Stanley welcomed Slimbridge to the
rec on Saturday.
Slimbridge won the toss and
invited Stanley to bat first on what looked like a
perfect batting track.
Grove sand Uzzell opening for
Stanley got off to a flying start putting on 21 in the
first three overs, though Uzzell's contribution was only
1. Uzzell was bowled in the fourth over bringing John
Clemence to the wicket. He and Groves took the
Slimbridge bowling to task and put on 98 for the second
wicket. When Groves was out in the 22nd over for a
fabulous 87 (14 x 4, 1 x 6), Gabb strode to the wicket
intent on keeping up the run rate. Clemence batted well
for his 43 (5 x 4), Fry didn't last long and was out
for 4 and Gabb went for 30 (4 x 4, 1 x 6). At 172 for 5,
Brennan (12) and Kinman-Pearmain (17) pushed the
score over 200 before they fell yo Evans and Bridges
respectively. Last week's hero, Ed Nash was not out 6
and John Priestly was not out 1, Stanley finishing on
209 for 7 from their 40 overs. Nigel Evans was the pick
of the Slimbridge bowlers with figures of 9-0-39-3.
With plenty of runs to defend,
Stanley could go on the attack for wickets from ball
one. Ed Nash opened the bowling and with the strong
breeze at his back. whipped up a good pace. Groves
bowled his slow right arm from the other end and between
them they stifled the Slimbridge reply from ball one.
Adams was out for 3 and Collard for 0 to put Slimbridge
5 for 2 in the 10th over. The visitors never
recovered from their poor start and with Nash and Groves
having bowled their 12 overs, the visitors were 6
wickets down and only 65 runs on the board.
Kinman-Pearmain took over form Nash and Fry from Groves.
Both carried on where their team mates left off, Fry
taking a wicket with his first ball. Kinman-Pearmain
proved to be almost unplayable and had Bridges trapped
LBW to end the innings. Slimbridge were all out for 82
in the 31st over. Nash 12-5-31-2, Groves 12-3-33-4,
Kinman-Pearmain 4-0-8-3 and Fry 3-1-8-1.
The spirit of the game was again
upheld by both sides. A one sided result like this can
cause some animosity between the sides but I am happy to
report that that was not the case on Saturday. Umpiring
the game ourselves is never easy, yet there were three
LBW decisions given and nobody disputed any of them.
Well done both sides!
Paul Gabb,
Leonard Stanley captain and press
officer
