Another close game for the U9s, this time at Ouseburn.
Skipper Harvey won the toss (that's a 100% record so far!) and elected to field.
Good all round bowling was shown with 6 of our bowlers each taking a wicket.
Ouseburn ended up on 297-7, which was proabably a few runs too many, although the boundary on one side was very short. That's a lot of wickets to take and if the coach could set a field we could probably have knocked at least 10 runs off that!
In reply George and William opened and ran some really good quick singles, although their understanding was not always perfect and this did lead to a couple of run outs!
Although the batting in the middle overs was a bit slow Ed Challis, with a quickfire 10 runs including a lovely 6 over long on got us close with 31 runs needed by the final pair.
Herb (19) and Jack (4) tried their hardest and we finished 8 runs short (289-3) with some decent Ouseburn bowling and fielding seeing them home.
The encoraging thing is we are not losing many wickets and I'm sure that if we can tighten up on a few aspects like our ground fielding and running between the wickets, more wins will follow.
Another good team effort lads and I'm sure we'll repay the compliment in the return match .
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Monday, 12 May 2008
Helperby 3rds vs Sessay 3rds
Saturday saw an encouraging performance against the Division leaders with some strong performances by junior members of the team (and some of the older ones).
Winning the first toss of the season Sessay were put into bat. Stuart Cross and George Swiers both bowled an impressive opening spell each picking up one wicket and restricting Sessay to around 3 runs per over.
Runs continued to be tight with the change of bowlers as Chris Fryer picked up a wicket in his first over, although thereafter the Sessay number 4 and 5 batsmen had more than their share of luck with catches just falling short and inside edges narrowly missing the stumps.
After 33 overs Sessay were still in the nineties. However the batsmen began to pick up the pace and despite Stuart Cross picking up 2 more wickets in his second spell Sessay closed on 172 for 5, some 40-50 runs more than they looked like getting not long before.
The Helperby fielding was good throughout the 45 overs and the bowling generally tight.
In reply Helperby got off to the best start of the season reaching 47 without loss with both Peter Mitchell and Alex Clayton looking confident, running well and keeping the run rate ticking over. George Swiers continued his good batting form after Alex Clayton was caught on the boundary for 18. Two wickets fell in quick succession as Peter Mitchell was run out by a throw from the boundary and Dave Haddon, suffering with a calf injury was caught on the boundary.
George Swiers kept his head down and consolidated well with Rob Challis and the pair put on 34 runs in good time before Rob was also caught on the boundary. At 90-4 with 25 overs still to go a win was well within our grasp. However a rapid clatter of wickets saw the last 6 wickets fall for 10 runs which meant we ended up 100 all out.
In the field we had been competitive until perhaps the last 8-10 overs and whilst batting we had been ahead of the game for the first 20 overs. Unfortunately we were not able to keep up the necessary level throughout either innings although there were encouraging signs for the rest of the season.
Winning the first toss of the season Sessay were put into bat. Stuart Cross and George Swiers both bowled an impressive opening spell each picking up one wicket and restricting Sessay to around 3 runs per over.
Runs continued to be tight with the change of bowlers as Chris Fryer picked up a wicket in his first over, although thereafter the Sessay number 4 and 5 batsmen had more than their share of luck with catches just falling short and inside edges narrowly missing the stumps.
After 33 overs Sessay were still in the nineties. However the batsmen began to pick up the pace and despite Stuart Cross picking up 2 more wickets in his second spell Sessay closed on 172 for 5, some 40-50 runs more than they looked like getting not long before.
The Helperby fielding was good throughout the 45 overs and the bowling generally tight.
In reply Helperby got off to the best start of the season reaching 47 without loss with both Peter Mitchell and Alex Clayton looking confident, running well and keeping the run rate ticking over. George Swiers continued his good batting form after Alex Clayton was caught on the boundary for 18. Two wickets fell in quick succession as Peter Mitchell was run out by a throw from the boundary and Dave Haddon, suffering with a calf injury was caught on the boundary.
George Swiers kept his head down and consolidated well with Rob Challis and the pair put on 34 runs in good time before Rob was also caught on the boundary. At 90-4 with 25 overs still to go a win was well within our grasp. However a rapid clatter of wickets saw the last 6 wickets fall for 10 runs which meant we ended up 100 all out.
In the field we had been competitive until perhaps the last 8-10 overs and whilst batting we had been ahead of the game for the first 20 overs. Unfortunately we were not able to keep up the necessary level throughout either innings although there were encouraging signs for the rest of the season.
Peter Bentley Cup - team for Tuesday 13 May
David Cupit (Capt)
Dave Haddon (Wkt)
George Swiers
Dan Spink
Joe Jordan
Steve Back
William Wadsworth
Chris Fryer
John Wilson
Peter Mitchell
Richard Downey
Match starts at 6.30pm at HELPERBY. Meet at the ground at 610pm
Dave Haddon (Wkt)
George Swiers
Dan Spink
Joe Jordan
Steve Back
William Wadsworth
Chris Fryer
John Wilson
Peter Mitchell
Richard Downey
Match starts at 6.30pm at HELPERBY. Meet at the ground at 610pm
Helperby 1st X1 vs Goldsborough
On a hot humid afternnon we opted to have a bat first with the track looking as though it had dried considerably! Unfortunately the wicket proved to be lower and slower than expected, making life as a batsmen not particularly easy. We managed to accelerate the scoring towards the end of our innings, with a good contribution by Pete Townsend, who scored 32 on his 1st X1 debut. Matt Cav again batted very solidly making 46. We managed 164 from our 45 overs gaining a batting point once again!
In reply Goldsborough were quiet early doors with a good opening spell by Ryan, and a sharp piece of fielding by Pete leading to the runout of their opening bat. Unfortunately their number 3 managed to use a few lives up and made 74 not out to take them to our total for the loss of two wickets. In general our fielding was better, but we must still put the effort in to practice more! 164 was not quite a par score but we do need to defend our totals better by bowling tighter in the middle overs!
Next week is the local derby against Alne so we need a massive performance from everyone in that game!!
In reply Goldsborough were quiet early doors with a good opening spell by Ryan, and a sharp piece of fielding by Pete leading to the runout of their opening bat. Unfortunately their number 3 managed to use a few lives up and made 74 not out to take them to our total for the loss of two wickets. In general our fielding was better, but we must still put the effort in to practice more! 164 was not quite a par score but we do need to defend our totals better by bowling tighter in the middle overs!
Next week is the local derby against Alne so we need a massive performance from everyone in that game!!
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Helperby U9s vs Studley Royal
Last Monday the U9s season got off to an excellent start with a close win against Studley.
Winning the toss, Ed Challis elected to field and some excellent bowling and fielding restricted Studley to 262. Harry Nuttal took an excellent catch in his first game for Helperby and Harry Tribe got a run out on the last ball of the Studley innings.
In reply a slow, steady start got us close and left Herb and Freddie Turner to get us over the line with some emphatic hitting lifting Helperby to 279 and 2 points in the bag.
Crucially, we conceded far fewer wides than Studley, so we need to keep bowling straight and at the wickets and I'm sure more wins will come; keep practicing the bowling...
Overall it was a great team effort, well done lads on a great start!
Also, well done to Jack Stabler-Langan who, absent due to chess comittments, has won through to a chess "Gigafinal" in Manchester! Good luck with that Jack!
Winning the toss, Ed Challis elected to field and some excellent bowling and fielding restricted Studley to 262. Harry Nuttal took an excellent catch in his first game for Helperby and Harry Tribe got a run out on the last ball of the Studley innings.
In reply a slow, steady start got us close and left Herb and Freddie Turner to get us over the line with some emphatic hitting lifting Helperby to 279 and 2 points in the bag.
Crucially, we conceded far fewer wides than Studley, so we need to keep bowling straight and at the wickets and I'm sure more wins will come; keep practicing the bowling...
Overall it was a great team effort, well done lads on a great start!
Also, well done to Jack Stabler-Langan who, absent due to chess comittments, has won through to a chess "Gigafinal" in Manchester! Good luck with that Jack!
Helperby 2nd XI vs Pannal 3rd XI 3 May - Match Report
Scorecard
On a lovely, warm, Saturday afternoon, we entertained Pannal 3rd’s at home. They arrived with only nine men, hoping the other two would arrive before too long!
On winning the toss, Pannal bravely elected to bowl.
Jolly got the innings off to a good start, scoring 37 runs. Unfortunately, he didn’t get the support we would have hoped, from the other senior players.
Joe Corner had a match winning performance of 81 runs, backed up by Tim Nash and Pete Townsend on 28 runs. Gary Downey and Dan Marsden batting out for the point.
After tea, all the Helperby bowlers bowled with exceptional economy – Dan Marsden, 6 overs, 6 runs for 2 wickets; Joe Kinsela, 4 overs for 4 runs; Gary Downey, 5 overs for 14 runs; John Tuley, 6 overs, 13 runs for 1 wicket.
A deserving man of the match was Joe Corner, with figures of 8.3 overs, 15 runs for 5 wickets – an excellent performance!
Finally, thanks to Tom Downey who, at the last minute, was available to play and was a good asset to the team.
After two good wins, I am now pleased to hand the captaincy back to Charlie – here’s to a successful season!
Joff Sowray
On a lovely, warm, Saturday afternoon, we entertained Pannal 3rd’s at home. They arrived with only nine men, hoping the other two would arrive before too long!
On winning the toss, Pannal bravely elected to bowl.
Jolly got the innings off to a good start, scoring 37 runs. Unfortunately, he didn’t get the support we would have hoped, from the other senior players.
Joe Corner had a match winning performance of 81 runs, backed up by Tim Nash and Pete Townsend on 28 runs. Gary Downey and Dan Marsden batting out for the point.
After tea, all the Helperby bowlers bowled with exceptional economy – Dan Marsden, 6 overs, 6 runs for 2 wickets; Joe Kinsela, 4 overs for 4 runs; Gary Downey, 5 overs for 14 runs; John Tuley, 6 overs, 13 runs for 1 wicket.
A deserving man of the match was Joe Corner, with figures of 8.3 overs, 15 runs for 5 wickets – an excellent performance!
Finally, thanks to Tom Downey who, at the last minute, was available to play and was a good asset to the team.
After two good wins, I am now pleased to hand the captaincy back to Charlie – here’s to a successful season!
Joff Sowray
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Helperby 3rd XI vs Sessay 3rd XI Saturday 10 May
THE MATCH IS AT BOROUGHBRIDGE
Team:
Rory Wade (Capt)
Dave Haddon(Wkt)
Chris Fryer
Peter Mitchell
Alex Clayton
George Swiers
Stuart Cross
Ollie Swiers
Joe Jordan
Dan Spink
TBA
Home game AT BOROUGHBRIDGE
Meet at Oak Tree at 1.00PM or at the ground (let me know)
Any problems 07899 960 858 / 01423 360 079
Team:
Rory Wade (Capt)
Dave Haddon(Wkt)
Chris Fryer
Peter Mitchell
Alex Clayton
George Swiers
Stuart Cross
Ollie Swiers
Joe Jordan
Dan Spink
TBA
Home game AT BOROUGHBRIDGE
Meet at Oak Tree at 1.00PM or at the ground (let me know)
Any problems 07899 960 858 / 01423 360 079
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