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4th IX Results and Reports
Hants League Regional Division 2 North East
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Week 1 - May 3
2008
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Week 2 - May 10
2008
St
Cross Symondians 181-8 (21 points)(B Gillings
56, M Burrows 40)
Medstead 163-7 (9 points)
St Cross Symondians won by 18 runs.
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Week 3 - May 17
2008
St
Cross Symondians 209-9 (24)(M Burrows 51)
Tichborne Park II 131-10 (8)( J Merluk 3-25)
St Cross Symondians won by 78 runs.
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Week 4 - May 24
2008
St
Cross Symondians 240-8 (24)(B Gillings 87, A
Wilkinson 60)
Liphook & Ripsley III 156-10 (9)
St Cross Symondians won by 84 runs.
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Week 5 - May 31
2008
St
Cross Symondians 167-4 (15)(M Burrows 41, J
Player 38*, A Stevenson 36)
Easton & Martyr Worthy II 167-8 (13)(A Watkinson
3-35)
Match Tied.
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Week 6 - June 7
2008
St Cross Symondians
277-2 (24)(B Gillings 103*, D McLeish 43, R
Gaster 40*)
Ropley II 145-10 (5)( C James 4-24
St Cross Symondians won by 132 runs.
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St.
Cross 4XI extended their unbeaten streak
this season with a comfortable win over
a weakened Ropley side. Both Matt
Burrows and Ben Gillings continued their
fine form with a century opening stand
with the latter hitting a superb 103*.
Both Danny Mcleish and Rupert Gaster
came in with some big shots, both
hitting speedy 43 and 40* respectively
to leave St. Cross on 277-2 at the end
of their innings. In response Ropley
never really got going, mainly thanks to
an excellent bowling display from Chris
James, taking 4-24 off 11 overs leaving
Ropley well short at 145 all out.
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Week 7 - June 14
2008
St
Cross Symondians 170-6 (22)( J Player 40*, S
Oliphant 38)
Hook & Newnham Basics III 158-10 (8)(J Merluk
3-42)
St Cross Symondians won by 12 runs.
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Week 8 -June 21
2008
St
Cross Symondians 217 (24)(M Burrows 44, B
Gillings 42, A Stevenson 42*)
Four Marks 158-10 (8)(C James 4-38)
St Cross Symondians won by 59 runs.
An experienced St
Cross Symondians 4th XI overcame
top-of-the-table Four Marks with an excellent
all-round performance. Another robust opening
stand between Matt Burrows (44) and Ben Gillings
(42) allowed freedom further down the order
and the next four batsmen all chipped in to a
good total, most notably Andy Stevenson with 42
no.
The visitors failed to lay down the strong base
on which their hosts had built their innings.
Although the bad ball was punished severely,
wickets fell regularly, largely to Chris James
whose 4 for 38 ripped the heart out of the Four
Marks upper order. Only D Hatherley (55)
provided lengthy resistance but when he fell to
Mark McGettigan's off spin (3 for 57), the Four
Marks chase faltered.
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Week 9 - June 29
2008
St
Cross Symondians 310-3 (22)( M Hope 151, A Quick
121))
Steep 204-6 (8)(G Gale 60, J Blake 59)
St Cross Symondians won by 106 runs.
On a day when the
bat definitely conquered the ball, St Cross
Symondian IV XI made full use of the Steep
facilities to set a unassailable target for
their hosts. Central to this was a stunning 247
partnership between Matt Hope (151) and Andy
Quick (121). Hope, who has played in all the
Club's teams this season needed a long bat to
restore his confidence. After a nervous but
focused start from the young batsman, he then
proceeded to destroy the Steep bowling with a
controlled hitting performance of the highest
quality. When joined by the somewhat older Andy
Quick with the score at 36, Quick matched the
scoring rate of the more aggressive Hope with
some elegant leg-sided strikes. Both batsmen
stormed passed the hundred mark at a canter with
the home side clearly demoralised.
Early wickets for Chris James (3 for 34) seemed
to set up an easy maximum points haul for St
Cross, but Blake (59) and Dale (60) set about
chasing down batting points and the game soon
became about achieving a 200 target rather than
a win. St Cross had to wait until the 36th over
before the fourth wicket fell to the bowling of
Rupert Gaster whose late burst of 3 for 21
grabbed late points.
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Week 10 - July 5
2008
St
Cross Symondians 200-8 (24)( M Burrows 65, R
Gatser 45)
Sherfield on Lodden 115-10 (7)
St Cross Symondians won by 85 runs.
St Cross Symondians
IV XI's apparent comprehensive victory over a
well-equipped Sherfield side had moments of
concern for the top-of-the-table Winchester
outfit. St Cross's 200 was built around a fine
65 from 16 year old Matt Burrows who has now
passed 300 runs for the season. He was helped by
Andy Quick (39) and Rupert Gaster (45) and
a late surge from Josh Murluk (21).
With small boundaries and a fast
outfield, defending this total against two
settled batsmen was going to be challenging and
the upper order of the Sherfield team showed
signs of doing just that. However, the
introduction on Rupert Gaster (3 for 19) took a
heavy toll and effectively took the game away
from the visitors. When off spinner Mark
McGettigan (3 for 17) joined the attack in
tandem with Chris James (2 for 21), the lower
order fell away.
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Week 11 - July 12
2008
Flamingo 163-8 (21)
St Cross Symondians 141-9 (8)(A Fidgen 62)
St Cross Symondians lost by 22 runs.
Flamingos
inflicted a well deserved first defeat of the
season on promotion hopefuls St Cross. The
critical phase was a third wicket partnership of
102 between Mike Foster (40) and Tom Egerton
(65) who knuckled down in the difficult
conditions with Egerton in particular punishing
the all-too-regular short ball. Having built a
strong base Flamingos failed to capitailise as
St Cross were able to reign the scoring rate in
with Josh Murluk (4 for 27) being central in the
closing stages.
With both St Cross's openers unusually going
early, Alex Fidgeon (62) and Simon McCormick Cox
(26) recovered the situation, but at some cost
to the scoring rate. With the weather closing
in, St Cross realised their dillemma and tried
urgently to pull up to the required rate, but
lost important wickets in the process with Mike
Yarney (4 for 42) doing the damage. Persistant
rainfall brought the game to a premature close
at 39 overs, with St Cross requiring 23
runs with the last pair at the wicket.
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Week 12 - July 19
2008
St
Cross Symondians 250-4 (21)( M Burrows 88, S
McCormick-Cox 61, A Fidgen 46)
Alton IV 200-5 (9)
St Cross Symondians won by 50 runs.
After coming off
the rails the previous week, St Cross 4th XI
continued their assault on the North East II
championship. Both sides were filled with
youthful talent and it was 16 year old Matt
Burrows who top scored in the St Cross innings
with a faultless 88. He did this in two century
partnerships, initially with the classy Alex
Fidgeon (46) and then with the even-younger
Simon McCormick Cox who took the game to Alton
with an aggressive 61.
Alton replied initially in the strongest of
terms with an opening century stand between two
of Alton's young stars Austin and Beale whose
left hand / right hand combination unsetlted the
St Cross bowlers. The introduction of Will Bebb
(4 for 33), making his 4th XI debut, was a
turning point as his flat dart-like left arm
spin put the by-now-rampant Alton openers into
defensive mode. With the 250 target now out of
sight, Alton set about achieving maximum batting
points, which they did with two balls to spare.
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Week 13 - July 26
2008
Oakley II 170-6 (7)
St
Cross Symondians 172-5 (22)
St Cross Symondians won by 5 wkts.
Oakley II, rooted
to the bottom of North East Div II, put up a
good fight against a powerful St Cross
Symondians unit, but in the end, the
second-placed side were able to ease past their
opponents with some comfort.
Key to Oakley's testing 170 score was a fighting
50 from S Spalding in conjunction with Beckell
(24) and Hodgson (36 no). Most successful bowler
for St Cross was Alan Watkinson with 3 for 38
from 12 overs.
On a pitch giving the bowlers constant
encouragement, the watchfull upper order set
about their task with the experienced Andy Quick
(73) orchestrating the pace of the St Cross
response. He and Simon McCormick-Cox (28) took
the the game to a position where the visitors
could be the only winners before both perished
in the closing overs. Any last hope for Oakley
was erased when, with two new batsmen at the
crease, Rupert Gaster crashed three consecutive
fours to bring home the victory.
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Week 14 - August
2
2008
AWE
Tadley II 215-10 (8)
St
Cross Symondians 217-3 (24)
St Cross Symondians won by 7 wkts.
St Cross
Symondians IV maintained their drive towards
promotion from North East Division II beating
lowly placed AWE Tadley II, who had taken the
opportunity of the cancellation of their first
team game to strengthen their side, by seven
wickets.
After being
inserted Tadley approached their innings in
20/20 mode lead by R. Quadrie 52 and M. Stead 31
reaching 132 for 6 off only 20 overs before
falling to 166 for 9. A. Hazelwood and O. Kiane
25 produced a sting in the tail adding 49 for
the last wicket as Tadley closed on 215. For St
Cross Mark McGettigan 3 for 41 and Chris James 3
for 60 were the leading wicket takers.
In reply Ben
Gillings and Matt Burrows with a cultured 45
gave St Cross a great start with an opening
partnership of 102 before Jon Player joined
Gillings adding 70 in 11 overs as Player took
the game to Tadley with a powerful 40. Gillings
saw St Cross home having batted throughout the
innings for a high class 76 not out with 2 overs
to spare.
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