Harpsden Sat Vs Whitchurch
Harpsden Sat Win by 80 runs

Harpsden Sat 1st Innings 246/6 Closed (Overs 40)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs
A Grimmer c Arthur b L Williams 28
W Stevens* lbw b Grogan 112
R Harris+ lbw b Burton 27
J Bradley b G Maltime 33
H Cary b Kilford 14
Matt Thomas b Kilford 3
B Hancock not out 5
T Nugent not out 7
extras (b5 lb4 w8 nb0) 17
TOTAL 6 wickets for 246


Whitchurch 1st Innings 166/8 Closed (Overs 40)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs
Grogan b B Hancock 31
Choudaray+ c R Harris b H Cary 10
Arthur lbw b H Cary 20
Leech b B Hancock 17
D Maltime c B Hancock b J Thompson 0
L Williams* c Matt Thomas b T Nugent 39
Cook c W Stevens b T Nugent 6
Heard not out 23
G Maltime b T Nugent 2
Kilford not out 2
extras (b8 lb3 w5 nb0) 16
TOTAL 8 wickets for 166



Best Bowling
T Nugent 3-9
H Cary 2-31
B Hancock 2-18

Harpsden batted first in this 40 over match and made a strong start through Grimmer and Stevens. The score had reached 56 before Whitchurch made their first breakthrough, Grimmer falling to a sharp slip catch of the bowling of Williams. Harpsden continued to pile on the runs with Harris and Bradley both scoring fluently and both going on to share 50 run partnerships with Stevens. Stevens went on to complete a first and very overdue century for Harpsden. The innings came to a close with Harpsden having posted a daunting 246.

It proved to be too much for Whitchurch who never really got on terms with the rate as Harpsden’s young bowlers dominated proceedings. Tom Nugent, who was on a hat-trick at one point finished with impressive figures of 8-2-9-3 and was ably supported by H.Cary and B.Hancock who both ended with 2 wickets. One other bowling performance of note came from 14 year old leg spinner J.Thomson who’s eight over went for just 27 runs.

Harpsden v Young Lions 24/08/08

Harpsden Fall Short Despite Hancock Resistance

Young Lions

Kishar ct Heath b Greenwood 61

Yashwin b Nugent 1

Rajiv ct Balaji b Greenwood 4

Nishil b Nugent 58

Niraj Run Out 1

Justin ct Heath b Nugent 46

Shaan Run Out 0

Kieron Not Out 2

TOTAL 187-7

Extras 16

Best Bowling: Nugent 3-28, Greenwood 2-31

Harpsden

H Cary ct Kishav b Shaan 23

B Hancock lbw b Niraj 42

Balaji Run Out 0

R Birkett b Shaan 1

A Birkett ct Justin b Shaan 15

T Hancock ct Rajiv b Shaan 6

O Heath ct Nishil b Rajiv 3

A Cary Not Out 22

T Nugent Run Out 4

M Devile Not Out 4

TOTAL 135-8

Extras 15

Best Bowling: Shaan 4-24, Rajiv 1-3

Harpsden entertained Young Lions on an overcast day. Harpsden won the toss and put Young Lions into bat on a very damp wicket from the overnight rain. Young Lions made a solid start to their innings, reaching 47-1 from the first ten overs, despite some accurate bowling from youngster, Tom Nugent; Greenwood then made another breakthrough, removing skipper Rajiv for 4. Both batsmen at the crease then established themselves, and it wasn’t until the twenty fifth over that Harpsden removed Kishav for 61, thanks to a great catch from Ollie Heath. Young Lions then started to up the scoring rate, and thanks to some lusty blows from Justin, they made it to 187-7 from their allocated 40 overs.

Harpsden knew that this was a very gettable score, despite the difficult batting conditions. Openers, Hancock and Cary made a convincing start to the innings, reaching 41 without loss after ten overs. Cary was then caught for 23. Balaji joined Hancock at the crease; both batsmen were looking to push the ball around, to keep the score ticking, this proved to be there downfall, as Balaji was run out without scoring. Harpsden then lost four wickets for just 43 runs. Leaving Hancock stranded. When Hancock fell for a dogged 42, Harpsden were in deep trouble, and ended up falling fifty runs short of their target.

Harpsden v BBC Radio News 20/08/08

Cary On Fire As Harpsden Cruise To Victory

BBC Radio News

Mike + b Ham 31

J Weymes b Birkett 13

B Keohave ct Whittaker b Nugent 2

D Nicholson * b Ham 1

P Daniels ct Cary b Hodgkiss 87

S Gupta ct Ham b Nugent 40

T Maby Not Out 3

J Reilly Not Out 8

TOTAL 206-6

Extras 21

Best Bowling : Nugent 2-24, Ham 2-32

Harpsden

H Cary ct S Reilly b Maby 89

B Hancock b Khan 46

C Pohl * Not Out 43

I Whittaker lbw b Maby 2

A Birkett ct J Reilly b S Reilly 13

R Birkett + Not Out 0

TOTAL 209-4

Extras 16

Best Bowling: Maby 2-31, S Reilly 1-8

BBC Radio News visited Harpsden for this annual fixture, on a dry, overcast day. BBC made a solid start, before Birkett convincingly bowled Weymes for 13. Harpsden then picked up two more quick wickets, with Whittaker taking a catch off the bowling of Nugent, and then Ham bowling Nicholson. This brought Daniels to the crease to join Mike, both batsmen looked very comfortable, Ham made the breakthrough, bowling Mike for 31. Gupta added a quick fire 40. Daniels proceeded to hit the Harpsden bowling all over the park, before he holed out to long off for 87. BBC finished on a very respectable 206-6 off their allocated two and a half hours.

Harpsden made an absolutely blistering start to their innings, with Cary dominating the bowling and Hancock playing a good supporting role. The pair reached their century partnership off just 14 overs. Both batsmen continued to dominate the bowling and it wasn’t until the twentieth over that BBC made the breakthrough, Cary falling for a superb 89, with the score on 144, a brilliant partnership from the two batsmen. Pohl then joined Hancock, but Hancock fell four short of a maiden half century. Whittaker followed soon after, before Birkett also came and went for 13. It was left to Pohl to hit the winning runs for Harpsden, to complete a six wicket win, with 11 overs to spare.

Harpsden fall short in tight affair

Harpsden met Stoke Row for a 40 over match this Sunday. With heavy rain the order of the week the pitch was slow but drying out all the time. Stoke Row were put in to bat and started badly losing McDonald in just the second over. Stoke Row then started to rebuild and reached 70 before losing their second wicket. Tight bowling from Hodgkiss, who took 3 wickets, and Ham, who took 2, left Stoke Row on a good score of 210 for 8 after their 40 overs.

Harpsden came out strongly and after losing both openers LBW it was left to reliable Miles Hodgkiss to do a recovery act, and he wasn’t hanging around. He smashed to ball to all areas hitting 5 fours and a six on a slow outfield in his innings of 77. Good support was provided from Stevens (24) and Bryan (16) and the game was in the balance until the last few overs when Young took the wickets of Hodgkiss and Bryan, ending Harpsden’s hopes of a win. Harpsden finished on 196 for 7, 15 runs from victory.

Stoke Row

McDonald c. Bryan b. Hodgkiss 1
Young c. Sampson b. Ham 18
Wheeler c. Grimmer b. Ham 48
Windsor b. Hodgkiss 16
Hennessy NOT OUT 45
Brown c. Heath b. Hodgkiss 3
Stallwood c. Ham b. Mitchell 0
Kakara b. Stevens 2
Ashton c. R.Birkett b. Heath 10
Power NOT OUT 26
Extras 49
Total (8wkts) 210

Best Bowling: Hodgkiss 3-32, Ham 2-31


Harpsden

Grimmer LBW b. Power 17
Thompson LBW b. Macdonald 8
Hodgkiss c. Power b. Young 77
Stevens c. Stallwood b. Brown 24
Bryan c. Ashton b. Young 16
R.Birkett b. Wheeler 9
Sampson st. Hennessy b. Young 0
Heath NOT OUT 9
E.Birkett NOT OUT 6
Extras 30
Total (7wkts) 196

Best Bowling: Young 3-28

Harpsden face Shiplake in a rainstorm

Harpsden met Shiplake on Sunday in a friendly 40 over match. Harpsden batted first and got off to a flyer, with Miles Hodgkiss hitting a better than run a ball 78, including 14 fours and a big six. With Harpsden 70 for 0 off 10 overs Shiplake were in trouble, but A.Bucksey took a couple of wickets and T.Atkinson took 3 catches to reduce Harpsden to 146 for 4 off 29 overs. Harpsden’s run rate never really recovered with good bowling from S.Bucksey and N.Davies, and it took some big hitting from the Harpsden tail to reach a good score of 205-8 from their 40 overs.

Harpsden came out strongly after tea with a couple of quick wickets for Tom Ham and one for Tom Sampson. A very resilient innings of 54 from N Davies frustrated Harpsden, in a match becoming more affected by the heavy rain that was falling. Credit to all parties for continuing as long a possible, but with four overs remaining, and water starting to appear on the square, play was ended with Shiplake 137 for 7 from 36 overs. Special fielding credit must go to C.Pohl who took two stunning catches, one at gully, and plucking another out of the air whilst running backwards.

Harpsden

M.Hodgkiss c. T.Atkinson b. S.Bucksey 78
A.Norton c. T.Atkinson b. A.Bucksay 23
C.Pohl st. b. S.Bucksey 29
I.Whittaker RUN OUT 0
W.Stevens b. N.Davies 32
R.Birkett c. Jenkins b. Fooks 17
T.Hancock RUN OUT 8
E.Birkett c. T.Atkinson b. N.Davies 2
T.Nugent NOT OUT 4
T.Sampson NOT OUT 1
Extras 11
Total (8wkts) 205

Best Bowling: S.Bucksey 2-21

Shiplake

D.Combes c. Pohl b. Ham 9
S.Fooks c. Stevens b. Ham 2
S.Gosby b. Sampson 27
N.Davies RUN OUT 54
T.Atkinson b. Nugent 0
S.Bucksey c. Pohl b. Hancock 11
D.Jenkins c. R.Birkett b. E.Birkett 6
R.Wilson NOT OUT 14
K.Ellis NOT OUT 14
Extras 7
Total (7wkts) 144

Best Bowling: T.Ham 2-28

Harpsden v BBC Caversham 2/08/08

Stevens Stars For Harpsden

Harpsden

M Hodgkiss ct Lavers b Sinka 0

W Stevens* b Ballard 71

A Grimmer ct Massey b Ballard 47

B Hancock Run Out 19

A Birkett ct Watkins b Sinka 8

R Birkett + ct Treder b Lavers 2

M Hayward c & b Lavers 2

M Greenwood Not Out 2

M Farmar b Watkins 0

J Butler b Watkins 0

Extras 17

TOTAL 168

Best Bowling - Lavers 2-26, Watkins 2-29

BBC Caversham

T Deeks* ct Stevens b Butler 2

M Treder ct Hancock b Greenwood 4

J Champion b Farmar 14

T Massey ct Farmar b Greenwood 2

D Lavers Not Out 63

R Watkins lbw b Hodgkiss 0

S Castle Not Out 4

Extras 24

TOTAL 113-5

Best Bowling – Greenwood 2-25, Hodgkiss 1-10

Harpsden locked horns with BBC Caversham on a warm, slightly damp afternoon. Harpsden got off to the worst possible start, losing Hodgkiss second ball of the innings. This brought Grimmer to the crease to join Stevens. The two batsmen built a very solid partnership, hitting some erractic bowling all around the park. When Grimmer holed out to deep mid wicket, the pair had put on 85 in just 14 overs. Hancock then joined Stevens, both batsman ran hard and continued to keep the score ticking over, when Hancock was run out with the score on 125 off 23 overs, a big total looked on the cards. However, Harpsden suffered a collapse, and only Stevens really managed to get the scoring rate going. When he fell for a much needed 71, Harpsden lost there last 3 wickets for just 4 runs. Leaving them with a respectable score of 168 off there 30 overs.

Harpsden got off to a superb start with the ball, with Greenwood and Butler tempting the batsmen into false strokes. After 6 overs BBC Caversham were on 16-3, this included two great catches, firstly from Stevens, and then a great diving low effort from Farmar. Harpsden believed that a low total was definitely on. However, When Lavers came to the crease to join champion, Lavers in particular looked very comfortable with the bat in hand. Both batsmen dug deep and built a solid partnership of 66 before Champion was bowled by Farmar. Hodgkiss then striked, catching Watkins plumb in front. After this BBC Caversham shut up shop, and finished on 113-5 off their allocted overs. Harpsden winning by a convincing margin of 55 runs.