Beverley Ladies Cricket Team v Hull Hawkes Cricket Team

September 26, 2011

On Sunday 18th September the Defence School of Transport sponsored the annual cricket match between Beverley Ladies and the Hull Hawkes. The Hull Hawkes are a team of Visually Impaired (VIS) players from all over the North of England coached by Robert Todd at Norwood Park, home of Beverley Town CC. They play with a large ball which contains bells to enable them to gauge where the ball is. They…

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Brilliant McDowell Scores 50 And Takes Wickets

August 23, 2011

Once again Sarah McDowell was the belle with the bat and ball scoring a brilliant 52 not out, taking 3 wickets for 1 run and whipping the bails off to run out one of the players. Vernon Carus, a Lancashire side, turned up at Norwood Recreation Ground ready to repeat their performance in May when they soundly beat Beverley by 9 wickets. Not so this time, Vernon won the toss…

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Beverley Clock Up Successive Home wins

August 2, 2011

Anston were the visitors to Norwood Park on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon. They  won the toss and decided to bat first.  A  good opening stand of 33 between Karen Sowden and Elly Clarke (17) was broken when the latter  was brilliantly caught by Laura Wilson, hitting an off side drive. Anston then  had no answer to Skipper,  Sarah McDowell’s bowling changes. First,  Hannah McCoid taking a double wicket…

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Zero to Hero!

July 5, 2011

Sarah McDowell out first ball last week but finishes 97 not-out batting through the entire innings for Beverley Ladies on Sunday 3rd July  at Norwood Park. This was by far Beverley’s best performance of the season.  Put into bat by Pool, Beverley made a good start and steady progress until Beth Smith was given LBW on 24 with the score on 84. Some good bowling from Bradbrook saw the demise…

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Ladies Beaten By New Fearnley at Norwood

June 28, 2011

New Fearnley travelled to Beverley on what must have been one of the hottest days of the year. Louise Todd, the Beverley Skipper,  won the toss and elected to bat on what looked like a flat unresponsive pitch. Sarah McDowell was bowled out on the first ball of the innings from a superb ball from Sue White. From then on Beverley fell well short of their potential with Sue White…

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