A busy day at the Norwood Recreation Ground saw Beverley Town Cricket Club lift two of the three junior cricket cups.
On a surprisingly low scoring day none of the teams batting first reached 100 runs. The Under 11s kicked off proceedings by posting 89 for 8 from their 20 overs against a very good Welton side that had beaten Beverley earlier in the season.
Beverley Town Cricket Club had an afternoon they will be looking to forget after they were well beaten by North Ferriby.
On a warmer and sunnier day than experienced so far this season saw two of the Eastern Conference division 1 pace setters face each other at Newport.
Richard Simpson says he was left ‘disappointed’ after Beverley Town Cricket Club 4th team was beaten by Hessle at the Norwood Recreation Ground.
Beverley Town Cricket Club 4 XI lost to Hessle CC by five wickets at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Batting first Beverley posted a total of 242; top scorer with the bat was Dave Perry, who got 77 while opener Rob Wicks
It was heartening to see Beverley and Sutton field sides containing young (and some old) players and score almost 450 runs between them in a competitive good-natured manner.
Beverley 1st XI moved up to second place in the York Premier Division with a narrow two-wicket win at Sessay. The 2nd XI got the best of a draw in a high scoring encounter with bottom-placed Pocklington while the 3rd XI crushed North Ferriby by the massive margin of 123 runs The 4th XI lost at Norwood in a close game but retain their place in Alliance Division One for…
Beverley Town Cricket Club 4th XI were lost to North Ferriby CC in the East Yorkshire Alliance Division One. Losing the toss Beverley were put into bat and managed just 110 runs from their innings with Ray Teal scoring 59 of them. There were ducks for Neil Goforth, Ian Goforth and skipper Richard Simpson who last just a couple of balls before going for LBW. North Ferriby took just 26…
The 3rd XI entertained high flying Airmyn hoping to build on last weeks success at South Holderness. The visitors won the toss and asked Beverley to bat first on a wet track. Harry Bardon, returning from University, opened the batting in place of the injured Kev Thompson and hit the ground running with a quick fire 53 from 51 balls. Rich Moon (14) and Ian Goforth (22) made watchful starts…
Beverley Town and Fenner CC slugged out a thrilling, last-ball tie in their Newland Evening League clash at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Fenner had looked to be cruising to victory heading into the last few overs as they chased Beverley’s stiff target of 138 off 13 overs. They went into the last over, to be bowled by third team captain Kieran O’Brian, needing seven to win with eight wickets in…
Cricketer Ian Goforth came face-to-face with his sugary double this week. A HU17.net reader was recently in need of inspiration when making a cricket-themed cake for a client. And after flicking through a copy of HU17.net, inspiration came in the shape of Beverley Town CC 3rd XI keeper Ian celebrating a caught behind in a recent game at the Norwood Recreation Ground. A game Ian kindly agreed to pose with…
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…
Saturday was a day to forget for Beverley Town CC 2nd XI. They were hammered by eight wickets by Osbaldwick in their York and District Senior Cricket League Division Two clash. Beverley batted first on an excellent wicket but failed to make the most of beautiful conditions as they were bowled out for just 99. Only Ian Goforth made any impact, scoring nearly half his side’s runs before falling for…
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…
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…
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…