2004 SEASON
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DATE |
FIXTURE (SNCL
Div1, |
RESULT |
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Sat 01 May |
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A 25-2 ( |
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Sat 08 May |
Afro |
A |
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Sun 09 May |
Grendon
Underwood Friendly (A) |
Cancelled by
them |
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Sat 15 May |
Woodford Halse
(H) |
W 235-8 / 114-6 |
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Sat 22 May |
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W 273-5 / 128 all out |
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Sat 29 May |
Gayton (A) |
L 273-6 / 107 all out |
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Sat 05 Jun |
Croughton (H) |
L 186-7 / 152 all out |
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Sat 12 Jun |
Greens Norton
(A) |
W 176 all out / 129 all out |
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Thu 17 Jun |
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Conceded |
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Sat 19 Jun |
Culworth (A) |
L 175-6 / 174-6* |
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Sat 26 Jun |
Hinton in the
Hedges (A) |
A |
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Sat 03 Jul |
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L 139 all out* / 140-2 |
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Sat 10 Jul |
Woodford Halse
(A) |
A 160-8 / 32-3 |
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Sat 17 Jul |
Afro |
L 131 all out* / 135-3 |
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Sat 24 Jul |
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L 103 all out* / 106-7 |
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Sat 31 Jul |
Gayton (H) |
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Sat 07 Aug |
Croughton ( |
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Sat 14 Aug |
Greens Norton ( |
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Sat 21 Aug |
Culworth ( |
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Sat 28 Aug |
Hinton in the Hedges ( |
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Sun 12 Sep |
Broughton & NN ( |
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SATURDAY 28 AUGUST
BODICOTE (163-8 - 20 pts) beat
HINTON (161-4 - 7 pts) by 2 wickets
With another damp drying wicket and the need for bonus points if we lost even
Dave was persuaded that it was worth bowling first. Well it would have been had
we not turned in one of the most insipid displays of the season. It soon became
apparent that despite needing to win to stay up Hinton only had nine players,
with a late arrival promised, so eight wickets would equal five bonus points.
After an early wicket for Dave this became increasingly unlikely, not helped
when the Chairman dropped Hinton's star bat Paul Turvey (who has scored 5 tons
and over 1000 runs in the SNCL this season) when he was on 10. With the help of
Cone, Turvey took the score up to 80 in the 20th over when he fell for just 36,
bowled by Bucks who was easily the best Bodicote bowler on the day. Cone then
took over and with the help of No 4 Ashton added another 75 in the next 15
overs. They were also helped by more dropped catches with Inzy, Cronin and even
Phil in the slips spilling chances. When Cone was finally out caught by Steve
Pratt off Phil for 89 the total was up to 155 but Hinton seemed to decide to restrict
our bonus point chances rather than press on for more runs in the final overs.
Phil however did take his 2nd wicket which meant that two bonus points had been
earned and if we failed to reach our target then a score of 150 plus would see
a further three batting ones would see us in a play off against Hinton next
Saturday if Woodford won (see News section for permutations etc).
In the circumstances and despite Hinton only having 10 fielders for most of the
reply 162 was not going to be easy against a side who were fighting hard to
stay up, particularly remembering our lack of skill in chasing (it was probably
1999 that we chased down a target of this size). However Andrew Stanley and
Steve Pratt gave us a good start adding 64 for the 1st wicket in about 20
overs. They fell in quick succession, Andrew for 33 and Steve for 30 which,
showing alarming signs of anorakship, Steve knew was 8 short of what he needed
to average 20 for the season! This brought Dave and Polly together and they
upped the tempo with some big shots until Polly fell for 16 with the score on
106. Rog followed for a duck and then Dave was bowled leaving the score 118-5
with 6 overs to go. George (20) and Inzy (11) put on 27 but could quite get up
with the run rate before George, who batted really well, was unluckily given
run out in the 39th over by the umpire who was looking the other way at the
time. Cronin hit a huge 6 off his first ball which meant that at least 150 had
been achieved but he perished off the last ball of the over to leave eight
needed for victory off the 40th over. Inzy was out caught first ball and Barlow
hit the 2nd for one and with Phil now at the crease a leg bye was run off the
third. Barlow connected well with the fourth ball but it plugged short of the
boundary - forget the 4 x 100 relay gold, the sprinting achievement of the day
was the Chair lapping Phil to run three - leaving three needed off two to win
but a tie would be good enough. The fifth ball was well pitched up but luckily
Phil chose not to play his late cut at it but smacked it through mid wicket for
a four which secured the 20 points.
Heart-stopping stuff and hats off to Hinton who fought hard to avoid the drop.
It just goes to prove that whatever you do to the bonus points system Woody's
old adage of needing six wins to stay up still holds true. Other adages include
that if the rain comes from where the old pavilion used to be situated the game
will be abandoned, you never score runs wearing new kit, however bad an
opposition's bowling attack each team has a best bowler who has to be treated
with utmost respect. Dave Cronin has addded a new adage this season that you
will never take wickets or score runs if any member of your family is watching.
Other results
Croughton (145 for 6 - 20 pts)
beat Warwick Univ Staff (144 for 6 -
5pts) by 4 wkts
Culworth (160 for 9 - 20 pts)
beat Woodford (102 all out - 5 pts) by
58 runs
Preston Bissett (111 for 8 - 20 pts)
beat Gayton (85 all out - 4 pts) by
26 runs
Afro Carribean v Greens Norton - waterlogged pitch - 10 pts each.
SATURDAY 21 AUGUST
So it will come down to the wire as Bodicote failed to get the win they needed
at Culworth to secure their Division One place.
With a drying wicket it was probably a good thing Dave was not playing (he was
on holiday in the Chair's Cornish Cottage, click here for details of excellent value September breaks)
because when stand-in skipper Newman correctly won the toss he had no
hesitation in asking the home team to bat. Phil soon made an early breakthrough
getting opener Osbone caught behind by Rog and then produced a trade mark slip
catch to dismiss Rumble off the bowling of Simon Hawken. Culworth struggled for
runs against the openers but when Simon had to come off after his ECB
restricted 6 over stint and Phil took himself off they did score more freely
against change bowlers Barlow and Woodruff. Woody's 8 over stint of fast off
breaks was his longest spell since the mid 1908s. The score reached 50-2 in the
20th when the No 4 Mallen was caught off Barlow by George, atoning for an
earlier drop which saw him shovel the ball into his eyelid. George endured his
own mini Curse of Culworth as he later took a full bloodied drive on his knee.
No 3 Bassett and Baker took the score into the 80s when Barlow struck again to
trap Baker LBW and Woody removed Bodicote's nemisis in the last match, Johnson,
when he dragged a rank long hop onto his stumps. Skipper Newman produced his
trump card when he brought on George who in his 1 over bagged Bassett for 49
caught at deep extra by Polly before bowling 4 consecutive wides. After this
Culworth slumped to 118-9 only for an annoying last wicket partnership of 18 to
move them up to 136-9, which on a difficult pitch would take some chasing.
Bodicote's cause was not helped by openers Graham and Inzy soon returing to the
hutch with 11 on the board. Polly and Woody set about stopping the rot but in doing
so saw the runs dry up. They stayed together until the score passed 50 but 28
overs were taken up in doing so. This high risk strategy meant that at least
one of them would have to flourish but they were out within an over of each
other, Woody for 21 and Polly for easily his slowest ever 18. Darren followed
for a duck, Chris Rogers for not many more, George for a mature 15 and the
skipper for a duck. Last man (of 10) Hawken joined Barlow with the score on 76
with only six overs to go. A flicker of hope was raised as Barlow hit two 4s
and Simon a couple of huge sixes but he sent the Chairman back after he had
called for a comfortable leg bye with just over two overs remaining to end
their partnership of 31.
This win leaves Culworth safe and Bodicote needing a win so as not have to rely
on them beating Woodford next week. See News section for a more detailed
analysis of the various possible outcomes.
Other results
Croughton (175 for 8 - 20 pts)
beat Preston Bissett (99 all out) by
76 runs
Woodford (189 for 6 - 20 pts)
beat Hinton (186-5 - 7 pts) by
4 wkts
Greens Norton (106 for 6 - 20 pts)
beat Warwick Uni Staff (105 all out - 4
pts) by 4 wkts
Afro Carribean v Gayton - no result phoned in.
SATURDAY 14 AUGUST
BODICOTE (114 all out
– 20 pts) beat GREENS NORTON (103 all out – 6 pts) by 11
runs
A hugely important result but the
visitors will be wondering how on earth they failed to win.
Heavy midweek rain hampered
pitch preparation and the pitch was still drying out when skipper Allen tossed
up. With a heavy humid atmosphere and Cronin champing at the bit after 11
wickets in the last two weeks surely this was the day for Dave to bowl if he
won the toss .… but no.
A quick scan down the Greens
Norton teamlist showed that they were missing most of the regular bowlers but
this was to prove no handicap for Bodicote on “Mission Division Two here
we come”. In the second over Bodily accounted for Andrew who fell for a
blob to a wonderful diving catch at mid off which set the tone for a fine fielding
display by the visitors. Dave
immediately set about showing everyone that the wicket was fine, what was the
problem and with a flurry of boundaries he and Roger added 30 before Rog
spooned one up to mid on for 6. Dave soon followed for 25 and Woody fell first
ball to leave the score 38-4. All three wickets fell to the visitor’s
captain Bowmer who, making the most of the conditions, then went on to reel off
a series of maidens and ended up taking an impressive 4-13 off his 12.
Polly and Darren Osborne
repaired the damage a bit before Darren fell LBW to Bowmer, the first of many
positive decisions by the umpire who was definitely not a “not
outer”. Polly hit 20 but fell LBW hitting across the line and Dave Cronin
scored 17. Meanwhile Kilvo had joined the fray (as a late replacement for girls
blouse of the year award winner
With the pitch getting
easier, apart from the odd shooter, a win seemed unlikely. However an early
wicket for Phil and two for Dave saw the visitors wobbling on
At this stage Greens Norton
captain Bowmer, who was manifestly not a usual SNCL No 11, joined the No 6
Robinson who had patiently kept an end up whilst others perished. They inched
the score up towards their target and Barlow was removed from the attack to be
replaced by Cronin as things got a little desperate. Finally with the score on
103 with 3 and a bit overs to go Bowmer drilled one back past Dave into the
safe hands of Darren at mid off to secure an improbable win by 11 runs. Share
Greens Norton’s disbelief of the outcome by scrolling down the match
report section on their website.
The importance of this win
can be seen from the league table and results. Woodford won again so had the
result gone the other way we would have been in the bottom two. Preston Bissett
are doomed and Woodford meet Hinton next week who visit us for the last game of
the season. Culworth who we visit on Saturday are also not out of danger. One
more win will make us safe otherwise it could come down to those lovely bonus
points..
Other results
Afro
Woodford Halse (130 all
out – 20 pts) beat Croughton (120 all out – 6 pts) by 10
runs
Culworth (116 for 3
– 20 pts) beat Preston Bissett (115 all out – 2 pts) by
7 wickets
Warwick Univ. Staff (210
for 5 – 20 pts) beat Gayton (208 for 5 – 7 pts) by 5
wickets
SATURDAY 07 AUGUST
A skipper's knock of 108* from Dave helped Bodicote to 192-7. He received
good support from Inzy who made 25. Croughton were reduced to 0-2 after Dave
Cronin's first over and he went on to take 6-39. Unfortunately with Barlow,
Bucks and Hawken all on their hols and vice captain Newman watching QPR(!) his
colleagues were unable .to back him up in terms of taking wickets. However the
team fought hard but 111 from the home team's Mitchelmore helped them to a four
wicket win.
Gayton (179 for 8 - 20 pts)
beat Hinton (162 for 8 - 7 pts)
by 17 runs
Culworth (155 for 4 - 20pts) beat
Warwick Uni Staff(152 for 8 - 5 pts)
by 6 wickets
Woodford Halse (168 all out - 20 pts) beat
Greens Norton (149 all out - 6 pts) by
19 runs
Afro Carribean (244 for 9 - 20pts)
beat Presotn Bissett (146 all out - 6
pts) by 98 runs
SATURDAY
31 JULY
BODICOTE
At
long last a return to winning ways for the firsts. A solid start got us a good
score on a cracking wicket. The runs contributed by Steve Pratt 44, Dave Allen
48 and Woody 37.
Hinton in the Hedges (219 for 2 - 20 pts) beat Culworth (108 for 9 - 2 pts) by 111 runs
Greens Norton (207 for 7 - 20pts) beat
Preston Bissett (156 all out - 6 pts)
by 51 runs
Afro Caribbean (153 for 2 - 20 pts) beat
Croughton (152 all out h 4 pts) by
8 wickets
Woodford Halse (183 for 8 - 20pts)
beat Warwick Uni. Staff (128 all out -
6 pts) by 55 runs
PRESTON
BISSETT (106 for 7 – 20 pts) beat BODICOTE (103 all
out – 4pts) by 3 wickets
Preston
Bissett are not a good side, they lost to Woodford last week and a win for
Bodicote would have probably condemned them to the drop….however a feeble
batting display means that Preston boosted their chances of survival whilst
Bodicote now find themselves in the relegation maelstrom.
Things
looked bad from the start with only a 10 man XI. Dave lost the toss but as we
were put in then this proved irrelevant. With a frailer than usual batting line
up it was important the top order put runs on the board but alas this was not
to be. Andrew hit over a straight one, Steve Pratt edged one to slip and walked
and Roger chased a wide one to fall caught behind too. 40-3 looked bad but
things were to get much worse as the home team introduced off spinner Valambhia
who spun the ball a lot. He quickly snared Smiths R & M and George first
ball to leave Bodicote teetering on 55-6. The Chair joined the Skipper and they
took the score onto 78 before Dave fell for 22. Simon Hawken helped the score
past the 100 with a good 15 but when he was out Jay soon followed with the
score on 103 leaving Barlow 26*, the only player to play the prodigious spin of
Valambhia with any confidence (takes one to know one).
In
response openers Barlow and Hawken kept things tight as the home side batted
with very little confidence. Simon’s (ECB restricted but even umpire
Wilkins was amazed he is only 16) 6 over spell saw just 9 runs off his bowling
and Barlow removed the opener with a rare straight one. A good run out from
Steve Pratt also kept the pressure on. De Silva tried to hit his way out of
trouble to be dropped off a hard C&B by Barlow then “dropped”
by Mark Smith at silly mid off from an off drive that almost took his hand off.
Jay Watts joined the attack and bowled the dangerous looking Valambhia before
getting rid off de Silva who spooned a slower ball to silly mid off where
Barlow took a text book catch – the text book in question being Coco the
Clown’s book of juggling, the ball finally ending up in his lap as he
knelt on the ground.
At
48-4 with 24 overs gone Bodicote were in with a fight. Barlow finished his
spell with 1-20 and was replaced by usual keeper Andrew Stanley who showed his
versatility with a good spell of left arm over. Jay’s third wicket and
one for Andrew saw the home team struggling on 60-6 but after this the luck ran
out. The home team’s No 6 Cox chanced his arm and played well for 42* and
received support from Bryant to up the tempo and take the score up to 102
before Bryant fell to Andrew. Dave almost ran Cox out next ball which might
have made it interesting but he hit the winning runs with 3 and a bit overs to
spare.
Excellent
spirit in the field and a promising 1st XI debut by Simon Hawken were
the only good points to emerge from a poor performance. We need some wins and
any part time players reading this (Craig for example) - we need you back to
bolster the side.
Other
results
Greens
Norton (155 for 7 – 20 pts) beat Culworth (151 for 6
– 6pts) by 3 wickets
SATURDAY
17 JULY
AFRO
CARIBBEAN (135 for 3) beat BODICOTE (131 all out – 3 pts)
by 7 wickets
Afro
Apart
from Dave with 22, Bodicote’s upper order failed to cope with the
visitors attack and we had soon slumped to 50-7. Slogger (26*) and Dave Cronin
(39) ensured a pitiful score avoided but 131 did not look enough. Afro
Caribbean’s intentions were made clear when their opener Pinna hit
Phil’s second ball back over his head for 6. Dave added to his good score
with 2-24 and has cemented himself into the leading all rounder berth (although
you might hear otherwise at the Blarney Stone) but the oppo, who now lead the
table, raced to victory with many overs to spare
Other
results
Gayton (183 for 8 –
20 pts) beat Greens Norton (143 for 9 – 6 pts) by 40 pts
Croughton (171 for 6
– 20 pts) beat Culworth (159 all out – 6 pts) by 12 runs
Hinton in the Hedges (168
for 9 – 20 pts) beat Warwick Uni. Staff (150 all out – 7
pts) by 18 runs
Woodford Halse (166 all
out – 20 pts) beat Preston Bissett (108 all out – 6 pts)
by 58 runs
SATURDAY
10 JULY
BODICOTE
(160 for 8) drew with WOODFORD HALSE (32 for 3) – match
abandoned
Rain
prevented Bodicote from gaining a morale boosting win at Woodford. A huge
downpour on arrival meant that that the start was delayed. Umpire
Much
to Bucks chagrin Phil was also allowed to open the bowling and he and Dave soon
had the home team in trouble. The home side slipped to 38-3, including a fine
slip catch from “Fly paper” Biggs at 2nd slip off Dave.
However their saviour, the weather hovered ominously close. Finally in dark,
windy and wet conditions not unlike a November afternoon the game was called
off.
Bad
weather also prevented other games to be finished but the Gayton-Croughton
match did reach its conclusion despite the efforts of … well see the
match reports section of the Gayton
website for unsurprising details…..
SATURDAY
3 JULY
WARWICK UNIV.STAFF (142 for 2 – 20 pts) beat BODICOTE (139
all out – 3 pts) by 8 wickets
This
was a disappointing defeat with not enough runs scored on a belting strip.
Bodicote
were inserted and Andrew and Steve got us off to a slow start, 20 of 10 before
Steve went for 15. The skipper hit a couple of nice fours before falling to the
oppo’s wily spin/seam bowler and by 20 overs only 49 were on the board.
Polly and Andrew got the momentum going before Andrew fell for 30. Polly,
working on the old adage that there is plenty of room in the air – even
more so in a swirling gale made 24 and Woody 16 to move the score onto 100 in
the 30th and set up the big charge for a useful score. Unfortunately
they departed in quick succession with Woody, out stumped for possibly the 1st
time in his crease-hugging career. With Richard, Dave and Phil also all falling
cheaply the score slumped to 120-8. Barlow and Slogger (19) inched the score up
before Bucks, attempting to sweep a yorker saw the innings close in the last
over.
Bodicote’s
opening pair Newman and Cronin were hampered by injuring each other in a
bizarre pre-match fielding suicide pact. However they strained hard for a
breakthrough without success. One LBW shout on the back foot of opener Darius
for Dave was just unbelievably not given. Buckingham and Barlow were brought
into the attack but failed to make a breakthrough as the visitor’s opening
pair moved serenely towards the target. Finally a run out brought
Bodicote’s first wicket with 80 odd on the board. Barlow then turned one
past the other opener’s bat for Andrew to take the stumping, however with
wickets in hand and 40 needed off 11 it looked like one way traffic.
Surprisingly Barlow found the left handed No 4 played him with the utmost
respect and a couple of maidens kept it tight. 19 were needed off 3 overs when
Barlow was hit out of the attack not in the usual pasting to far corners of South
Northamptonshire way but, in attempting to field a ball off his own bowling, he
took it in the face to lose one of his front teeth. As he departed bloodily
Phil and Dave stiffly returned to the attack and the batsmen used the extra
pace on the ball to steer the Univ Staff to victory with an over and a bit to
go.
Barlow
did surprisingly return briefly to the H&J by
Other
results
Croughton (216 for 6 – 20 pts) beat Greens Norton (177
all out – 7 pts) by 39 runs
Preston Bissett (122 for 7 – 20 pts) beat Hinton (118
all out – 4 pts) by 3 wickets
Gayton (178 for 3 - 20 pts)
beat Culworth (168 all out - 3 pts) by
10 runs
Afro
SATURDAY
26 JUNE
HINTON IN THE HEDGES v BODICOTE
- Rained off (10 pts each)
Well
was it called off too early? Your correspondent can report a number of showers
during the afternoon over Brackley. Still another match undefeated for stand-in
skipper Newman who has forcefully explained that the comments about his lack of
success in the Croughton match report are misleading as he captained the side
to success against Preston Bissett.
Other
results
Preston Bissett (158 for 5 – 20 pts) beat Gayton (154
for 6 – 5 pts) by 5 wickets
Afro
Culworth v Woodford Halse -
Rained off (10 pts each)
Warwick University Staff v Croughton
- Rained off (10 pts each)
SATURDAY
19 JUNE
CULWORTH (175 for 6 – 20 pts) beat BODICOTE (174 for 6
– 6 pts) by 4 wickets
How
on earth did we lose this one?
Despite
the threat of showers Dave opted to bat first on the basis that we never win
chasing and in the end only three overs were lost so it made little difference.
Andrew fell early as the rain freshened pitch seamed about but Steve and Dave
avoided any further mishaps putting on 50 for the 2nd wicket before
Steve fell for 22. Polly added a quick 20 whilst the skipper went on to compile
an excellent 78. Woody made 28 off just 20 balls but 176 was a little short of
what we might have achieved although offered it before the start we would
probably have taken it.
In
reply Dave bowled his customary excellent spell and finished with 3-29 and Phil
bowled well apart from an early over and a half when he failed to get it into
the batsmens’s half. With 20 overs gone the rate was up to seven an over
but the Culworth opener Rumble was still there and despite playing a missing
the way left handers do he made a patient 51. He found support from the No 5
Johnson who also played and missed a number of times against an unlucky Bucks
but was particularly severe on Jay Watts. Barlow was brought into the attack
and he took a couple of wickets but Culworth kept up with the rate. 8 were
needed off the last over and with two hard chances put down in the deep the
runs were reached with a ball left – Johnson, who chanced his arm and was
helped by some poor Bodicote fielding, scoring an undefeated 56.
Other
results
Croughton (85 for 5 – 20 pts) beat Preston Bissett (82
all out – 2 pts) by 5 wickets
Hinton in the Hedges (169 for 6 – 20 pts) beat Woodford
Halse (86 all out – 3 pts) by 83 runs
Afro
Warwick University Staff (105 for 1 – 20 pts) beat Greens
Norton (103 all out – 1 pt) by 9 wickets
SATURDAY
12 JUNE
BODICOTE
(176 all out – 20 pts) beat GREENS NORTON (129 all out –
7 pts) by 47 runs
After
two defeats on the trot Bodicote fashioned a fine victory at Greens Norton -
once a quiet village now seemingly the SNCL home of ganga if the advertising
hoardings daubed on the adjoining cow shed were anything to go by.
First
problem was that availability issues meant we only had 10 players. Roland
Lawrence's girl friend did not dismiss out of hand the request to make up the
numbers but did not turn out. Older readers will remember that the home team regularly
fielded a female in our friendly matches back in the 80s.
Inserted
on a grassy track Bodicote's openers Steve Pratt and Andrew Stanley put on a
good 50 for the first wicket before the former departed for 20. He was soon
followed by the skipper for 1 who was either bowled round his legs or the
howling gale blew the bails off. Andrew went for 27 and Roland Lawrence for 15
but Polly came good and blasted an excellent 60 which took the total up to
150-5 when he departed. After this the slightly shortened tail failed to catch
fire but Jerry hit a couple of good fours in his 12 which nursed the score up
to 176 in the 40th over.
With
Bucks and Newman absent the captain opted to open with Barlow and Cronin.
Whilst the spinner failed to make any impression Dave again bowled really well.
He bowled 12 fast overs on the trot to take 5 for 37 with his fifth wicket the
dangerous Bodily, coming in his last over caught nonchalantly at the third slip
(there were no first or second) by Jerry, his second catch of the day. This
left the score at 80 odd for 6 and with Greens Norton always close to the run
rate the pressure was on Bodicote's change bowling of Jay Watts and Roland
Lawrence. They responded well and backed up by some keen fielding, with a drop
in the deep by the skipper the only blip, Greens Norton were kept at arms
length. Jay finished with 4-34 including what editorial modesty can only
describe as an unbelievable diving catch high to his left by Barlow at mid-off.
Roland took the last wicket to fall as Greens Norton ended up on 129 all out.
All
in all an excellent team effort with everyone playing their part either
physically (nine players) or cerebrally (Skipper Allen – who marshalled
his troops well).
The
home side’s view on proceedings will be found on the Greens Norton site in the match reports
section.
Other
results
Culworth (206 for 5 – 20 pts) beat Preston Bissett (120
for 9 – 4 pts) by 86 runs
Croughton (225 for 8 – 20 pts) beat Woodford Halse (143
all out – 6 pts) by 82 runs
Afro
Gayton (121 all out – 20 pts) beat Warwick Unv. (79 all
out – 5 pts) by 42 runs
SATURDAY
5 JUNE
CROUGHTON (186 for 7 – 20 pts) beat BODICOTE (152 all
out – 6 pts) by 34 runs
Bodicote
lost out to league Croughton after allowing the opposition to score too many
runs. The visitors scorecard was dominated by 96 from Ollie Hawkins and Dave
and Bucks both took 3 wickets although the latter conceded an expensive 58 runs
on the way. Bodicote’s reply faltered apart from a mid order fightback
from Roland Lawrence (48) and Inzy Smith (46). However this was enough to see
stand-in skipper Newman fail to record a victory in his short time in charge,
let’s hope the return of Dave Allen menas a change in fortune next week!
Other
results
Greens Norton (122 all out – 20 pts) beat Woodford Halse (85
all out – 5 pts) by 37 runs
Warwick University Staff (138 for 7 – 20 pts) beat
Culworth (135 for 8 – 5 pts) by 3 wickets
Gayton (83 for 5 – 20 pts) beat Hinton (82 all out
– 2 pts) by 5 wickets
Afro
SATURDAY
29 MAY
GAYTON
(273 for 6 – 20 pts) beat BODICOTE (107 all out – 4 pts)
by 166 runs
This was not going to be
Bodicote's day the moment we turned up with 10 men and then lost the toss and
fielded. Despite only having one recognised 1st team bowler in skipper Newman
we started well and were unlucky to beat the edge on a couple of occasions. The
first wicket fell after 10 overs - Andrew Stanley taking the catch off the
bowling of Paul Rogers - but this was to be a false dawn as Gayton raced onto
150+ inside 25 overs. Their popular Aussie Cameron got into the 50's against
Bodicote again, and Gayton's new recruit from
The runs continued to flow until, their Aussie racing onto 86 before being
snaffled by Irvine in the covers, but with wickets still in tact Gayton raced
on but some good tight bowling by Rogers 3 for not many off his last 4 overs
meant that at least Bodicote got some bowling points! This was to be their only
joy of the day!
So chasing 274 (same score as last week) to win Bodicote had to make sure that
they stayed in the game as long as possible. We started slowly, rapidly speeded
up and then a loss of wickets (the last 8 wickets fell for 55 runs) made sure
that Bodicote only picked up 1 batting point. The returning Andrew Stanley
looked good, but then he always does, before he edged one to the keeper for 3.
Craig Irvine and Pratt put on 50 inside 7 overs before the former was bowled by
a skidder, and when Simon Pollard was caught behind down the leg side the game
was up for Bodicote. George gave us some entertainment before he was caught at
Cow (they have seen him play before then), while Pilkington and Rogers hung
about for a while but without troubling the scorers too much. The biggest cheer
of the day was when Pilkington hit one off the square and Bodicoite reached
100.
A loss by 166 runs is hard to swallow but considering their were nine first
teamers not available this was not a bad effort.
The
home side’s view on proceedings will be found at http://members.lycos.co.uk/gaytoncc/
in the match reports section.
Other
results
Culworth (182 for 8 – 20 pts) beat Hinton (104 all out
– 5 pts) by 78 runs
Greens Norton (161 for 3 – 20 pts) beat Preston Bissett (157
for 6 – 4 pts) by 7 wickets
Croughton (210 for 5 – 20 pts) beat Afro Caribbean (165
all out – 5 pts) by 45 runs
Warwick University Staff (60 for 0 – 20 pts) beat Woodford
Halse (59 all out – 0 pts) by 10 wkts
SATURDAY
22 MAY
BODICOTE (273 for 5 – 20
pts) beat PRESTON BISSETT (128 all out – 4 pts) by 145 runs
Bodicote’s good start to the season
continued with another huge score and a big win over Preston Bissett.
After a shaky start that saw the score reach
57 for 3, Craig and Woody took over. Both gave chances before Woody reached his
50. Craig’s 50 came up after an earlier deafening silence when he reached
49 thinking he only needed one for his half century. After that the partnership
grew into a record SNCL stand of 188 in just 21 overs. Woody fell for 88 but
Craig went on to make a ton rounded it off with 21 off the last over to take
him to 129 no.
The total was never going to be in danger
and again the oppo annoyingly hung around for the odd bonus point, Bucks took
three wickets, Dave Cronin two and Roland Lawrence also too a couple with a
promising spell of off-spin.
Other results
Croughton (138 for 3 – 20 pts)
beat Hinton (137 all out – 3 pts) by 7 wickets
Afro
Greens Norton (165 for 8 – 20 pts) beat
Culworth (145 for 9 – 6 pts) by 20 runs
Gayton (188 for 9 – 20 pts)
beat Woodford Halse (133 all out – 6 pts) by 55 runs
SATURDAY
15 MAY
BODICOTE
235-8 (20 pts) beat WOODFORD HALSE 114-6 (5 pts) by 121 runs
A
nice gentle start to the season as a weak Woodford side were put under the cosh
by consistent Bodicote batting. 235 in May considering the outfield was pretty
long being an excellent score.
Bodicote
opened with Inzy and Pratt and the former played some trademark punishing off
side drives before skying a high full toss to mid off. After he went for 10 the
scoreboard was kept ticking over by consistent batting all the way down. The
Skipper made 24 as did Polly, Craig Irvine 20, Roland Lawrence 19, Slogger 27
and Steve Pratt a good 31. Some idiosyncratic batting order work by vice
captain Newman saw Bucks promoted to 8. He managed a 0 and walked off with the
look of a man who knew he had secured the No 11 berth for the rest of the
season. No 9 Cronin the Barbarian produced a ballistic spell of hitting in the
38th and 39th overs scoring over 20 of each which took
him to 48. Woodford’s last over was delivered by
Woodford’s
reply was more of an apology as they opted to grind out for 1 batting point.
Even the self proclaimed (and at 1430 hrs factually correct) SNCL Div 1 leading
wicket taker Newman couldn’t induce a breakthrough. It was left to Barlow
to buy another four wicket haul with a mix of looping tempters and skiddy
quicker ones and even Bucks got in the act with the other two wickets to fall.
Other
Results
Croughton (206 for 6 – 20 pts) beat
Gayton (204 for 6 – 8 pts) by 2 runs
Afro
Warwick University Staff (120 for 6 – 20 pts)
beat Preston Bissett (118 all out – 4 pts) by 4 wickets
Hinton in the Hedges (149 for 5 – 20 pts)
beat Greens Norton (96 all out – 2 pts) by 53 runs
SATURDAY
8th MAY
AFRO
CARRIBEAN v BODICOTE
Milton
Keynes was sodden so the game was cancelled by MK Council on Friday evening - to the no doubt delight
of BCC wives who moan about games not being called off early. .
SATURDAY
1st MAY
WARWICK
UNIVERSITY STAFF v BODICOTE
Surprisingly
All
other matches in the Division were rained off so 10 points all round.
DATE FIXTURE
(SNCL Div4, 2.30 pm start unless shown) RESULT
* Denotes batted first
Sat 01 May Warwick UnivStaff ‘A’ (H) A
Sat 08 May Evenley ‘A’ (H) A
Sat 15 May Woodford Halse ‘A’ (A) W 100 all out* / 102-2
Sat 22 May Bye
Sat 29 May Chacombe (H) L 113-9 / 96 all out
Thu 03 Jun Chacombe Round One Cup (6.15pm) (A) W 72-8* / 70-8
Sat 05 Jun Flecknoe (A) W 182 all out / 79 all out
Sat 12 Jun Boddington (H) W 182-5 / 131 all out
Sat 19 Jun Helmdon (A) L 149 all out / 102 all out
Thu 24 Jun Helmdon Round Two Cup (6.15pm) (A) L failed to raise a side
Sat 26 Jun Thornborough ‘A’ (H) T 116 all out / 116 all out
Sat 03 Jul Warwick UnivStaff ‘A’ (A) L 125-6 / 71 all out
Sat 10 Jul Woodford Halse ‘A’ (H) W 136-4 / 135 all out*
Sat 17 Jul Evenley ‘A’ (A) L 155-6 / 69 all out
Sat 24 Jul Earlswood Friendly (H) L - They were v good
Sat 31 Jul Chacombe (A) L - no details
Sat 07 Aug Flecknoe (2.00 pm) (H) L 113 all out* / 115-8
Sat 14 Aug Boddington (2.00 pm) (A) W 138-5 / 136-6*
Sat 21 Aug Helmdon (2.00 pm) (H) W 151 all out / 139-7
Sat 28 Aug Thornborough ‘A’ (2.00 pm) (A) W
SATURDAY 28 AUGUST
BODICOTE 'A' (186 for 8 - 20 pts) beat THORNBOROUGH 'A' (185 for 6 - 8 pts) by
2 wkts
A good way to end the
season and 3rd place in the Division 4 table was consolidated.
Thornborough belied their
bottom of the table status (or had some 1st teamers playing) because they
rattled up 185-6 with Colin Robinson and Kilvo taking two wickets each. Colin
also scored 32 but the response was faltering until Big Al Starkie came to the
crease - according to Alan he scored 47, the SNCL result records it as 54, but
as he doesn't normally get this many not surprisingly he lost count! With
skipper Lee nursing a bad foot he came in at the end to hit a crucial 11* and
secure a fine win with one ball remaining.
Other results
Boddington (206 for 9 - 20
pts) beat Woodford H. 'A' (89 all out - 4pts) by 117 runs
Warwick Univ. Staff 'A' (149 for 3 - 20 pts) beat Evenley 'A' (56 all out - 1
pt) by 93 runs
Chacombe v Flecknoe - match cancelled, waterlogged pitch (10 pts each)
SATURDAY 21 AUGUST
BODICOTE (151 all out - 20
pts) beat HELMDON (136 for 7 - 7 pts) by 12 runs
A highly satisfying win
against the league leaders who whilst doing enough to secure the title did not
have the satisfaction of achieving it with a win.
The 2s were boosted by the
presence of Dave Cronin who was on-call from Kraft and could therefore not
travel with the 1s. He scored 36 and skipper Lee 48 in Bodicote's 151 all out.
When it was Helmdon's turn to bat they coped OK with the usual 2s attack of
Starkie and Robison S however they soon struggled once Dave came on "Where
did you get a change bowler like that?". He took 5-28 and Bodicote held on
to win by 12 runs and move up to third in the table with a trip to bottom side
Thornborough A next week to hopefully consolidate this.
Other results
Warwick Uni Staff A (77 for
2- 20 pts) beat Flecknoe (76 all out - 1 pt) by 8 wickets
Chacombe (119 for 2 - 20 pts) beat Evenley A (115 all out - 2 pts) by 8 wickets
Woodford A (158 for 3 - 20 pts) beat Thornborough A (157 all out - 4 pts) by 7
wickets
SATURDAY 14 AUGUST
BODICOTE (138 for 5 – 20 pts) beat BODDINGTON (135 for 6 – 4 pts)
by 5 wickets
An important win for the second team after five defeats in seven games. This
win staves off the danger of relegation barring a statistically improbable
series of results.
Boddington made 136-6 in their 40 overs with Bob Lawrence the pick of the
bowlers with 4-27. Bodicote’s reply was lead by Chris Rogers who hit 42
including some mighty blows. After this the team struggled until the sixth
wicket pair of Lee and Lawrence G came together. George batted responsibly
(allegedly) for 33* and
Other results
Helmdon (110 for 7 – 20 pts) beat Warwick Uni. ‘A’ (109 for 7
– 4 pts) by 3 wickets
Chacombe (? – 20 pts) beat Thornborough ‘A’ (? – 4pts)
by ?
Flecknoe (178 all out – 20 pts) beat Woodford Halse ‘A’ (99 all
out – 5pts) by 79 runs
SATURDAY 07 AUGUST
FLECKNOE (115 for 8 - 20
pts) beat BODICOTE (113 all out - 5 pts) by 2 wickets
Same old, same old
unfortunatley - not enough runs. Gary Lee scored 28 as did Chris Rogers who
made a welcome return to Bodicote colours. Father and son combo Colin &
Steve Robinson did their best with 4-22 and 3-35 but Flecknoe sneaked home by
two wickets
Other results
Evenley A (118 for 6 -
20pts) beat Boddington (117 all out - 4 pts) by 4 wickets
Warwick Uni. Staff (242 for 6 - 20 pts) beat Thornborough A (62 all out - 3
pts) by 180 runs
Helmdon (160 for 4 - 20 pts) beat Chacombe (159 for 6 - 5 pts) by 6 wickets
SATURDAY 31 JULY
CHACOMBE beat BODICOTE
Patchy info I am sorry.
Chacombe got 40 odd too many runs - but I don't know what they should have got!
Bodicote finished about 40 short having been 40-7 with Alan Starkie scoring 44.
Chacombedid not report the result to the SNCL along with three other results so
there is only one other result.
Other result
Flecknoe (149 for 3 - 20
pts) beat Evenley A (147 for 8 - 3 pts) by 7 wickets
SATURDAY 24 JULY
Any report on friendly match v Earslwood would be gratefully received by the
Editor.
Other results
Evenley
‘A’ (128 for ? – 20pts) beat Thornborough ‘A’
(125 for ?) by ??
Flecknoe (161 all out – 20pts) beat Helmdon (93 all out – 5pts) by
68 runs
Boddington (70 for 8 – 20pts) beat Chacombe (69 all out – 4pts) by
2 wickets
Warwick Univ. Staff ‘A’ (185 for 7 – 20pts) beat Woodford
‘A’ (183 all out – 7 pts) by 3 wickets
SATURDAY 17 JULY
EVENLEY ‘A’ (155 for 6 – 20 pts) beat BODICOTE
‘A’ (69 all out – 3 pts) by 86 runs
The 2s Jekyll and Hide run continued with the grotesque turning up this weekend
(what’s new I hear you ask?). 155-6 was not a huge target but the
visitors only made 69 with senior pros Andy Hawken (21) and Jerry Biggs (24)
leaving the other 9 to share out the remaining 24 runs! So the chance to regain
2nd spot went begging.
Other results
Helmdon (151 for 7 – 20 pts) beat Boddington (92 all out – 3 pts)
by 59 runs
Flecknoe (98 all out – 20 pts) beat Thornborough ‘A’ (89 all
out – 5 pts) by 9 runs
Woodford Halse ‘A’ (299 for 5 – 20 pts) beat Chacombe (185
for 7 – 6 pts) by 114 runs
SATURDAY 10 JULY
BODICOTE ‘A’ (136 for 4 – 20 pts) beat WOODFORD HALSE
‘A’ (135 all out – 4 pts) by 6 wickets
An eventful game with Bodicote helping the visitors on their way to a
defendable score thanks to 20+ wides. Then Bob Lawrence (didn’t he retire
last season?) came into the attack to take 5 wickets In the meantime the
changing rooms were turned over by a light fingered local. The Crimewatch
reconstruction will show him being helped on his way by Alan Starkie who is
probably not on his local neighbourhood watch scheme. Bodicote’s reply
was based around 52* from Bob Lawrence (did I contribute to his retirement
curry?) who also managed to pick a fight with one of the visitors. The 1sts
were amazed to return from their rained off game to see the 2s playing in a
torrential downpour as skipper Lee did not know the ruling if the game had been
abandoned (we would have won on run rate). Woodford also complained about the
behaviour of the watching 1sts who were enjoying the fielding sides aquaplaning
too heartily in their opinion.
SATURDAY 3 JULY
WARWICK UNI ‘A’ (125 for 6 – 20 pts) beat BODICOTE ‘A’
(71 all out – 3 pts) by 54 runs
Feeble batting let down Bodicote after they had restricted the home team to
125-6. Alan Starkiewasthe pick of the bowlers with 2-20. Chasing this modest
total Bodicoteonlymade 71 with stand in skipper Gary Lee scoring 31* and Alan
Starkie 12. This result means the oppogo above Bodicote into 2nd and the 2s
will welcome back their all rounder skipper Baltiwhowas probably burning up
Other results
Evenley ‘A’ (167 for 9 – 20 pts) beat Woodford Halse
‘A’ (155 all out – 7 pts) by 12 runs
Boddington (70 for 4 – 20 pts) beat Flecknoe (68 all out – 2 pts)
by 6 wickets
Helmdon (70 for 5 – 20 pts) beat Thornborough ‘A’ (68 all out
– 2 pts) by 5 wickets
SATURDAY 26 JUNE
BODICOTE ‘A’ (116 all out – 16 pts) tied with THORNBOROUGH
‘A’ (116 all out – 16 pts)
In a game reduced to 38 overs Bodicote still criminally failed to use them all
up managing only 116 in 32 overs with Colin Robinson (26) and Paul Rogers (20)
top scoring. The visitors reached 55-0 before the entry of the Ginger destroyer
Flintoff-Baltithenew all-rounder. He took 5-11 the last wicket coming when the
scores were level with the second ball of the last over. This is the first tie
in a league game since 1996 (Preston Capes A away) and the 16 points earned
means Bodicote go up to 2nd in the table
Other results
Evenley ‘A’ (92 for 4 – 20 pts) beat Warwick U. Staff
‘A’ (88 all out – 2 pts) by 6 wkts
Woodford Halse ‘A’ v Boddington – Rained off (10 pts each)
Flecknoe v Chacombe - Rained off (10 pts each)
SATURDAY 19 JUNE
HELMDON (149 all out – 20 pts) beat BODICOTE ‘A’ (102 all out
– 6 pts) by 47 runs
A disappointing result at top of the table Helmdon. The home side made a
gettable 149 with Baltipick of the bowlers with 3-18. Bodicote slumped to 20
odd for 5 before 33* from Andy Hawkengave the score a degree of respectability.
Bodicotewereleft hoping for a late shower as they did score their meagre total
in only 22 oversbutthe rain and Duckworth/Lewis did not come to the rescue.
Other results
Woodford Halse ‘A’ (168 all out – 20 pts) beat Thornborough
‘A’ (84 all out – 5 pts) by 84 runs
Warwick University Staff ‘A’ (20 pts) beat Flecknoe (-10 pts)
walkover
Chacombe (123 for 6 – 20 pts) beat Evenley ‘A’ (119 for 9
– 4 pts) by 4 runs
SATURDAY 12 JUNE
BODICOTE ‘A’ (182 for 5 – 20 pts) beat BODDINGTON (131 all
out –