As another season drew to a close, Londesborough Park
1st team entertained Ebor 2 champions Bridlington I on Saturday. Bridlington
batted first and got off to a shaky start as Londesborough picked up their
first wicket with just 5 runs on the board, courtesy of Martin Pearson (2-42).
Bridlington then put together two consecutive partnerships of over 50 to swing
the game back in their favour. From the 27th over wickets came regularly
though, thanks in the main to Scott Hardwick’s excellent spell of 10 overs
which returned six wickets for just 45 runs. Runs also came kept coming too
however, and Bridlington gathered a total of 204 before James Beevers (2-41)
took the last wicket with one ball of the innings remaining.
Londesborough’s reply never really got going as the
top order batsmen were lost cheaply. At 55-8 Scott Hardwick entered the fray
and continued his successful day, top scoring with 33, supported by Tom Sowersby
in an entertaining partnership that added 45 runs to the score. Ben Traves was
the pick of the Bridlington bowlers, taking 6-21 as the Park faltered on 100
all out.
Despite the disappointment of the last game of the
season, Londesborough Park 1sts celebrated a successful season with a great
team effort gaining them promotion to Division 1 next season.
Bridlington: 204-10 (Sam Wragg 38, John Major 52,
Steve Janney 35, Scott Hardwick 6-45)
LPCC: 100-10 (Scott Hardwick 33, Ben Traves 6-21)
Londesborough Park 2nd team travelled to
face Drax II and were invited to bat first. Tom Griffiths scored a valuable 20,
but the award for batting performance of the day went to captain Edward Smith
who scored 93 not out, unfortunately unable to turn it into a well-deserved century
as he ran out of partners. Jake Powell (3-37) and Steve Armitage (3-12) took
the lion’s share of the Park’s wickets, but not before they had posted 171 runs
for Drax to chase.
An excellent bowling and fielding performance by the
Park saw Drax dismissed for just 89 runs, securing another 30 points for
Londesborough. Matthew Dunn (4-35) took the bowling honours by dismissing the top
four batsmen in his 10 over spell, and Henry Smith’s 3-2 and Steve Mudd’s 2-9 finished
the job off in impressive style.
Another great season for Londesborough Park II, finishing
comfortably in third place behind two very strong teams.
LPCC II: 171-10 (Edward Smith 93no, Tom Griffiths 20, Jake
Powell 3-37, Steve Armitage 3-12)
Drax II: 89-10 (Matthew Dunn 4-35, Henry Smith 3-2,
Steve Mudd 2-9)
A special thank you must be extended to Malcolm Cartwright
and Phil High, who covered the second team umpiring duties, and Will Bell and
Cameron Hodson who took on the scoring duties, for their continuous and much-appreciated support throughout
the season.
The club would also like to thank their
generous sponsors, Vice Presidents, players, officials, volunteers and supporters for
their invaluable contribution to a successful and enjoyable season’s cricket.