MAY 2ND & 4TH

Shireshead & Forton 100 Burneside 101/1  Shireshead have enjoyed the century since they were founded in 1909, but there was little to celebrate in the hundred runs they scored at Clifton Park on Saturday.   Dixon (3/45) and Daws (3/31) made early inroads, and although Tom Battarbee (19), on his welcome return to the team after an absence of three years, looked to be positive he needed luck to survive.  Only when Robert Charles (16) and Phil Oliver (26) came together at 56/6 in the 25th over did any sort of partnership develop, but when Charles was trapped lbw by Oates (2/14) despite a couple of lusty blows from Oliver, the innings quickly capitulated with Airey (2/7) joining the wicket-takers.

To have a chance Shireshead needed early wickets, but Dave Halsall (39) and Rob Davies (60 not out from 67 balls) batted well.  Davies, favouring the area between backward point and extra cover, continued the good form he has displayed since his return to Burneside from Cartmel at the start of the season.   He hit 1 six and 8 fours in a partnership of 100 with Halsall, who did three chances, that was finally broken by Robert Jacques (1/15) with only a single required.

Innings of Shireshead

C Twiname

b Dixon

2

T Jacques

c Davies

b Daws

10

T Battarbee

c Airey

b Daws

19

P Yates

lbw

b Daws

3

R Jacques

c Baker

b Dixon

12

M Park

lbw

b Dixon

6

R Charles

lbw

b Oates

16

O

M

R

W

P Oliver

c Davies

b Airey

26

Dixon

16

3

45

3

T Mansfield

c Batty

b Airey

0

Daws

14

3

31

3

D Jack

c Dixon

b Oates

1

Oates

3.4

0

14

2

P Savage

not out

1

Airey

2

0

7

2

Extras

(B3 W1)

4

Total

100

Innings of Burneside

O

M

R

W

D Halsall

lbw

b R Jacques

39

Savage

4

1

10

0

R Davies

not out

60

Jack

5

1

13

0

D Batty

not out

1

Battarbee

3

0

18

0

Extras

(NB1)

1

TJacques

6

1

18

0

Total

101/1

Oliver

4

0

14

0

RJacques

2.3

0

15

1

Charles

1

0

13

0

BURNESIDE (15pts) WON BY 9 WICKETS


Coniston 157 Shireshead A 126/ 8The picturesque ground at Coniston, saw the Shireshead 2nd XI take the field first in their second game of the season. On a very wet and soft track positioned close to the tennis courts, the Coniston batsmen struggled to time the ball.  Gareth Westworth (2/40) made the break through with help of a smart boundary catch by Jack Dodd, but the arrival of Johnson (33) put Coniston in the driving seat with some unorthodox, but effective strokeplay.  The introduction of Dodd (2/30) brought a couple of wickets but failed to stem the run flow.  Wilson (52) and Fryer (23) progressed the score to 138 for 5 with still fifteen overs remaining and the introduction of Simon Moulson (4/11) and the continuation of Malcolm Taylor (1/47) was needed to wrest back control as only 19 runs were conceded in the last third of the innings as the Cumbrians were dismissed for 157 in the final over.

The early dismissal of the Shireshead openers put the visitors on the back foot at 19 for 2, but Ray Riley (37) and Westworth (10) dug in and put the innings back on course.  M.Fryer (bowled without change for 2/53 and Brackwell (3/40) nearly gave Coniston all the points. That they were denied was thanks to the ninth wicket pairing of Moulson (22 no) and 12 year old Adam Coates (1 no), who secured the third bonus point in the final over.
 

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Shireshead 3rd 144 for 8 Cartmel A 56 Cartmel won the toss and put Shireshead in.  Geoff Hornby was in fine form as he  called for quick singles and kept his end while losing partners until he was joined by Steven Yates who played a mature innings, knowing that the tail was largely of younger players, until he was bowled by Dave Cleasby for 22.  He and Hornby put on 46 for the 4th wicket.  Hornby reached his 50 with two magnificent fours and when he was out, bowled by Jack Gill, for 73 in the 43rd over, his total included 11 fours.

 

In reply, Cartmel’s batsmen found the partnership of Graham Rand and Matthew Liptrott (3/10) to be a stranglehold, with only 12 runs coming off the first 15 overs for the loss of three wickets.  However, John Hearne proved the anchorman, taking advantage of the end of Rand’s spell which continued to be in tight tandem with young Andrew Burch (1/7) as they took another 4 wickets between them for only a further nine runs, one of which was a brilliant run-out off the bowling of Burch when Yates threw in to skipper Tony Richmond who removed the bails. As Hearne seemed to be accruing runs with gay abandon, Liptrott returned and, together with Jack Kilshaw (1/3), restricted him to several maidens before he holed out to a fine catch to Yates, to end the innings with 35, which included six fours.  Rand was the most economical of the bowlers as his extraordinary figures read, 12 overs, 10 maidens, 3 runs, 4 wickets!

 

MAY 4TH 2nd XI at home v Trimpell

Trimpell 9 for 0 off 7 overs Match abandoned — Rain