v. HAWLEY |
08th
September 2002 |
| |
West
End: 148-8 |
| R. Tedder
41 |
C.
Adams 2-15 |
| J. Greathead
22 |
P.
Bird 2-29 |
| N. Howarth
18* |
M.
Bird 2-45 |
|
|
Hawley: 146-all
out |
| C.
Adams 55 |
R. Tedder
7-39 |
| J.
Plumb 42 |
H.
Turner 1-15 |
| S. Steadford
13 |
L.
West 1-22 |
|
|
|
|
And so to Hawley, a team we played we'd once played some six years
previously. Back then they were a pretty good side - would this be the
year to beat them? Having won the toss Matt elected to bat, a rare privilege
this year. Johnno Greathead opened steadily with Adie Barrett, who fell
for an opening stand of 36, a good start. Craig Weston was out for one but
Johnno took us to 66 before Bird bowled him quite cleanly. Ben Pudney
showed more of his promise with a relaxed 14 before going with the score
on 78. Richard Tedder was next up and despite a few hairy moments stuck
around and put the bowlers on their back foot for a while. The Birds had
successes at the other end, Adie Lamberth especially frustrated to go
caught and bowled. Neil Howarth helped Tedder take the total to 130 when
the latter was finally bowled. Howarth and Turner were the not-outs,
taking us to a largest score (declared!) for some while.
Hawley went in after tea. Opener Plumb shuffled around a fair bit but his
partner Adams showed a good eye for the one on the stumps, dispatching a
series of firmly-hit boundaries. After ten overs the score was 54 with no
extras. Something had to change. Lou West came on from the troublesome top
end, but managed to slow the runs. Richard Tedder meanwhile bowled up the
hill, going for 18 off his first over including four wides in a ten-ball
over, not good. His second showed a marked improvement - a maiden and two
wickets! He had broken the expensive (for us) opening partnership of 85.
Hawley's middle order went for little but the total still rose a little
for each one. A couple of mini-partnerships, including the free-hitting
Steadford saw the total creep up to 146 before Howard Turner removed him.
Tedder had removed the resiliant opener in the previous over - the light
was now a bit grim but Hawley had two wickets remaining and needed just
three runs for victory, which they didn't get - Tedder clean bowled the
last two men (3 wickets in four balls) to end with seven wickets and West
End got their much needed (and much enjoyed) victory.
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