Cricket: Hockwold and Creakes home by one wicket
National Construction
College West Norfolk League
45 overs per innings unless stated
Division One
Hayley East Anglia (19) beat Swanton Morley (7) by 109 runs
Hayley East Anglia 266-8 (A. Nicol 32, S. Darlow 6, J. Leishman 0, D. Lambourne 6, M. Darlow 153, A. Walder 28, A. Burch 2, D. Crome not out 17, A. Nicol snr 8, P. Tooby no 1; Fuller 1-33, S. Gauntlett 2-28, Ryan 3-27, Forder 2-40).
Swanton Morley 157-7 (R. Forder 14, D. Ryan 42, J. Bidwell 18, B. Head 32 P. Fuller no 22; A. Nicol 0-33, N. Irwin 0-13, Tooby 1-18, A. Nicol snr 0-22, Lambourne 0-15, Walder 1-4).
BIg-hitting Hayley East Anglia batsman Matt Darlow got the season off with a bang by smashing 153.
Coming in at 53-3, he dominated a fifth-wicket partnership of 163 with Andy Walder to take to 236 and post an eventual 266.
Team picture on page 123 of today's Lynn News.
Snettisham (17) bt Castle Acre (3) by 8 wickets
Castle Acre 111 in 28 ov (S. Holt 0, P. Hooton 10, J. Fryett 0, R. Whitehorn 0, S. King no 75, A. Ware 0, M. Symonds 2, D. Curry 1, G. Agnew 2, N. King 0; Daniels 1-42, Herbert 2-21, Herbert 4-24, T. Wright 0-11).
Snettisham 112-2 in 12.5 ov (G. Forder 7, M. Herbert 4, R. Twiddy no 24, N. Twiddy no 59; Agnew 0-14, Whitehorn 0-50, Curry 0-17, Holt 2-27).
Acre's innings was dominated by King, as was Snettisham's by N. Twiddy as the hosts recorded victory in quick-time.
Northwold (17) beat Fosters (3) by 8 wkts
Fosters 88 in 40-3 ov (T. Marshall 19, T. Park 37, C. Collison 2, J. Buhlemann 4, W. Rhodes 5, M. Buttriss 2, C. Dupre 3, J. Whelan 0, M. Cherry 3, D. Suckling 0, G. Suiter no 1; A. Seymour 4-4, G. Butcher 0-10, D. English 2-32, K. Webb 0-21, D. Bunten 4-16).
Northwold 84-2 in 25.2 ov (W. Moore 27, D. Bunten 22, J. Plumpton no 23, A. Seymour no 7; C. Collison 0-19, M. Buttriss 0-17, T. Park 1-13, D. Suckling 1-33).
Fosters collapsed after an opening stand of 42, with Northwold's Ady Seymour producing miserly bowling of 4-4 in eight-and-a-half overs.
No cards received: Grimston 92-10 (10) Narborough 93-1 (17), Stow A 108-8 (17) Dereham A 107-10 (6).
Division Two
Gooderstone (6) lost to The Creakes (16) by 1 wicket
Gooderstone 100-9 (Ali Drohan 6, A. Bell 2, J. Osler 0, Ash Drohan 3, G. Smith 1, T. Bedingfield 5, K. Bandy 43, A. Boughen 4, A. Chalkley 7, I. Sayer no 11, C. Debootman no 0; M. Whittaker 3-16, K. Heyhoe 3-21, P. Matthews 1-30, K. White 2-13, M. Dewson 0-13).
The Creakes 101-9 in 43.3 ov (D. Dewson 31, R. Tuck 0, M. Dewson 1, C. Humphries 1, P. Matthews 1, K. White 0, N. Woodhouse 18, K. Heyhoe 14, K. Studd 7, M. Whittaker no 0, J. Edwards no 3; Ash Drohan 2-28, K. Bandy 3-14, A. Boughen 1-24, Ali Drohan 3-19).
The Creakes squeezed home by one wicket with nine balls to spare, with last pair Whittaker and Edwards hitting the three runs required.
Both teams amazingly recovered from 16-5, with Gooderstone's K.
The full article contains 603 words and appears in Lynn News Friday newspaper.
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Last Updated:
09 May 2008 12:43 PM
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Source:
Lynn News Friday
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Location:
Kings Lynn