Thoresby Colliery II (20) 229 for 2 wkts
Thurcroft II (1) 120 a.o.
This hot,
sultry and draining afternoon had a strange start with only six Thurcroft
players present just five minutes before the start. Unfortunately a car had
broken down near Cuckney and another of their lads was detailed to return there
to rescue the stranded crew. They arrived just on time and the match was able
to begin in a proper way, Thoresby having won the toss and deciding to bat.
Bill
Pitchford’s inswing was proving useful and youngster Shepherd was finding some
good late movement in the heavy conditions. The pitch, meanwhile, having only
been uncovered at
This
brought Chatterton to the wicket and Pitchford proved equally frustrating for
the left hander, the ball swinging markedly away from his attempted cover
drives. Evans remained patient, knowing that Pitchford would tire in the heat
and the youngsters would probably find it difficult to sustain line and length
as the innings wore on.
Evans’
theory would prove to be correct. As he middled the ball more frequently (Stu’s
first ten scoring shots were: 1x1 and 9x4!) and the score began to climb, the
young Thurcroft side began to feel they were in for a long afternoon.
Chatterton had added 26 in a partnership of 60 when he was bowled by a good leg
stump yorker from the returning Shepherd. But by this time Thurcroft had turned
to veteran slow bowler Tom Oxley who, up until the 26th over, had
been behind the stumps!
This proved
to be the turning point for the Thoresby innings as skipper Woods began to take
a heavy toll of the bowling. He reached fifty in just 18 scoring shots and
20-odd balls, timing the ball sweetly to the ropes. Evans then reached his
fifty and the Thurcroft lads found their task harder still as the acceleration
came. One over went for 14, two more for 11, still others for 10. The last
thirteen overs went for 120.
Undefeated,
Brian and Stu left the field delighted but with barely the strength left to
raise their bat to the appreciative applause. Red faces and cool showers all round!
The total
looked beyond the inexperienced visitors but would Thoresby be able to take all
ten wickets for a maximum twenty points?
Hutchinson,
in his last game until the end of August, settled early nerves with a wicket in
his first over, Oxley playing on to leg stump. At the other end Paul Swain was
finding some good movement and the occasional flyer when he really let it go.
But it was Hutch who struck again, Chatster taking a good catch low down at
second slip. Steve Scall replaced Swain and, in his second over, bowled
Thurcroft skipper Smith.
Young
opener Plant had played very well up until that point, timing the ball
especially well off his legs. But then he got too ambitious and had a swing at
several deliveries that didn’t want it. After almost having him stumped, Scall
came good again and had him LBW, trying to nurdle a straight ball to leg.
From
thereon a combination of Woods and Chatterton took a couple more wickets, both
with the help of excellent running catches from Jamie Whiteside. This brought
the experienced Pitchford to join youngster Shepherd and they hung around for a
while. Pitchford, having launched his first ball for a boundary, then took up
uncharacteristic stonewalling. Shepherd, meanwhile, looked to be a quality
batsman in the making with some excellent defence but crisp hitting of the bad
ball.
However we
felt that Pitchford would eventually return to type and, in Evans’ second over,
he had a yahoo and was well caught by Hutch of a fizzing top edger at point.
This opened up the real tail of Thurcroft’s team and Stuart bowled really well
at them, picking up two wickets in his third (and final) over. Chatterton took
the final wicket with a googly and victory was ours, Shepherd remaining with a
very creditable 47*.
Well done
to the Thurcroft youngsters for sticking to their task. As with Blidworth,
their time will come - when we are all bumbling round the boundary ropes and
falling over our walking sticks (probably the season after next!).
With
Bilsthorpe losing at Roses this opens the top of the table up again.
Thoresby Colliery II |
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TCCC II |
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BATSMAN |
HOW OUT |
SCORE |
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BOWLING |
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M |
R |
W |
Halfpenny |
c&b Pitchford |
10 |
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Pitchford |
16 |
4 |
58 |
1 |
S Evans |
Not Out |
83 |
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Shepherd |
12 |
3 |
51 |
1 |
Chatterton |
b Shepherd |
26 |
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Plant |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
Woods |
b Not Out |
81 |
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Smith |
9 |
0 |
50 |
0 |
Whiteside |
DNB |
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Oxley |
5 |
2 |
26 |
0 |
Case |
DNB |
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1 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
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DNB |
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Webster |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
Godfrey |
DNB |
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Scall |
DNB |
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FoW |
1-18 |
2-78 |
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Swain |
DNB |
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DNB |
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EXTRAS |
29 |
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TOTAL |
229 |
for 2 |
WKTS in 46 overs |
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THURCROFT II |
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BATSMAN |
HOW OUT |
SCORE |
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BOWLING |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Oxley |
b |
0 |
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10 |
5 |
17 |
2 |
Plant |
LBW b Scall |
33 |
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Swain |
6 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
Windle |
c Chatterton b |
3 |
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Scall |
6 |
1 |
24 |
2 |
Smith |
b Scall |
12 |
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Woods |
7 |
3 |
18 |
1 |
Shepherd |
Not Out |
47 |
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Chatterton |
6.2 |
0 |
26 |
2 |
Clay |
c Whiteside b Woods |
5 |
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S Evans |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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c Whiteside b Chatterton |
5 |
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Pitchford |
c |
6 |
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FoW |
1-1 |
2-20 |
3-48 |
4-59 |
Weston |
b Evans |
0 |
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5-80 |
6-90 |
7-114 |
8-119 |
Langford |
LBW b Evans |
0 |
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9-119 |
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Denman |
b Chatterton |
0 |
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EXTRAS |
9 |
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TOTAL |
120 |
for 10 |
WKTS in 38.2 overs |
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Other results in Division 6
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Wthr |
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Division 6 |
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Tie |
Draw |
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Bonus |
Pts. |
Total |
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P |
12 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
Bat |
Bowl |
Points |
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15 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
50 |
46 |
240 |
Thoresby
Colliery II |
16 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
41 |
43 |
210 |
Bilsthorpe |
15 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
38 |
49 |
207 |
Killamarsh II |
15 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
43 |
43 |
204 |
Eckington II |
16 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
37 |
42 |
189 |
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15 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
35 |
41 |
186 |
Marshalls II |
15 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
30 |
46 |
174 |
Rose Leisure |
16 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
24 |
53 |
155 |
Anston II |
16 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
30 |
30 |
136 |
Thurcroft II |
15 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
19 |
30 |
103 |
Blidworth II |
15 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
19 |
34 |
93 |
Ashover II |
15 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
23 |
61 |
Fixtures for
Saturday 7th August
Anston v Ashover
Blidworth v
Eckington v
Thurcroft v Killamarsh
Thoresby v Roses