17-May-2004, Under 15's League vs Cleeve played at Blagdon

Cleeve Win by 9 wickets


Blagdon Innings (Overs 20)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    N.Bartlett                                    b M.Le Mare            0
    J.Roscow             run out                                         0
    A.Palmer                                      b L.Trinnick           2
    S.Honeywill                                   b L.Pearce             6
    J.Chastney                                    b L.Pearce             0
    J.Ratcliffe                                   b M.Le Mare            0
    A.Ray                                       c&b L.Trinnick          13
    R.Moore              c M.Le Mare              b L.Pearce             0
    S.Hill               c Stafford               b J.Roberts            5
    G.Powell             not out                                         3
    M.Smith              not out                                         1
      extras                                      (b17 lb1 w6 nb1)      25
    TOTAL                                         9 wickets for         55

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    L.Trinnick         5     3    8    2  
    M.Le Mare          5     1    8    2  
    L.Pearce           4     1    4    3  
    Carpenter          4     1    14   0  
    J.Roberts          2     0    3    1  

Cleeve Innings (Overs 9)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs
    Royce                lbw                      b S.Hill               3
    M.Le Mare            not out                                        35
    L.Trinnick           not out                                         8
      extras                                      (b3 lb4 w3 nb0)       10
    TOTAL                                         1 wickets for         56

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   
    S.Hill             3     0    22   1  
    N.Bartlett         2     0    8    0  
    R.Moore            2     0    15   0  
    A.Ray              2     0    5    0

MATCH REPORT

A beautiful summers evening greeted our visitors Cleeve who, along with Nailsea, will no doubt figure as one of the leading contenders to win the League title this season.

Having been put in to bat, we got off to a bad start with an un-necessary run out in the 2nd over without a score on the board. Come the 4th over we were already 6-3. Sam Honeywill (6) helped steady things for a while until his departure in the 12th over left us groggily poised on 32-7 as batsmen the other end and immediately following him were dismissed for ducks. This time it was Alex Ray's turn to hit the only double figure score (13) as he helped us manage to avoid what looked like being our lowest total yet as we recovered, if that's the right word, to finish on 55-9. This was the third consecutive match we have showed our now legendary consistency as A.N.Extras top scored yet again! The only improvement was that we limited the ducks to 5 but this was obviously not going to be a defendable target.

Cleeve lost no time proving that as they started the run chase and soon had 32 on the board by the 5th over with Le Mare (32no) punishing anything loose. Simon Hill (1-22) managed our only bowling success but the remaining 24 runs required were easily knocked off without further loss by the 9th over and inflicted another comprehensive defeat by 9 wickets.

At this rate it is difficult to see where our first win is going to come from?