- South Dartmoor back to winning ways in cups
- Tom Allin tournament raised more than £5,000 for air ambulance
- Taverners kit bag delivered to Sri Lankan youngsters
- Devon trying to contact the class of 56
- Paceman Tshepo running in Virgin London Marathon
- Five Devon women in Western Storm squad for Kia Super League
- Registration night for all ages at Topsham on Monday
- Lots pouring in for auction at Allin Memorial tournament
- Thames Valley Gentlemen Cricket Club
- Bradninch add Argentinian flavour to Devon League
- Ipplepen youth registration night on Friday
- Final call for Groundsmans first seminar this year
- Devon League official tackling London Marathon for charity
- Bovey on familiar territory in Aaron Printers Cup
- Brockman Cup - Cup Kings lie in wait for holders
- Shepherd Trust helps Kingsbridge build for sustainable future
- DCL - Umpire Appointments 2016 (May 7th - July 2nd)
- Long standing records beaten
- North Devon see off Paignton chase
It was overcast up to and arriving at Heathcoat although we were in a mixed of weather with a shower or two never too far away but the ground was well covered and Sandy Allen had his side out early confident of a day's
play. Due to the late
pick up of their mini-bus in Bristol the start time had already been delayed but the game started at noon. Harvey
Sargent and Charles FitzRoy set their side up brilliantly putting on one
hundred and ten in the thirty-second over. Sargent was the first to depart in
that over caught by Pierre of Haynes. He had contributed another fifty to his
sides cause and batted for one hundred minutes. The Gloucestershire bowlers had
bowled one hundred and ninety-two balls. The captain joined FitzRoy and the
Blundells pair put on another sixty-five runs in twenty-eight minutes as Devon started
to turn the screw. At the half way stage they had been on a below par
seventy-eight so the tempo had to be lifted. By the fortieth over Devon were
one hundred and seventy-five but they also lost the key wicket of Dan Pyle as
Pierre took his second catch for a twenty-five ball thirty-three. Dan Wolf kept
up the momentum scoring a sixteen ball sixteen as he helped add twenty-nine in twelve
minutes. Tom Lammonby, fresh from his success as Batsman of the Bunbury
Festival, helped add another important thirty-four runs at a run a ball in nineteen
minutes. Charles FitzRoy had provided the glue necessary to take Devon up to
their final total of two hundred and thirty-eight. Taking into account the conditions
in particular the damp slow outfield this was perhaps par. FitzRoy was unbeaten
on ninety-five off one hundred and forty-two balls hitting eleven fours. It was
a selfless performance but he will perhaps regret not taking the opportunity of
scoring five more runs to enter the elite list of Devon centurions. A major
plus was that Lakhami's googly did not take out any Devon batsmen. Mrs Thompson provided an excellent Lasagne and Devon were in the field at three thirty. Goodey again struck early bowling Palmer with his eighth ball and FitzRoy had Probert caught by Lammonby off his twelfth delivery leaving Gloucestershire 17-2. Goodey struck again twenty-six balls later bowling Ellis - 29-3. The dangerous Gloucestershire captain Loud lasted nine balls when Codd held the catch off Goodey. The Plymouth bowler had taken 3-23 off his first five overs. Codd entered the attack in the sixteenth over and with the fifth ball of his second over bowled Cooper-Llanes -62-6. Debutant Harry Ward came into the attack in the twenty-eighth over and Gloucestershire were one short of three figures at the end of the over. He took the next two wickets to fall. First an outstanding catch from Petherbridge removed keeper Slade but the fielders celebration was slightly over the top as he nearly threw the ball over his shoulder for six and somehow lost a boot. The second catcher was more used to taking outstanding catches as Dan Wolf held yet another good one. Nelson struck in the thirty-fifth over as Codd held a caught and bowled. Devon had performed outstandingly to reduce Gloucestershire to 111-8 with fifteen overs remaining for the last two wickets to sore one hundred and twenty-seven. It was incredibly disappointing that they actually added another one hundred and one runs. The momentum changed over the two last partnerships and was not to be regained by Devon over the next two days as they disastrously lost the two day game on first innings. The final wicket of the one day game fell in the forty-seventh over as the ninth wicket put on seventy-eight. Thompson ran out number ten Drissell for forty-two. The final wicket pairing of under 16 captain Haynes and Hooper put on an unbroken twenty-three in twelve minutes and Gloucestershire ended just twenty-six short and on top. The inability of Devon sides to finish off their opposition continues and they need to be far more ruthless and less complacent is a trait that needs to be learnt at an earlier age. With Hampshire beating Wales - Devon shared second place in the table with the Welsh. |
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