Saturday 24th June & Sunday 25th
June 2006
New Ash Green v Old Wilsonians
Saturday 24th June 2006
Kent League
Match - 100 Overs
Old Wilsonians (20 points) 184-9 dec.
(50 overs)
New Ash Green (4 points) 88 all out (28.4 overs)
New Ash Green lost by 96 runs.
Once again struggling to have enough regular first XI squad members
available New Ash Green struggled against bottom of the table Old Wilsonians. Andy Cox bowled well picking up three wickets
and Mick Sumner and Matt Scanlan took 2 each, Scanlan bowling 12 overs
reasonably cheaply with his spin, hopefully another good sign for the future. Old
Wilsonians finally made 184-9 in their 50 overs.
In reply sadly it was a step backwards for New Ash Green with
only Andy Cox making a significant score, getting 40. Marc Klus
made 13, and perhaps the most promising performance was the only other double
figure score, 12 by Scott McKechnie. No one else made
much of a contribution though, and the innings subsided to 88 all out, a
disappointing total after some more resolute scoring last week.
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Bobbing Court II v New Ash Green II
Saturday 24th June 2006
Mid-Kent
League Match - 92 Overs
New Ash Green
(13 points) 128 all out (44.4 overs)
New Ash Green lost by 1 wicket.
A rematch with the side they had beaten two weeks previously
offered New Ash Green 2nds the promise of another competitive match, and that
it certainly was, though between them the two sides only had 8 survivors from 2
weeks previously. The two captains were the same, though, and with neither side
having an umpire they had a toss, won by Bobbing, who chose to bowl first. The
wicket was hard with some tuft grass giving a bit of uneven bounce, and when
Trevor Earl opened the bowling at considerable pace New Ash Green were under
some pressure. With Les Earl bowling tidily at the
other end the scoring rate was slow, but Matthew Quantrill
and John Howland grafted well before Howland missed one from Les Earl. Alan
Carter also played soundly until he got off the mark, when he lost his head and
took a risky second only to be beaten by a direct hit. David Baker kept Quantrill company for a while and
made 16 before giving Trevor Earl is only wicket when a very well struck off
drive was astoundingly plucked out of the air by Mick Stevens, the same fielder
who had run out Carter. Matt Bushe then did a heroic
job fending off the pace and bounce of Trevor Earl until he had finished his 12
overs with figures of 1-33, far less effective than
had seemed likely early on. In the meantime Quantrill
had been taking runs off the change bowling at the other end and the run rate
began to climb. Just as the foundation seemed set for a big score, though, Bushe mishit one to cover, and
soon afterwards Quantrill pulled one hard to square
leg where the fielder clung on on the rebound, ending
his innings at 53. Lee Saunders and Dan Lewsey both made
double figures, but the innings tailed away somewhat to end disappointingly on
128.
Graeme Poole and Lee Saunders both took advantage of the conditions
in testing opening spells. Saunders was very economical, eventually going for
just 9 runs in 6 overs, but the first breakthrough
came from a run out whne Matt Bushe’s
long throw from the boundary was relayed to the bowlers end by Matthew Quantrill, a direct hit running out the dangerous looking O’Kane. Graeme Poole then added to his wicket tally for the
season with one that lifted and took the edge, and picked up a second when Mick
Stevens luck for the day finally ran out and he lobbed one tamely to point.
Unfortunately this was the start of a nightmare over for
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New Ash Green v Chelsfield
Exiles
Sunday 25th June 2006
Sadly
World Cup Fever conquered all – Chelsfield had to
pull out with only 4 players available, and the fixture bureau did not produce
any opposition.