Beverley Town’s Newland Evening League side battled out a thrilling tie with East Riding rivals Hornsea at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Hornsea made the home side pay for some sloppy fielding and racked up 146 off their overs. It was generally a poor performance with the ball for Beverley, but it was memorable one for 13-year-old Jamie Roe. Making his senior debut, his Graeme Swann-inspired off-breaks proved difficult to get…
Patrington CC 1st XI proved too strong for Beverley Town CC 3rds at the Norwood Recreation Ground in the EYCA Premier League. Batting first, Beverley could only muster 128 all out, which the visitors overhauled for the loss of just five wickets. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=727] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to…
Beverley Town CC 1st XI suffered a heart-breaking one-run defeat at home to Stamford Bridge. A superb spell by Alex Morrell (5-40) restricted the visitors to just 169. The chase proved to be a tough one for the home side. Anthony Spence hit 30 and it looked like he and captain Alan Acklam (43) had done enough to earn Beverley victory. But they just didn’t have enough in the tank…
Pictures from Beverley Town CC 4th XI at home to Eastrington in Division One of the EYCA First Division. Beverley racked up 204-7, but were unable to bowl the visitors out as they hung on to reach 134-8. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=714] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to…
Tim Smith cracked only his second ever century for Beverley Town as he led the seconds to an impressive nine wicket defeat of Carlton Towers at the Norwood Recreation Ground on Saturday. Smith hit a superb, unbeaten 105 to help Beverley Town 2nd XI chase down the visitors’ 173 and keep his side firmly in the hunt in Division Two of the York and District Senior Cricket League. The bowlers…
Beverley Town CC 3rd XI were on the wrong side of a four wicket defeat at home to Cottingham CC 1st XI on Saturday. Dave Ricardo, batting at nine, biffed a quick-fire 48 including three six wickets from as Beverley Town rallied late on to reach 161 all out. Other contributions came from Peter Hynes (30) and Tim Fordon (28) at the top of the order. In reply Ricardo took…
A powerful batting performance was not enough to secure a much-needed victory for Beverley Town 1st XI at home to Studley Royal on Saturday. But the home side could be proud of their efforts as they forced the Ripon club to dig deep, earning a winning draw as they restricted Studley to 227-8 in reply to Beverley Town’s 260-6. Beverley took full advantage of batting first on a wicket described…
Ben Fish hit a fine unbeaten century as Beverley Town 3rd XI earned a losing draw against North Ferriby in the Premier Division of the EYCA on Bank Holiday Monday. On a bowler-friendly pitch, North Ferriby made Beverley toil as they racked up an impressive 273-7 off their 48 overs. Nathan Judah his an unbeaten 97 for the visitors, while there were 50s for Simon Cooke and Scott Watkin. Pick…
Beverley Town CC paid a heavy price for a series of missed catches in their Newland Evening League clash with Humbleton at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Their inability to capitalise on some good bowling, especially from off-spinner Peter Parnaby, saw the visitors rack up an impressive 124-2 from their 12 eight balls overs – a score just too big for Beverley to chase. Key to the powerful Humbleton score were…
In the other game at the Norwood Recreation Ground, Pelican beat the fourth XI in a real thriller. Batting first, Beverley’s Ian Morrison smashed 10 fours in a fine 59 as the home side made 189 all out. There were also solid contributions from Rob Wicks (34), Ray Teal (26) and an important, unbeaten 21 from number 11 Sam Welburn. Beverley took regular wickets as Pelican took their turn to…
Beverley Town Cricket Club slumped to a heavy defeat against Clifton Alliance at the Norwood Recreation Ground on Saturday in the York and District Senior League Premier Division. Clifton consolidated second spot as they chased down Beverley’s insubstanial 187-7 for the loss of just five wickets. On a stifling hot day perfect for batting, the home side failed to really capitalise on good batting conditions. Andrew Burton made 59 and…
Tony Spence continued where he left on Sunday as his excellent half-century helped Beverley Town CC to a seven-run victory over Hull and YPI in the Newland Evening League clash. Spence, who hit 63 in the battling defeat at York, hit 54 on another fine night at the Norwood Recreation Ground, and with Mark Mudd (22) also showing some fine form Beverley racked up an impressive 153-6 in their allotted…
A fine performance with the ball and some sensible batting took Beverley Town CC under 15s to a crushing nine-wicket defeat of big rivals Hornsea at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Hornsea had got off to a flying start, Monkman smashing four fours and a six as they raced to 35 from their first six overs. But things soon turned Beverley’s way as James Grainger dismissed Monkman and when keeper Robert…
Cricket is alive, well and set for a bright future thanks to the efforts of everyone at the Norwood Recreation Ground. On a bright but slightly chilly Monday night, dozens of youngsters flocked to Beverley Town CC’s ground to get their first tastes of what is hopefully a life-long love affair with the game. Senior players give up their Monday evenings from 6pm to 7.30pm to introduce under nines to…
Beverley Town CC 1st XI showed grit, determination and talent to push York CC all the way in their ECB National Club Championship first round clash. It was always going to be a tough fixture for Beverley to win, especially at the Clifton Park ground of the reigning Yorkshire Premier League champions. But a superb all-round effort saw them push York all the way, eventually falling 27 runs short of…
Beverley Town CC 1st XI gained their second draw of the season at Dunnington on Saturday. The York side, thanks in the main to an unbeaten 90 from J Bolam, reached 210-9 from their overs. Pick of the Beverley bowling was Alex Morrell, who picked up 4-36. With such a big total to chase it was always going to be tough for Beverley, but they stuck to their task well….
Superb innings from Ben Fish and Tim Fordon, and a fine performance with the ball from Paul Fleming, helped Beverley Town CC 3rd XI to their first victory of the season. They racked up an impressive 184-5 at home to Driffield 4ths, Fish hitting an impressive 63 and Fordon an unbeaten 58. When Driffield batted there was no doubt who the star performer for Beverley was. Fleming, with help from…
Faisal Abid almost led Beverley Town CC 2nd XI to a memorable victory at home to Harrogate 2nds. Abid hammered an impressive, unbeaten 130 as Beverley almost chased down Harrogate’s imposing target of 250 at the Norwood Recreation Ground, finishing on 226-9 and securing a losing draw. Despite conditions certainly favouring the bat, John Lewis put in some hard yards with the ball and finished with three hard-earned wickets despite…