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.
It was good day for Beverley Town Cricket Club as all four senior teams won on Saturday on what was a perfect weekend for playing cricket.
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 stunning catch by Joey Franklin was just one of many highlights at the Norwood Recreation Ground in Beverley Town Cricket Club 4XI win over Fenner.
Bad weather washed out the first team’s game this weekend while all the other games featuring Beverley Town Cricket Club were reduced over games.
Beverley Town Cricket Club 3rd XI entertained Hornsea 2nd XI at the Norwood Recreation Ground beating the bottom side by 100 runs.
A powerful batting performance by Beverley Town Cricket Club 4 XI provided the perfect platform for them to win at the Norwood Recreation Ground.
Beverley Town Cricket Club 4th XI closed the gap between themselves and league leaders Patrington 2nd XI when they outplayed the visitors at the Norwood Recreation Ground to take 15 points from a winning draw.
A strong Driffield 4ths proved too good for Beverley Town Cricket Club 4ths at the Norwood Recreation Ground as the visitors rattled up 240 all out on a great batting track.
Beverley thirds lost for the first time in the league since the first week of the season when they put in a disappointing display at Norwood against North Ferriby. Asked by the visitors to bat first on a rain affected wicket Town’s innings got off to the worst possible start as they lost three of their top four batsmen for ducks. In fact, only Kev Thompson (39), Alex Nightingale (24)…
Beverley Town Cricket Club’s 4XI entertained Driffield and set a formidable target when they posted 235 for 7 on another good Norwood track. RJ Thompson (31) and James Broekhuizen gave Beverley a decent start and their good work was built upon by the experienced middle order of Tim Fordon (76, 11×4, 3×6) and captain Rich Simpson (66, 10×4, 2×6). Their partnership put Beverley in a commanding position and a last-over…
Beverley Town Cricket Club4th started their season under new skipper Rich Simpson with a narrow win over Sutton 2nd XI in a remarkable game at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Batting first on another excellent wicket Town made a good start through Ash Lord (35) and the returning Rob Todd. Todd, looking as though he had never been away, adopted his usual no nonsense approach and was harsh on anything too…
A wonder innings of 186 not out from South Holderness CC’s Rich Ingram left Beverley Town Cricket Club’s 3rd XI stunned at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Ingram hit probably the highest innings ever seen in the town as South Holderness chased down what seemed like an impregnable home side total of 277-4 off their 48 overs. It was a tame wicket to be sure, but Ingram totally dominated proceedings, fittingly…
Beverley 2nd XI drew with Malton & Old Malton Division 2 title challengers Malton & Old Malton were the visitors to Norwood and a tight game left the 2nd XI with 26 points from a draw. An opening stand of 57 between Tim Smith (51) and Pete Hynes (19) gave Beverley a good start. When Smith was out with the total on 101 Tony Spence took command and made an…
Pocklington beat Beverley Town 2nd XI by 54 runs at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Winning the toss, the visitors opted to bat, setting Beverley a target of 227. Pick of the bowlers for Beverley was Iain Sugdon with figures of 2/67. Sugdon was also Beverley’s best batter, racking up 31 runs off just 59 balls though it was not enough as Beverley were bowled out for 173. HU17.net Picture Gallery:…
An inspired performance with the ball from Iain Sugdon helped Beverley Town CC 2nd XI rout New Earswick at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Sugdon recorded his best ever figures in senior cricket for Beverley, picking up 6-19 as the visitors were dismissed for a paltry 139. He was aided and abetted by Matthew Mudd, who helped himself to 3-48. This was a particularly fine performance with the ball as the…
Beverley Town CC 2nd Xl continued their good start to the season with a 53 run victory at Norwood on Saturday against Tadcaster Magnet. Having lost the toss, Beverley were asked to bat first in cold, overcast conditions. They lost an early wicket, before Ian Goforth (26) and Paul Best (33) put together a decent partnership. Once they both departed, wickets fell at regular intervals as the Tadcaster attack got…