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| 22/05/2010 - Brockham Green (a) |
Brockham Green 178-9 vs. Newdigate 179-9 Newdigate got back to winning ways with this unconvincing victory against Brockham Having elected to bat, Brockham lost skipper Paul Tipping early, but then consolidated through Mike Duncan (20) and Mike Tapper (25). Finding early wickets hard to come by, Newdigate opted for containment through the medium pace of Des Harris and Jason Wharam who both bowled lengthy spells. Ellis (38) and Palmer (20) looked to accelerated, but after both fell, the home team subsided in the pursuit of quick runs, and had to settle for a below par 178-9 from 48 overs. Bowlers Crook, Cooper, Harris, and Wharam shared 2 wickets apiece In reply, Newdigate started well with Richard Callcut (38) and Matt Clarke (15) making a 50 partnership in good time. After both fell, Dan Jones took up the initiative with 35, but with victory in sight, the rest of the middle order fell to a combination of good bowling and poor shots. The 9th wicket fell with the scores level, and it fell to the last pair of batsmen to scamper the winning run. Pick of the Brockham bowlers were Chris Weill (4-66) and Mark Haines (3-24) The result leaves Newdigate in 7th place in Surrey Downs Division 1, but just 4 points from 3rd position. Newdigate host struggling Holmbury St Mary next week, with Brockham travelling to Westcott |
24/07/2010 - Brockham Green (h)
Newdigate 173 Brockham Green 80
After back to back wins, Newdigate went into this game just behind leaders Westcott, whilst Brockham were sitting just outside the relegation zone. However for long periods, this match threatened to throw the form book out of the window!
The visitors won the toss, and elected to bowl on a green wicket, and immediately made inroads. Chris Weill and Jez Palmer (2-28) took a couple of early wickets each, and Newdigate were reeling at 12-4. Ruky Wickremasinghe (35) and Hiten Patel (15) briefly stopped the rot, but Weill continued to take wickets and finished with 5 for 53 from his 15 over allocation. When Wickremasinghe fell with the score at 82-8, Newdigate looked doomed, but enter Allan Cooper who has been on form with the bat this season. The number 10 took the attack to the Brockham bowlers, and his quickfire 69 turned the balance of the match. He received valiant support from Tim Pople who compiled a patient 31, and their partnership of 89 was a club record for the 9th wicket (until the 3rd XI arrived home to announce this had been beaten!).
Newdigate's total of 173 all out was below par, but the momentum and shifted to such an extent, that Brockham were never able to get back into the game.
Newdigate openers Cooper, and Des Harris, stifled the flow of runs to a trickle, and picked up a wicket each. Only Paul Tipping (22) made any progress, but the introduction of Ben Crook prompted his demise, and Crook's 7 over spell yielded 4 wickets for just 15 runs.
Captain Gerard Weide was looking good on 36, but when home captain, Richard Callcut, turned to the spin of Wickremasinghe the game came to an abrupt end as he picked up the last 4 wickets for just 1 run in 10 balls! The visitors dismissed for just 80
With all of the top three winning, there is no real change at the top of the Surrey Downs League Div 1 table. Brockham look to have a reasonable cushion, but will still be looking nervously at the teams below them.