Marple 136 for 6 (39.3 overs)
25 points beat Bowdon 134 for 8 (55 overs) 4 points by four wickets
Marple completed a league
double over Bowdon with an ultimately comfortable win at South Downs Road on
Saturday.
Marple have four of the most
accurate bowlers in the league this season, and although openers Whittaker and
Wylie were wicketless in the game, they put the Bowdon batsmen, Ball and
Tipton, under pressure. 54 runs were added for the first wicket, but Bowdon
were behind the clock. Wylie bowled seven overs for only twelve runs, and
Whittaker conceded just 23 from his nine. Veteran spin twins Greasley and
Ormond then took control of the remainder of the home innings. Ball and Tipton
both reached the twenties, but no other batsman was able to make much headway
against Greasley in particular. The master craftsman got through 20 overs and
finished with the remarkable figures of 5 for 21 with ten maidens. Jimmy Ormond
was a little more expensive, but still returned 3 for 64 from 19 overs. The
Bowdon lower order showed some resolve to ensure the side batted the full 55
overs for a battling 134 for 8.
With Mark Makin absent, and
Jonny Marshall having spent 55 overs doing a good job as stand in wicket
keeper, Marple opened up with Whittaker and Warner. They both fell for seven
apiece, but Andrew Hall is back to top form again. He produced, by a long way,
the day’s best batting performance with 53 classy runs, being, once again, in
total control. First with Mark Bennett (12), and then Paul Wood (21) he took
the reply to 89 for four when he was adjudged lbw to the promising Tully.
Marple suffered a few jitters along the way, but Andy Mummery (15 not out) and Marshall
(6 not out) saw the side over the line in the fortieth over. For Bowdon Tully
had 3 for 23 and skipper Edwards 2 for 56.
A welcome victory this for
Marple, and the first league win in four weeks. Next Saturday they entertain
Toft who have been on a good run recently, 12.30 start.
Marple seconds also returned to
winning ways with a fine 38 run victory against Cheadle at Bowden Lane on
Saturday. After James Crisall fell to the first ball of the game, the innings
was rescued by a gutsy knock of 45 from stand in skipper Tim Radford. He
received useful support from Joe Cash who made 21. Matthew Shelton and Greg
Marsland both reached double figures to ensure that a competitive total of 170
for 9 was reached after the full 50 overs. Ives had 4 for 56 for Cheadle. When
Cheadle replied, Chris Barlow bowled with pace and hostility to take two early
wickets. With the spinners, Cash and Hayes, then exerting control, Cheadle
never threatened the Marple score. Radford sensibly brought Barlow back to
clean up the tail, and victory by the margin of 38 runs was achieved after 39
overs. Barlow had the excellent figures of 4 for 20 with Cash and Hayes
collecting two wickets apiece. Samuels with 39 was top score for the visitors
in their total of 132.
Rick Windsor returned to action
with a match winning 52 for the thirds against a good Middlewich third eleven
on Sunday at Bowden Lane on Sunday. Middlewich reached 170 with Callum Jones
taking five wickets for Marple. The home side got away to a sticky start, but Windsor,
first with support from David Brook (20) and then Tom Reeve (40 not out) saw
the side home. He was out with twelve runs required, but Reeve boldly hit the
winning runs to ensure a four wicket win.
Rick Major’s table topping
fourth team made it a 100 point weekend for Marple when they defeated Woodford
thirds by 25 runs. Harry Greasley with 42 was the batting hero as he rescued
the Marple innings when they had subsided to 82 for 8. Harry was then the
leading wicket taker with three, as Woodford were bowled out for 117. Major and
Chris Lees also had two wickets each.
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