Ham is Great for Harpsden

Harpsden CC met Henley Hockey Club CC this Sunday for a friendly 40 over game in Harpsden. Harpsden won the toss and elected to bat, but got off to a poor start losing Adam Birkett in the very first over of the match. Justin Bradley set about a counter attack and reached 35 in style before being dismissed by R Woolfrey. Miles Hodgkiss, having switched allegiance and playing for the hockey club, bowled economically as always and making 2 important breakthroughs. With Harpsden at 90 for 7 a slump was well and truly on the cards but strong resistance from Ollie Heath and Tom Ham saw Harpsden through to a respectable total of 167 all out in the 38th over.

The Hockey Club struggled to get going thanks to great bowling from Heath, who took two wickets, and Tom Sampson, who’s 6 overs went for just 8 runs. D Hebert was looking good with some strong hitting, and when he fell to a Birkett Jnr and Snr combination the Hockey Club were struggling at 65 for 4. It was the introduction of Harpsden’s third left armer Tom Ham that made the difference though, as he picked up 3 for 12 from just four overs. Credit must also go to 12 year old Toby Stevens who took the last 2 wickets for just 1 solitary run. A good win for Harpsden with the Hockey Club all out for 105, losing by 62 runs.

Harpsden
J.Bradley b. R.Woolfrey 35
A.Birkett RUN OUT 0
A.Norton ct. I.Heggie b. R.Austin 17
W.Stevens b. D.Hebert 17
R.Birkett b. Hodgkiss 6
T.Hancock LBW b. Hodgkiss 4
O.Heath NOT OUT 36
E.Birkett ct. I.Heggie b. R.Woolfrey 0
T.Ham ct. b. R.Woolfrey 15
T.Sampson ct. b. R. Austin 14
T.Stevens ct. b. R.Woolfrey 0
Extras 24
Total 168
Best Bowling: R.Woolfrey 4-29, Hodgkiss 2-23


Hockey Club
D.Austin ct. Ham b. Hancock 18
I.Heggie b. Heath 5
J.Baker b. Heath 4
D.Hebert ct. R.Birkett b. E.Birkett 34
T.Gaze ct. Norton b. Ham 10
M.Woolfrey ct. W.Stevens b. Hancock 9
M.Hodgkiss ct. E.Birkett b. Ham 4
J.Hebert ct. E.Birkett b. Ham 0
C.Balar b. T.Stevens 0
R.Woolfrey NOT OUT 1
R.Austin b. T.Stevens 4
Extras 16
Total 105
Best Bowling: T.Ham 3-12, T.Stevens 2-1