14-Aug-05, U17’s league match, Blagdon Vs Nailsea, played at Blagdon.

Nailsea won by 75 runs.

Nailsea innings (overs 20.0)

Batsmen Fielder Bowler Runs

1. R Driver c. Moore b. Clough-Hall 7

2. R Salisbury Run Out 56

3. M Barnes Not Out 76

4. A Morris b. T Williams 0

5. S Lee b. T Williams 0

6. L Harris Not Out 11

Extras (b4 lb5 w5 nb2) 16

Total 4 wickets 166

Bowling O M R W

G Tiley 3 0 8 0

C Clough-Hall 4 0 31 1

A Wall 2 0 15 0

N Bennett 2 0 27 0

R Moore 2 0 22 0

A Chapman 2 0 26 0

T Williams 2 0 18 2

E DeMoraville 3 0 15 0

Blagdon innings (overs 16.5)

Batsmen Fielder Bowler Runs

1. A Burroughs c. Barnes b. T Ritchens 15

2. A Chapman st. Driver b. T Ritchens 13

3. G Tiley c. Driver b. M Rowcliffe 6

4. T Williams b. M Rowcliffe 3

5. E DeMoraville Not Out 35

6. R Moore b. T Ritchens 5

7. A Wall b. R Salisbury 1

8. C Clough-Hall Run Out 3

9. N Bennett c.? b. R Salisbury 0

Extras (b2 lb3 w2 nb3) 10

Total 10 wickets 91

Bowling O M R W

M Rowcliffe 5 0 25 2

T Ritchens 5 0 31 3

R Salisbury 3.5 0 14 2

M Barnes 3 0 18 0

A Nichols 1 0 6 2

MATCH REPORT

Both teams struggled to reach the 9 players we each had, due to holidays etc.. Nailsea lost an early wicket, but with 2 inspired innings from R Salisbury (56) and M Barnes (n/o 76) we were always going to be chasing this match. Tom Williams unsettled a couple of their middle order batsmen getting them both out for ducks and ended with our best bowling figures (2-18).

From the start we had to go for it but this inevitably left us wide open for being bowled and caught more readily than usual. Reasonable innings from Adam Burroughs (15) and Alex Chapman (13) were only outdone by a borrowed player/friend of Alex Wall, Ed Demoraville knocked an enjoyable 35. But against good bowling from M Rowcliffe (2-25), T Ritchens (3-31) and R Salisbury (2-14) we fell well short of the target.