Taplow CC v Harpsden CC

Taplow 126 for 9 dec, lost to Harpsden by four wickets 127 for 6

Sunday 19^th June 2011 at the C Tavare Stadium

Innings of Taplow

126 slowly and painfully accumulated runs in a total of 53 over’s (a run rate of, 2.37 runs per over). Mainly through the third man region and off the leading edge. All the bowlers performed well for Harpsden on a drying pitch. There were two notable catches new boy James Brooks snaffled up a fine effort in the first over in the Gully off Ham, diving to this right and later Andy Grimmer took a very impressive effort after running back on the long on boundary off the bowling off big Mick Greenwood to collect a skier. Eventually the abominable slow men that were Taplow’s number 10 and 11 decided that eating cake was more fun than blocking it and walked off, much to everybody’s relief.

Bowling analysis for Harpsden

Calamity Ham, 8 1 26 2, I Brown 10 1 20 2, J Brooks 6 0 21 0, A Cary 12 5 16 0, J Paice 10 3 15 3, M Greenwood 7 0 13 2

Innings of Harpsden

After almost loosing the will to live in the field but buoyed by a good tea the opening pair got the chase up and running. Sweet bet was 2/1 to get a score above 39 but he defied his odds by nicking out early on. There was nothing grim about Andy Grimmer’s early shots and he was supported well by old man Norton. Grimmer upped the ante and was aggressive with his running to keep the board ticking. He was eventually out for an entertaining 59 caught in the covers. A mini collapse then insured with Bryan and Birkett falling cheaply before James Paice helped steady the ship before he was caught out superbly on the boundary. Brookes fell for a golden before Alfred Cary and that man Norton steered the good ship Harpsden to a four-wicket victory.

Pick of the batting:

A Grimmer 59

A Norton 36 not out