught by
Oliver at first slip, the final three wickets going for the cost of only two
runs. Lanercost were indebted to May’s
contribution, but in reality a par score on a good wicket but it could have
been so much more under the circumstances. Marco Oliver and Giles Vasey batted
sensibly and the score had moved onto 24 in the sixth over before Ryan
Dollard clean bowled Vasey for 12.
This brought Andy Oliver to the crease and he and his brother took the
score onto 49 in the fourteenth before Foster replacing Dollard had Andy
Oliver given out lbw. The other Oliver
followed in the next over with the score on 50 bringing John Millar to the
crease to join Richard Timperon as Wetheral reached 68-3 at their halfway
stage. The twenty fourth over was interrupted by rain and hailstones halting proceedings for a full 45
minutes. Shortly after it cleared up
the teams headed back out and despite being perhaps a little skiddy the pitch
was easily playable. The tide was
about to turn in Lanercost’s direction as the pacey Usher removed Millar with
a straight one for 11. Two overs later
Usher repeated the trick removing first Mather and then Field before Foster
removed Heaviside in his next over.
Batsmen 6, 7 and 8 like Lanercost’s 3, 4 & 5 had all failed to
trouble the scorers and Wetheral had slumped from 73-3 before the rain to
78-7 after they had come back on.
Timperon having left the field on 7, then tried to balance keeping his
wicket whilst trying to give Wetheral an outside chance of points. After despatching the dangerous Usher over
the hedge at the road end for a straight six, he managed to see out the
accurate Foster to have the chance to look at another bowler. The score was now at 85-7 in the thirtieth
Ferguson brought himself onto bowl the 32 over and Timperon took him for nine
runs including a six over the square leg boundary. Trying to repeat the trick
Ferguson bowled Timperon for 36 who was going for another big one and having
his stumps removed. The final wicket
pairing of Armstrong and Brennan hung around, but with thirteen balls
remaining the former was caught. A highly entertaining and competitive
contest played in good spirit.
Lanercost will feel as though they should have had the game sewn up by
tea, and Wetheral will think this was a missed opportunity having clawed their
way back into it. On reflection I
think the right team won on the day and Lanercost with this kind of side
ought to be there or there about challenging for the title come the end of
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Div 2 |
Great Corby (a) |
222/8 |
40 |
beat |
Eden. Acdy (h) |
74 |
24.3 |
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Mark McAlindon David Stout Mike Tiffen |
60 45 38 |
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Abhay Ganga-Nair Chris Blythe |
7-0-40-5 10-0-48-2 |
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Andy writes: The visitors bounced
back from their last ball defeat last week with an emphatic win at Edenside.
Having elected to bat McAlindon and Tiffen posted an opening stand of 90 with
McAlindon contributed ten boundaries and a six in his innings. During the second wicket partnership an
ambulance was called after Corby’s intended opening bowler Olly Cowan
collided with a tree during an impromptu game of football and was taken to
A&E. Thankfully I can report after
treatment for a nasty gash he returned to watch the second innings. The rest of the innings also featured a
streaker of the male variety from a christening celebration in the pavilion. Young spinner Abi
Ganga-Nair held his nerve as Corby went for quick runs to pick up a five for. In reply Edenside’s openers
negotiated the new ball but first change Dan Swann took two wickets in his
opening over. The youngster then took
the vital wicket of captain Crampsey.
Another youngster, James Lythgoe, then took four wickets before Mark
Cameron cleaned up the tail for a morale boosting victory. Edenside fielding
nine youngsters will only benefit from time in the middle and are not to be
under estimated as they learn their trade in a higher division following
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Langholm (h) |
51 |
19.5 |
lost |
Stainton II
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52/2 |
15.4 |
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Shaun Wood |
39no |
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Liam Mulholland Graeme Silburn Ben Clementson John Welch |
6-0-16-2 7-2-22-2 4-2-6-1 2.5-1-3-4 |
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Irthing Vale
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123/6 |
40 |
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118 |
38 |
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57no |
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7-2-7-2 10-1-25-3 10-1-28-1 |
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10-0-29-1 10-6-13-3 4-0-16-3 5-0-14-2 |
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Alan writes: A return to form for
Miller was to be the bedrock of the Vale innings on a slow soft pitch.
Electing to bat first the Vale openers found the going tough from the start
with some tight bowling from Todhunter and Tickle proved difficult. Opener
Phil Corrie was heading back to the pavilion without troubling the scorers,
after being caught and bowled by Todhunter. McKenzie soon followed, clean
bowled first ball, by Todhunter, and Vale where looking in serious trouble on
3 for 2. Wickets continued to fall, but Miller remained but found it hard to
score so Vale found themselves languishing on only 37 with the loss of 5
wickets. Miller and Matthews then slowly pushed the score into the 60’s
before Matthews was bowled. With Kania now the only recognised batsman to
come in a low total looked assured, but with Miller now starting to find the
gaps, if not the massive boundary, on the slow outfield, and with Kania
digging in at the other end, the Vale run rate started to quicken. With Vale
used up there allocated overs their final total was more than that expected
earlier in the innings. Caldbeck’s reply took a similar slow
start although they managed to score 19 before a wicket was to fall. Some
tight bowling from Corrie kept the total down, but by the halfway point the
score had reached 49 for 5. The change of bowling then brought about an
increase in the Caldbeck rate as Wetherell found the gaps, and it looked as
if Caldbeck would be taking the points. Two wickets in an over from Neil
Corrie, gave Vale some hope, but with three overs to bowl and only five
needed with three wickets in hand, things still favoured Caldbeck. Then when
Kania’s spin accounted for two wickets, things where set up for a
cliff-hanger of a finish. Tickle tried to hit him over midwicket he only
succeeded in finding the safe hands of Martin Ewin, setting off Vale
celebrations. Matthew writes Under the definition
of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is a picture of Caldbeck
seconds! The home side lost early
wickets, and found runs hard to come by as Todhunter and Tickle put the ball
in the right places. Vale were 19 for 4, and 37 for 5, before Matthews joined
Miller and slowly ground the score to 65 before Matthews was bowled by
Pattinson. Phil Kania joined Miller
and with careful batting they exploited the change bowlers who bowled at
least one hit me ball every over. The
final score of 122 was maybe 20 runs more than the visitors had hoped for
earlier in the day. The Caldbeck reply
started cautiously against immaculate length bowling from Phil Corrie. Both openers departed with the score on 19,
and then the visitors were 34 for 4.
Richard Hellon joined Wetherell and they moved the score to 72 for
5. Father Wetherell joined son and by
batting sensibly they progressed the score to 110 for 5. 13 to win, with five wickets in hand, and 5
overs to get the runs. Neil Corrie
dismissed son then father in one over, and then a dropped catch and missed
run out made the tension even more exciting.
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Lanercost |
69 |
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Keswick |
73/5 |
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7.4-0-21-7 6-5-3-0 |
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Keith writes: Leg spin bowler Jake
Doolin enjoyed his finest hour in senior league cricket when he took seven
wickets to dismiss visiting Lanercost virtually single-handed. In a scratch
side made up of some young debutants accompanied by a heady dash of
experience the KCC 3rd string made it two wins out of two, went top of the
table and made captain Tom "Tendulkar" Mattinson a happy man at
this early stage of the season. There will be much more difficult challenges
ahead, starting this Saturday at Stainton. Keswick were bang on course to win
this game by nine wickets with opener Steve Moss, who captains the KCC Under
13s, scoring a typically energetic 32. A mention also for David
"Bulldog" Bragg who hit the only six of the game during a cameo
innings of 14 at the dizzy heights of No3 and at the same time showed that it
takes a particularly rounded figure to fill the XXL KCC shirt. Batting
alongside young Moss this was the most perfect illustration yet of the Little
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Threlkeld (h) |
199 |
40 |
beat |
P. Wanderers
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70 |
26.5 |
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James Price Andrew Muir |
86 43no |
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10-1-47-3 10-3-34-1 |
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10-3-22-3 6-0-15-3 |
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Stuart writes: The second game of the
season the Wanderers made their way out to Threlkeld looking for a perfect
two from two, but with a weaker side and only 10 players it was not looking
good. The away team won the toss and elected to field, Threlkeld generously
lending one of their team members to help with the fielding. After some
brilliant bowling by the two openers, Nick Lancaster on debut, both openers
were out fairly cheaply. But then entered Mr Price, who seemed to demolish
the bowling attack quite easy, cow corner being abused. With wickets at the
other end falling relatively slowly from the disheartened bowlers Price
continued to attack, until being dropped from a skier, but then run out by
some quick fielding at the same time. Then entered Muir, unbelievably allowed
to play by the visiting team even though he was two hours late (that’s
sportsmanship) who quickly took Threlkeld’s score out of reach. So began the innings of Wanderers, but
with accurate Price and Thompson, and great fielding display, they stood no
chance. Wickets fell faster than chocolate melts and despite some decent
batting from Eastham (14no) and Ogden (17) they were all out for well under a
hundred. If it wasn’t for Mr Price and the late arrival of Muir the game
would have been slightly different one thinks, looking forward to the end of
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