Saintfield
1st XI Match Report
.v.
Portadown 1st XI
Date:
28th April 2007at The Demense
Toss Won By: Saintfield
Saintfield
entertained Section 3 newcomers Portadown at The Demense on
Saturday in the first game of the 2007 season. Despite a good
pre-season including wins versus North Down II’s and Muckamore,
Saintfield got off to a poor start having elected to bat first
on a great track. The Portadown bowlers bowled a tight line
and length early on and Saintfield struggled to accumulate runs
with wickets falling at regular intervals.
However
with the score on 70-5 Saintfield’s Player Coach Noel
David, who had just arrived in the country at 9.15 that morning
having spent the previous 36 hours travelling, wearily dragged
himself to the crease. From the off David struggled to run,
continually cramping up due to tiredness. Given this it appeared
David decided the only way to score runs was via the boundary
and he ripped into the Portadown attack. In no time he reached
50 and quickly accelerated to 100 before being caught on 124
an innings that include 10 x 6’s and 11 x 4’s. David
received support from Byron Woodruff who chipped in with 45
as the Saintfield innings closed on 269 in the 44th over.
The
Portadown batsmen showed the same application and determination
as their bowlers. The openers Henry and Morrison were patient
and waited on the bad delivery and as a result had Portadown
50 without loss in the 16 over, when David held onto a good
catch of the bowling of Woodruff to remove Henry (11). Morrison
was then joined by Harris and this pair took the score to 94
before Morrison (66) was bowled by David. Harris (20) followed
a short time later caught in the covers by Ross Boultwood of
the bowling of Johnny Viner. From here on Portadown had no answer
to David’s off spin as he ripped through the middle order
to finish with figures of 5-40 in his 10 overs. Portadown’s
innings closed on 169 in the 45th over when 16 year old Ross
Boultwood picked up his first senior wicket bowling Hoey.
Saintfield
captain Mark McBriar was happy to pick up the win in the first
game. However he was also well aware that there is a lot more
work to be done in a number of areas to ensure a successful
season, starting at home to Ballymena this Saturday in the Senior
Cup.
Scorecard:
Innings: Saintfield
| Batsman |
How
Out |
Bowler |
Total |
| C.
Boultwood |
Caught |
Haire |
7 |
| M.
Clegg |
Caught |
Hewitt |
27 |
| R.
McCavery |
Run |
Out |
3 |
| B.
Woodruff |
Caught |
Hoey |
45 |
| J.
Viner |
Bowled |
Courtney |
0 |
T.
Stewart |
Caught |
Hewitt |
1 |
N.
David |
Caught |
Hewitt |
124 |
M.
McBriar |
Bowled |
Murphy |
1 |
P.
Murray |
Caught |
Harris |
11 |
R.
Boultwood |
Caught |
Courtney |
6 |
M.
Yeates |
Not |
Out |
1 |
|
| Fall |
1- |
2- |
3- |
4- |
5- |
Extras |
43 |
| |
6- |
7- |
8- |
9- |
10- |
Total |
269
all out |
Bowling:
Portadown
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
| N.
Barron |
6 |
0 |
43 |
0 |
| J.
Haire |
5 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
| A.
McGuiness |
8 |
1 |
44 |
0 |
| J.
Hewitt |
8 |
1 |
46 |
3 |
| C.
Courtney |
7 |
1 |
22 |
1 |
| G.
Harris |
4.3 |
1 |
39 |
1 |
| R.
Hoey |
2 |
0 |
28 |
1 |
| G.
Murphy |
4 |
1 |
19 |
1 |
Innings:
Portadown
Batsman |
How
Out |
Bowler |
Total |
P.
Henry |
Ct.
David |
Woodruff |
11 |
G.
Morrison |
Bowled |
David |
66 |
G.
Harris |
Ct.
R. Boultwood |
Viner |
20 |
G.
Murphy |
LBW |
David |
2 |
N.
Barron |
Bowled |
David |
21 |
A.
McGuiness |
Stmp'd
C. Boultwood |
David |
4 |
J.
Hewitt |
Ct.
Clegg |
Yeates |
2 |
J
Haddock |
Ct.
Stewart |
Woodruff |
2 |
C.
Courtney |
Bowled |
David |
0 |
R.
Hoey |
Bowled |
R.
Boultwood |
6 |
J.
Haire |
Not |
Out |
2 |
|
| Fall |
1- |
2- |
3- |
4- |
5- |
Extras |
33 |
| |
6- |
7- |
8- |
9- |
10- |
Total |
169
all out |
Bowling:
Saintfield
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
| M.
McBriar |
6 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
| M.
Yeates |
8 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
| B.
Woodruff |
8 |
0 |
29 |
2 |
| P.
Murray |
6 |
1 |
22 |
0 |
| N.
David |
10 |
2 |
40 |
5 |
| J.
Viner |
5 |
0 |
26 |
1 |
R.
Boultwood |
1.4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
Result:
Saintfield won by 100 runs
