THORESBY COLLIERY II (20)      211 for 3

BLIDWORTH II (1)                          73 all out

 

In many ways the result of this game was irrelevant. Yes, 20 points was good for Thoresby. But this was only one game in one season……………..

 

After another wet week it was not surprising that, on arrival, the square was damp. This wasn’t helped by a heavy shower at about 1.20pm that soaked everywhere except the hastily covered track. After a brief delay, 18 minutes I believe, the match was reduced to 43 overs per side and Thoresby went out to bat, Woody having lost the toss.

Halfpenny and Bunting were circumspect on the slow surface, Sam Wood proving especially difficult to get away with his inevitably low trajectory. And it was the 11 year-old who was to take the first wicket when Bunting, having pulled him away for four, tried to repeat the shot in his next over and was adjudged LBW as the ball kept even lower. Youngster Boulton, strolling in from mid on with a huge grin on his face, was heard to comment “That were a silly shot to play, weren’t it?” [ed’s comment – ‘ave a word, Stevie, ‘ave a word!]

This brought Chatterton to the wicket. Having watched him bat many times, one can almost instinctively tell when he is going to have a good day [ed’s comment - it’s not easy to tell in the warm-up ‘cos he’s never there for it!] and, if he gets away with those first couple of swipes outside off stump and then connects, the omens are even better. This is just what happened. Almost immediately he was into his stride and middling the ball with aplomb.

This was useful for Thoresby since Halfpenny, having not scored a run for a month, was scratching around with the odd single here and there. However, the two gradually began to progress more favourably as home skipper Mason changed the bowling attack around. The hundred came up in the 27th over and things began to accelerate as confidence in the drying surface grew. Only after the batting pair had put on 127 together did the returning Dan Willcock first tie Chatterton down then induce a false shot, caught comfortably at cover by Mason.

Halfpenny found a little more fluency and struck Russell for three sixes before being bowled by the excellent Willcock. Woods and Rossington scored 17 off the last three overs to take Thoresby to 211, not a bad score at all considering the early slowness of the wicket.

It must be said that, throughout the innings, the Blidworth youngsters gave absolutely everything, both when given the chance to bowl and when chasing the ball in the field.

After a splendid tea Thoresby were looking for an early breakthrough but had to wait as long as Hutchinson’s second ball before getting it – the dangerous Wass being the victim. Lee Willis for once had an early chance with the ball and bowled some good deliveries but was punished when dropping short. Replacing him, skipper Woods found some turn to beat Sharma and clip the leg bail. Sam Wood and Dan Willcock looked good together, the former showing superb technique for one so young. However, Hutch deceived both of them with slightly held back deliveries.

Paul Swain, making his debut for Thoresby, bowled two very long hops then a third-ball beauty to bowl Russell. In his third over he induced Barry Donaldson, who had batted staunchly, to play on. But it was Hutch who was doing the main damage, his dismissal of the pugnacious Boulton brought about by a fabulous instinctive catch at slip by Chatterton. Huggy took two wickets in his seventh over and one in each of his 10th, 11th and 12th to finish with fine figures of 7 for 25.

So Thoresby were victorious and so they should have been, with such an experienced team against the youth of Blidworth. But there was much more to this game than that…………

The very fact that Blidworth turned out a side with 7 players age16 or under, and that their whole team played with enthusiasm for their task, bodes well for the future of the club and the game as a whole. All credit, too, to Andy Mason and Barry Donaldson who didn’t hide these junior players, but admirably thrust them to the forefront and gave them their chance to perform.

After last week’s sour affair at Killamarsh it was refreshing to play in such a good-humoured and friendly game. Much of this, of course, is a result of old friendships. I hope that Dan, Tom, Sam and the rest of those youngsters will retain their togetherness as their cricketing careers unfold, for it is this, and not the result of one match in one season, that is the real satisfaction in playing the game. Well done lads – you were a pleasure to play against and a credit to your club.

 

 

BLIDWORTH II

v THORESBY COLLIERY II

 

 

Sat 10th July ‘04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCCC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BATSMAN

HOW OUT

SCORE

 

BOWLING

O

M

R

W

Halfpenny

b Dan Willcock

68

 

Dan Willcock

12

2

60

2

Bunting

LBW b Wood

7

 

S Wood

8

1

28

1

Chatterton

c Mason  b Dan Willcock

68

 

Saxby

7

1

29

0

Woods

Not Out

30

 

Sharma

5

0

20

0

Rossington

Not Out

11

 

J Wood

3

0

16

0

Walker

DNB

 

 

T Russell

8

0

46

0

Case

DNB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Godfrey

DNB

 

 

FoW

1-16

2-143

3-194

 

Swain

DNB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L Willis

DNB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P Hutchinson

DNB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXTRAS

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

211

For 3

WKTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARSHALLS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BATSMAN

HOW OUT

SCORE

 

BOWLING

O

M

R

W

Wass

b Hutchinson

0

 

Hutchinson

12.1

6

25

7

Dan Willcock

c&b Hutchinson

17

 

L Willis

2

0

18

0

Sharma

b Woods

12

 

Woods

6

3

10

1

S Wood

c Halfpenny b Hutchinson

6

 

Swain

3

1

14

2

B Donaldson

b Swain

14

 

Chatterton

1

0

6

0

P Donaldson

b Hutchinson

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russell

b Swain

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

T Boulton

c Chatterton  b Hutchinson

9

 

FoW

1-0

2-30

3-30

4-39

Mason

b Hutchinson

0

 

 

5-39

6-52

7-67

8-67

J Wood

Not Out

6

 

 

9-67

 

 

 

Saxby

b Hutchinson

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXTRAS

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

73

for 10

WKTS in 24.1 overs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other results in Division 6

At Ryton Road: KILLAMARSH 2nd (18) 223 for 8, drew with ANSTON 2nd (8) 162 for 9.

At Clumber Park: THURCROFT 2nd (2) 139 all out, lost to CLUMBER PARK (20) 140 for 4 by six wickets.

At Staveley Lane: ASHOVER 2nd (2) 95 for 9, lost to ECKINGTON 2nd (16) 97 for 6 by four wickets.

At Middlefield Lane: ROSE LEISURE (2) 127 for 9, lost to MARSHALLS 2nd (17) 128 for 3 by seven wickets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wthr

 

 

 

 

 

Division 6

 

 

 

Tie

Draw

 

 

Bonus

Pts.

Total

 

P

12

10

6

6

2

0

Bat

Bowl

Points

Clumber Park

13

7

3

0

1

0

2

42

38

200

Thoresby Colliery II

13

6

1

0

3

1

2

33

33

168

Bilsthorpe

12

7

0

0

2

0

3

30

37

163

Marshalls II

12

6

1

0

2

1

2

25

38

159

Eckington II

13

5

1

0

3

0

4

29

34

151

Lea Park

12

5

1

0

3

0

3

28

30

146

Killamarsh II

12

3

3

0

2

2

2

31

31

144

Anston II

13

3

0

0

3

5

2

26

23

113

Rose Leisure

13

4

0

0

1

0

8

16

41

111

Thurcroft II

13

1

1

0

3

2

6

18

27

89

Blidworth II

12

2

0

0

2

1

7

11

28

77

Ashover II

12

0

1

0

3

0

8

8

18

54