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Sunday
24th April 2011
Bamburgh
Castle
CC 146 v
Kings
School
Old Boys 142.
Photo courtesy Dr
David Gill.
“There’s
a breathless hush”.
Bathed in glorious Easter sunshine Bamburgh started the new season with
an impressive, hard fought win against a very good KSOB side, owing
their victory to a never-say-never
attitude and, in no small part to the sprinkling of experienced players
within their ranks. (Groundsman’s
comment – “ and to the sprinkling of the wicket and the outstanding
efforts of the Groundsmen !!!)
Having elected to bat first on a bouncy responsive pitch Bamburgh
suffered a clatter of early wickets but steadied the ship thanks to the
experience of Billy Wright with an excellent 32 and a solid partnership
between Neil McDonald (28) and vice captain Mike Brookes. After the
middle order had left attempting to up the scoring rate another mini
collapse meant that the home side had perhaps fallen short of setting a
challenging target.
Young pace bowler Alex Davis made some early inroads as KSOB started
their reply but a combination of rusty bowling and lusty blows had the
visitors in front and on target for a win until veteran Eric Nicholson
came on for a rare bowl in the later stages and aided by 2 excellent
catches by Rory Gibson his 4-15 saw Bamburgh home in a nail biting
finish.
It was an excellent start all round as the Ladies worked tirelessly in
the pavilion serving the large holiday crowd with cream teams, raising a
substantial amount in the process for club funds.
Mike
Brookes
Sunday
1st May 2011
Bamburgh
Castle CC 208-8 v Alnmouth 125 all out.
Despite being without several key players Bamburgh made
hay in the glorious Alnmouth sunshine with virtually every player
contibuting to a comfortable win.
Having won the toss and elected to take first use of a fast bouncy
wicket the visitors scored steadily despite two of their top 4 failing
to trouble the scorers. A steady 36 from debutant opener Richard Alsept
anchored the innings as he shared in good partnerships with teenager
Jonny Roxburgh who hit a quick fire 21 and top scorer Billy Wright who
compiled an excellent 41.
The middle order moved the scoring along quickly and laid the foundation
for the best innings of the day which came from another player making
his Bamburgh bow, quick bowler Phil Gray who smashed the ball to all
parts, scoring 37 off less than 20 balls, including two enormous
straight driven sixes.
When the home side replied they lost wickets steadily with Neil
McDonald(3-16) and Jonny Roxburgh (3-23) chipping away at them but the
best mini spell of the day came at the end with youngster Andrew (son of
Billy) producing two beautifully disguised slower balls to clean up the
tail.
Mike
Brookes
Sunday 15
May 2011
Bamburgh
Castle CC 88 for 3 v Eglingham 82 all out (away)
An
incredible innings of 43 not out from just 14 balls by all rounder Phil
Grey saw Bamburgh home under the glowering Eglingham skies.
On a green and juicy wicket that offered wildly varied bounce throughout,
the home side opted to bat first and with opener Graham compiling a
patient 30 they moved albeit slowly onto 41 for 1 and looked set for a
challenging total until the
left-arm pair
of Will Jackson and Lawrence Reeves blew them away, their
11.2 combined overs bringing 8 wickets for just 18 runs.
Before
them Phil Grey,
Neil McDonald, Jonny Roxburgh and Gavin Whitelaw had bowled beautifully
with very little reward but,
bowling swing at a decent pace,
Will Jackson
started the rot by bowling Green and with the floodgates open Lawrence
Reeves sending down beautifully-flighted
wrist spin wrapped up the tail, Jackson netting 4 for 14 from 7
excellent overs and 15 year old Reeves 4 for 5 from his 4.2 overs.
In reply Bamburgh stuttered in the face of more good bowling from left-arm
pace men and lost 3 wickets before passing the 30 mark but,
with Nick Richardson (23 not out)
offering excellent support,
the stage was set for Grey to unleash his shots and he did so with
absolute certainty hitting 5 massive sixes and 3 rocket-
propelled boundaries to see his side home with 22 overs to spare.
Mike
Brookes
Sunday
5th June 2011.
Bamburgh Castle CC 104 all
out. Tillside 106-5 (20.3 overs) 25 over game
The newly acquired pitch covers enabled the game to
be played, albeit in a shortened form, when the rain finally cleared in
mid afternoon. Underneath the covers the pitch was, as ever evenly paced
and good for batting and this allied to a fast drying, well manicured
outfield, meant that there were certainly no demons facing the batsmen.
The home side had first use of the pitch and thanks once again to
veteran Billy Wright, with 44 from 57 balls they moved steadily to 81
for 2 from their first 18 overs with Jonny Roxburgh, Tom Lakey and Nick
Richardson all getting into their teens without being able to push on as
perhaps they should. It looked like a challenging total might be posted
but unfortunately in attempting to force the pace in the picked up 5 for 10 from
3.4 overs.
When the visitors replied an excellent burst by the opening attack of
Neil McDonald and Roxburgh had them reeling at 17-4 after 7 overs and
that might have been even more damaging had several edges and misplaced
shots actually gone to hand. Sadly Bamburgh could not force home their
advantage and an excellent partnership of 61 between Whitty(46 not out)
and McGuire (27) changed the face of the game, especially after the
latter was dropped before getting under way. Teenage spinner Tom
Woodburn gave his side a faint glimmer of hope by removing McGuire but
Tillside skipper Pick extinguished it in partnership with Whitty to see
his side home.
Mike
Brooks
19th June
2011.
Bamburgh
Castle 156 for 8 (35 overs) Prudhoe 20 for 2 (7 overs)
Once again the inclement "summer" climate managed to get the
upper hand and frustrate Bamburgh's attempts to force home a win when
well placed.
With showers forecasted for later in the day the game was initially
shortened to one of 35 overs and having won the toss in watery sunshine
the home side had no hesitation in taking use of a wicket that had been
well protected by covers in the build up the game.
Teenage opener Harry Lobb enjoying a welcome return to form led from the
front with a patiently compiled 54 and thanks to some lusty blows by
another youngster Tom Lakey who made 28 and veteran Mark Roxburgh who
smashed a rapid 22 they managed a more than decent score that was
punctuated half way though by an early tea as the forecasted rain duly
arrived.
In reply the visitors lost 2 quick wickets, one of them a brilliant
catch behind by skipper Steve Robinson, in the face of excellent opening
burst by Jonny Roxburgh and Will Jackson but with the onset of heavier
rain all agreed to shake hands on an honourable draw and withdraw to a
The Castle for libations.
Hopefully the weather will be much kinder next weekend when Bamburgh
play host to Riding Mill CC.
Mike
Brooks
26th
June 2011.
Bamburgh
Castle CC 111 all out. Riding Mill 223 for 2 (40 overs)
In a summer of rain clouds the sun finally shone on the Castle Green
but it was the visitors that made
all the hay comprehensively out batting, out bowling and out fielding
their hosts.
From
the moment that the home side lost the toss it is better to not just
throw a veil over proceedings but add a full Burka.
Right from the off the Bamburgh bowlers failed to find a consistent
line and length and when they did the few half chances that they
created failed to find the hands of their fielders. An opening
partnership of 79 from just 15 overs was eventually broken by Neil
McDonald only for visiting skipper Michael Cairns go up the gears in
compiling a top class century in partnership with L.Hanley ( retired
on 79), his 104 coming off just 110 balls including 13 fours as he
produced an a full array of shots.
It
was only after an 8th bowling change that youngster Andrew Wright
showed his more experienced team mates the virtue of straight bowling
as he removed
Cairns
but by then the damage had been well and truly inflicted.
In reply Bamburgh needed a good start if they were to stand any chance
but to underline just how far out their luck was on the day opener
Lakey fell to an incredible diving catch by the inspired Cairns.Though
the other opener Harry Lobb showed good aggression in his knock of 21
a succession of wickets fell as the home batsmen all failed to come to
terms with the increasingly low slow bounce 6 of them falling to shots
played before the ball arrived and a 7th featuring an almost comical
run out.
Only
skipper Steve Robinson with a rapid 30 and fellow tail ender George
Shiel (24 not out) offered any real resistance and their partnership
of 44 in 8 overs at least gave their side a score of 3 figures.
Mike
Brooks
10th July 2011
v's
Eglingham.
24th July 2011
v's Wolsingham.
31st
July 2011 v's KSTOB.
14th
August 2011 v's Alnmouth.
29th
August 2011 v's Simonside.
30th
August 2011 v's Gardeners London.
11th
September 2011 v's West Linton Gordons
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