Harpsden CC v Wall CC Sat 26th May 2007

Harpsden miss out in tight game.

Harpsden entertained tourists Wall CC from Lichfield in Staffordshire on an overcast afternoon and after losing the toss (again) Harpsden were put into bat on a slow wicket. Kit Stormont in his first game of the season made batting look deceptively easy, making a rapid 50, and Harpsden raced to 88 for 2 in the first hour’s play. The introduction of Ali and Caddick to the attack resulted in a dramatic collapse from the Harpsden middle order and they only managed to add a further 20 runs before being bowled out for 108.
After tea the visitors made extremely hard work of getting the required runs. This was due in the main to some tight and accurate bowling by Mick Greenwood and a marathon spell from Miles Hodgkiss, bowling 17 overs, and returning impressive figures of 5 for 39. However, the low total posted by the home side was never going to be enough and the visitors eased to victory with two wickets to spare.

Harpsden

K Stormont c Craig b Caddick50
J Bradley lbw b Birch 6
R Harris b Ali 10
M Hodgkiss c Stokes b Ali 9
T Sampson c Stokes b Ali 0
M Shanahan c Ali b Caddick 1
M Greenwood st Craig b Foxley 9
S Bradley c Stokes b Caddick 0
B Hancock c Clarke b Foulds 4
J Butler Not Out 0
R Moyle lbw b Foulds 0
Extras 19
TOTAL 108

Bowling

B Stokes 5-1-26-0, D Birch 6-1-27-1, Ali 6-1-11-3, Caddick 5-1-21-3, Foxley 5-4-4-1, Foulds 5-2-5-2.

Wall CC

A Stokes b Greenwood 13
B Stokes b Greenwood 2
Foxley lbw b Hodgkiss 1
Venables c Stormont b Hodgkiss 17
Caddick lbw b Hodgkiss 24
Birch c Moyle b Hodgkiss 0
Foulds c Stormont b S Bradley 3
Ali retired hurt 27
Hatton Not Out 14
Craig b Hodgkiss 0
Clarke Not Out 0
Extras 8
TOTAL 109
For 8 wkts

Bowling. Greenwood 8-2-15-2, Hodgkiss 17-6-39-5, S Bradley 3-0-16-1, B Hancock 2-0-12-0, T Sampson 6-0-24-0.