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TEAM Batting first BELSTONE v OLD SUTTONIANS

BELSTONE  BEAT  OLD  SUTTONIANS  BY 104  RUNS

	Name of player	How out	Score			Name of player	How out	Score
1	EDWARDS	ct & b MUNTON	18		1	TAYLOR	b PARSONS	10
2	M DENNIS	b MUNTON	34		2	HORTON	ct EDWARDS b MUNKENBECK	11
3	PATERSON	ct BROWN b BLANK	3		3	WOLLINGTON	lbw b GOMERSALL	12
4	MUNKENBECK	ct BETTISON b TAYLOR	7		4	BLANK	b GOMERSALL	0
5	GOMERSALL	b BLANK	27		5	SAUNDERS	b GOMERSALL	0
6	WALPOLE	NOT OUT	36		6	BROWN	lbw b MUNKENBECK	0
7	FRANCIS	ct BETTISON b BLANK	2		7	PARROTT	b GOMERSALL	5
8	P DENNIS	ct BROWN b COOPER	20		8	COOPER	ct PATERSON b FRANCIS	2
9	SANDERCOCK	b COOPER	2		9	BETTISON	NOT OUT	9
10	PARSONS	b BETTISON	0		10	MUNTON	b GOMERSALL	0
11	R DENNIS	NOT OUT	4		11

                                               Extras                                     14                                                                                                         Extras                                             14         

                                                TOTAL  (for  9  wkts)                         167                                                                              TOTAL  (for 9  wkts)                                        __   63  

BOWLING ANALYSIS                                                                                                 BOWLING ANALYSIS
SAUNDERS: 4-1-23-0                     TAYLOR: 8-2-22-1                                        PARSONS: 8-2-13-1                         SANDERCOCK: 7-2-21-0
MUNTON: 9-2-18-1                          BETTISON: 8-0-35-1                                    MUNKENBECK: 3-0-8-2                  GOMERSALL: 7.1-4-6-5
BLANK: 8-0-35-3                              COOPER: 3-0-25-2                                       FRANCIS: 4-0-13-1

After two Sunday wash-outs Belstone finally got their season underway last Sunday with a convincing 104 run victory over visitors Old Suttonians.   Belstone got off to a solid start with Dennis Edwards (18) and Matt Dennis, who mixed defence and powerful leg-side hitting in making 34 out of the opening partnership of 54 in 47 minutes.  Alan Munton (9-2-18-2) and Paul Blank (8-0-35-3) brought Old Sutts back into the game with some steady bowling before the middle order recovered thanks to Chris Gomersall (two 6’s in his 27) and Phil Dennis (four 4’s in his run-a-minute 20).  At the other end Chris Walpole held the lower order together for 52 minutes with 36 not out, including a last wicket partnership of 17 with Ryan Dennis, to give the home side a respectable 40-over total of 168 for nine.

From the start of their reply Old Sutts struggled to get the ball past the inner ring of fielders and once the top three of Taylor (10), Horton (11) and Wolington (12) had gone with 33 on the board they folded completely in the face of a devastating spell from Gomersall, ably supported by James Munkenbeck (3-0-8-2).  Gomersall finished with figures of five for six from 7.1 overs, his best figures since 2000 and his 17^th  haul of five or more wickets in an innings.