Saintfield
1st XI Match Report
.v.
Academy 1st XI
Date:
23rd July 2006 at The Demense
Toss Won By: Academy
Following
victory against Holywood on Saturday Saintfield were determined
to let all the good work go to waste when they entertained Academy
at The Demense on Sunday. Academy won the toss and elected to
bat on another magnificent Saintfield wicket.
If
Saintfield had been on the ball on Saturday they were certainly
very slow to start on Sunday, captain Mark McBriar reflected
afterwards that “The first ten overs was probably our
worst spell of all round play this season.” By that stage
Academy had raced to 43 without loss and opener Shields was
smashing the Saintfield bowling attack all round the ground.
Eventually in the 13th over breakthrough man John Wheeler trapped
Sloan (11) leg before. Wheeler was at again in his 4th, 5th
and 6th overs removing Kelso (1) leg before, bowling the dangerous
David Greenless (4) and finally having opener Shields (55) caught
at long on by Paul Mullan. Not wanting to be out done Byron
Woodruff got in on the act trapping P. Riddell lbw first ball
as Academy slumped from 69 for 1 to 79 for 5. G. Riddell and
McCauley put on a short stand striking a few nice boundaries
before Woodruff again struck to remove McCauley (16) caught
at mid-wicket by Harrison with the score on 107 for 6. Herman
was bowled round his legs attempting to sweep spinner Noel David
as wickets began to fall at regular intervals. The final wicket
fell as Brian Boyd skied one to mid-wicket off the bowling of
Noel David, Woodruff sprinted fully 30 yards and diving full
length took as good a catch as The Demense has seen for many
a year, as Academy finished on 139 all out in the 43rd over.
Saintfield’s
opening pair of Harrison and Clegg again got the innings off
to a good start with Harrison striking three delightful boundaries,
before he got one that bounced a little and he was caught by
P.Riddell, for 12. Clegg working hard was joined by Wheeler
keen to regain his early season form. This pair took the score
to 59 before Clegg (31) was caught by Boyd of the bowling of
P. Riddell. Wheeler was then joined by Phillip Murray batting
well up the order as captain Mark McBriar juggled his batting
line up a little. Murray did not disappoint his captain as he
hit a quick fire 17, including one delightful six into the factory,
before finally going for one big shot too many and being caught
on the boundary by Herman of Boyd’s bowling. Boultwood
(5) was trapped leg before with the score on 129. It was left
to Mark Yeates (7no), including an excellent cover drive and
a textbook late cut for four, and John Wheeler, who finished
on 50 not out to steer Saintfield home in the 31st over, and
give them a comfortable 6 wicket victory.
Scorecard:
Innings: Academy
| Batsman |
How
Out |
Bowler |
Total |
| M.
Shields |
Ct.Mullan |
Wheeler |
55 |
| G.
Sloan |
LBW |
Wheeler |
11 |
| B.
Kelso |
LBW |
Wheeler |
1 |
| D.
Greenless |
Bowled |
Wheeler |
4 |
| P.
Riddell |
LBW |
Woodruff |
0 |
G.
Riddell |
Bowled |
McBriar |
24 |
B.
McCauley |
Ct.
Harrison |
Woodruff |
16 |
N.
Herman |
Bowled |
David |
9 |
G.
Hodges |
Bowled |
David |
0 |
B.
Boyd |
Ct.
Woodruff |
David |
2 |
B.
Devlin |
Not |
Out |
1 |
|
| Fall |
1-51 |
2-69 |
3-75 |
4-75 |
5-79 |
Extras |
16 |
| |
6-107 |
7-122 |
8-125 |
9-136 |
10-139 |
Total |
157
all out |
Bowling:
Saintfield
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
| P.
Murray |
5 |
2 |
21 |
0 |
| M.
McBriar |
5 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
| M.
Yeates |
6 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
| J.
Wheeler |
10 |
0 |
42 |
4 |
| B.
Woodruff |
10 |
3 |
13 |
2 |
| N.David |
6.1 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
Innings:
Saintfield
Batsman |
How
Out |
Bowler |
Total |
G.
Harrison |
Ct.
P. Riddell |
Herman |
12 |
M.
Clegg |
Ct.
Boyd |
P.
Riddell |
31 |
J.
Wheeler |
Not |
Out |
50 |
P.
Murray |
Ct.
Herman |
Boyd |
17 |
C.
Boultwood |
LBW |
Devlin |
5 |
M.
Yeates |
Not |
Out |
7 |
P.
Mullan |
DNB |
|
|
M.McBriar |
DNB |
|
|
B.
Woodruff |
DNB |
|
|
R.
McCavery |
DNB |
|
|
N.
David |
DNB |
|
|
|
| Fall |
1-23 |
2-59 |
3-107 |
4-129 |
5- |
Extras |
20 |
| |
6- |
7- |
8- |
9- |
10- |
Total |
142
for 4 |
Bowling:
Academy
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
| G.
Riddell |
5 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
| N.
Herman |
10 |
4 |
20 |
1 |
| P.
Riddell |
6 |
0 |
30 |
1 |
| G.
Sloan |
4 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
| B.
Boyd |
5 |
0 |
21 |
1 |
| B.
Devlin |
1 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
Result:
Saintfield won by 6 wickets
