1st team match reports 2008
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First team reports from "Third Man".
July 26th 1st lost to Kirk Deighton by 9 wickets.
CFCC 170 all out lost to Kirk Deighton 171-1 by nine wickets.
CFCC won the toss and elected to bat on a boiling hot day. Richard Grogan was held up on the A66 so Rob Love went out to open the batting with Paul Wilman. Paul was out early on but Rob managed to hit a breezy 26 with 6 fours before playing an ambitious shot to the Aussie overseas. Wickets then tumbled and only Tom Hudson played nicely although he also played a rash shot and we found ourselves at 80 for 8 with twenty over’s left. Jimmy Langrick and captain Adam then batted well. Jimmy showed great character which should be noted by the rest of the boys. It was a stubborn and well fought innings of 11 runs. Adam, batting down at 9 because of a bad back then decided to go for it. He smashed 30 off Stewart Ruddock in one over. Two of his sixes being massive and the other flat ‘hits’ frightened the fielders at long off and long on. When Adam was finally out we had mustered a paltry 170 on a good wicket and given them an extra 10 over’s.
We needed early wickets and it just didn’t happen. Jimmy bowled a hostile spell with little luck . Only Gary Rucklidge could pick up a wicket. Deighton eased home with many overs to spare for a well deserved victory.
A very important weekend looms. We must beat bottom side Oulton to pull away from the bottom clubs and then we play Bramhope in the semi final on Sunday.
July 19th CFCC won by 7 wickets.
Shadwell 104 all out. CFCC 108 – 3. Richard Grogan led the team as Adam Walton had a back injury.The new skipper wasn’t let down by his bowlers and they provided a ruthless performance to bowl Shadwell out with more than 10 overs to spare.Rob Love 3 wickets and Ben 2 wickets bowled tight at the start and then Gary Rucklidge cleaned up the tail with figures of 3 for 1.Rich and Paul Wilman made it look difficult but stuck together and when the rain came we were about 30-0. Eventually the rain stopped and when we got out again Rich exploded into life. After Paul was out (his last innings in before turning 50), Tom Hudson carried on the good work and nearly finished off the job. All in all a good performance and confidence is building ready for our Twenty over game at Old Mods on Tuesday.If we win that, we are through to finals day at Walton CC
13 July 2008 Fred Fleetwood Sunday Cup Q Final. CFCC won by 31 runs.
CFCC 177-6. Old Mods 146. A great and much needed double for the 1st team this weekend. Good batting from Tom Hudson and Adam Walton set us up for a score of over 200 but when they were out close together the remaining over’s proved to be hard work with Jimmy Baker bowling a tight spell for the home side. 177 was only going to be an adequate score as CFCC were a little short of bowling. Rob Love bowled Mod’s opener first ball and then picked up a wicket third ball to put us on top and we were able to control the game from that point. A great win with good performances from Rob with 4 wickets, Adam 3, and Ben bowling tightly with an injured elbow. Into the semi final against Bramhope.
July 12th CFCC won by 6 wickets.
Wetherby 128 all out. CFCC 128-4. A much needed win for the first team as we defeated Wetherby quite comfortably in what turned out to be a feisty encounter. All the bowlers contributed and the fielding was tight in a much improved performance. When batting, CFCC got off to a bad start when Paul Wilman was run out without facing (Richard Grogan decided to run 3 and venerable Paul didn't quite make it) but we managed to canter home with few further alarms.
July 5th
June 28th
June 21st
June 14th 1st V Great Preston A
CFCC 166 all out lost to Great Preston 170-5 by five wickets.
Yet another defeat. We are now just above the relegation zone and a couple of wins are now desperately needed. We have lost 5 players from last years Championship winning side and with Chris Borradaile leaving for a new job in Birmingham early July it is not going to get any easier.
However, no more excuses as we are not playing to our potential except Richard Grogan. On Saturday we batted first and Rich played a blinder on hitting a great century in our score of 166 all out. Nobody was able to support him for any length of time and he was badly let down by our batsman in this respect.
Our score gave the bowlers a little to work with and at 50-4 we were in with a chance.
Adam Walton and Rob Love with 2 wickets each, bowled with aggression and not much luck. When the ball lost its hardness however the pitch seemed to ease and the Preston batsman took control. They smashed us all over and won the game with 13 overs to spare. We need to improve considerably as we are playing Spofforth next week who are top of the table!
June 7th
May 31st
May 24th 1st V Barwick-in-Elmet H
Church Fenton 203-9 beat Barwick 127 by 76 runs
CFCC improved in all aspects this week to earn a comfortable victory over close neighbours Barwick. Our innings of 203 was built around a solid innings from skipper Adam Walton. Although admitting to not feeling happy with himself at the crease, Adam got stuck in and the good score we reached was mainly built around his knock of 60. Other useful contributions were from Richard Grogan and Tom Hudson who both hit good 20’s.
When Barwick batted we bowled a lot tighter and put the batsman behind the clock from the start. After the openers Rob and Thomas Love came off, both Chris Borrodaile and Ben Durrant carried on the good work and picked up wickets at regular intervals. This became a godsend as the wind was bitter and we were all in danger of catching frostbite. Ben picked up 5-25 and Chris 3 wickets to secure a much needed win.
May 17th 1st V Oulton A
Oulton 165 all out beat Church Fenton 156-9
Another loss for CFCC. Oulton batted first on a wicket which gave some assistance to the bowlers but came onto the bat enabling good stroke play. The wickets were shared out with 3 for Tom Love and 2 each for Ben Durrant and Rob Love. The fielding was a mixture of very good and pretty bad. Adam and Ben pulled off two great run outs, Paul Wilman took a smart catch at first slip and Simon Hudson kept neatly. The intensity in the field seems to be lacking this year.
Chasing 166 to win, Fenton had another shocking start with and were 3 wickets down for less than 20. Ben Durrant and Tom Hudson rescued the situation a little and things were looking up before Ben became another LBW victim for 20 odd. This was the 4th LBW from the top 5 and I think Roy Rodgers would have been impressed by the speed of the trigger fingers on display.
Wickets then fell steadily and an especially big blow was Tommy Hudson, top scoring with 42, hitting a slow full toss straight to a fielder. Rob Love hit 27 in vain as Fenton fell behind the rate and fell 9 short.
May 10th 1st V Kirk Deighton H
Church Fenton 113 lost to Kirk Deighton 234-6
Another below par performance from the 1st team, this time with both bat and ball.
The visitors batted first and after losing an early wicket totally dominated the Fenton bowling. At 150-1 after 20 overs a score of 300 looked on the cards but Ben Durrant bowled a tidy spell and with Mark Waller and Adam Walton we managed to keep the visitors to a respectable 234-6. Mark Waller took two wickets, Ben, Adam and Jimmy Langrick (bowling a good spell opening up) being the other wicket takers with one run out.
Chasing 234 was not going to be easy but it should not have been as difficult as we made it look. We had a bad start and lost two quick wickets. Richard Grogan and Ben Durrant then rebuilt and were both batting well with Richard looked particularly fluent. Then once again the wheels came off, Richard out for 27 and Ben for 46. Nobody else got going and we capitulated to 113 all out. Another sorry effort.
May 3rd 1st V Shadwell A
Shadwell 116 beat CFCC 51 by 65 runs.
Not much to report on this one and a game the 1st team better forget.
Adam finally won the toss and put Shadwell in on a very slow wicket with a soddon outfield which was barely playable. Fenton bowled ok but we knew 116 was worth a lot more in these conditions. Ben Durrant took 3 wickets. Tom Love, Chris Borrodaile and Mark ‘Spider’ Waller each collected two. Paul Wilman made two lightning stumping’s and junior Ally Cope impressed in the field.
When it came to batting CFCC never got going and quite frankly it was painful to watch. We were bowled out for 51 in the 40th over, with only Rob Love getting into double figures with 12 not out. Only one boundary in the whole innings. Hopefully it will be a better conditions and a different result next week at home.
April 26th 1st V Wetherby A
Church Fenton 160-8 beat Wetherby 130 all out.
It was a bit warmer this week but not the heat-wave we were promised. Once again skipper Adam lost the toss and we were asked to bat on a very slow wicket.
After a steady start by the openers, Rich Grogan and Jon Marshall, we lost 3 quick wickets and the middle order struggled, leaving Jim & Kendall to pull us out of the mire, from 70-5 to a very respectable total of 160-8. Jim hit 52 and Kendall 27, batting with good common sense and patience, which I hope was noted by our middle order!! They perished in the last over just leaving time for Paul Wilman to run himself out off the last ball!
CFCC took to the field feeling confident and looking resplendent in new sponsored shirts. Even Mark ‘Spider’ Waller looked smart this week! The confidence seemed to be misplaced as Wetherby got off to a flyer with some aggressive, and rather fortunate, hitting. Tom and Rob Love bowled some ‘unplayable’ balls, but also some rubbish, and the home side reached 80-2 off around 20 overs. Time for an inspired bowling change and as soon as Ben Durrant and Chris Borrodaile came on the game completely changed. They both bowled superb spells and put a stranglehold on the scoring rate. Wickets soon followed with Ben and Chris both taking 4 wickets. This left Wetherby all out 30 short, and a comfortable win in the end for the reigning champions.
Overall a good performance but plenty of room for improvement, especially in the batting. Also some injury concerns for next week. Jim is suffering from a very sore knee, Mark Waller hurt his leg and Paul Wilman looked all of his 75 years in the White Horse after the game.
April 19th 1st V Scarcroft H
CFCC 177 all out beat Scarcroft 139 all out.
A bitter cold day welcomed the new season as CFCC took on Scarcroft. Adam lost the toss and we were asked to bat first on a flat if slowish wicket.
After a steady start by Richard Grogan and Chris Harvey, we lost 3 quick wickets including our overseas Ben Durrant who was beaten for pace (or lack of!!). We looked in some trouble before Chris Lawson hit his first ball over the pavilion and continued to play a cameo innings of 40 to take us to around 80 for 3. He even played a couple of defensive shots!! Another mini collapse saw Jim Love having to bat out the last 8-10 overs with the tail. James Langrick proved to be an able accomplice as Fenton were finally bowled out in the 44th over for a total of 177 a good score on a slow wicket.
The hard bit was to come for the Fenton boys as it got colder but they managed to keep focused and bowled with good discipline. Rob Love was ‘lightning quick’ as he and Thomas Love bowled tight spells to put Scarcroft behind the rate from the start. Mark Waller in his natty attire bowled a good spell but it was when Ben Durrant came on that the wickets tumbled. Scarcroft had no answer to his vicious turn and at one stage he had figures of 3 wickets for one run. James Langrick also bowled well and took a best of 4 wickets showing good promise.
It became dark and even colder and it was more relief than joy when we took the final wicket with one over to go and we all rushed to the relative warmth of the pavilion.
Overall a good win and a special mention must go to stand in keeper Chris Harvey.
First team reports from "Third Man".
July 26th 1st lost to Kirk Deighton by 9 wickets.
CFCC 170 all out lost to Kirk Deighton 171-1 by nine wickets.
CFCC won the toss and elected to bat on a boiling hot day. Richard Grogan was held up on the A66 so Rob Love went out to open the batting with Paul Wilman. Paul was out early on but Rob managed to hit a breezy 26 with 6 fours before playing an ambitious shot to the Aussie overseas. Wickets then tumbled and only Tom Hudson played nicely although he also played a rash shot and we found ourselves at 80 for 8 with twenty over’s left. Jimmy Langrick and captain Adam then batted well. Jimmy showed great character which should be noted by the rest of the boys. It was a stubborn and well fought innings of 11 runs. Adam, batting down at 9 because of a bad back then decided to go for it. He smashed 30 off Stewart Ruddock in one over. Two of his sixes being massive and the other flat ‘hits’ frightened the fielders at long off and long on. When Adam was finally out we had mustered a paltry 170 on a good wicket and given them an extra 10 over’s.
We needed early wickets and it just didn’t happen. Jimmy bowled a hostile spell with little luck . Only Gary Rucklidge could pick up a wicket. Deighton eased home with many overs to spare for a well deserved victory.
A very important weekend looms. We must beat bottom side Oulton to pull away from the bottom clubs and then we play Bramhope in the semi final on Sunday.
July 19th CFCC won by 7 wickets.
Shadwell 104 all out. CFCC 108 – 3. Richard Grogan led the team as Adam Walton had a back injury.The new skipper wasn’t let down by his bowlers and they provided a ruthless performance to bowl Shadwell out with more than 10 overs to spare.Rob Love 3 wickets and Ben 2 wickets bowled tight at the start and then Gary Rucklidge cleaned up the tail with figures of 3 for 1.Rich and Paul Wilman made it look difficult but stuck together and when the rain came we were about 30-0. Eventually the rain stopped and when we got out again Rich exploded into life. After Paul was out (his last innings in before turning 50), Tom Hudson carried on the good work and nearly finished off the job. All in all a good performance and confidence is building ready for our Twenty over game at Old Mods on Tuesday.If we win that, we are through to finals day at Walton CC
13 July 2008 Fred Fleetwood Sunday Cup Q Final. CFCC won by 31 runs.
CFCC 177-6. Old Mods 146. A great and much needed double for the 1st team this weekend. Good batting from Tom Hudson and Adam Walton set us up for a score of over 200 but when they were out close together the remaining over’s proved to be hard work with Jimmy Baker bowling a tight spell for the home side. 177 was only going to be an adequate score as CFCC were a little short of bowling. Rob Love bowled Mod’s opener first ball and then picked up a wicket third ball to put us on top and we were able to control the game from that point. A great win with good performances from Rob with 4 wickets, Adam 3, and Ben bowling tightly with an injured elbow. Into the semi final against Bramhope.
July 12th CFCC won by 6 wickets.
Wetherby 128 all out. CFCC 128-4. A much needed win for the first team as we defeated Wetherby quite comfortably in what turned out to be a feisty encounter. All the bowlers contributed and the fielding was tight in a much improved performance. When batting, CFCC got off to a bad start when Paul Wilman was run out without facing (Richard Grogan decided to run 3 and venerable Paul didn't quite make it) but we managed to canter home with few further alarms.
July 5th
June 28th
June 21st
June 14th 1st V Great Preston A
CFCC 166 all out lost to Great Preston 170-5 by five wickets.
Yet another defeat. We are now just above the relegation zone and a couple of wins are now desperately needed. We have lost 5 players from last years Championship winning side and with Chris Borradaile leaving for a new job in Birmingham early July it is not going to get any easier.
However, no more excuses as we are not playing to our potential except Richard Grogan. On Saturday we batted first and Rich played a blinder on hitting a great century in our score of 166 all out. Nobody was able to support him for any length of time and he was badly let down by our batsman in this respect.
Our score gave the bowlers a little to work with and at 50-4 we were in with a chance.
Adam Walton and Rob Love with 2 wickets each, bowled with aggression and not much luck. When the ball lost its hardness however the pitch seemed to ease and the Preston batsman took control. They smashed us all over and won the game with 13 overs to spare. We need to improve considerably as we are playing Spofforth next week who are top of the table!
June 7th
May 31st
May 24th 1st V Barwick-in-Elmet H
Church Fenton 203-9 beat Barwick 127 by 76 runs
CFCC improved in all aspects this week to earn a comfortable victory over close neighbours Barwick. Our innings of 203 was built around a solid innings from skipper Adam Walton. Although admitting to not feeling happy with himself at the crease, Adam got stuck in and the good score we reached was mainly built around his knock of 60. Other useful contributions were from Richard Grogan and Tom Hudson who both hit good 20’s.
When Barwick batted we bowled a lot tighter and put the batsman behind the clock from the start. After the openers Rob and Thomas Love came off, both Chris Borrodaile and Ben Durrant carried on the good work and picked up wickets at regular intervals. This became a godsend as the wind was bitter and we were all in danger of catching frostbite. Ben picked up 5-25 and Chris 3 wickets to secure a much needed win.
May 17th 1st V Oulton A
Oulton 165 all out beat Church Fenton 156-9
Another loss for CFCC. Oulton batted first on a wicket which gave some assistance to the bowlers but came onto the bat enabling good stroke play. The wickets were shared out with 3 for Tom Love and 2 each for Ben Durrant and Rob Love. The fielding was a mixture of very good and pretty bad. Adam and Ben pulled off two great run outs, Paul Wilman took a smart catch at first slip and Simon Hudson kept neatly. The intensity in the field seems to be lacking this year.
Chasing 166 to win, Fenton had another shocking start with and were 3 wickets down for less than 20. Ben Durrant and Tom Hudson rescued the situation a little and things were looking up before Ben became another LBW victim for 20 odd. This was the 4th LBW from the top 5 and I think Roy Rodgers would have been impressed by the speed of the trigger fingers on display.
Wickets then fell steadily and an especially big blow was Tommy Hudson, top scoring with 42, hitting a slow full toss straight to a fielder. Rob Love hit 27 in vain as Fenton fell behind the rate and fell 9 short.
May 10th 1st V Kirk Deighton H
Church Fenton 113 lost to Kirk Deighton 234-6
Another below par performance from the 1st team, this time with both bat and ball.
The visitors batted first and after losing an early wicket totally dominated the Fenton bowling. At 150-1 after 20 overs a score of 300 looked on the cards but Ben Durrant bowled a tidy spell and with Mark Waller and Adam Walton we managed to keep the visitors to a respectable 234-6. Mark Waller took two wickets, Ben, Adam and Jimmy Langrick (bowling a good spell opening up) being the other wicket takers with one run out.
Chasing 234 was not going to be easy but it should not have been as difficult as we made it look. We had a bad start and lost two quick wickets. Richard Grogan and Ben Durrant then rebuilt and were both batting well with Richard looked particularly fluent. Then once again the wheels came off, Richard out for 27 and Ben for 46. Nobody else got going and we capitulated to 113 all out. Another sorry effort.
May 3rd 1st V Shadwell A
Shadwell 116 beat CFCC 51 by 65 runs.
Not much to report on this one and a game the 1st team better forget.
Adam finally won the toss and put Shadwell in on a very slow wicket with a soddon outfield which was barely playable. Fenton bowled ok but we knew 116 was worth a lot more in these conditions. Ben Durrant took 3 wickets. Tom Love, Chris Borrodaile and Mark ‘Spider’ Waller each collected two. Paul Wilman made two lightning stumping’s and junior Ally Cope impressed in the field.
When it came to batting CFCC never got going and quite frankly it was painful to watch. We were bowled out for 51 in the 40th over, with only Rob Love getting into double figures with 12 not out. Only one boundary in the whole innings. Hopefully it will be a better conditions and a different result next week at home.
April 26th 1st V Wetherby A
Church Fenton 160-8 beat Wetherby 130 all out.
It was a bit warmer this week but not the heat-wave we were promised. Once again skipper Adam lost the toss and we were asked to bat on a very slow wicket.
After a steady start by the openers, Rich Grogan and Jon Marshall, we lost 3 quick wickets and the middle order struggled, leaving Jim & Kendall to pull us out of the mire, from 70-5 to a very respectable total of 160-8. Jim hit 52 and Kendall 27, batting with good common sense and patience, which I hope was noted by our middle order!! They perished in the last over just leaving time for Paul Wilman to run himself out off the last ball!
CFCC took to the field feeling confident and looking resplendent in new sponsored shirts. Even Mark ‘Spider’ Waller looked smart this week! The confidence seemed to be misplaced as Wetherby got off to a flyer with some aggressive, and rather fortunate, hitting. Tom and Rob Love bowled some ‘unplayable’ balls, but also some rubbish, and the home side reached 80-2 off around 20 overs. Time for an inspired bowling change and as soon as Ben Durrant and Chris Borrodaile came on the game completely changed. They both bowled superb spells and put a stranglehold on the scoring rate. Wickets soon followed with Ben and Chris both taking 4 wickets. This left Wetherby all out 30 short, and a comfortable win in the end for the reigning champions.
Overall a good performance but plenty of room for improvement, especially in the batting. Also some injury concerns for next week. Jim is suffering from a very sore knee, Mark Waller hurt his leg and Paul Wilman looked all of his 75 years in the White Horse after the game.
April 19th 1st V Scarcroft H
CFCC 177 all out beat Scarcroft 139 all out.
A bitter cold day welcomed the new season as CFCC took on Scarcroft. Adam lost the toss and we were asked to bat first on a flat if slowish wicket.
After a steady start by Richard Grogan and Chris Harvey, we lost 3 quick wickets including our overseas Ben Durrant who was beaten for pace (or lack of!!). We looked in some trouble before Chris Lawson hit his first ball over the pavilion and continued to play a cameo innings of 40 to take us to around 80 for 3. He even played a couple of defensive shots!! Another mini collapse saw Jim Love having to bat out the last 8-10 overs with the tail. James Langrick proved to be an able accomplice as Fenton were finally bowled out in the 44th over for a total of 177 a good score on a slow wicket.
The hard bit was to come for the Fenton boys as it got colder but they managed to keep focused and bowled with good discipline. Rob Love was ‘lightning quick’ as he and Thomas Love bowled tight spells to put Scarcroft behind the rate from the start. Mark Waller in his natty attire bowled a good spell but it was when Ben Durrant came on that the wickets tumbled. Scarcroft had no answer to his vicious turn and at one stage he had figures of 3 wickets for one run. James Langrick also bowled well and took a best of 4 wickets showing good promise.
It became dark and even colder and it was more relief than joy when we took the final wicket with one over to go and we all rushed to the relative warmth of the pavilion.
Overall a good win and a special mention must go to stand in keeper Chris Harvey.
