Barford Cricket Club - Shrewsbury 2004

Wiltshire - 2001

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Cobbled together from the original penned by Fish...

This year we went to Wiltshire and collected 1 draw and 2 wins.

Friday 13th July - Keevil CC

Our Friday fixture against Keevil C.C. was set in the grounds of a C.16th manor house built from local stone.

A slightly 'sticky' wicket, but in a most gorgeous setting. Barford batted first and Nathan looked quite comfortable against Tadman (quickish) and colleagues. Wickets fell regularly. Messrs. White (pulled muscle in side) and Rhead (hamstring) ended their cricket playing here. Keevil were up against the very straight bowling of John Elson to begin with, but soon took a shine to Thommo and Mike Ireland who was very kindly standing in for a 'flu ridden Peter Romyn. Mr Elson returned to slow things down and collect his 5th wicket. The game closed with the right result and a visit to Keevil's sponsor The Tipsy Toad pub.

Name	How out	Bowler	Score	Name	How out	Bowler	Score
N. Haynes	Bowled	Gunstone	46	Fennell	LBW	Elson	16
J. Elson	Bowled	Tadman	2	Rutty	Bowled	Taylor	2
H. Gilmore	Ct	Gunstone	21	Hallett	LBW	Elson	0
D. Moore-Tabb	Ct	Jones	1	Waylen	Bowled	Elson	49
J. Read (Capt)	Ct	Gunstone	15	Beavan	Stumped	Taylor	39
M. Hawkesford	Ct	Gunstone	0	Jones	Bowled	Elson	5
S. Thompson	Ct	Gunstone	0	Taylor	Bowled	Elson	0
P. White	Ret. hurt		8	Cooper	Not out		0
A. Rhead	Bowled	Beavan	0	Tadman	Not out		1
S. Taylor	Not out		22
M. Ireland	Run out		4
Extras			18	Extras			16
		TOTAL	137			TOTAL	128
			for 9 wickets				for 7 wickets

Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Tadman			26	1	Elson	12	4	18	5
Roslyn			19	0	Taylor	16	5	26	2
Jones			15	1	Thompson	1	0	13	0
Gunstone			23	5	Ireland	5	0	50	0
Beavan			13	1
Cooper			27	0

A beautiful venue which warrants a return visit sometime.

Saturday's match against Golden Fleece C.C. had to be resited due to a double booking. A rather bleak school playing field (no changing facilities) and strong wind made it chilly.

Saturday 14th July - Golden Fleece CC

Golden Fleece C. C. is based out of a pub in Shaw, near Melksham. On the Thursday, a team of touring Australians arrived for a game. We were rescheduled to a nearby school playing field with an artificial wicket adorned by copious quantities of goose droppings. The changing rooms were outside on the boundary, where one of the Golden Fleece's imported talents was soon on display for the ladies to observe and they filled their boots! Nathan was in great form, Knitters had an unlucky 'catch' given. Thommo was still pi**ed from the night before and Paul Johnstone scored his maiden 50 for Barford.

Name	How out	Bowler	Score	Name	How out	Bowler	Score
N. Haynes	Not out		80	Peters	Ct Thompson	Taylor	17
J. Read	Ct	Peters	15	Harris	Bowled	Taylor	10
S. Thompson	Ct	Chadwick	0	Curran	Ct	Lilley	5
P. Johnstone	Ct	Curran	53	Palmer	Ct Read	Taylor	8
M. Lilley	Not out		5	McDougall	Ct	Jones	4
				Letts	Ct	Johnstone	15
				Tynedale	Bowled	Jones	0
				Hemming	Bowled	Jones	6
				Fountain	Bowled	Herring	0
				Chadwick	Ct	Herring	0
				Thatcher	Not out		0
Extras			8	Extras			4
		TOTAL	166			TOTAL	73
			for 3 wickets				all out

Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Letts	8	1	30	0	Lilley	9	2	25	1
Hemmings	4	0	11	0	Taylor	8	1	30	3
Chadwick	5	0	16	1	Johnstone	6	1	9	1
Peters	6	0	21	1	Jones	5.3	1	13	3
Thatcher	4	0	27	0	Herring	1	0	1	2
Fountain	1	0	6	0
McDougall	3	0	18	0
Curran	5	0	34	1

Sunday 15th July - Beanacre CC

On Sunday our game against Beanacre C.C. also fell foul of a double booking. The King Edward playing fields previously hosted Minor Counties matches and is a credit to the groundsmen involved.

Name	How out	Bowler	Score	Name	How out	Bowler	Score
M. Hawkesford	Retired		101	N. Bayley	Ct Johnstone	Lilley	6
P. Johnstone	Not out		101	G. Bayley	Bowled	Lilley	15
H. Gilmore	Ct	Cameron	13	Marable	Ct Read	Lilley	0
J. Read	Not out		15	Thughy	Bowled	Jones	11
				J. Cameron	Ct Taylor	Lilley	2
				Alford	Ct Johnstone	Jones	21
				S. Cameron	Bowled	Read	3
				Neck	Ct & Bld	Jones	4
				Brady	Ct Jones	Elson	0
				Aust	Not out		2
				Menghini	Bowled	Read	5
Extras			16	Extras			14
		TOTAL	231			TOTAL	84
			for 1 wicket				all out

Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Neck	8	0	33	0	Lilley	5	3	6	4
Menghini	7	0	45	0	Herring	5	0	31	0
Alford	8	0	31	0	Romyn	6	1	25	0
Brady	3	0	26	0	Jones	6	1	14	3
Thughy	4	0	43	0	Read	2.1	0	3	2
Aust	3	0	29	0	Elson	2	0	5	1
S. Cameron	2	0	11	1
Marable	0.1	0	4	0

We heard few complaints about The Methuen Arms Hotel. Wadsworth 6X was the staple diet of many folk. On Sunday evening a singer named Jane Kennaway, (Knitters has her number), entertained us, until a prolonged attack upon Mike Ireland's chest afforestation (don't ask) and Sandy 'John Travolta' Peirson deflected our attention from her.

Corsham could perhaps be described as lacking in its variety of pubs and restaurants. This might influence the location of hotel if we were to return to Wiltshire. That said, there is plenty to see and do in a very typically English countryside.

Highs and Lows

My own cricketing highlights were:

Paul Johnstone - maiden 50 vs. Golden Fleece on Saturday followed by his maiden 100 vs. Beanacre the next day.

Malcolm Hawkesford - maiden 100 vs. Beanacre on Sunday. Said afterwards it was better than sex - oh really? Probably as frequent!

Hawkesford	Mins	Balls	Johnstone	Mins	Balls
1st 50	45	46	1st 50	82	73
2nd 50	41	41	2nd 50	38	44

Thanks to the Beanacre scorer for these stats. Opening stand of 192 is the highest ever for ANY wicket.

John Elson - 5 for 18 vs. Keevil.

Martyn Lilley - 2 blinding catches vs. Golden Fleece. Neither off his own bowling!

Some pictures.

Keevil C. C. play in the grounds of this building:

The next day wasn't quite so sumptuous