Saturday 30th May
Ouseburn were the visitors to the Billy Bobs Ice Cream Parlour sponsored ground, to take on our 1st XI. They won the toss and asked us to bat first.
We got off to a reasonable start with 69 for the 1st wicket then 72 for 2. A stand of 49 took us to 121 for 3 which Tom Stead perished for 20. From there the other five batsmen all reached double figures. Jack Kitching 10, Harry West 35, Sam Arkwright 21, skipper Morgan Davies 30 not out and the returning Struan Mackenzie 11, to go with the opening pair, Tom Robinson 40 and Thomas Mountain 16 making 209 for 7 off our 45 overs.
We got a wicket early doors. The second one fell at 158, the third and fourth at 194. The innings was dominated by D Branford who scored a super 121 not out off 132 balls which included 16 x 4 and 4 x 6. They reached their target off 39.5 overs. They gain 18 points to our 7 points. We are in 10th place – 12 points in front of Pateley Bridge who we play next week.
Match sponsors were Bullough Cleaning Services and Ross & Chris Fawcett.
The 2nd XI made the trip over Blubberhouses to tackle Dacre Banks 1st XI. We won the toss and invited them to bat first. We claimed two wickets as they got to 67. The next wicket fell at 214 with S Ellison going for 61. Opener and Captain, S Wyss helped the score to 236 for 4 at the end of 40 overs. He was 108 not out which included 12 fours. Paul Wormald took 2 for 34 off 7 overs.
Our reply was stuttering a bit at 49 for 3. Ben Jolly was joined by skipper Nathan Barrett, and the pair had a stunning partnership of 156 before the former was out for a career best of 82. We needed 44 off 5 overs, 30 of 3 then 14 of 13 balls and 8 off 12 balls. Nathan had been joined by his son, Hayden, who then crashed two fours to get us over the line with nine balls to spare. In hitting those fours, he had denied his dad of making a century. Nathan was 94 not out (8×4, 3×6) at the close.
We move up one spot to sixth.
On Thursday evening, the 1st team travel up the dale to take on U. Wharfedale in the second round of the Atkinson-Swires cup.
The 2nd team should have been at home on Tuesday night to Sessay/Raskelf in the second round of the Wath cup. However they pulled out of the game before season started! So we are in the quarter finals.
Next week the 1st XI are at home again, this time against Pateley Bridge, whilst the 2ndXI travel to Crakehall.
The match sponsors are Letty and Brendan Keane and The Cavendish Arms.
Saturday 23rd May
The 1stXI were playing away at West Tanfield on Saturday, the scene of their Barrett Cup final victory in 2023.
The homesters sitting in bottom place in the League won the toss and asked us to bat first. We lost the first wicket at 48, Tom Mountain for 16. Opener Tom Robinson was joined by Harry West, and they took the score to 109 where the former went for 54. Andrew Foulds, 25, and Jack Kitching,4, pushed the store to 153 for 4. Harry followed shortly afterwards for 57 with the score on 166 for 5. Sam Arkwright Morgan Davies got their heads down and grafted brilliantly to push us to 240 for 5 at the end of our 45 overs. Sam finished on 57no and Morgan 17no.
We had them 78 for 4when their Aussie, E Butcher, who had just arrived on our shores earlier in the week was joined by J Gericke. The knocked the ball about and just when it looked like the two might get them over the line. However, with the score on 192, Mr Butcher very kindly knocked the ball in the air for Jack to take a brilliant catch. From there they lost their last four wickets for 22 runs, to end up 26 runs short of their target. Henry Ellison took 4 for 26 and Sam 3 for 28.
We move up to ninth place in the League.
The 2ndXI entertained Wath and Melmerby 1stXI at the Billy Bob’s Ice Cream Parlour sponsored ground. We won the toss and chose to field first. Their number 3, Jonathan Ross, was the main scorer with 78 and James Braiding made 30 as they closed on 190 for 7. In our reply Matt Buckmaster top scored with 47. Gareth Wooler made 29, Ben Jolly 25, Casper Bean 24 and skipper Nathan Barrett 23. When the 39th over arrived, we were 190 for 8 then George Keane was bowled for 12 – 190 for 9. The last over – 1 to win. Unfortunately, our 10th wicket fell to the first ball of the over and the game finished in an exciting tie. Mr Ross took 5 for 40 to round off a match winning performance.
Saturday 16th May
The 1stXI entertained Burnt Yates CC at the Billy Bobs Ice Cream Parlour ground. They won the toss and elected to bat. They lost their first wicket at 59. After that it was “crash bang wallop” as they added 118 runs in 15 overs. Ryan Lamb hit 88 not out off 67 balls (12×4, 2×6) whilst his partner made 51not out off 55 balls. With score at 177 for 1 after 25 overs, it started to rain and eventually brought an end to the game. We netted eight points and remain next to bottom in the table.
The 2ndXI travelled to Helperby and on winning the toss chose to bat first. We posted 143 for 7 with Mark Walters making 34 not out. Gareth Wooler 31 and Nathan Barrett 30. They knocked them off for the loss of three wickets in 23.3 overs.
Hayden Barrett took 1 for 22 and Gareth Sharpe 1 for 21, and there was a run out.
We take 4 points but slip to 6th in the table.
JUNIORS
On Sunday 17th May the u13’s were away at Cowling and won by 98 runs. The won the toss and decided to field first. Our first four batters all retired not out (as per rules) Billy Collins, Rueben Barrett, and Alex Thornborrow all scored 28 and Hudson Meeking 26. We finished on135 for 0 off our 20 overs. The homesters were under the cosh from the start. Sadly, no player scored double figures, and they closed on 37 for 8. Extras 24 made two thirds of their total. Percy Buckmaster took 2 for 4 and the other wickets were shared between five bowlers.
The u9’s game scheduled for last Sunday against Skipton was abandoned due to the condition of the ground.
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