Recent encounters between these two sides have been close fought affairs and this game proved no exception. The visitors won the toss and elected to bowl first. The powerful top three for Beverley made decent starts but failed to capitalize on the good batting conditions. The returning Olly Grantham showed his class with an impressive 93 and he was well supported by Tony Spence (38). Their century partnership put the…
Beverley Town CC centurion Jon Fisher admitted it was “special” to score his first senior ton at his home ground on Saturday. Fisher was in total command as he piled up a magnificent 111 in the 174-run defeat of Goole Town at the Norwood Recreation Ground. He took advantage of anything short and wide to carve boundaries behind square on the offside, and made the Goole bowlers rue the moment…
Andrew Stott scored a hatrick as Mill Lane Untied won easily beating Haltemprice 5 – 0 at Broadgates. Stott showed his class throughout the match though manager Jim Young was keen to draw attention to Stott’s third goal which Young described ‘Top Drawer’. Young said after the game: “All credit has to go to the team and their efforts and character.” “It was all down to them today and it…
Mill Lane United were held at home by Westella and Willerby. In a good game that saw both teams guilty of missing chances, Westella took the lead after a United goal keeping error, though United were soon level thanks to Shaun Foster. United had the chance to go into the break ahead after they were awarded a penalty, but Foster was unable to convert the kick. The second half started…
At last some rugby. After five weeks of snow and frozen grounds Beverley RUFC finally got back into action, albeit on a heavy-going second-team pitch. They might have wished they had had another week off. They certainly looked the rustier of the two sides here and could hardly complain at a thirteen points defeat. With their half backs away in Australia for the rest of the season and several other…
