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2007

Bridestowe - the home team started slowly in last Sunday’s 40-over 12-a-side friendly against Belstone, reaching 40 for three from 16 overs after accurate opening spells from Jonathan Parsons (8-1-17-2) and Andrew Paterson (4-0-9-0).   Useful contributions with the bat came from the top order   ...read more
09.09.07

Villagers side - Another Belstone XI, made up entirely of villagers, took on a team from the Red Lion at Exbourne in a 30-over game.  Belstone started cautiously, with only 13 coming off the first nine overs of seam from Rip Petherbridge and Daryl Chapman (5-1-10-2)   ...read more
09.09.07

Inaugural Pearsall Trophy - Belstone and Sticklepath met for their first ever afternoon game at Rew Meadow last Sunday, playing for a new trophy presented by WJ Pearsall, the long-established Okehampton jewellers at the top of the Arcade.   ...read more
03.09.07

Relegation avoided - Last Sunday, for the second week running, Belstone took to the field knowing that they had to win to avoid relegation in the South Devon League.  This time, in the final league match of the season, their opponents at Rew Meadow were Raleigh who themselves had a chance   ...read more
27.08.07

Final Buckley Cup match - Belstone travelled to Tedburn St Mary on 23 August for their final 20-over Buckley Cup game of the season.  Batting first they got off to a flying start as Gary Sizmur and Phil Woods scored at over eight an over before they both retired on 28 with the score on 70 for two  ...read more
23.08.07

Relegation Battle - With relegation threatening Belstone travelled to South Devon on Sunday for a ‘must-win’ game in the South Devon League Division Two and this time their batsmen performed consistently well, which made all the difference.   ...read more
19.08.07

Fly By Knights - A case of déjà vu when another nine Belstone batsmen capitulated for just 18 runs between them as London tourists Fly By Knights recorded a 59 run win.  Once again Belstone did well in the field restricting the visitors to 104 for eight after 30 overs ...read more
18.08.07

Touring side - A team can’t expect to win when nine of their players can only score ten runs between them and so it proved when Belstone welcomed touring side Bristol St George to Rew Meadow last Thursday.  The match started well enough for Belstone with both the visitors’ openers removed with nine on the board ...read more
16.08.07

Belstone fail to chase low target - Last Sunday Belstone travelled to the fast outfields of the Devon County Ground at Exmouth for a South Devon League Division Two match against Raleigh.  For three quarters of the time they were on top but disastrously went from needing only 40 to win with seven wickets standing ...read more
12.08.07

Belstone bounce back - Belstone bounced back in the Buckley with a convincing win against Yeoford.  Phil Woods (26 retired), Neil Rowlands (22 retired) and Gary Sizmur (21) got them off to a good start with 58 on the board by the half-way stage. ...read more
09.08.07

Spreyton extend lead - Spreyton extended their lead at the top of the Buckley Cup with a resounding seven wicket win over Belstone on 7 August.  Most of the Belstone batsmen failed to get to grips with the pace of the pitch, several lobbing catches to the in-field by playing too late.    ...read more
07.08.07

Valuable League Points - On Sunday Belstone completed the double over Exeter St James in a bottom-of-the-table clash at Rew Meadow in Division Two of the South Devon League.  Belstone began very cautiously in the face of an accurate attack from Poortman (9-2-25-0) and especially Chris Horne  ...read more
05.08.07

North Tawton - Last Saturday Belstone travelled to North Tawton for the home team’s fourth game in their rain-affected comeback season.  Batting first the visitors made only their fifth century opening stand since forming in1993 with Dennis Edwards (30) and skipper Andrew Paterson ...read more
04.08.07

Fatso goes mental - Belstone’s visit to Whitchurch on 29 July started in explosive style and ended with a last-over cliff-hanger.  Opener Richard Drake led the charge for the visitors scoring 92 out of 109 before he was fourth out in the 15^th over having flayed nine 6s and four 4s hitting all but two of the 43 ...read more
29.07.07

Close Contest - Belstone’s latest Buckley Cup game away against Hatherleigh Colts produced the best match of the season so far with a feast of stroke-play and athletic fielding with the result in doubt until the penultimate ball.  After a quiet three overs with only seven on the board for the loss of Wayne Pearce ...read more
24.07.07

Solitary Tour Match - Only one of the three games planned for Belstone’s tour to the Portsmouth area survived the weather and that finished in a draw as home team Old Eldonians declined to chase Belstone’s hefty total.  The tourists recovered from 13 for two  ...read more
22.07.07

Annual President's Day - Last Saturday’s annual match between Belstone and an XI put together by Club President Peter Hammond was blessed with a rare fine day.  Belstone batted first in the 45-over match with the top of the order held together by a watchful half century from opener Pete Gross  ...read more
14.07.07

Club Record - Belstone took the Tedburn St Mary attack to pieces to amass 170 for seven, the Club’s highest ever 20-over total, comfortably beating the previous best of 156 for seven against Lydford in 2000.   ...read more
12.07.07

Hatherleigh - Belstone kept up the pressure on Spreyton at the top of the Twenty20 Buckley Cup with a convincing win last week.  They chased down Hatherleigh Colts total of 90 for five to win a low scoring game by six wickets with five overs to spare   ...read more
10.07.07

Rain causes cancellations again - Both the South Devon League game against Torquay and the Buckley Cup game against Yeoford were called off due to bad weather.  Shaldon visited on Sunday in the SDL and Belstone fell short of the Shaldon total by 42 runs.  Scorecard
08.07.07

C&G Trophy - Last season’s inaugural match between Belstone and a C&G Celebrity XI chosen by local tradesman Chris Walsh (owner of C&G Plastering Services) had a nail-biting finish as Belstone sneaked a two wicket win with two balls remaining.   ...read more
23.06.07

Match Abandoned - Last Sunday rain put paid to a potentially exciting finish in Belstone’s latest South Devon League Division Two match at top-of-the-table Brixham.  After skipper Paterson won the toss and put the home side in, James Fletcher (24) and Newman (8) made a cautious three-an-over start  ...read more
17.06.07

Hampshire Tourists - Last Saturday perennial tourists Old Eldonians arrived from Portsmouth and, even though they had an under-strength side, managed to hold out for a draw in a rain-affected 36-over game.  Belstone hit their stride when Wayne Pearce plundered 3 sixes  ...read more
16.06.07

Buckley Cup Win - Yeoford continued their poor run of form in the Buckley Cup when they travelled to Rew Meadow on 13 June.  Dismissed for just 38 the week before by Spreyton, this time they reached 56 for nine off 20 overs, still well short of Belstone’s 127 for five  ...read more
13.06.07

Dismal Batting - Last Sunday Belstone travelled to Shaldon for their latest South Devon League Division Two match.  On a pitch with very uneven bounce Shaldon started brightly with a care-free knock from Sam Mason who was second out having made 37 of the first 41 runs.  ...read more
10.06.07

Lancaster Cup 2nd Round - Belstone travelled to Whitchurch for a Lancaster Cup second round match which saw a convincing nine wicket victory for the home side.  Even though the Whitchurch attack conceded 32 extras, Belstone could only manage four-an-over for most of their innings  ...read more
07.06.07

Sticklepath Double - Belstone completed a Buckley Cup double over Sticklepath on 6 June with an easier seven wicket victory than at one time seemed likely.  Batting first on a spongy pitch Sticklepath were in trouble at 29 for five thanks to good opening spells from Jonathan Parsons and Pete Gross ...read more
06.06.07

Batting collapse - Belstone began their latest South Devon League Division Two match on Sunday in sensational fashion as Parsons sent back both Torquay openers in the first over of the match. ...read more
03.06.07

Comfortable win - Sticklepath came up just eight runs short of Hatherleigh Colts’ total of 126 in their first Buckley Cup match on 16 May but their batsmen failed to get going against Belstone ...read more
23.05.07

Easy win to start the SDL season -  Belstone began their South Devon League Division Two campaign last Sunday with a visit to an Exeter St James side somewhat under strength due to players watching Exeter City FC at Wembley.   ...read more

Another close game against Spreyton -  Spreyton took a maximum 15 points from their opening Buckley Cup match against Belstone at Rew Meadow on 15 May.  Openers Tony Niven and Steve Wright got them off to a cracking start before both retired on 26 and 28 respectively. ...read more

Belstone Colts Friendly -  The Colts challenged a full-strength senior side to a 35-over match last Sunday and hung on for a hard-earned draw as the weather intervened in the final overs.  The Colts began well, restricting the seniors to 56 for three in the 14^th over  ...read more

Draw to Old Suttonians - After electing to bat against Old Suttonians last Sunday Belstone made a slow start with the opening partnership of 30 taking 12 overs before Chris Walpole (7) holed out at mid-on with his first attacking stroke ...read more

Two fine victories - Belstone began their fifteenth season in fine style last weekend with two victories, first chasing down a decent Hatherleigh total for a three wicket win and then posting a big total to crush Moretonhampstead by 175 runs.
Hatherleigh match report  |  Mortenhampstead match report

2007 Colts Fixture List - Phil Dennis has arranged Colts fixtures for the 2007 season.  Go to the Colts section to get more information.  Fixtures include games against Bridestowe and Gunnislake with others to be arranged with Tedburn and Hatherleigh.  

Final game of the season - Belstone made a slow start to their final game of the season on Sunday when they were put in to bat by visitors Harberton and accurate bowling by Darren Stibbs, Keith Shepherd and Barry Goldsmith restricted their score to 39 for two after 15 overs .....read more  

Dartington - Not for the first time this season Belstone threw away a match-winning position in their penultimate game of the season against Dartington by losing nine wickets for 57 runs after having been comfortably placed in a run chase at 67 for one .....read more

Vital Drop Catch - Needing a win against top of the table Keyham and Buckfastleigh to keep survival hopes in South Devon League 2 alive, Belstone started the game in positive mood.Parsons(9-0-39-2) returning to the side after long term injury .....read more

Dunsford - Last Sunday Dunsford visited Rew Meadow for a game where both innings followed a remarkably similar pattern of early wickets and late middle-order partnerships.  Dunsford began badly when opener Sharland chipped his first ball from Harry Bushin to square leg .....read more