Active Sports - 2005 InterDistrict Competition

Under-11 Match Reports

North v South  :  East v West  : South v East  :  West v North  : North v East  :  West v Southhome

South v East at Ipplepen Monday May 30th

After a steady start by South, East got back into the match by taking 3 wickets fairly close together. Claiming Seamus McKenna was a big wicket for them (not Man of the Match on this occasion but definitely Man of the Series). When Jack Saunders and Jack Lewis were together there was never a dull moment with finely judged runs. With the South already heading for a large score, when Saunders went this brought the hard hitting Sam Wakeham to the crease and a few lusty blows blows left the South with a commanding 189 for 5.

Grainger-Allen ripped into the East openers with first class class bowling. South could see the game going their way with only Rebecca Bertrand (Girl of the Match) and Extras putting up much resistance. Having said that, East did try to make a game of it by playing some cavalier shots. The actual win came off the very last ball with a quick single taken, followed by overthrows and another attempted single which ended in a run out.

A very entertaining match.
Summary:

South 189-5 (J Lewis 37no, S Wakeham 27no, S McKenna 27, C Eaves 20, D Penberthy 5-1-13-1, Ms R Bertrand 6-1-16-1, M Steward 6-0-16-1)

East 132 (Bertrand 20, D Grainger-Allen 7-2-16-4, J-P Simonetti 3-0-15-2, H Scott 2-0-7-1, E Woolcott 4-1-9-1, J Abbott 4-0-10-1)

Players of the match: David Grainger-Allen (S) and Rebecca Bertrand (E)