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Monday
30th June 2008 New Mills, away
Whaley opened
the batting with Elliott Simmonds (1) and Declan
Ryan (26) against a first team bowling attack and
one of the favourites for the league. Elliot was
bowled as was Mat Morten (3) despite quick runs
being added. Luke Schofield (58) was next up with
early jitters before he took command of the New
Mills bowling. Dec was Street’s 3 rd bowled
victim bringing Jimmy Bradley (14) to the crease
for some entertaining hitting. He was eventually
bowled which brought Peter Crowley (6) to the crease.
Luke and Peter kept the scoreboard ticking over
with a sensible partnership and when Peter was out
in lthe last over Whaley ended on a creditable 119
for 5.
Tom Cottell
and Mat Morten opened the bowling with a very tight
spell, so much so the batsman were desperate for
runs and a run out ensued with quick thinking from
Peter and smart work by Dec. the New Mills batsmen
then went for the aerial route spreading the field
and taking 2’s in between. The introduction
of Peter and Toby Carson couldn’t stop the
runs. Even Luke had no answer. Anthony Rowntree
had a late breakthrough when an edge was easily
caught at first slip by Dan Morten. But New Mills
with opener Tom Street 66 not out made it home with
2 overs to spare at 123 for 2
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Monday 23rd June
2008 High Lane, away
Whaley opened the batting
brightly until Elliott Simmonds (13) holed out
to cover. This brought together Declan Ryan (63)
and Mat Morten (38) for the decisive partnership
of the game, Both hit early 4’s causing
the High Lane fielders to spread out allowing
the two batsman to play shot after shot running
the fielders ragged with 2’s and 3’s.
Declan reached his deserved 50 before Mat was
caught off a straight drive with the partnership
putting on 97 runs in 12 overs. Dec soon followed
and the Bowlers then retook the upper hand Jimmy
Bradley out for 3, Luke Schofield (7 not out)
and Toby Carson (0 not out) in at the end.Whaleys
total was 134 for 3.
The track was
not as bad as predicted and in the end lead to a
very entertaining game. Good fielding early on by
Elliott and quick thinking by Lydia Slack got one
of the openers run out. Whaley opened the bowling
with Tom Cottell (5 overs 2-28) who struggled early
on, but through perseverance he got his rewards
in his 4th over, tempting the batsman to drive to
Elliott at cover who duly caught the chance. Peter
Crowley (4 overs 1-17) opened with some very tight
bowling at the other end and picked up a wicket
in the process, Caught by Jimmy Bradley. TC had
another batsman LBW before he finished. Luke Schofield
(4 overs 1-22) then came on and caused problems
at first tempting High Lane’s big hitter once
too often for Declan to take a stumping. Jake Drayson
(3 overs 2-18) also bowled well but the High lane
middle order had started to increase the run rate,
Jake bowled one and Jimmy Bradley got his second
catch from a drive that came down with snow on.
The final overs were bowled by Mat Morten and Toby
Carson, Toby took 2 decisive wickets one bowled
and the other LBW before Mat bowled the final batsman
as High Lane were all out for 113.
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Monday
16th June 2008 Dove Holes, Home |
Dove Holes came into bat and appeared confident
until they saw Tom Cottell open the bowling with
fearsome pace. Although drifting on his line he
put the batsman under constant pressure with his
5 overs 2 for 21. In the absence of several key
players Jake Drayson opened at the other end and
took a wicket in his first over with Elliott taking
the catch at cover. Jake bowled 3 overs 1 wicket
for 13 runs before Luke Schofield came into bowl.
Once he found his line he was unplayable at times
resulting with 5 overs 4 wickets for 13 runs including
a bowled, caught and bowled, stumping by Declan
and another catch for “safe hands Elliott”.
Toby Carson carried on the good straight bowling
making it impossible to get him away 4 overs 1
wicket for 7 runs. Mat Schofield then had an over
before Samuel Slack replaced Luke and in his second
over wrapped up the Dove innings with Mat Schofield
taking a catch and Sam bowling his final victim
leaving Dove 66 all out.
Declan
Ryan and Elliott Simmonds opened the batting and
attacked from the start taking 41 runs from the
first 5 overs until Declan found a fielder for 30.
Jimmy Bradley( 7 not out) came in and pushed the
score along . Elliott had played several text book
shots all to fielders unfortunately, he then gave
the ball some air and was duly caught for 15. Luke
Schofield (10 not out) quickly got the runs to give
Whaley Victory at 70 for 2.
Thank you to
the late call ups which meant we fielded a full
11, all 3 (mat, Luke and Nick) Schofield brothers
along with Lydia and Samuel Slack made it a family
Whaley Team
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Monday
9th June 2008 Buxton, Away |
| Whaley opened
the batting with Elliott Simmonds and Peter Crowley,
both with strict instructions one to hit everything
and the other to take a quick single. Both batsmen
kept to the plan and put on 92 for the first wicket
from 15 overs Elliott (73) hit all corners of the
ground with some sublime shots and Peter took the
singles batting right through for 20 not out. Mat
Morten came in to hit a quick fire 19 not out leaving
Whaley’s total on 127 -1 after 20 overs.
Buxton were
always going to struggle but the opening pair looked
solid with the usually reliable Tom Cottel struggling
with the hill he eventually changed ends and completed
his 5 overs for 24 runs. Peter Crowley (4 overs
1-24) came into the attack but again no break through
could be found until the 10th over, with Buxton
on 45 when a tactical change of wicket keeper from
Luke to Elliott meant Elliot took the catch behind.
The Buxton opener
Forder went on to complete his 50 as Luke Schofield
(4 overs 3-16) came into the attack and started
picking off the Buxton batsmen, assisted by three
fine stumpings by Elliott. Despite these wickets
falling and a run out courtesy of Peter the runs
kept being scored, Jake Drayson ( 2overs 0-17) came
on to bowl but was unable to breakthrough.
With 4 overs
left and 30 runs needed Mat Morten ( 5 overs 1-20)
resumed his attack having made way for TC early
on. His second ball bowled the ever dangerous Forder
for 61 and from then on the result was safe Toby
Carson chipped in with a good run out, Whaley winning
comfortably and Buxton finishing on 104 for 6.
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Monday
2nd June 2008 Hazel Grove, Home |
Whaley record
their first win of the season with an emphatic victory
over Hazel grove.
With an abundance
of players the selection is becoming very difficult
in this age group with 15 players vying for the
team.
Whaley bowled
first with Anthony Rowntree causing problems (3
overs 0-15) and Tom Cottell striking very early
then every other over with pace and bounce causing
the batsman all sorts of problems (5 overs 3-7).
Mat Morten then came into the attack fresh from
his weeks break in the Costa Brava, Mat (5 overs
3-5) and TC ripped out the Hazel Grove batting one
after the other
Peter Crowley
(4 overs 1-4) was introduced and first ball duly
bowled another victim Leaving Grove on 28-6 after
13 overs. Whaley looking for the first win of the
season went for the kill and Luke Schofield fresh
from his first wicket in senior cricket in the 2nd
team came on to bowl. His 2 overs 2 wickets for
2 runs just about finished the innings but it was
left for Daniel Morten to bowl the last over and
as he rightly stated he was the most economical
bowler with 1 ball 1 wicket and Grove all out 32.
A change in
the usual batting order with Elliott Simmonds (17
not out) and in form Declan Ryan (16 not out) made
short work of the 32 runs. Elliot with some uncharacteristic
agricultural shots hit 13 off the first over and
it was wrapped up in the 4th over with out loss
of wicket.
Whaley won by
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Monday
26th May 2008 Birch Vale, Away |
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Monday
19th May 2008 Hayfield, Home |
It was a cold May night
that Whaley Bridge U17’s met Hayfield at
New Horwich Park and this showed through as one
of the Hayfield openers was uncharacteristically
stiff – scoring few runs before being bowled
by an in-form Thomas Cottell, who had a routine
catch dropped by wicket-keeper Declan Ryan only
a couple of overs earlier. From there on in the
Hayfield batsmen scored steadily, but not prolifically
– one left handed batsman in particular
appeared to have only fine leg as a scoring zone.
The slow (ish) pace of scoring must be attributed
entirely to the bowlers Drayson, Rowntree, Morten
and Crowley who all bowled superbly…if in
somewhat differing amounts. Even the fearsome
fivesome couldn’t contain all the Hayfield
batsmen though and one did indeed reach a half
century. He was applauded. Still, at the end of
the first innings the Bridge had held “Derbyshire’s
Team” to 136.
In reply to this Captain
Morten assembled a formidable force of batsmen
to chase down what was arguably a less than formidable
target. However, the early loss of the Skipper
himself - bowled for 0 - may have given the self-titled
“cheerleaders” a sense of Déjà
vu - the fabled collapse looked imminent.
However, Declan
Ryan stepped up to the mark to make amends for his
earlier error. Some long overdue runs for Elliot
Simmonds (18) helped out but eventually he fell
to an unexpected bouncer– caught behind off
the glove. The emergence of Luke Schofield (30…odd*)
spurred Whaley on and together he and Ryan compiled
a rarely seen hundred for the home team, Ryan passing
50 for the first time on his way to a beautifully
crafted 63*. Yet again the middle order pairing
of Ryan and Schofield seemed to be doing the business
for the home side but doing business at the speed
required by then needs a large factory and multiple
office juniors and even with the help of the U15’s
Whaley ultimately fell 16 runs short of an historic
victory.
Clearly a batsmen’s
game with few wickets being taken, but good signs
nonetheless for Whaley – a win this season
looks (almost) definite!
Courtesy of
Elliot Simmonds
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19th May 2008 Hayfield, Home
A much anticipated visit from the
reigning under 17 champions gave Whaley another
close finish.
Hayfield batted first and tight opening bowling
from Tom Cottell (5 overs 1-21) and Matt Morten
kept the batsman at bay until Hudson was bowled
by a ferocious ball by TC which broke the bail.
Unfortunately the Hayfield batsman stayed in command
and Davies made a creditable 86 not out. The Whaley
fielders kept to there task with the fielding improving
Jimmy Bradley stopping several fours. Other bowlers
used were Anthony Rowntree, Peter Crowley and Jake
Drayson all of them bowled well with Morten coming
back at the end but no further wickets fell leaving
the Hayfield total on 136 for 1.
Whaley
Opened the batting with Elliott Simmonds (18) showing
some of last years form by cracking several fine
boundaries, Morten at the other end was soon bowled
which brought man of the match Declan Ryan to the
wicket. Elliott was out soon after allowing Luke
Schofield to bat. Luke and Declan then took on the
run chase with 10 an over needed, Dec hitting all
parts of the ground with a cultured career best
63 not out and Luke 30 not out, they took the total
to touching distance, but not quite enough for a
win in front of a large appreciative crowd Whaley
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Thursday
15th May 2008 Buxworth, Home. (cup game)
Matt Morten the Whaley
captain won the toss and invited Buxworth to bat.
The two Buxworth openers set off in a rush scoring
33 off the first 4 overs. The Whaley opening bowlers
Mat Morten and Tom Cottell had to perform to the
best of their ability to restrict Buggy to 44
from the first 8 overs with TC picking up 2 wickets.
Next up was Peter Crowley and Toby Carson who
maintained the accurate bowling only to see some
poor fielding allowing the visitors to keep the
score board ticking over. In Peter’s final
over Buxworth’s danger man Joe Hall (39)
swash buckled once too often giving Elliott Simmonds
the chance to show off his speed and guile adapted
from hours in the gym to take a running catch.
With Buxworths team now reduced to youngsters
it didn’t take long for Whaley’s final
two bowlers of Dan Morten (2-14) and Jake Drayson
(4-6) to clear up the Buxworth tail. This included
a second hat trick in the week this time Jake
Drayson took the honour in the final over leaving
Buxworth on 103 all out
Whaley’s innings
got off to a disastrous start with Elliott losing
his wicket in the second over with the score on
1. Declan Ryan came to the crease to partner Mat
Morten and both found runs difficult to come by.
Declan (5) was soon out and the score was still
well short of the run rate. Luke Schofield (2)
soon followed which brought Toby to the wicket.
Mat Morten (39) then took command of the bowling
before holing out in the deep. Toby Carson (23
not out) and TC (4) tried to up the run rate and
with 4 overs to go 20 runs were needed. Peter
(10 not out) came to the wicket but Boundaries
could not be found and Whaley’s innings
finished on 98 for 5, 5 runs short giving Buxworth
victory.
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Monday 12th May 2008 Mellor, Away.
So much
for a 6pm start when the home team didn’t
turn up until 6.30pm.
After last weeks wash out the players were always
going to be a bit rusty and so it proved. Whaley
started with some good shots, but lack of concentration
against good bowling cost early wickets. Elliott
Simmonds first to go on 3, followed by Mat Morten
on 6. Declan Ryan and Luke Schofield then steadied
the batting both looking in good form until Declan
was bowled by a good ball for 9. Luke then held
the innings together staying until the last ball
with a total of 37 despite losing Peter Crowley
for 7.Jake Drayson was not out 5. Whaley finished
on 80 for 6.
The opening
bowling of Whaley then gave an impressive performance
Anthony Rowntree taking an early wicket and finishing
his 5 overs 2 for 26. Matt Morten at the other end
bulldozed his way through the Mellor batsmen taking
4-18 from his 5 overs including a fifth over hat
trick with all 4 being clean bowled. The introduction
of Peter and Daniel Morten kept up the good work
but the wickets dried up and Mellor made it home
for victory with the loss of just one more wicket.
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Monday
5th May 2008 Buxworth, Home.
Game abandoned
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