Under 13.'s League Match vs Uphill Castle

20 over match played at Blagdon on 13 / 07 / 2006

BLAGDON Won BY 7 Wickets

Uphill Castle Innings (20 overs)

BatsmanHowoutFielderBowlerRuns
G. Kimmins Caught J. Payne T. Blanchard 4
S. Brewer LBW T. Blanchard 0
A. Winn Not out 51
R. Maggs Caught W. Yard A. Fudge 9
C. Williams Bowled W. Yard 14
S. Lowd LBW A. Fudge 5
S. Frost Not out 4
M. Bail 0
 87
extras ( w11 nb1 b1 lb3) 16
TOTAL 5   wickets for 103

BowlerOvsMdsRunsWkts
T. Blanchard 40162
A. Fudge 50352
W. Yard40111
J. Payne 2090
M. Mail30210
H. Church 2070


BLAGDON Innings (17 overs)

Captain:  W. Yard     Wicketkeeper:  W. Cox    

BatsmanHowoutFielderBowlerRuns
M. Mail Bowled G. Kimmins 0
T. Blanchard Caught S. Brewer M. Bail 14
W. Yard Runout S. Brewer 17
C. Davies Not out 46
A. Bennett Not out 7
A. Merrick 0
A. Fudge 0
W. Cox 0
H. Church 0
A. Martin 0
J. Payne 0
 84
extras (w16 nb1 b4 lb1) 22
TOTAL 3   wickets for 106

BowlerOvsMdsRunsWkts
G. Kimmins30121
R. Maggs30260
A. Winn20130
M. Bail20121
S. Frost20150
C. Williams20140
S. Brewer3090


Match Report:
Predictably having won the toss Uphill Castle elected to bat on an excellently prepared batting track during a hot summers evening in the heart of the Mendips.

Blagdon’s Tom Blanchard opened the bowling and with some excellent medium/fast seam bowling took 2 wickets in the first over claiming the scalps of openers Sam Brewer and G Kimmins.

Under pressure Castle showed some good resilience through C.Williams (14) before he was bowled by Will Yard and then Alex Fudge captured the wickets of Robbie Maggs and S.Lowd. Uphill’s batsman Alex Winn batted really well with 8 fours to end up 51 n.o. and pushed the visitors on to 103 -5 in their 20 overs.

Having been set just over 5 an over to win we lost opener Martyn Mail in the first over to G. Kimmins but soon accelerated the run rate through Tom Blanchard (14) and Will Yard (17).

On the night though Blagdon’s star batsman was Clayton Davies who hit some classic strokes including 7 fours for his undefeated 46 securing our victory with 3 overs to spare. Blagdon now have 10 league points and are currently 2nd in the league of 14 teams!.

Manager's comments:
Blagdon’s fielding is improving with every game, getting behind the ball properly in the field and backing up the wickets well. The bowling dept: is really improving giving us 7 or 8 options each match.

On the batting front we have now extended the top order batters to 3 and its great to see Clayton Davies amongst the runs again (ie 49 n.o. and 46n.o. in the last 2 innings) after a difficult start to the season with the bat.

With half an eye to next season (when we will lose several year 8 boys to the U15s) it’s great to see 6 or 7 relative newcomers all currently year 7 settle in really well.
Created and maintained by Alan Barwick 2006