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Chaddesley Corbett vs BGCC 1st XI
On another great
day for cricket, and with a well prepared wicket available
Barnards Green having won the toss, chose to make first use of the
conditions. Openers Rich. Williams and Kev. Golder once again gave the
Greens innings an excellent start putting 170 runs on the board during the
first thirty overs, at an average of 5.66 runs per over. Then things went
pear shaped !! In the thirty-first over Rich Williams fell caught
M.Porter off the bowling of G.Woods for 71 runs. Then three wickets went
down rapidly in the next four overs, all of them to G. Woods in his inspired
second spell, bowled from the opposite end from his first effort. 170 for 0
in 30, became 192 for 4 by the end of the 34th over. This brought in Adam
Binks to join Kev. Golder to attempt to stop the rot, only to see Kev.
Golder caught out in the very next over off the bowling of P. Lyman, to end
his second century innings in successive matches, finishing on a magnificent
104. Captain Chris Smedley now came in, and along with Adam Binks set about
restoring a shattered innings. This they did very well taking Barnards
Green’s innings to a closing total of 282 for 5. Adam Binks finishing on (60
no) and Chris Smedley on (19 no) In response, Chaddersly Corbett lost
quick wickets in the first and third overs from the bowling of Rob. McCard,
then Three more in the 10th, 13th and 16th overs. Two wickets falling to Tim
Williams, and one for Duncan Bell. These good efforts reducing Chaddersley
Corbett’s to 63 for 5. Their score slowly progressed to 114 for 6 by the
30th over, then 142 for 8 by the 40th. At this stage it felt on for a Green
win, but it was not to be, as just as in the previous meeting of these two
teams, the tail end batsmen managed to hold out to force a drawn result,
finishing their innings on 172 for 9. A disappointing result for Barnards
Green but well held on Chaddersley Corbett.
Barnards Green ---------------16 points
Chaddersley Corbett-----------4 points
Score Sheets
Barnard Green Batting
R.Williams ct Porter b Wood 71
K. Golder ct Baylis b Lyman 104
P. Drinkwater ct Whitehouse b Wood 0
R. McCard b Wood 9
T. Clarke b Wood 0
A. Binks Not Out 60
C. Smedley Not Out 19
Extras 19
Total 282 for 5
Bowling
Wood 16 / 0 / 77 / 4 Lyman 17 / 0 / 98 / 1 Perry 6 / 0 / 41 / 0
Chambers 5 / 0 / 18 / 0
Chaddersley Corbett
M. Webster b McCard 1
R. Whitehouse b D. Bell 17
I. Chambers ct Binks b McCard 0
M. Edwards ct Clarke T b Williams 22
P. Lyman ct Drinkwater b Williams 18
P. Brooks ct Golder b Clarke J 28
M. Porter Run Out 26
G. Baylis st Binks b Clarke J 5
G. Wood Not Out 41
J. Thompson ct and bowled 1
D. Perry Not Out 1
Extras 9
Total 172 for 9
Bowling
R. McCard 6 / 0 / 28 / 2 T. Williams 11 / 3 /40 / 2
D. Bell 8 / 0 / 29 / 1 J. Clarke 13 / 2 /29 / 2
C. Smedley 11 / 3 /23 / 1 P. Harris 1 / 0 / 1 / 0
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Kidderminster Victoria vs BGCC 3rd XI
The Green secured the winning draw
thanks to an excellent undefeated 138 from Paul Yorke. Having won the
toss Ratters agonized over his decision before electing to bat and then
regretting the decision for the rest of the day! The Green got off to a
steady start as Doughty and Yorke eased themselves in on a firm and true
batting surface and soon Doughty was peppering the short boundaries with
a series of drive. The pair were making excellent progress and took
drinks at 77 for 1. Same as last week Doughty succumbed first over after
drinks, this time he slapped a wide half volley straight into covers’
hands for 48. Brief visits to the crease for Beavon and Curtis as Yorke
now upped the rate and found a good ally in Ratcliffe; the pair added 70
runs until Ratters holed out with ten overs remaining. Firstly Metcalfe
with a sparkling 19 and then White with a well pulled 17 kept Yorke
company ensuring the last ten overs saw a run rate of twelve an over.
Yorke was now smacking the ball to all parts bringing up his hundred
with an enormous six and his final innings total of 138 contained 17
fours and 5 sixes. Tea was taken with the Green at a very satisfying
283, or so they thought.
On returning from tea the Kidderminster captain was unhappy that the
total was 283. Apparently the bowling only added up to 276 and that was
the total they should be chasing. Many minutes were lost as the debate
took on a more sinister tone and we (Barnards Green) had accused the
KVCC Captain of cheating in the past. The KVCC Independent umpire told
him that it was 283 but still he wouldn’t have it and demanded that the
league be contacted. Now the rest of KVCC lads were a little embarrassed
by their Captains’ antics and apologized to the Green fielders but to
say the Green boys were getting a bit cheesed off was an understatement.
Now your correspondent is not calling the skipper a cheat but the antics
of this one man soured the whole day’s cricket with everyone else
wanting to play and with it being played in the right spirit it took
some kind of ‘knob head’ to spoil it for the sake of seven runs! When
eventually the match got underway Kidderminster needed 284 for victory.
For all of Paul Yorke’s batting heroics he was about to come crashing
back to earth with bump. Opener Cook lobbed a gentle dolly straight to
Yorke who did get two hands on it, the batter was already halfway back
to the pavilion cursing and swearing but somehow Yorke managed to spill
the chance and the Green’s early breakthrough. KVCC now batted well as
Hill conceded more runs in his first six overs than he had in the
previous six games but the returning Churchill was almost at full
throttle with an excellent opening burst that saw the ball fizzing into
the keeper’s gloves. The first drinks break saw KVCC at a healthy 74
without loss and Ratters called everyone into to huddle in an effort to
gee everyone up but we all took the chance to berate Yorkie for his
appalling dropped chance, even Steve Beavon had a go but Yorkie just
mentioned wicket keeping! The next fifteen overs turned the match the
Green’s way. Firstly Roden ran himself out for 30 and then Platt found
the pace of Churchill too much Trickett (20) and Cook (58) were taking
the attack to the Green but both perished trying to keep up with an
increasing run rate as Doughty (2 -56) put his side in the box seat.
Churchill (2- 53) then took a fine return catch to leave KVCC 5 down for
130 at the second drinks break. Try as they might the wicket was too
good for the Green bowlers and KVCC opting for the losing draw and
batting bonus points Clarke and Metcalfe both took a wicket to give the
Green an extra bonus point but the match petered out into a draw with
KVCC 224 for 7. Barnards
Green 2nd XI vs Chaddesley Corbett
On another scorching saturday the
green lost the toss and were surprisingly asked to bat. Brewer and Clack
scored at almost 10 an over for the first three overs until Clack
flicked a ball behind square and was caught for 12. Jon lewis failed to
trouble the scorer and Brewer soon followed for 9. Paddock recieved the
only unplayable ball of the innings and was caught behind for 5. At 39
for 4 the green were in trouble. Roger Thompson played sensibly for 32
before he played on. James Scullion now played an innings of great
maturity trying to hold together the innings.It was a shame his more
senior partners did not do the same as wickets tumbled far too
frequently, Scullion was ninth out for a patient 27 and The Green were
soon allout for a paltry 156, a poor effort against a side who's bowling
attack was probably the worst faced this season by the Seconds.
Chaddesley had the task of obtaining
the runs needed off 65 overs. Boden and Yardley had added 20 when Hooper
took their wickets in the eight over,webster and Killigrew added a
further 50 runs before Spencer had Killigrew caught for 16 ,he then
bowled Teague for 2 and the green sensed they could get an unlikley
victory , a run out and another wicket for Spencer followed by Scullion
having Webster caught behind for 40, this put the game in a tense
situation Chaddersley needing 10 runs with 2 wickets remaining , with
the fielders surrounding the bat the ninth wicket pair guided Chaddesley
to victory by 2 wickets in the 49th over.This was a game the green
should of won easily if they had batted the overs out and posted a total
of at least 200 , it was a lesson learnt but too late this season to
make an impact on the league, as they stand mid table 50 points behind
leaders Bewdley who they play this saturday.Only Scullion and Thompson
batted with any credit , but the bowling and fielding was better with
Hooper 2 for 33 off 15 overs, Spencer 3 for 14 off 9 overs and Scullion
2 for 19 off his 5 overs. Chaddesley took 20 points and The Green only
5.
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