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Under 13's Team Match
Reports 2008
SBCI Under 13s v WARLEY Under 13s Thursday 24th July
WARLEY CONSOLIDATE AT THE TOP OF THE LEAGUE
The Warley boys continued their impressive winning streak in the
league by comfortably beating nine man SBCI at ‘The Astleys’. Having
Liam Keywood, Liam Turner and Ben Atkinson on duty for the Lord’s
Taverners U13 select side that afternoon at Northowram was
potentially going to be a problem but due to some sub-standard
batting the game finished early and we had a full side come 18:30.
Skipper Keywood won the toss ‘again’ and opted to have a bat in the
blustery conditions. Matty Whitworth had holiday commitments so
Christian Woodhead joined Ben Atkinson in the middle to open the
batting. After a steady start in the face of some tight bowling from
Whiteoak and Barnes, the Warley innings soon gathered momentum with
some impressive stroke play from Akky and the patience of Woody in
his unfamiliar position at the top of the order. Akky continued to
show his class and duly retired with 28 runs which included four
boundaries, one of them a ‘five’!
Woody was joined at the crease by Keywood and the two of them
continued to punish any loose deliveries from the SBCI bowling
attack and it wasn’t long before ‘Smiler’ Keywood joined Akky back
in the changing room, himself retiring with 25 runs having breached
the boundary rope on two occasions and also helping himself to a
maximum six off the top edge – you paid for the bat Liam so you may
as well use it all!
Turner was next in and with four overs remaining he wasted no time
in getting into his stride bludgeoning three boundaries before miss
hitting one to the square leg boundary – out for 12 runs. Lewis
Connell came in to see Woody home for his first ever retirement, a
great display of patience and determination, scoring 25 runs
including two fours and one big six.
Jack Tordoff replaced Woody to face the last over from the SBCI
opening bowler, Barnes. Three dot balls followed before the Warley
umpire reminded Jack that this was the ‘last over’!
Four.....four.....six, nothing wrong with your hearing Jack! Great
finish to a good effort with the bat from Warley, finishing on 126
for the loss of just one wicket.
Due to the regular wicket keeper, Minky, being on holiday, he was
replaced behind the stumps by ‘back-stop’ Keywood. The new ball was
taken by Jack Rice and T’nip and they both bowled well for three
overs apiece, Ricey bowling opener Skirrow to finish with figures of
one for 12 and T’nip bowling number four, Town, to finish his spell
with one wicket for 10 runs.
Connell and Akky joined the bowling attack and in his second over,
Connell claimed the scalp of Butt for seven runs thanks to an
excellent catch on the edge from Ricey. The stand-in ‘back-stop’
continued to show his athleticism throughout the SBCI innings and a
moment of ‘brilliance’ accounted for the wicket of opening bat,
Hiley. Off the bowling of Connell, Hiley skied one which Ricey duly
accepted, “no ball” was the shout from the SBCI umpire and with
Hiley stranded in the middle of the wicket having not heard the
call, the stand in ‘back-stop’ kept his composure and shouted for
the ball. He broke the wickets with Hiley not even in the frame,
quick thinking indeed from the stand-in ‘back-stop’. Connell bowled
two overs claiming one for eight and Akky was unlucky to finish
wicketless going for six runs off his two overs.
All the other lads had one or two overs each which again showed the
strength in depth. Both Declan Kneafsey and Callum Grady bowled
particularly well, Dec bowling two overs for just eight runs which
included a six and Grady two overs, two maidens. Luke Stocks and
Jack Tordoff both struggled a little with their line into the wind
but both made up for it with some good fielding on the bumpy
outfield. Brooky and Woody bowled a couple of tight overs each, but
they couldn’t find a delivery to remove the SBCI number six,
Whiteoak, who went on to retire with 26 runs which included five
boundaries. Akky nearly pulled off a superb catch in the covers but
having done the hard work, diving to his right and clutching the
ball, he couldn’t hold on to it and it popped out of his hands when
he hit the ground. It was just like watching his Father when he was
in his pomp, several years ago!
Another solid performance from the boys saw the SBCI innings fall 32
runs shy, a great effort from them despite only having nine men.
Warley produced a good batting, bowling and fielding
display................. and the stand in ‘back-stop’ didn’t do too
bad either................ when does Minky get back!?
Old Crocs next week at Paradise Lane..................... we owe
them one!
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Shelf Under 13s v WARLEY Thursday 19th June
WARLEY OVERCOME STUBBORN SHELF TO REACH COLLINSON CUP SEMI-FINAL
With Old Crocs already having coThursday 19th JuneThursday 19th Junempleted
their Collinson Cup round robin fixtures, winning three out of four
and Stones needing to win tonight to make it three out of four for
themselves, Warley needed to win their last game to have any chance
of reaching the semi-final.
Again winning the toss, Skipper Liam Keywood elected to bat first
against a Shelf team who had only won one out of their three round
robin fixtures. Missing opening batsman Ben Atkinson due to holiday
commitments, Keywood took on the responsibility and strode out to
the middle with Matty Whitworth. In the blustery conditions, the two
openers found it difficult to get the Shelf opening bowlers away
with Hartley bowling particularly well. The first wicket soon fell
with Keywood failing to get on top of a lifting delivery which he
could only guide to the gleeful Crabtree for just 5 runs.
He was replaced at the crease by Liam Turner. Minky and T’nip
managed to muster a few runs between them but despite smashing a big
six into the trees followed up by a well timed boundary, T’nip was
next to go, inexplicably walking across his stumps and being cleaned
up by Hardaiker having scored 12 runs. Callum Grady came in at
number 4 but was soon on his way back to the pavilion stumped by the
Shelf wicketkeeper Magee.
The boys were struggling a little and the pressure was on Minky to
stay with the less experienced batters. Unfortunately, looking for a
boundary, he himself succumbed to Shelf’s accurate bowling and had
his stumps knocked over for 13 runs which included two boundaries.
Now at the crease, Christian Woodhead and Jack Tordoff preceded to
build the innings. It was a great effort by the two, pushing the
ball around for ones and twos and dispatching the odd delivery to
the boundary. Their partnership yielded 20 odd runs before a
misjudged single attempt resulted in Jack being run out having made
a vital 10 runs. Christian soon followed again to some good work
from Magee behind the wickets, stumped for 12 runs. Some excellent
contributions from the middle to late order with Luke Stocks scoring
8 quick runs before being caught in the deep, Jack Rice finishing
not out on 9, including two boundaries and Lewis Connell finishing
with 4 not out off the one delivery that he faced saw the Warley
total finish on a respectable 93 for 7. A great effort after a
wobbly start!
In reply, Shelf got off to a flier, much due to some good batting
from the Shelf openers, Hartley and Atkins, but also due to a little
bit of luck. “It’s all edges” was the much used phrase by Minky in
the early overs. T’nip and Ricey bowled three overs each in their
opening salvo without taking a wicket, going for 18 and 10 runs
respectively.
Keywood replaced T’nip and started with a maiden and with Adam Brook
only going for 6 runs in his first two overs, the pressure was
starting to tell on Shelf. In his second over, Keywood struck a
vital blow for Warley, having Atkins well caught by Ricey. This
brought the unorthodox Magee to the crease who tried to shovel
everything behind square. After struggling a little in his third
over, Brooky was replaced by Connell and after ‘shovelling’ 14 runs,
the inevitable happened and a top edge from Magee was greatly
received by Connell off his own bowling.
Keywood bowled through and finished with impressive figures of
4-1-10-1. Ricey, T’nip and Brooky all came back well, bowling one
over apiece to finish their spells, T’nip bowling Timms for 2 runs
and Connell finished his impressive four over spell claiming 1 for
11. The bowling was backed up by some excellent fielding
particularly from Declan Kneafsey and Callum Grady.
The Shelf lads put up a great fight but their innings fell 14 runs
short on 79 for 3 wickets.
With Stones also winning this meant that Warley, Old Crocs and
Stones all finished the Collinson Cup round robin stage with three
wins out of four. This meant that the group winner would be decided
on runs per wicket! Despite nearly throwing it away in this game,
Warley’s 73 for 1 against Illingworth and their 141 for the loss of
just 2 wickets, ultimately proved too good and meant that they would
top the group.
Semi-Final at home to Northowram – date to be decided.
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Warley Under 13s v Stones Under 13s Thursday 5th June
WARLEY CRUSH
STONES AGAIN!
The second
meeting between the two teams resulted in much the same result as
last time.............. a 77 run success, due to a solid batting
display and a great bowling performance.
Having won
the toss, Liam Keywood elected to bat first, with the ever reliable
opening partnership of Ben Atkinson and Matty Whitworth taking to
the wicket. Despite some accurate bowling from Scott Sutcliffe,
brilliant running between the wicket and some punishing boundaries
resulted in an opening partnership of 52 runs. Minky was the first
batsmen back to the dressing room, retiring with 25 runs which
included five boundaries and Akky soon followed, finishing with a
boundary, retiring with 28 runs.
The Stones
bowlers must have been relieved to see the back of the two openers,
but if anything, the batting was to get more brutal with the
introduction of the two Liams! Another 50 partnership ensued with
the unlucky Keywood, being adjudged lbw having ‘taken the case off
it’, just missing out on a third retirement with 24 runs including
three boundaries. T’nip was not to be outdone, finishing off with a
‘front leg out of the way’ maximum into the allotments. He retired
on 27 having also breached the rope on four occasions.
Christian
Woodhead finished unbeaten on 6 and a total of 141 for 2 was always
going to be too many for the opposition.
T’Nip and
Jack Rice took the new ‘cherry’ for Warley with both bowling two
overs apiece. Despite some tight bowling neither managed to make the
breakthrough, the Stones batsmen failing to score a single run off
Ricey. Time for a bowling change, time for the skipper! Keywood
bowled a very impressive first over with his big in-duckers
accounting for both of the Stones openers and from the other end,
Akky was soon into the swing of things knocking back the sticks of
the Stones number 3. Keywood finishing with 2 wickets for 1 run and
Akky 1 wicket for 3 runs.
Both Lewis
Connell and Christian Woodhead were unlucky not to claim a wicket in
their two over spells so the ball was thrown to Declan Kneafsey to
have a go. After taking an over to get going, Declan was soon on the
spot claiming the wicket of Armstrong to a Keywood catch. Stones’
Sutcliffe was proving to be an immoveable object so Warley’s secret
weapon was introduced into the attack, Liam Parkin! In his first
over he forced Sutcliffe to play a rash stroke straight to Ricey at
mid-wicket who duly spilled the catch which then resulted in three
overthrows! Had the chance gone? Not as far as Liam was concerned,
with an almost carbon copy shot this time Ricey gleefully clung on
to the ball dismissing Sutcliffe for 20 runs.
Jack Tordoff
and Luke Stocks were next to have a go with Tordoff knocking back
the stumps of Marshall with his first delivery and some excellent
bowling from Stocksy resulting in a nick behind to Minky to claim
the wicket of Pollard, Stones innings finishing on 64 for 7.
Another solid
performance from the boys, not quite faultless but we’re getting
there!
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Warley v Illingworth - 29th May 2008
WARLEY
BACK TO WINNING WAYS
After
the disappointment of last weeks defeat to the impressive Old Crocs,
the Warley boys bounced back with a convincing win over their
Illingworth counterparts. Changes to last weeks team - Liam Parkin
and Christian Woodhead back from injury replacing Declan Kneafsey
(holiday) and Adam Brook (rested).
Illingworth
won the toss and elected to have a bat on a stodgy wicket in the
fading light. Liam Turner and Jack Rice opened the attack and
despite the umpires agreeing to play 18 overs per innings because of
the conditions, young Turner thought he would make a mockery of that
decision by bowling 4 wides in his first over of 10 balls! It must
have been part of his master plan as he did bowl the Illingworth
opening batsman out for a duck.......................... one
straight one, one wide one, one straight one................ good
thinking Liam! Ricey bowled quick and straight and in his second
over, snared the other opener, thanks to an excellent catch from
Liam Keywood at fine leg.
After
a couple of overs each from the opening bowlers, Keywood and Akky
came in to the attack. Keywood preceded to pepper the Illingworth
batters with some vicious back of a length bowling striking
Illingworth's Tank with a couple of deliveries! "Is that the best
you've got mate?" he muttered, rubbing his arm! Keywood was unlucky
not to claim a wicket in his spell of three overs as was Akky who
bowled his usual nagging line and length in his three over spell.
Lewis
Connell, Christian Woodhead and Luke Stocks all bowled a couple of
tight overs each, Luke bowling Illingworth's number 5 in his first
over. Despite agreeing to 18 overs, we actually bowled 21.1 overs
largely due to Turner having another 10 goes in his last
over.................... WIDE BALL!
Some
great fielding accounted for four of the wickets to fall with four
run-outs - Scholesy, Stocksy, Akky and Keywood all involved. There
were also good contributions in the field from Liam Parkin, Jack
Tordoff, and Calum Grady.
Illingworth's
innings ended on 71 for 9 wickets.
Matty
Whitworth and Ben Atkinson opened the batting for Warley and were
soon into their stride against a useful opening attack. Akky's first
three scoring shots were well executed boundaries but his innings
soon came to an end, slipping whilst going for a quick single,
resulting in him being run-out for 15 runs by a direct hit from
square leg. This was the last wicket to fall for Warley as they
responded well to the threat of the rain coming in by knocking the
required runs off in just 11 overs................................
just in time! Matty carried on his good form with an unbeaten 23
including three boundaries and some well taken singles, Keywood
finishing not-out on 14 which included a couple of lovely straight
hits.
A
big improvement in the field this week and despite a bit of wayward
bowling, a good all-round performance.
WELL
DONE LADS!
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Old Crossleyans
Thursday May
22
KEYWOOD’S MEN TASTE DEFEAT
Three changes from last week’s demolition of Stones - Ben Atkinson,
Declan Kneafsey and Louis Connell in for Josh Saltonstall (back at
Sowerby), Liam Parkin and Christian Woodhead (both injured).
Skipper Liam Keywood won the toss for Warley and elected to ‘have a
bat’. Young Akky was back in is his familiar opening berth taking to
the wicket with Matty Whitworth (Scholesy). A solid Old Crocs
opening bowling partnership restricted Warley’s early scoring,
frustrating Akky, who was bowled by a good inswinger from Reynolds,
bringing Keywood to the crease. Scholesy eventually got in to his
stride using the pace of Matthews to deflect a few singles and
pepper the boundary on couple of occasions before being cleaned up
by the rapid Pollard for 17 hard earned runs. In strode Jack Tordoff
who, after some good defensive play and a couple of near run-out
calls, was inevitably run-out for 1 run (slide your bat Jack!).
With the innings in the balance at 40 for 3 the pressure was on Liam
Turner to finally find some form and put on a partnership with his
skipper. The two Liams demonstrated great understanding, nudging the
ball around for ones and twos off the quickies and putting the bad
ball away as and when it came. This prompted a bowling change for
the Crocs, bringing on a spin bowler. It took T’nip a few balls to
realise that he didn’t have to spin himself into the ground to score
runs off the slow bowler and once he settled down he and Keywood
began pushing the ball into the gaps and both continued punishing
the bad ball. Both batsmen played very well and retired, Keywood
scoring 26 and T’nip 25 with four boundaries apiece. Luke Stocks
came in and was unlucky to be caught and bowled trying to plunder
some late runs. Calum Grady and Declan Kneafsey, on debut, found it
hard going at the end as the opening bowlers were brought back into
the attack but they managed to muster another few runs between them
with Calum finishing on 5 not out and Declan on 4 not out.
Final total of 105 for 4.
The Crocs openers strode to the middle with an air of confidence.
T’nip and Jack Rice opened the bowling for Warley and after a tight
start, Ricey lost his line a little and was replaced by Keywood.
T’nip and Keywood both bowled well and were unlucky not to pick up
any wickets, each having a catch put down off their bowling. T’nip
finished with none for 11 off his four overs and Keywood none for
15.
Debutant Louis Connell was next to take the ball in his first ever
competitive match. It took him three balls to realise that he had to
get his feet behind the crease when delivering the ball but one he
mastered that he produced some excellent swing bowling. With the
seventh ball of his nine ball over he delivered a beauty to clip the
off stick of the left handed Broues who departed for a classy 21
runs. Connell’s second over produced better ‘footwork’ and only six
balls! The fifth kissing the leg stump of the other Crocs opener for
12 runs. At the other end, Adam Brook was producing his usual tight
line and length but in the face of some good running between the
wicket and some big hitting from Pollard and Matthews the Warley
boys were up against it. Akky replaced Connell to try and make the
much needed break through but after Pollard retired it was left to
Matthews (22 not out) and Reynolds to see the Crocs past the
finishing line with 16 balls remaining.
Good effort with the bat and ball
against a very good Old Crocs side but a little improvement required
in the fielding department.
HEADS UP LADS!
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Stones - 15th May 2008
Another
solid performance from the Warley Under 13s ended with a crushing
112 run defeat of Stones. Three out of three now for the lads!
Warley
batting first amassed 159 runs off their 20 overs helped by 44
extras. A great opening partnership from Liam Keywood and Matty
Whitworth set the platform with some great running between the
wickets and some lusty blows from both batsmen, Matty hitting five
boundaries on his way to retiring on 27 and Liam finally being
bowled for 24 having breached the boundary rope on three occasions
(he was robbed of a four by the scorers preventing him from retiring
himself).
Next
to the crease was debutant Josh Saltonstall who, after a watchful
start, also retired after crashing two boundaries and two big sixes,
one of whish had the local wildlife vacating the trees for safety!
Liam Turner came and went cheaply as did Calum Grady who was unlucky
to be caught shortly after crashing a lovely four from his first
ball. This brought Jack Tordoff to the middle. The ever improving
Jack batted through to the end of the innings with a lovely knock
including four boundaries, retiring on 25 with the last delivery of
the Warley innings. He was well supported by Christian Woodhead who
finished on 5 not out.
Final
total 159 for 3....................... MASSIVE!
Next
to the innings of Stones.
Liam
Turner and Salty opened the bowling and T'Nip struck first in his
second over, clean bowling Thickett for 1 run with a fine delivery.
Salty got his reward for some fine quick bowling, knocking the
stumps back of the other Stones opening batsman for 5 runs. T'Nip
and Salty were replaced in the attack by Keywood and Jack Rice and
both bowlers quickly got into their stride claiming a wicket apiece,
Ricey bowling Rushton and Keywood dismissing Sutcliffe with the help
of a fine catch from Tordoff. Sharing the bowling about, Adam Brook
and Christian Woodhead were soon warming up and introduced into the
attack. Some lovely away swing bowling saw Brooky claim 2 wickets
for 1 run off his three overs and he was well supported by Christian
who took 1 for 7 off a couple of overs.
Just
to prove the strength of depth in the Warley bowling department,
Liam Parkin came on and dispatched the stumps of Thompson with his
first delivery and Luke Stocks bowled Marshall in a spell of
accurate bowling. Tordoff then came on to wrap up the Stones
innings, bowling Armstrong with the final delivery of the
penultimate over. Stones all out for 47 runs.
A great
performance lads......................... keep up the good work and
keep training hard!
Dave
Turner.
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