A poor batting performance lets Northern down but they make a fight of it. Northern’s team chopped and changed a little from new captain Vaile’s original selection. Top Cat’s were short a full team but chose to field as they had players to arrive – and they were pretty much at full strength by the time the game started.
Brain started well rattling up 8 fairly quickly but when he was bowled Palmer and Horlock both were quickly following him, both for 0. Chedzoy and Brewer managed to get off the mark but both also fell cheaply. Jimmy was joined by Martin Britton and they both hung around for a couple of overs without troubling the scorers. Martin fell chipping a return catch to the bowler and Barrie was lucky to be dropped when picking up a single before being bowled playing horribly across the line as is his norm.
Perkins got a couple before falling as did Manley, who at least played a few proper shots before holing out in the deep and while this was going on Jimmy had managed to get off the mark. Clarke came in and whipped an excellent four off his legs before Jimmy edged behind and walked – Northern missing the bonus point on 39.
An almost impossible challenge awaited but some pacy bowling from Ben (3 wickets) and accurate stuff from Brett (1) and Charles (1) assisted by Ashley taking a catch and Dave with a direct hit run-out meant Top Cats were floundering on 16-6 before M Morris hit a couple of big straight sixes that took the game away from Northern. Russell bowled well for his single over, Willacott taking a catch but the total was just too low as Top Cats reached 40 with 3 wickets in hand.
Northern will hope to improve in their two matches next week.
C Brain Bowled Greaves 8
R Palmer Bowled Morris 0
B Horlock Bowled Greaves 0
J Vaile Caught Rees 3
A Chedzoy Bowled Greaves 2
A Brewer Bowled Morris 1
M Britton C+B Morris 0
B Willacott Bowled Rees 1
D Perkins Bowled Morris 2
D Manley Caught Rees 2
B Clarke Not Out 4
Extras 13
Total 39 all out
O M R W
R Greaves 5 1 9 3
M Morris 5 0 16 4
H Rees 5 0 7 3
I Buckland Ct (Chedzoy) Horlock 1
R Morris Bowled Horlock 2
J Jones R/O (Manley) 0
R Greaves Bowled Clarke 0
M Morris Not Out 21
D Morris Bowled Brain 2
Luff Bowled Horlock 0
P Sheppard Ct (Wil'cott) Palmer 1
E Hayward Not Out 3
H Rees
T Cox
Extras 10
Total 40-7
O M R W
B Horlock 5 1 17 3
B Clarke 2 0 9 1
C Brain 3.1 1 10 1
R Palmer 1 0 2 1
bat bowl catch runout stumping play TOTAL
B Horlock -5 45 10 50
C Brain 8 14 10 32
B Clarke 4 11 10 25
D Manley 2 10 10 22
R Palmer -5 16 10 21
A Chedzoy 2 5 10 17
B Willacott 1 5 10 16
J Vaile 3 10 13
D Perkins 2 10 12
A Brewer 1 10 11
M Britton -5 10 5
Man of Match - B Horlock
May 10th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
I love your match reports Dave! Better game today!