TEAM Batting first BELSTONE vs SPREYTON  (BUCKLEY  CUP)

SPREYTON (13 PTS)  BEAT  BELSTONE  (8 PTS)  BY ONE  WICKET

	Name of player	How out	Score		Name of player	How out	Score
1	DRAKE	ct TOMKINS b HEDLEY-DENT	13	1	FILOR	NOT OUT	47
2	PATERSON	NOT OUT	28	2	WRIGHT	ct JEAL b BUSHIN	0
3	EDWARDS	ct BENTLEY b HEDLEY-DENT	8	3	HANCOCK	NOT OUT	27
4	GOMERSALL	b HEDLEY-DENT	0	4	NIVEN	b JEAL	0
5	GROSS	NOT OUT	17	5	HEDLEY-DENT	st Simon TREMAIN b JEAL	0
6	WALPOLE	RETIRED	26	6	WINDERS	ct DRAKE b JEAL	13
7	Simon TREMAIN	lbw b NIVEN	1	7	BENTLEY	b PATERSON	0
8	BUSHIN	ct NIVEN b WINDERS	17	8	HEMMINGS	RUN OUT	9
9	Scott TREMAIN	ct TOMKINS b WRIGHT	0	9	STACEY	ct Simon TREMAIN b GROSS	2
10	HOOPER	b WRIGHT	0	10	SMITH	ct JEAL b GROSS	10
11	JEAL	RUN OUT	0	11	TOMKINS	b GROSS	0

Extras        7 Extras      10

TOTAL (for 8 wkts)     117 TOTAL(for 9 wkts)    118

BOWLING ANALYSIS                                        BOWLING ANALYSIS

HANCOCK: 4-0-15-0 HEDLEY-DENT: 4-0-27-3     GOMERSALL: 4-0-33-0 BUSHIN: 3-0-20-1

TOMKINS: 2-0-18-0 NIVEN: 4-0-14-1                    JEAL: 4-0-21-3 PATERSON: 4-0-13-1

WINDERS: 4-0-29-1 WRIGHT: 2-0-13-2                 GROSS: 2-0-7-3 Scott TREMAIN: 1.5-0-23-0

Belstone’s first match in the 20-20 evening Buckley Cup competition – now in its tenth year – produced an exciting game from start to finish which climaxed with visitors Spreyton needing 14 runs from the last two overs with their last pair at the wicket.  Earlier Belstone had got off to a positive start with two sixes apiece from openers Richard Drake (13) and Andrew Paterson (28 not out) before Chris Hedley-Dent claimed the first three wickets to fall in a spell of four overs for 27 runs.  Spreyton skipper Niven then pegged back the run rate with a tidy spell of left-arm bowling (one for 14 from four overs) before the pace picked up again to six an over thanks to good contributions from Chris Walpole (26 retired), Pete Gross (17 not out) and Harry Bushin (17).  Belstone failed to gain their fifth batting point (one point is awarded for every 25 runs) when the frantic last over from Steve Wright ended with three ducks and only three runs scored to leave a 20-over total of 117 for eight.

Spreyton’s reply quickly got ahead of the asking rate as 49 runs came off four early overs thanks to powerful strokeplay from Chris Filor and Charlie Hancock who both then retired on 25 (as laid down in the competition rules).  Belstone came back into the game as Terry Jeal (three for 21), Paterson (one for 13) and Gross (three for seven) worked their way through all the other Spreyton batsmen.  Ironically this success only served to bring Filor and Hancock back to the crease to resume their big hitting.  So to the chaotic 19th over where Filor was dropped off a skier to deep midwicket and escaped being run-out by a whisker from the ensuing over-throw.  He then carved the fifth ball through the covers for his sixth boundary to reach 47 not out and give Spreyton a one-wicket win with seven balls to spare.