Saintfield
1st XI Match Report
.v.
Dungannon 1st XI
Date:
22nd July 2007at The Demense
Toss Won By: Saintfield
On
Sunday Dungannon travelled to The Demense for the second time
in two days as their home ground was unplayable they agreed
to forfeit their home advantage to enable the fixture to be
played. On this occasion Saints skipper McBriar won the toss
and elected to have a bat.
Richard
Owens who effectively was on a ‘pair’ after his
golden duck on Saturday, managed to reach 4 before he edged
one to Dungannon’s stand-in wicketkeeper Michael McNamee
off Ferguson’s bowling. Ray McCavery (22) was looking
in good shape as he and Clegg put on 37 for the second wicket,
however he was walking back to the pavilion for the second time
over the weekend caught behind. Gareth Harrison again played
some superb shots down the ground and had reached 29 before
becoming the third Saintfield batsman to edge one to the keeper
with the score on 116. Noel David joined Clegg in a bid to up
the run rate however the tactic failed when David was bowled
around his legs by Lucas for just 8.Boultwood(4) came and went
cheaply as Maurice Clegg who was looking steady tried to push
the score along. Clegg had batted well for 85 when he tried
to follow up one six with another only to be caught on the boundary
by Forsythe of the bowling of Adrain in the 45th over. Saintfield
lost Murray (8), Wheeler (7) and Viner (4) as they attempted
to push the total beyond 200, nevertheless when innings closed
the total was exactly 200 with McBriar unbeaten on 8 and Mark
Yeates finishing with another ‘red ink’ on 6 not
out.
With
Dungannon missing Steven Kelly and the influential Dougherty
Saintfield hoped 200 would be enough. Yeates struck early to
remove Adrain (5) caught at mid on by Clegg. The second wicket
fell with the score on 21 when Craig Boultwood picked up a good
catch low down off the bowling of David to remove Brown. Meeke
played the anchor role, as Kelly had done on the Saturday, however
like Kelly, Meeke was unable to find a partner to stay with
him and help build an innings. Meeke reached 49 before holing
out to Harrison on the boundary. None of the other Dungannon
batsmen reached double figures as Phillip Murray collected 3
for 31 off 9 overs and was the pick of the Saintfield bowlers.
Birthday boy John Wheeler wrapped things up bowling Lucas (0)
in the 38th over as the Dungannon challenge fell 74 runs short.
Saintfield
travel to Larne this week and will have to adapt to a wicket
that won’t be as quick and true as The Demense wicket.
Captain Mark McBriar will ask his troops to show application
with bat and ball in order to keep their promotion push on course.
Scorecard:
Innings: Saintfield
| Batsman |
How
Out |
Bowler |
Total |
| R
Owens |
Ct.
McNamee |
Ferguson |
4 |
| M.
Clegg |
Ct.
S Forsythe |
Adrain |
85 |
| R
McCavery |
Ct.
McNamee |
Forsythe |
22 |
| G
Harrison |
Ct.
McNamee |
Lucas |
29 |
| N
David |
Bowled |
Lucas |
8 |
C
Boultwood |
Bowled |
Ferguson |
4 |
J
Wheeler |
Run
Out |
(Meeke) |
7 |
J
Viner |
Bowled |
Lucas |
4 |
P
Murray |
Ct.
Ferguson |
Forsythe |
8 |
M
McBriar |
Not |
Out |
8 |
M.
Yeates |
Not |
Out |
6 |
|
| Fall |
1-12 |
2-49 |
3-116 |
4-132 |
5-146 |
Extras |
24 |
| |
6-167 |
7-177 |
8-185 |
9-187 |
10- |
Total |
158
all out |
Bowling:
Dungannon
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
| G
Lucas |
10 |
1 |
38 |
3 |
| D
Ferguson |
10 |
0 |
37 |
2 |
| G
Brown |
10 |
2 |
30 |
0 |
| S
Forsythe |
10 |
0 |
41 |
2 |
| C
Adrain |
10 |
1 |
50 |
1 |
Innings:
Dungannon
Batsman |
How
Out |
Bowler |
Total |
C
Adrain |
Ct.
Clegg |
Yeates |
5 |
A
Brown |
Ct.
Boultwood |
David |
14 |
J
Meeke |
Ct.
Harrison |
Murray |
49 |
S
Forsythe |
Bowled |
David |
9 |
L
Registe |
Ct.
Viner |
McBriar |
0 |
R
Robinson |
Ct.
Wheeler |
Murray |
8 |
M
McNamee |
Bowled |
Wheeler |
7 |
G
Brown |
Bowled |
Wheeler |
7 |
G
Lucas |
Bowled |
Murray |
0 |
D
Ferguson |
Not |
Out |
1 |
No
Number 11 |
|
|
|
| Fall |
1-8 |
2-41 |
3-59 |
4-60 |
5- |
Extras |
26 |
| |
6-99 |
7-116 |
8-123 |
9-126 |
10- |
Total |
126
all out |
Bowling:
Saintfield
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
| M.
McBriar |
10 |
1 |
25 |
1 |
| M.
Yeates |
4 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
| N
David |
10 |
2 |
18 |
2 |
| P
Murray |
9 |
1 |
31 |
3 |
| J
Wheeler |
5.4 |
0 |
22 |
2 |
Result:
Saintfield won by 74 runs
