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(25th July 2010)
U13's
win the cup
In an exciting final against York CC
held at Woodhouse Grange on Sunday, Londesborough Park won the Hirepoint
York and District Junior Cricket Association under 13 Cup by six wickets
in the penultimate over.
Chasing 106 to win in twenty overs,
Londesborough suffered an early blow when Ben Shingles was bowled in the
first over by the impressive Williams. Stephen Croft gave impetus to
the innings, punishing short bowling from Brewster with some lashing
cuts, before being deceived by Williams (and apparently the
sightscreen), offering a simple chance to ‘keeper Toby Pratt, and
leaving Londesborough in a little bother at 19 for 2 in the fifth over.
The decisive partnership of the
match followed between skipper Will Stephenson and Nathan Saltmer.
Stephenson hit five boundaries in a quick fire 31 before retiring, and
Saltmer, in a very well judged innings, included a six and 3 fours
before also being forced to retire. These two took the score to 69
after just ten overs. With further lusty blows from Joe Shingles,
Londesborough reached 99 for 2 with four overs left and just seven runs
required to lift the trophy. A double wicket maiden bowled by Taylor
followed by just two runs from the next over raised the tension again,
but Lewis Medley and the unflappable Charlie Cartwright remained calm as
apoplexy on the boundary became a distinct possibility. Cartwright
serenely clipped a four in the penultimate over and then smashed the
next ball through the covers for a splendid win by a team defeated just
once in 2010.
Earlier York had started well, with
Brewster driving very strongly, well supported by Pratt, both retiring
unbeaten on 30. Londesborough’s five bowlers all performed well, with
Joe Shingles, Nathan Saltmer and Stephen Croft outstanding. A smart
stumping by Jack Lakin was the only wicket to fall, but York could not
accelerate after a good start, restricted by the Londesborough bowlers,
backed up by aggressive fielding. Toby Stephenson patrolled the
boundary and both Owen Raper and Toby Guest pulled off good stops. This
was a great team effort, and after losing finals at both under 13 and
under 11 in 2009, much deserved silverware for the Londesborough Park
juniors.
York CC
T Pratt
retired 30
A Brewster
retired 30
C Linde st Lakin b
Croft 17
B Williams not
out 14
T McNab not
out 7
Extras 7
Total
105 for 1
W Stephenson 4-0-27-0; J Shingles 4-0-13-0; N Saltmer
4-0-15-0; B Shingles 4-0-27-0;
S Croft 4-0-18-1
Londesborough Park CC
S Croft c Pratt b
Williams 14
B Shingles b
Williams 0
W Stephenson
retired
31
N Saltmer
retired 33
J Shingles b
Taylor 11
L Medley not
out 1
C Cartwright not
out 6
Extras 10
Total
106 for 4
B Williams 4-1-14-2; A Brewster 4-0-34-0; A Maltby
1-0-13-0; C Linde 3-0-23-0; J Taylor 4-1-13-2; A Wooler 2-0-4-0; T McNab
0.4-0-6-0
Rory Stephenson; Charlie Cartwright; Toby Guest; Jack
Lakin; Stephen Croft; Lewis Medley;
Toby Stephenson; Joe Shingles; Will Stephenson; Nathan
Saltmer; Ben Shingles; Owen Raper
(11th June 2010)
Season
Update
The
Star Inn Sancton sponsored junior section continue to make good progress
with the under 13s remaining unbeaten thus far. Against Dunnington
Yorkshire bowler Freddie Collins' pace caused initial problems to the
Park's batsmen and his own wicket keeper but, having seen him off,
James Hanley and Stephen Croft both reached 30 undefeated in a total of
110-1. Ben Shingles made up for his disappointment with the bat as he
combined with keeper Jack Lakin to engineer a brilliant run out followed
by an even better catch to dismiss Collins. Owen Raper took 2 quality
catches and good bowling all round restricted the opposition to 51-5.
Hanley and Croft were in equally good form with the bat against Selby.
James struck 7 boundaries in his 30 and Stephen, having worked out how
to play the ultra slow 'lobs' of Stewart and remaining patient courtesy
of an even slower rate, held the innings together with a similar score.
Early wickets and tight bowling, particularly from Charlie Cartwright,
put the Park in total control as Selby could only muster 44-6 in reply.
A
weak Bolton Percy side fielding just 9 men were no match for the Park as
Nathan Saltmer and Will Stephenson were the batsmen to retire at 30.
Joe Shingles bowled with class to earn 2 wickets and Jack Craven's huge
(sometimes too huge!) away swingers were also rewarded with 2 wickets.
Stephen Croft's leggies wrapped up the tail as the opposition was
dismissed for just 24.
Congratulations to James Hanley and Stephen Croft who have been selected
for the Yorkshire under 13s A and B squads and to Lewis Medley and Toby
Stephenson who have been selected for the East Riding under 11s team.
2009
Junior season review
The junior cricketers at
Londesborough Park have just completed the most successful season in the
clubs long history. Whilst the club’s juniors have regularly reached
league play-offs, cup semi finals and finals since they joined the York
and District Junior Cricket League, the results this season have
surpassed everyone’s wildest hopes and expectations.
Despite a difficult start to the
season when the team was severely disrupted by school exams the under
15s bounced back to finish their league strongly with excellent
performances against Osbaldwick and Woodhouse Grange.
The under 13s completed their
League programme unbeaten and finished as champions of the East division
from which they subsequently progressed to the League Championship
play-off final against York following a 9 wicket semi-final victory over
Acomb (West division champions). The under 13s also qualified for the
plate semi final following convincing victories over Wheldrake and
Osbaldwick. In the semi final they met Acomb (once again) and were
unfortunate to lose in a ‘bowl-off’ due to the match being abandoned
because of heavy rain when Londesborough were in a winning position.
Londesborough’s under 11s were
extremely unlucky to lose their Cup Final by the narrowest of margins
when they finished level on scores with York but lost due to conceding
one more wicket than their opponents. The u11s also emulated the under
13s by finishing joint champions of their (East) division thus
qualifying for the League semi-final playoff against Ovington. A
comfortable victory over Ovington brought them head-to-head once more
with York and after three attempts to play the match (due to bad
weather) York once again got the better of the spirited Londesborough
youngsters.
After all these ‘near misses’,
the under 9s showed their older club mates how to do it properly. They
finished runners-up in their division but saved some of their best
cricket of the season for the play-offs at Osbaldwick where they
finished as League Champions when deservedly beating two previously
unbeaten teams (Sheriff Hutton Bridge and Clifton Alliance).
In addition to these team
successes, an ever increasing list of Londesborough juniors picked up
representative honours this season. Ten Players represented the club for
East Yorkshire at various age groups; Eddie Salmon (u14), Greg Drewery
(u13), James Hanley and Stephen Croft (u13 and u12), William Stephenson
(u12), Nathan Saltmer (u12 and u11), Ben Shingles, Joe Shingles and
Billy Salmon (u11), Lewis Medley (u10). Four of the boys (Greg Drewery,
Stephen Croft, James Hanley and Nathan Saltmer ) were also selected to
play for Yorkshire in their respective age groups this season and Ben
and Joe Shingles both produced excellent performances when invited to
play for the Taverners under 11s Select Team against Yorkshire under
11s. The depth of strength of the junior section at Londesborough Park
is currently at an all time high and there are several younger exciting
prospects in the pipeline.
All things considered, a
tremendously successful season and I expect the senior players at
Londesborough will be looking anxiously over their shoulders at the
talent soon to be challenging for their places in the first and second
elevens.
Junior coaching will be resuming
again in the New Year and we are particularly keen to see an influx of
players suitable to play in the under 9s League in 2010 (school year 3 &
4) in order to continue the clubs incredible success in 2009.
Please contact George Drewery
(Junior Coordinator) on 01430 873877 for specific details.
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