Saturday 5th. June 2010
vs Swinton Park- on tour
East Prawle maintained its unbeaten record against Swinton
Park CC when it travelled to North Yorkshire to play on the grounds
of the stately Swinton Park Hotel.
Captained by Mark Cunliffe-Lister, Swinton Park won
the toss and batted. But with only seven runs on the board they lost
their first wicket in the fourth over when Prawle Captain Pete Burner
took a sharp catch off the bowling of Dave Hampden-Smith to dismiss
S. Mukherjea for 2 runs. Then the always-to-be-expected ringer came
in in the form of Richard Shepherd. Under touring rules he had to
retire at 30 and Prawle were glad to see the back of him only to have
Lister take guard. He made an exciting 32 before he was politely asked
to retire. Jones was bowled in the ninth over for 4 by Adrian Martin
and neither Hinton nor Moubayed batting at 5 and 6 respectively troubled
the scorers. Samit at 7 put on a handy 25 before he was run out. Swinton
Park finshed their 30 overs with 147 for 7 and Tim Johnson was Prawle's
outstanding bowler with 3 for 3 off 3. DHS, Martin and John Swaddle
took one apiece.
Alec Browne and Alex Tucker opened the Prawle innings
and put on 37 runs before Tucker was clean bowled by that man Shepherd
for 8 runs. Browne went on to make 34 before he was mandatorily retired.
Robin Surtees also had to retire when he made a handsome 30 and Martin
threatened to be the third man to walk proudly but was caught behind
by Lister off Shepherd for 21. Steve Tucker sealed the match for the
visitors with a sweet boundary on the first ball of the 29th over,
fittingly bowled by Shepherd.
We can proudly say we went to Yorkshire and came home
victors by 2 wickets.
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Saturday 19th. June 2010
vs Pigs Nose - away
East Prawle Cricket Club made a quarter mile journey
this week to Tripp's Field in the village to face the Pig's Nose in
a 30 over match.
Always a lively and entertaining contest this year proved no exception.
Prawle won the toss and Captain of the Day Steve Tucker decided to
bat. Julian Brazil and Pete Burner opened and they both made a steady
and promising start until Brazil was spectacularly caught and bowled
by Simon Hornby on 11. Burner went on to make 25 before he skied one
to wicket keeper Chris Browning. Wickets fell fairly rapidly and when
Prawle was 69 for 8 it looked like the home side would have an easy
day of it. But Charlie Ansell and Sam Lamble at 9 and 11 put on 32
runs to take the visitors to a credible 139 for 9 before the overs
ran out. Will Baker was the Pig's bowler of the day taking 3 wickets
for 2 runs in his allotted overs. Jason Moore took two wickets but
was expensive at 27 runs. Hornby, Dixon, Scott Robinson and Ken Turner
accounted for the others.
When the pub team came in to bat Phil Martin and Dixon put on an opening
stand of 29 runs before Martin was caught behind by Tucker off his
brother Adrian'Martin's bowling for 16. Dixon put on a solid 24 before
he was caught by Pete Thuel off Answell's bowling. Scott Robinson
made a handy 18 before he was clean bowled by Brazil. But nobody could
dislodge Hornby who was 41 not out and ended the day's entertainment
with a cracking boundary in the 29th over to give the pub side a 5
wicket victory.
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Saturday
18th. July 2010 vs. Malborough - away
We travelled to Malborough for a 35
over match with Tim Johnson acting captain for the day. We lost by
76 runs but most of us were a bit bemused by Malborough's expensive
new artificial pitch.
They won the toss and elected to bat and their openers Gus Morgan
and Mike Martindale put on 200 runs for the first wicket. We knew
the game was up by then but we soldiered on. At the end of their 35
overs they had amassed 239 runs for only 2 wickets and we had a hill
to climb. Morgan went first when he was caught by Adrian Martin off
the bowling of Alex Browne on 82 and then Martindale was caught by
Browne off the bowling of James Millard when he was on exactly a ton.
Baldwin and Burke put on 14 and 15 not out respectively to end their
innings. Millard was the best of our bowlers-not a hard task-with
1 for 24 off six overs. We put up a fight nonetheless. Browne made
a good 38 before he was bowled by Lee. Pete Davies made a stylish
34 before he was caught by Morgan off the bowling of Drew. And Wicketkeeper
Steve Tucker made 25 before he was dismissed by Martin.
We were all out for 163 but our wounds were healed by a splendid meal
provided by the hosts afterwards.
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Saturday
24th. July 2010 vs. Two Hopes - at home
We entertained a team new to us this year called the Two Hopes Cricket
Club from Horsham in Surrey and they had seven players on their side
all called Filby. It was most confusing for our scorekeeper.
Dave Hampden-Smith was captain of the day and started off on a solid
foot by winning the toss. He chose to bat and after a slow start we
moved into top gear and at the end of our 35 overs we had amassed a
tidy score of 210 runs. Three men stood out. Alex Browne made 51 and
Mark Lister and James Millard both made 48 and the latter was undefeated.
When we had Two Hopes at 39 for 3 in 13 overs we had high hopes of a
victory. The next wicket fell at 92 and the fifth fell at 133 and that
was the last one to go. After 29.5 overs the touring side had made the
necessary 211, thanks mainly to a stunning innings of 80 not out by,
naturally enough a Filby, Tom Filby to be exact. Paul Akeroyd made a
solid 42 before he was bowled by Captain DHS. Another visitor in the
runs was Mark Shead who made 34 before he was very neatly caught and
bowled by Pete Burner. Millard and Richie Thuel were the best of our
bowlers both taking one for five off their three overs.
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Sunday
1st. August 2010 vs. South Pool - at home
A bitter/sweet week in Prawle. One
of the cricket club's most loyal supporters passed away and we had
a moment of silence before our game with South Pool to honour his
memory. Rex Horsman was only 65 when he died suddenly from pneumonia.
He and his wife, Rose lived in Gloucestershire but owned a home in
the village for over a dozen years and were very much a part of village
life. He will be sorely missed.
As to the match itself Tim Johnson captained again and started off
as usual by losing the toss. South Pool chose to bat and openers Dave
Lovett and Nick Massey put on a solid 21 runs before Lovett was brilliantly
run out by Jacob Surtees-Smith from the deep when he was on 13. Third
man Robert Darke only lasted 7 more runs, two of which he made, before
he was comprehensively bowled by Dave Hampden-Smith. South Pool struggled
to find any form after that with only James Millard, a late substitute
to their team, making double figures. He made a dashing 17 with four
4s and a single before he was bowled by our new young discovery Will
Pike. South Pool were all out for 74 in only 16 of their allotted
35 overs and Pike was undoubtedly Prawle's best bowler. He took four
wickets for one run.
DHS had another good day taking 2 for 7 in 3 overs. John Swaddle
also bowled well, taking 1 for 7 in 3 overs. DHS and Joe Stephens
opened the batting for Prawle and got us off to a very shaky start.
Between them they managed 5 runs before they were dismissed. 3rd man
Roger Tucker went cheaply to some good bowling from Nick Massey, but
then Swaddle came in and settled things down. He made 20 before he
was clean bowled by Geoffrey Tantum. Surtees-Smith was going smoothly
before he was out to a controversial lbw decision but his father Robin
stepped in and put on a handsome 27 to ensure victory for us by 3
wickets. For South Pool Ben Bushell took 2 for 11, Massey had 2 for
7. Collins , Tantum and Lovett accounted for the others.
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Sunday 8th.
August 2010 vs. Slapton - away
One of the cricket team’s friendliest rivalries is with Slapton. Back
in May the Slapton team came to Prawle and beat us by two wickets. So
this week we were looking for revenge as we travelled to play them on
their home pitch.
It turned out to be one of those days, we bowled well, fielded excellently
and at least two of us batted well. Captain for the Day Charley Ansell
won the toss and decided to bat. Pete Burner and Jacob Surtees-Smith
opened but Burner was gone by the third over when he was caught by Louey
Lynn off the bowling of Nick Mathias for only 4 with the score on 11.
Surtees-Smith was joined by his father , Robin, and they put on 33 runs
before Jacob was caught by Richie Mitchelmore off the bowling of Lynn
for 12. Robin Surtees put on a good 18 runs before he was caught and
bowled by Andy Pratt. Alex Browne was gone soon afterwards when he was
clean bowled by Pratt for 4. And then the man of the match arrived.
Wayne Kovacic seemed intent on knocking the seam off the ball as he
ran up 41 runs, including 8 fours. Richie Thuel hits 3 fours in his
quick 15 runs before he was caught by Robin Lee off the bowling of Matt
Hammett and Phil Martin hit 4 fours in his contribution of 23 runs.
Will Pike and John Tucker had a last wicket stand of 25 runs before
Pike was caught by Slapton Captain Graham Burton off the bowling of
Mitchelmore. Prawle were all out for 156 in 32.5 of the allotted 35
overs.
Of the Slapton bowlers, Pratt and Mercer stood out, the former taking
two wickets for 5 runs and the latter 2 for 11. Mathias, Lynn, Mark
Sullock, Hammett, Mitchelmore and Burton took a wicket each. Burton
and Mathias opened for the home side and struggled. Mathias was clean
bowled by Richie Thuel on only the second ball he faced. In contrast
Burton faced 33 balls but only managed two runs before he was caught
by Jacob Surtees-Smith off the bowling of Martin. Andy Pratt followed
his fine bowling with an excellent time at the crease, knocking up 40
runs, his side’s highest scorer, before he was caught and bowled by
Kovacic. He also accounted for the next man, Lee, who was caught by
Martin off Kovacic’s bowling for only 4. Dan Mercer tried to steady
things down but was caught by Burner off Surtees-Smith’s bowling when
he was on 13. Hammett felled for only 8 runs, Mitchelmore put on 17
before he was caught by Browne off the bowling of Robin Surtees. Sullock
faced 8 balls made 10 runs before he also was caught out, and we felt
the games was ours. The next three batsmen only added one run and Slapton
were all out for 106 in the 29th over, giving us victory by 50 runs.
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Saturday
14th. August 2010 vs. 22 Bedford Row - at home
Rain Stopped Play / Match Abandoned
22 Bedford Row are a group of London solicitors who come to Prawle
every summer, camp in Tripp’s field and challenge us to two games of
cricket.
It’s a bit of a quirky affair and this year was no different. On this
first game we won the toss and elected to field. The visitors had a
good start and put on 31 before losing their first wicket when Dan was
caught by James Millard off the bowling of Richie Thuel. The legal team
went on to make 180 in their 35 overs with J Upton highest scorer with
62.
We got off to an even better start in our innings with Julian Brazil
and Phil Martin putting on 34 without loss in only 6 overs when the
heavens opened and rain stopped play. It was such a downpour we were
forced to abandon the match and under the Devon version of Duckworth/Lewis
we claimed victory. The solicitors were quick to claim that we needed
to play at least 10 overs to implement that law. This is Prawle, we
warned them and we’ll be back tomorrow for the second round.
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Sunday 15th. August 2010
vs. 22 Bedford Row - at home
Lost by 4 wickets
Fortunately the rain stayed away for our second match
with 22 Bedford Row. It was a beautiful summer’s day and our Captain
for the day Adrian Martin was off to a good start by winning the toss.
He chose to bat and Pete Burner and Will Pike opened but not resoundingly.
Burner was out for 4, Pike fell for only one and Alex Browne for the
same score. Marcus Nolan came on to steady the ship and put on 39
before he fell lbw to the bowling of Morgan. The captain had a good
innings and was high scorer with 40 before he also went out lbw off
the bowling of opposing captain Richard Sharpe. Because The Bedford
Row team had players who were returning to London in the early evening
we played only 25 overs each and at the end of our innings we’d made
144.
The Bedford Row openers of Beasley and Morgan put on
43 runs before Morgan was out lbw to Nolan for 15. Sunil Panwar rushed
on as third man and announced he had a taxi coming so he would probably
get out early. He didn’t but instead made 29 runs before he retired
“cab waiting.” Things started to look up for us as we took two quick
wickets but then Captain Sharpe arrived and smashed the ball all over
the ground. He put on 44 runs including 5 sixes and two fours. The
sixes came all in one over, and the bowler’s name is being withheld.
Sharpe was caught out with his side needing only two runs to win and
ironically his entire team cheered mightily when he was dismissed.
They went on to win by four wickets in their 20th over. The quirkiest
part of the day—one of their players arrived with a grey parrot and
a budgerigar in separate cages and they squawked and whistled through
the entire game. Drove the scorers crazy.
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Sunday 22nd.
August 2010 vs. Aveton Gifford - away
Lost by 4 wickets
The village team went trundling over to Aveton Gifford on one of the
worst days of the summer this week. Through the mist and the drizzle
they drove only to find Aveton Gifford fairly dry and the host’s Captain
Clive Clark promising the rain would keep off until the end of the game.
He was almost right.
Captain for the day Julian Brazil lost the toss and was told to bat.
Openers Phil Martin and John Tucker put on 53 runs for the first wicket
before Tucker was out lbw when he was on 31, his highest score of the
year. Neither Wayne Kovacic nor Alex Browne troubled the scorers much
before they were dismissed, Kovacic first for a duck and then Browne
on the third ball he faced for four. Opener Martin followed shortly,
having scored 22 runs. Aveton Gifford’s James Shepherd accounted for
all four wickets.. Captain Brazil picked up the run rate but was caught
out by Shepherd off the bowling of Clark when he was on 21. At 115 for
6 we looked in trouble but James Millard and Tim Bromfield managed to
carry their bats after Richie Thuel went down 7th man on 11. Millard
was 35 not out and Bromfield 19 at the finish of our 35 overs with our
total at 177 for 7.
In the home team's innings the first three batsmen went cheaply and
they were 19 for 3 when Shepherd came in. When he was finally dismissed,
caught Brazil, bowled Martin, he’d made 79 runs and Aveton Gifford need
only 19 more to win with four wickets standing. Needless to say, they
did it without further loss despite a torrential downpour that gave
the lie to Clark’s earlier promises. For Aveton Gifford Joel Innocent
was not out 28, a very stylish innings for a young man, and Tim Stockwell
was 4 not out. A four wicket defeat for us.
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