vs Patchway played at Patchway, 17-Aug-2002, 1st XI league
Umpires: A.Parbery & C.Coppin
Toss won by Blagdon

Blagdon Win by 126 runs


Blagdon Innings (Overs 45)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    J.Board              lbw                      b S.Maggs             33  34  32  6  1
    I.Nairn              lbw                      b S.Maggs              1  27  21  0  0
    R.Edwards            lbw                      b S.Maggs             10  23  24  2  0
    M.Sage+              lbw                      b S.Maggs              0   2   1  0  0
    S.Byas                                        b S.Ainger            12  38  27  2  0
    A.Nairn              c ?                      b S.Maggs             35  49  41  4  2
    S.Westbrook*         not out                                        57  75  70  4  2
    P.Roche              c ?                      b S.Ainger             1   4   3  0  0
    P.Hudd               run out                                        41  46  51  6  0
    D.Buckland           dnb                                             -
    J.Butcher            dnb                                             -
      extras                                      (b1 lb2 w3 nb0)        6
    TOTAL                                         8 wickets for        196

    FOW                       FOW                       FOW
    1-36(I.Nairn)             2-41(J.Board)             3-41(M.Sage)             
    4-48(R.Edwards)           5-81(S.Byas)              6-101(A.Nairn)           
    7-103(P.Roche)            8-196(P.Hudd)            

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   wd  nb
    C.Hull             10    3    58   0   2   -  
    S.Maggs            15    4    30   5   1   -  
    S.Ainger           13    2    68   2   -   -  
    N.Broad            7     0    37   0   -   -  

Patchway Innings (Overs 30.1)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    D.Miles                                       b A.Nairn              4  23  20  1  0
    M.Harris                                      b A.Nairn              5  26  21  1  0
    J.Mills              lbw                      b A.Nairn              8  42  26  0  0
    D.Baker              lbw                      b A.Nairn              1  14   7  0  0
    P.Bishop                                      b A.Nairn              1   8   9  0  0
    A.Stallard           c S.Westbrook            b J.Butcher            8  14  13  1  0
    C.Hull                                        b P.Hudd               7  45  24  1  0
    M.Reed               c S.Westbrook            b P.Hudd              11  34  32  2  0
    S.Maggs                                       b S.Byas               6  12  10  0  0
    S.Ainger             not out                                         4  14  10  0  0
    N.Broad              c M.Sage                 b P.Hudd               5  10   9  0  0
      extras                                      (b7 lb1 w2 nb0)       10
    TOTAL                                         10 wickets for        70

    FOW                       FOW                       FOW
    1-10(D.Miles)             2-11(M.Harris)            3-17(D.Baker)          
    4-21(P.Bishop)            5-30(A.Stallard)          6-30(J.Mills)            
    7-50(M.Reed)              8-57(C.Hull)              9-61(S.Maggs)            
    10-70(N.Broad)           

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   wd  nb
    A.Nairn            11    5    11   5   2   -  
    J.Butcher          9     1    27   1   -   -  
    S.Byas             6     1    14   1   -   -  
    P.Hudd             4.1   1    10   3   -   -

Blagdon travelled to Patchway with promotion now out of their hands but knowing that a win was essential to keep their hopes alive. They won the toss and chose to bat first on a good pitch.

The early overs saw Jeremy Board hitting several boundaries and the score raced to 36 for 0 in just 6 overs. Then the top 4 batsmen fell to LBW decisions and Blagdon were reduced to 48 for 4. Although a mini recovery thanks to Andy Nairn's rapid 35 saw the scoreboard ticking quickly along, his dismissal, to an amazing boundary catch, and then the loss of debutant Paddy Roche meant that 7 wickets had fallen with just 103 on the board.

The arrival of Paul Hudd to join skipper Simon Westbrook saw a classy partnership develop and with an impressive burst of boundaries in the final overs, Blagdon had pushed their score up to a very competitive 196 for 8, Westbrook finishing 57 not out and thus completing an incredible 50th League 50 for the club.

After a very filling tea, the Patchway batsmen came to the crease but thanks to an awesome spell of fast bowling from Andy Nairn, they were reduced to 30 for 6 in very quick time (Nairn 5 for 11) and the game was all but over. Hudd cleaned up the tail with his little dobbers and Blagdon gained maximum points.

It was later discovered that Bishopston lost their fixture with Bedminster by 2 runs and Blagdon are now back in a promotion slot with just 2 games to play.