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