 Cricket
Match against St Matt’s
15 July 2006
Prestbury v St Matthew's
After a winter of heart-break in the football, could Prestbury finally
achieve sporting success by turning to a small red ball instead? All would be
revealed as a glorious summer’s afternoon saw an enthusiastic Prestbury XI take
to the field for a 20-20 match against our sporting friends and nemeses from St
Matthew’s.
After winning the toss and deciding to bat, Nick Moore and Stephen Murton saw
us off to a rapid start with 52 from the first five overs. A fine spell of 1 for
8 from Matt Allison stemmed the flow of runs to give St Matt’s a chance but John
Radburn held things together for Prestbury and allowed Steve Hawkins and Tim
Buttress to score rapidly with a flurry of sixes before they both retired having
reached 25 not out. Even a run out off the last ball couldn’t dampen Prestbury
spirits as we reached 156 for 7 from our 20 overs. It looked like a winning
total but one couldn’t help eyeing the short boundary on one side rather
nervously.
After an enjoyable tea and chance to get to know one another better (many
thanks to Shelly for all her hard work!), it was St Matt’s turn to bat. Wickets
were hard to come by at first with Al McGonville striking some fine boundaries.
However, Prestbury’s opening bowlers kept the run rate down and at the half-way
point, St Matt’s needed a mammoth 103 runs to win. As the run rate spiralled up
beyond 10 an over, the batsmen had to take chances and our bowlers began to
enjoy themselves, spreading the wickets around with Stephen Murton and Fr Grant
both taking 2 for 12. However, it was the Prestbury fielding which made the real
difference in securing a 28 run victory – all in all a real team effort with
lots of sharp work in the outfield, some fine catches, two quick run outs and a
splendid display from Pete Sexton behind the stumps.
See the scores.
 It
was a great day for players and spectators alike with everything played in the
best of spirits and Michael Cole did a wonderful job of umpiring in the face of
some over-keen lbw appeals from the Prestbury bowlers. (These would probably
have been more forgivable had lbws not been ruled out before the match!) Thank
you to everyone involved from both sides.
Fr Grant
|
Cricket Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 15
July 2006 - Prestbury vs St Matt's at Prestbury Playing Field |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prestbury won the toss and chose to bat first |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prestbury Batting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
St Matt's Bowling |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
Econ |
Ave |
|
1 |
Nick Moore |
|
Not out |
25 |
|
|
1 |
Bower |
4 |
0 |
39 |
1 |
9.75 |
39.00 |
|
2 |
Stephen Murton |
ct |
b Bower |
16 |
|
|
2 |
Watson |
3 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
10.00 |
- |
|
3 |
Andy White |
ct |
b Aldred |
8 |
|
|
3 |
T. Aldred |
3 |
0 |
16 |
1 |
5.33 |
16.00 |
|
4 |
Chris Rudge |
ct |
b Allison |
4 |
|
|
4 |
Allison |
3 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
2.67 |
8.00 |
|
5 |
John Radburn |
|
Run out |
15 |
|
|
5 |
Morris |
3 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
4.67 |
14.00 |
|
6 |
Steve Hawkins |
|
Not out |
26 |
|
|
6 |
Parker |
1 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
10.00 |
- |
|
7 |
Tim Buttress |
|
Not out |
26 |
|
|
7 |
Macauly |
2 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
12.50 |
- |
|
8 |
Jonathan Bennett |
|
Run out |
0 |
|
|
8 |
McConville |
1 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
10.00 |
- |
|
9 |
Pete Sexton (wk) |
|
Run out |
7 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
1 |
152 |
4 |
7.60 |
38.00 |
|
10 |
Nigel Woodcock |
|
b Morris |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
Grant Bayliss (c) |
|
Not out |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Byes |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extras |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
156 |
for 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
St Matt's Batting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prestbury Bowling |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
Econ |
Ave |
|
1 |
Alex McConville |
|
Not out |
29 |
|
|
1 |
Bennett |
2 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
9.50 |
- |
|
2 |
A. Watson |
ct Murton |
b Buttress |
6 |
|
|
2 |
Buttress |
4 |
0 |
22 |
1 |
5.50 |
22.00 |
|
3 |
T. Parker |
|
b Bayliss |
13 |
|
|
3 |
Hawkins |
4 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
3.00 |
- |
|
4 |
J. P. |
|
Not out |
26 |
|
|
4 |
Bayliss |
2 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
6.00 |
6.00 |
|
5 |
Abdul |
|
b Murton |
10 |
|
|
5 |
Rudge |
2 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
9.00 |
- |
|
6 |
Pete Aldred |
|
b Murton |
5 |
|
|
6 |
Murton |
2 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
6.00 |
6.00 |
|
7 |
Tim Aldred |
ct Moore |
b Bayliss |
8 |
|
|
7 |
Woodcock |
1 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
15.00 |
- |
|
8 |
Andy Macauly |
ct |
b Moore |
5 |
|
|
8 |
Moore |
2 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
4.50 |
9.00 |
|
9 |
Don Bower |
|
Run out |
1 |
|
|
9 |
White |
1 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
9.00 |
- |
|
10 |
Richard Morris |
|
Run out |
0 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
1 |
128 |
6 |
6.40 |
21.33 |
|
11 |
Matt Allison (c) |
|
Not out |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extras |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Byes |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
128 |
for 8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prestbury won by 28 runs - Well done & thank you to all who played! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 
