Another trophy came Beverley Town Cricket Club’s way last Saturday when the 2nd XI won York Senior League Division One.
Although the weather prevented any play in two of the club’s Saturday games and the most vital, the 2nd XI fixture, was also abandoned before completion, news of cancellations and abandonments throughout the league meant the 2nds kept top place in Division one and will be promoted to the York Senior League Premier Division.
A busy Bank Holiday weekend for Beverley Town Cricket Club saw the 1st XI take 57 points from a possible 60 giving themselves a real chance of promotion.
The 2nd XI lost one game and picked up 27 points from their second to slip out of and back in to the promotion places; the 3rds won and then lost in two very tight finishes; and the 4ths rounded off their unbeaten season off in in style with a comfortable win.
There was a stark contrast between last Saturday and Sunday for Beverley Town Cricket Club.
Saturday saw a win for the 3rd XI and three winning draws while Sunday brought Hunters Cup final defeat for the 1st XI and a second loss of the season for the 5th XI.
Last weekend brought another two wins and two winning draws for Beverley Town Cricket Club.
The 4th XI win means they have secured the Holderness Division 4 title with two games to spare. The 1st XI also reached the Hunters Cup Final last Friday evening.
Beverley Town Cricket Club were missing a significant number of players last weekend but others moved up a team or two to make an overall success of the two days cricket with four wins and two draws.
A remarkable series of three close games on Saturday saw Beverley Town Cricket Club lose two and tie one match as the 1st XI were the only Saturday winners with a 4-wicket success at Whitkirk.
The other three teams could all have won with the 2nds and 4ths particularly wasteful in chasing relatively low scores at Norwood.
Beverley Town Cricket Club enjoyed another successful weekend as they clocked up wins for the 3rd, 4th and 5th teams and a winning draw for the 1st XI.
Only Beverley’s 2nd XI, beaten for the first time this season, failed to record a positive result.
It was a day of surprises at the head of the Hunters York & District Senior League Premier Division where none of the teams which began the day in the top three places managed to win.
In contrast at the foot of the table it was an all too familiar story as a fourth straight defeat at the hands of Beverley Town Cricket Club saw Goole Town relegated and Bolton Percy look almost certain to join them.
James Pick’s century helped Driffield Town gain revenge for the defeat suffered in the reverse fixture against rivals Beverley Town Cricket Club.
On this occasion the Kings Mill Road side dominated the contest Jordan Caley (41no) one of number of players to contribute alongside Pick (105) to a total of 284-7.
Beverley Town Cricket Club have moved to third place in the Hunters Y&DSCL Premier Division after they claimed all 30 points with a good away win at York.
Brad Dobson (55) and Harry Gamble (37) were the star performers for Town with the bat as Town finished on 163-9 at Shipton Road.
The match between Beverley Town and Pickering looked evenly poised when it to fell victim to the weather.
Visitors Pickering made 159-8 thanks to an unbeaten 43 from Colin Franks and 32 from Mike Brown whilst Matthew Mudd took 3-33. In reply the home side had reached 97-4 with Brad Dobson making 34 and Tim Whincup (4-26) taking all four wickets to
Beverley Town Cricket Club players and supporters sometimes have to wait well in to the season before anyone reaches the magical three-figure mark but the 2017 season got off to a real bang over the weekend when two of their popular players made big hundreds. The 1st and 4th teams won their games but it was 2nd team player Brad Dobson who was the top run-maker when he registered his…
Beverley Town Cricket Club got their new season off to a perfect start as they beat newly promoted Whitkirk by nine wickets at the Norwood Recreation Ground.
Olly Grantham won the toss for Beverley and elected to field, a decision that proved to be a decisive one as his bowlers dispatched Whitkirk for just 130 runs inside 36 overs.
Brad Dobson whose 88 helped secure Beverley Town Cricket Club an unlikely win against Bridlington on Saturday says he just wanted to avoid getting a duck.
