BELSTONE v OLD ELDONIANS

OLD ELDONIANS BEAT BELSTONE BY 7 WICKETS

 

 

Name of player

How out

Score

 

 

Name of player

How out

Score

1

DRAKE

ct HENWOOD b ASPINALL

30

 

1

SPICER

ct CARTER b EASTERBROOK

0

2

WOODS

ct & b ASPINALL

4

 

2

HENWOOD

NOT OUT

38

3

EDWARDS

b ASPINALL

3

 

3

ROWLING

ct CARTER b BUSHIN

7

4

DENNIS

lbw b CLUTTERBUCK

2

 

4

ASHBY

b BUSHIN

0

5

GOMERSALL

b POLLARD

22

 

5

MANEESH

NOT OUT

46

6

MUCKLOW

b CLUTTERBUCK

1

 

6

 

 

 

7

CARTER

ct SPICER b CLUTTERBUCK

1

 

7

 

 

 

8

PATERSON

b FALCONER

9

 

8

 

 

 

9

WALPOLE

ct MANEESH b POLLARD

8

 

9

 

 

 

10

EASTERBROOK

ct ROWLING b GLEDSTONE

17

 

10

 

 

 

11

BUSHIN

NOT OUT

1

 

11

 

 

 

 

Extras

 

 

 

 

Extras

 

 

 

TOTAL  

for 10 wkts

 

 

 

TOTAL  

for 10 wkts

 

 

BOWLING ANALYSIS                                                                            BOWLING ANALYSIS

CLUTTERBUCK: 8-2-19-3                                                                       EASTERBROOK: 8-3-8-1                                  

ASPINALL: 8-1-45-3                                                                               BUSHIN: 7-1-26-2

POLLARD: 5-2-11-2                                                                               PATERSON: 5-1-24-0                

FALCONER: 2-0-12-1                                                                             DENNIS: 5-1-13-0

GLEDSTONE: 2.5-0-13-1                                                                        GOMERSALL: 2.1-0-9-0

                                                                                                            DRAKE: 2-0-17-0

                                                                       


The day after playing IBM the tourists played Old Eldonians in front of the Georgian stately home at Stanstead Park near Havant they suffered a reaction from the previous evening’s excitements with a poor batting display.  The innings began promisingly enough as Richard Drake hit 30 of the first 40 runs in 35 minutes with seven boundaries before he became one of Steve Aspinall’s three victims.   In tandem with the other opening bowler Peter Clutterbuck (8-2-19-3), Aspinall reduced Belstone to 54 for six in the 15th over.  Although Chris Gomersall (22) and Aidan Easterbrook (17) batted positively no-one could build a lengthy partnership and the innings petered out on 101 in the 26th over after a string of careless strokes, leaving more than 13 overs criminally wasted. 

Easterbrook then bowled his finest spell of the season sending back Spicer for a duck in his first over, passing the bat on numerous occasions with balls that were just too good to find the edge and conceding only eight runs in eight overs.   Bushin proved almost as difficult to play at the other end, claiming two wickets as Old Eldonians struggled to 23 for three in the tenth over.  The home team continued to find runs hard to acquire as first change bowlers Phil Dennis (5-1-13-0) and Paterson (5-1-24-0) maintained the pressure but gradually Steve Henwood and Maneesh got the scoreboard moving with singles and the occasional boundary.  Henwood, who survived a confident appeal for a catch behind and was dropped in the gully, eventually carried his bat for 38, scored off 75 balls, while Maneesh, with a late flurry of runs, ended undefeated on 46, scored off 61 balls with seven fours, their partnership of 79 carrying Old Eldonians home to a comprehensive seven wicket win with ten overs to spare.