Leonard Stanley welcomed Hardwicke to
the rec on Saturday, looking to bounce back from their
defeat the previous week at the hands of Eastcombe.
Hardwicke won the toss and elected to bat first on a damp,
green wicket, that should offer a little help to the
bowlers. Opening with Evans and Lane, Hardwicke did indeed
find it hard to score against Rob Walker and Scott
Kinman-Pearmain. with 10 overs bowled, Kinman-Pearmain made
the breaktrough having Lane caught and bowled for 17. John
Clements was brought into the attack in the 13th over and
had Hutchings caught behind by Oakes with his first ball.
Rob Walker toiled away at the other end and was rewarded
with his only wicket when he bowled Chapple for 4. Walker
finished with figures of 12-4-27-1, but deserved much more
success. L. Ingram came to the wicket and took the attack to
Stanley by thrashing the ball to all parts. He was finally
bowled by Groves for 46, having hit two sixes into the
tennis courts! Kinman-Pearmain was brought back into the
attack, this time from the street end and set about mopping
up the Hardwicke tail. He finished with 11-3-30-6. Groves
ended the innings trapping D. Vincent LBW with the last
ball. Hardwicke totalling 137 all out.
Scott did the teas on his own this
week and what a fine job he did, although some raddishes
would have been nice! A crazy little thing called love
Stanley started the run chase
confidently enough against the pace of Ingram and the
accuracy of T. Vincent. However, the wheels started to come
off after Groves was bowled for 12 in the 9th over. Gabb
followed 2 balls later for 0 and Rob Walker the following
over for 4. Clements lasted only 2 balls and suddenly
Stanley were 30 for 4. Andy brennen tried to hang about but
was run out for 7. B.J. Fry was bowled for one and but for a
stand of 32 between Oakes and Kinman-Pearmain, it would have
been a very embarrassing score. Stanley stuttered to 93 all
out with 8 overs still to be bowled. Ingram bowled 12 overs
and took 3 for 41 and Hutchings bowled 9 overs and took 3
for 22.
So off to Frocester next week.
