1864'S SOLID BATTING DISPLAY THWARTED BY RAIN AT HAYDON BRIDGE.

18th Jun 2024

      1864'S SOLID BATTING DISPLAY THWARTED BY RAIN AT HAYDON BRIDGE.

                        West Tyne League Division 1: Sat 15^th June 2024:

                                        1864's v Haydon Bridge (a) 40/40

1864's 203-7 (40o) Will Carr 18, Jacob McCord 25, Jan Ozmen 43, George McConnell 28, Simon West 56, Finlay Pearce 13, Joe Dresser 11: D Kirkup 0-41, A Martin 1-34. N Kendrew 1-24, J Birkett 2-52, G Pigg 3-48.

Haydon Bridge 28-1 (13o) R Gibson 23*, M Cunningham 3*: Finlay Pearce 1-9, Missy Banks 0-8, David Cragg 0-10, Joe Dresser 0-1.

Match abandoned-rain. 1864's 10 points, Haydon Bridge 8.

Haydon Bridge won the toss & chose to field. Will Carr & Jacob McCord faced the right arm seam of Kirkup & Martin. A positive start as Will cut & pulled boundaries in overs 1,2 & 3 & Jacob added one in over 2, so 22-0 after three but in the 4^th Will (18,16b, 3x4) was bowled by Martin with one  that seemed to keep a little low.

Jacob struck 2x4 in over 7 off Kirkup & both he & Jan repeated the feat in over 10, Beckett's (lb) first. The total had reached 52 in the 11^th when Jacob (25,33b,4x4) advanced to Kendrew's off spin & was bowled. 

George McConnell joined Jan & after settling, he punished both Kendrew (4,2,1)  & Beckett (6,4) in overs 15 & 16, the score now at 76. The introduction of Pigg's spin brought a wicket in over 19 as George (28, 31b, 3x4,1x6), adventurously aiming to scoop, was bowled, 91-3.

There followed an excellent partnership of 83 between Simon West & Jan as Kendrew, Martin & Pigg continued. Simon driving down the ground, hitting 3x6 in two overs off the spinners in overs 27 & 28, 136-3. In over 32 bowled by Martin, every ball brought a run, proper cricket !

Kirkup returned but the rate stayed at 5's until, in over 37, Simon (56, 67b, 3x6) was caught at long on by Kirkup off Pigg, a splendid innings rolling back the years,173-4. In the same over Jan's (43, 76b, 3x4) bedrock knock, featuring square cutting, ended, caught by Kendrew, 176-5. In over 38 Joe Dresser struck 4, 2, 2 off Beckett & in the next Pigg was despatched for 6, 4 by Finlay. 

In the last over by Beckett, Finlay attacking, (13,7b,1x4,1x6) was bowled & Joe (11,10b, 1x4) was caught at long on by Martin. Gregor 2*, Missy 1* at the close for a competitive 203-7.

The drizzle had started & it seemed that the home team were content for the weather to intervene as Finlay bowled 6 overs for 9 with the wicket of Kendrew (0, 13b), very well caught by w/k Will Carr sprinting towards square leg & diving to catch a top edged pull.

11-1 after 6 overs, 18-1 after 9,  Missy 3 overs for 8, David Cragg 3 overs for 10 & Joe Dresser one over for 1 as Gibson (23* 40b, 3x4) & Cunningham 3* (26b) waited for the drizzle to become heavier & at 28-1 after 13 overs the  players left the field.

A disappointing end to what would have been a competitive game with the 64's confident they could have defended their total of 203.

The 64's seem to be in 5^th position with 62 points.

Onward to Sat 22^nd June SNCC 1864's v Riding Mill (h) 40/40, we hope the rain stays away & that you can be there to cheer them on.

Duncan.