Belstone v Yeoford (Buckley Cup)
Yeoford (13 pts) beat Belstone (6 pts) by 5 wickets
Belstone
Drake lbw b Murch 19
M Dennis ct Murch b Allport 22
Tremain ct Murch b Allport 19
Woods ct P Dennis b Murch 4
Munkenbeck run out 11
Edwards not out 18
P Dennis run out 0
Wonnacott lbw b Leach 5
Francis not out 5
Extras 3
TOTAL for 7 wickets 106
Bowling
Stanbury: 3-0-23-0
Collins: 4-0-16-0
Murch: 4-0-24-2
Allport: 4-0-18-2
Leach: 3-0-15-1
Barlow: 2-0-10-0
Yeoford
Allport ct Russell b P Dennis 12
Hearn ct Francis b Russell 4
Barlow retired 27
P Dennis ct Edwards b Tremain 21
Saunders b Drake 16
Collins ct Wonncott b Drake 6
Murch not out 6
Smallacombe not out 0
Extras 18
TOTAL for 5 wickets 110
Bowling
Russell: 4-0-26-1
Wonnacott: 2-0-8-0
M Dennis: 4-0-23-0
P Dennis: 4-0-10-1
Drake: 3.4-0-28-2
Tremain: 2-0-8-1
Belstone and Yeoford fought out a close game in the Buckley Cup last week with the result in doubt until the final over. Belstone reached the ten over half-way stage of their innings well placed on 60 for two after good contributions from Richard Drake (19), Matt Dennis (22) and skipper Scott Tremain (19). Yeoford kept the runs down in the second ten overs helped by two run outs and useful spells from Neil Allport (4-0-18-2) and Murch (4-0-24-2).
Needing to score 107 for victory Yeoford kept up with the required run rate throughout their reply with Barlow (27 retired) and Peter Dennis (21) leading the way. Their total was also boosted by some wayward Belstone bowling which conceded a crucial ten wides. The final over began with Yeoford needing three to win and a boundary for Murch was enough to secure them a five wicket victory, their first over Belstone since 2005.
Belstone beat Stansted by 7 wickets
Stansted
Wootton b Bushin 9
Parsons ct Francis b Bushin 1
Si Meeke ct Tremain b Gomersall 18
Thomas b Griffiths 1
Lamgna ct Parsons b Griffiths 0
Rogers ct Tucker b Gomersall 0
Graham ct Tucker b M Dennis 11
St Meeke ct Tucker b Francis 4
Falloner not out 42
Pollard not out 24
Extras 11
TOTAL for eight wickets 121
Bowling:
Parsons: 8-2-18-0
Bushin: 10-5-12-2
Griffiths: 3-1-3-2
Gomersall: 8-2-23-2
Francis: 6-1-24-1
M Dennis: 5-1-18-1
P Dennis: 5-2-12-0
Woods: 1-0-9-0
Belstone
Woods not out 53
M Dennis ct Rogers b Si Meeke 0
Tremain ct & b Si Meeke 25
Walpole b Clutterbuck 7
Griffiths not out 24
Extras 13
TOTAL for three wickets 122
Bowling:
Si Meeke: 7-1-42-2
Rogers: 7-2-24-0
Clutterbuck: 2-0-17-1
St Meeke: 1-0-22-0
Portsmouth tourists Stansted, put in to bat when they visited Rew Meadow last Sunday, struggled for runs on a drying pitch which offered some lift to the dynamic Belstone opening attack of Harry Bushin and Jonathan Parsons. In fact six of the first dozen overs were maidens with Bushin picking up two wickets into the bargain. There was no respite when Adam Griffiths (3-1-3-2) and Chris Gomersall (8-2-23-2) took over the attack so that after 20 overs the score had crawled to 36 for six. Three catches behind the stumps for keeper Colin Tucker further reduced the visitors to 53 for eight but then Hugh Pollard (24 not out) joined John Falloner (42 not out) to begin a recovery. Over the next fifteen overs they batted cautiously, content to wait and punish the few bad balls, eventually sharing an unbroken partnership of 68 which took the total at tea to something approaching respectability, 121 for eight.
Belstone didn’t hang around in their chase, with Scott Tremain (25) adding 42 for the second wicket with Phil Woods. Griffiths raced to 24 not out from five scoring strokes and Woods reached a hard-hit half century with four 4’s and four 6’s as the home team cruised to a seven wicket win off just 17 overs.