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RESULTS – 12th JULY 2008 – LEAGUE WEEK 11
LEAKY LEEDS “CASTLED” BY BOTH MARDEN
TEAMS
TONY SETS UP HOME WIN IN TOP OF TABLE CLASH
HUMPHREY (R) AND TOMKINSON IN RECORD STAND
AS SECOND TEAM SCORE 325
First XI v's Leeds & Broomfield
Home - Won by 43 Runs - Updated version with batting
data included..
We lost the toss on a wicket that had been given a soaking
during the week so I guess we knew what to expect. We
were asked to bat and a fine opening stand of 48 with
Richard Brewer returning from injury, and Tony Sunnucks
set us up well. Paul joined his brother and looked in
good nick before uncharacteristically missing a straight
one for 25. Tony battled on with different supporters
for a fine 84. Marden set 180, I would have been happier
with 200 but with the low slow track we knew tight bowling
would make that total difficult to achieve
Matt Blythin opened the wicket taking by bowling the
L & B skipper for 7. He was supported well by Nav
Athwell (SAT NAV to his friends) at the other end who
bowled 6 overs 1 maiden 0 for 17, and with a little
more luck would have taken 2 wickets. Tony Mortimer
replaced Nav and immediately began asking questions
of the L & B batsmen. His tight line frustrated
them bowling his first 4 overs for 3 runs. Mattison
joined the attack and huge pressure began to build.
Mattison took 2 wickets, Hartshorn bowled and Bailey
the other opener caught at deep mid wicket by Dai Thomas,
very secure under the high ball. A spectacular palmed
catch from Mortimer to Blythin secured just reward for
Mortimer’s bowling. Langridge pre-empted Creasey’s
bizarre attempt to emulate our test players and caught
him off a poorly executed reverse sweep, off Tony Sunnucks,
much to the annoyance of his batting partner Dibben.
Dibben still fighting hard for the L & B cause was
removed by a sharp catch in the deep by the skipper,
off Mattison for 28. Tony Sunnucks chipped in with a
further 2 wickets, a fine catch by Paul at long on and
a regulation one by Brewer in the covers extinguished
the L & B fire. 3 overs to go the hatches battened,
they effectively gave up 8 wickets down. Fine fielding
and great catching saw us run out easy winners in the
end by 43 runs. Mortimer 1 for 18 off 8 was superb,
Mattison 3 for 21 off 12 Sunnucks T 3 for 37 off 8 and
Brewer 0 for 11 off 4 all performed brilliantly.
SELSTED
AWAY 1:30pm START
HUNTER
LANGRIDGE
THOMAS D
SUNNUCKS T
MATTISON
BLYTHIN
SAMUEL
BREWER
TAPLIN
WITHERS GREEN
STILEMAN
Leeds &
Broomfield V's Marden Second XI - Marden win by 212
Runs
Leeds is
normally a good place to win the toss and although the
final score vindicated the decision, to bat first at
80 for 3 off 20 overs, with a surprising amount of bounce
in the wicket the game could had gone either way. Chris
(7) and JJ (31) got off to a solid start until Chris
dragged a ball onto his stumps. JJ was in top form cutting
beautifully in front and behind of square and clipping
off his toes over mid wicket.
He and Rupert
put on 50 until John Fletcher the Leeds Skipper bought
himself on and immediately tempted JJ and Chris McCafferty
into false shots resulting in catches on the off side.
This bought
Ben Tomkinson to the wicket on his birthday, conscious
that there was not a great deal of batting to follow.
By the time Rupert (Do you have big jugs!!) had been
run out in the 42nd over he had a magnificent 158 runs
to his name and he and Ben had put together what surely
is a Marden record for the 4th wicket of 223 runs. Both
players were ruthless on the flagging Leeds bowlers
but commendably the home side continued to field with
a lot of guts, particularly in the deep, and they were
ultimately rewarded with the Humphries runout.
Ben reached
his 100 on the penultimate ball of the innings, with
young and confident Alex Newport and Charlie Humphrey
both joining him in the closing stages, Charlie hitting
his first runs for Marden.
Leeds responded
with an opening stand of 55 against the bowling of Dan
Wickham and Peter Lampard. Dan looks a fine prospect
for the club and will not have thanked his skipper who
asked him to open the bowling!! His fielding was superb
with a great arm.
Lampard eventually
forced Linsey Hancox into a mis-timed pull held safely
by young Charlie Humphrey at mid on, and after that
the resistance was limited only to the skipper John
Fletcher who cracked a quick 29 but became the first
of Alex Newport's victims, clean bowled in a first class
spell of 4 overs, 2 maidens, 3 wickets for 3 runs! Poor
Leeds continued to suffer as most of the aerial shots
were pouched by Ward, Thomas and Wickham and the innings
would have ended sooner if Chris had clung onto a couple
of sharp chances at silly mid on.
This Saturday
we have a home game against Hollingbourne and then a
week off!
HOLLINGBOURNE
HOME 1:30pm START
THOMAS
WATTS
JONES
HUMPHREY R
MCCAFFERTY
NAV
HUMPHREY J
MORTIMER
BARDSLEY
MURRAY
KARIM |
