Last updated 13:25, Thursday, 22 May 2008

PRUDHOE returned to the top of the Dickinson Dees West Tyne League first division with a seven wicket win over Humshaugh. League table

After a dry couple of weeks, Humshaugh’s pitches had dried up well and become hard.

However, a couple of hours rain on the morning of the fixture ensured the pitch would be lively.

Prudhoe’s captain called correctly and made the correct decision to ask the home side to bat first.

From the first ball of Patel’s spell, Humshaugh’s openers knew it was going to be a hard day.

Patel bowled quickly and managed to extract good bounce but most importantly lots of movement off the pitch.

He quickly accounted for the wickets of opener Murray and number three Williamson for low scores.

At the other end Bell was bowling economically and would end up bowling eight overs conceding only 10 runs.

Humshaugh’s other opener McKenna stuck to his task well but no-one was able to offer him the support that he needed.

Humshaugh’s middle order failed to ignite, all falling to the spin of Stokoe and Peries.

McKenna eventually fell by running himself out on 34 with the team’s score on 66.

Some lusty blows at the end by evergreen Purvis and young Elliott saw Humshaugh to 99-9 off their allotted overs.

The pick of Prudhoe’s bowlers was Stokoe who finished with the commendable figures of 4-19 off 11 overs.

With such a small target to defend and a much drier pitch to bat on, Humshaugh needed to bowl well and have some luck.

Maughn bowled well at the start and Williamson from the other end managed to find the edge of the bat frequently but as the saying goes if you’re going to flash, flash hard which meant the ball went over the slips’ heads or through them at a rate of knots.

Eventually Heslop fell to Elliott for 19, being given out lbw to one that stayed low but the other opener Howden ensured that there was to be no wobble.

With support from his runner due to an injury picked up in the first innings, Howden notched up his 50 but then immediately fell to Arnup afterwards.

However, it was too late as the score was on 98, and Patel, who had done the damage earlier in the day, managed to score the winning runs.

HUMSHAUGH: A. Murray c Heslop b Patel 5; C. McKenna run out 34; M. Williamson c Scott b Patel 2; M. Heslop b Stokoe 7; N. Arnup lbw b Peries 2; F. Magowan b Stokoe 5; R. Witchell b Stokoe 2; A. Elliott not out 13; J. Weeks b Stokoe 0; R. Purvis c Scott b Patel 13; J. Maughn not out 0; extras 16; total 99-9.

Bowling: D. Patel 12-4-30-3; A. Bell 8-4-10-0; R. Stokoe 11-3-19-4; Y. Peries 12-2-25-1.

PRUDHOE: G. Howden c and b Arnup 51; M. Heslop lbw b Elliott 19; Y. Peries c Williamson b Arnup 25; D. Patel not out 3; J. Burns not out 0; extras 2; total 100-3.

Bowling: M. Williamson 10.1-2-34-0; J. Maughn 5-3-8-0; A. Elliott 6-1-25-1; R. Purvis 3-1-11-0; N. Arnup 5-0-21-2.

Humshaugh 2 pts,Prudhoe 10 pts.

NEWTON vALLENDALENewton won by 25 runs

A welcome win for Newton, as they recorded their first victory of the season against a full strength Allendale side, the only team to do the double over them last season.

Bowery and newcomer Tate got them off to a positive start, but then both fell to the Allendale opening attack of Singh and White.

Reynolds added a few useful runs but it was the Aussie Ryan Davis who held the innings together.

Playing with a maturity which belied his relative youth, he added 73 runs with six different partners to guide Newton to a respectable 147 all out.

His innings was to prove crucial.

Despite a typical blitz by Welsh, it was Newton’s opening bowler Alan Bowery who stole the initial thunder, as he claimed the first four Allendale wickets, to leave them reeling at 35-4.

At that point, the experienced pair of Barnes and Rutherford threatened to turn the game Allendale’s way and had almost doubled the score, when acting skipper Burdon-Taylor produced his trump card.

Ed Tate was brought into the attack, and with a judicious mixture of off spin and off cutters, he effected a match winning spell of six overs, two maidens, four wickets for 10 runs.

First he removed the dangerous Barnes for a well made 41 and then ran through the tail with ease, despite a few lusty blows from White, Swann and the undefeated Richardson.

With at least four regulars due to return in the near future, including the irrepressible Hutchie, Newton could yet surprise a few teams this season.

NEWTON: A. Bower b Singh 21; J. Bennett b Singh 4; E. Tate c Anderson b White 18; M. Reynolds lbw b Sunda 17; R. Davis lbw b Rutherford 34; M. Fernando c Welsh b Swann 9; D. Robson b Swann 13; W. Burton-Taylor b Sunda 1; P. Lawrence st Anderson b Swann 8; S. Taylor lbw b Swann 8; M. Newton not out 0; extras 13; total 147.

Bowling: D. Singh 12-1-34-2; A. White 6-0-28-1; A. Sunda 12-4-20-2; D. Swann 8.4-0-46-4; C. Rutherford 2-0-9-1.

ALLENDALE: C. Welsh b Bowery 16; G. Mews st Fernando b Bowery 1; G. Singh b Bowery 1; D. Barnes lbw b Tate 41; D. Anderson c Bennett b Bowery 0; J. Raglan run out 5; C. Rutherford c Davis b Newton 16; J. Richardson not out 14; J. White b Tate 10; A. Sunda lbw b Tate 0; D. Swann b Tate 8; extras 9; total 122.

Bowling: P. Lawrence 5-0-28-0; A. Bowery 6-0-20-4; M. Newton 12-3-30-1; D. Robson 10-0-26-0; E. Tate 6.2-2-10-4.

Newton 12 pts,Allendale 5 pts.

DIVISION TWO

ALLENDALE II vNEWBROUGHNewbrough won by six runs

With both teams going into this game unbeaten the freezing conditions couldn’t prevent an excellent game of cricket.

Batting first, Newbrough rode their luck, with some lacklustre fielding from Allendale.

Johnson and Nevin scored the bulk of the runs with Johnson hitting 74, setting Allendale a useful target of 171.

Terry Sparke (59) and Chris Rutherford (47), put Allendale in an excellent position to win the match but the introduction of Scott turned the game for Newbrough with Allendale just six runs short when the last wicket fell.

NEWBROUGH: G. Nevin b Mews 43; A. Murphy c Waller b Crellin 3; J. Johnston c Waller b Crellin 74; S. Cowen c Waller b Mews 14; N. Tweddle c and b Mews 6; T. Waugh not out 16; H. Walton b Crellin 0; A. Murphy c Waller b Crellin 1; G. Scott b Rutherford 1; C. Stephenson not out 9; extras 4; total 171-8.

Bowling: J. Crellin 8-3-13-4; Dillan 6-1-26-0; C. Rutherford 8-0-31-1; D. Mills 12-0-57-0; J. Mews 8-0-42-3.

ALLENDALE II: J. Mews c Murphy b Stephenson 1; Dillan b Murphy 18; T. Sparke b Scott 59; S. Bell c Tweddle b Nevin 3; C. Rutherford c Tweddle b Stephenson 47; D. Mills c Murphy b Scott 0; B. Waller lbw b Scott 14; J. Crellin c Tweddle b Waugh 3; J. White c Murphy b Scott 10; M. Lee b Scott 10; S. Mills not out 0; extras 8; total 165.

Bowling: T. Waugh 12-3-46-1; C. Stephenson 10.2-2-32-3; G. Nevin 6-0-33-1; A. Murphy 3-1-19-1; G. Scott 9-1-30-4.

Allendale II 5 pts,Newbrough 12 pts.

HALTWHISTLE II vRIVERDALE HALLHaltwhistle won by 28 runs

Riverdale Hall elected to bowl on a cloudy day at Haltwhistle, but the track was a good one.

Good swing bowling by Roberts and McConnel tested the top order.

When they strayed off their lines though, Forster punished them with good attacking shots all round the wicket before being bowled for 39.

The remaining batsmen struggled due to tight bowling from Hutton especially.

Sheldon batted well getting an important 23 as Haltwhistle were all out for 113.

Haltwhistle took the early wickets they needed with good bowling by Forster and Kennedy.

Good thinking from Thirtle stumped Walton after he failed to get back in his crease as Haltwhistle fielded well and held their catches.

A good innings by Chard gave Riverdale Hall hope, but excellent bowling by Bell wrapped up a win for Haltwhistle.

Haltwhistle hope winning will become a habit not a memory.

HALTWHISTLE II: Forster b McConnel 39; Wilcox c Turner b McConnel 6; D. Parker c Wilkinson b Hutton 9; Kennedy c Chard b McConnel 0; Nixon c Turner b Walton 9; Graham c Walton b Hutton 12; Bell c Wilkinson b Walton 0; Sheldon c b Hutton 23; Thirtle c Suckling b Hutton 0; Richardson c McConnel b Hutton 0; Grimshaw not out 1; extras 14; total 113.

Bowling: Roberts 9-3-26-0; McConnel 8-2-31-3; Walton 8-3-19-2; Hutton 8.4-3-10-5; Suckling 4-0-17-0; Wilkinson 3-0-5-0.

RIVERDALE HALL: Walton st b Kennedy 6; Suckling c Thirtle b Kennedy 0; McConnel c Bell b Kennedy 11; Roberts b Forster 17; Datey c and b Bell 7; Piggford c Grimshaw b Kennedy 1; Chard b Bell 18; Wilkinson c Kennedy b Bell 5; Turner c Parker b Nixon 0; Croften b Bell 4; Hutton not out 0; extras 16; total 85.

Bowling: Forster 9-0-30-1; Kennedy 8-2-28-4; Nixon 4-1-9-1; Bell 3.1-0-12-4.

Haltwhistle 12 pts,Riverdale Hall 5 pts.

WARK vSTOCKSFIELD IIIWark won by 1 wicket

On a bitterly cold day, Wark entertained Stocksfield III who won the toss and batted.

A steady start by openers Smith and Patterson before Patterson was well caught by Gordon Jeffrey for 19 out of 44.

A run out followed, but Smith kept his head, moving to a fine half century with support from Mannion.

Scoring slowed to some accurate bowling before Smith was bowled for a fine 70 and a final score of 134-5.

Wark’s innings started with a fright, young Kyle Miller in his first spell taking 4-13 in five overs with only 35 on the board.

Skipper Armstrong and John Pigg steered Wark to 69-5, before young Miller claimed a well deserved fifth wicket.

The scores were tied another wicket fell.

A few maiden overs went by before Ryan Potts scored the winning runs in a brilliant advert for West Tyne cricket.

The match ball was sponsored by Jon Batey Building Services, Barrasford, and thanks to club sponsors The Black Bull, Wark.

STOCKSFIELD: S. Smith b Scott 70; C. Patterson c G. Jeffrey b S. Gradwell 19; B. Henderson run out 0; R. Mannion c Robson b Herdman 28; S. Alnwick not out 12; R. Marrison b Scott 0; J. Newton not out 1; extras 4; total 134-5.

Bowling: P. Armstrong 12-2-30-0; S. Gradwell 9-2-33-1; D. Scott 12-0-35-2; M. Herdman 10-0-35-1.

WARK: G. Jeffrey b Miller 7; D. Scott c Henderson b Miller 12; G. Gradwell b Miller 7; M. Herdman b Miller 0; P. Armstrong b Hawes 19; J. Pigg c Smith b Newton 44; J. Bowman c Patterson b Miller 12; S. Gradwell b Hodgeson 16; N. Robson b Hodgeson 0; R. Potts not out 6; E. Jeffrey not out 0; extras 15; total 138-9.

Bowling: C. Patterson 4-0-14-0; K. Miller 10-0-34-5; R. Mannian 5-0-24-0; S. Hodgeson 8-0-21-2; D. Hawes 5-0-17-1; A. Newton 5-0-17-1; A. Newton 2-0-12-1; M. Jacobs 2-0-6-0.

Wark 10 pts,Stocksfield 4 pts.

ALLENDALE II vHEXHAM LEAZES IIAllendale II won by 54 runs

Allendale fielded a team containing seven junior players on Sunday against Hexham – not even the captain could break into the team.

After winning the toss Allendale elected to bat, Mews, Bell and Dillan all getting runs to set Hexham a target of 169.

Davies got Hexham’s innings off to a flying start with a hard hitting 43 but every ball was chased and boundaries cut off to keep the pressure on.

The introduction of spin finally won the match for Allendale with young Dan Mills finishing with figures of 5-20 leaving Hexham well short of their target.

ALLENDALE II: (J. Mews 40, Dillan 42, S. Bell 40; J. Lapsley 4-29) total 169.

HEXHAM LEAZES II: (T. Crosby 22, C. Davies 43, J. Taylor 15; D. Mills 5-20, J. Mews 3-33) total 115.

Allendale II 12 pts,Hexham Leazes II 5 pts.

PRUDHOE II vHUMSHAUGH II

Match postponed - pitch unfit.

Prudhoe II 4 pts,Humshaugh II 4 pts.

JUNIOR LEAGUE

WARK vHALTWHISTLEHaltwhistle won by 15 runs

HALTWHISTLE: (T. Armstrong 20) total 64-4.WARK: (J. Bowman 16; R. Graham 6-12) total 49-10.

Wark 0 pts,Haltwhistle 3 pts.

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Junior League