Well
on a quite magnificent morning Petersfield cricket club opened its
doors to the parents of the colts cricketers to show the boys and girls
that their talent was inherited from their parents.
The day
started off with a lot of work by the volunteers and parents to get the
ground and pavilion ready for the up coming Fun day. Special thanks to
Andy and Dee Salmon, Mark Friend and all the ladies who cleaned, cooked
and served drinks to make the day complete.
The first game to
get going was the under 7s who despite having the best part of 25 colts
on the books only had 10 lads and dads. This did not diminish the
competitive nature of the game as a mixed dads’ and lads’ game. A big
shout went up in the first over as one son bowled a beauty to his dad
which 'swung miles' according to his dad and took the outside edge. The
game then took an unexpected turn as a test match attitude arrived for a
20x20 game and they finished the game a few hours later than expected.
There was a winner with the team of dads and lads who batted first
winning but in the end cricket was the winner for the under 7s
The under 9's game was a proper dads v lads game with big shots bring
played by the dads as they batted first. This only increased the
intensity of the pairs match with the dads losing in the penultimate
ball of the match with mutterings that the umpire/coach was a tad
biased. This was flatly denied by under 9 coach James Stratford-Tuke
The girls beat the parents for the 3 rd straight year without the help
of the usual close finish. The Parents batting 1 st scored 46 for the
loss 8 wickets in their 12 overs with the last pair of Anscombe’s
managing to lose 5 wickets in 3 overs. In reply the girls posted an easy
80 for the loss of only 1 wicket with each pair contributing to the
total. To remove any doubt the girls also won the boundary count 11 to 6
as well. Many thanks to all who took part.
The under 11 game
was a 6 a side event with a lot of the under 11s having football and the
paralympics stopping them from turning out. Despite a lack of numbers
the 2 games played were played in great spirit with the games ending one
a piece as the dads ran out of steam in the 2nd game. Some hard yards
will be needed to be done over the winter by the dads if both games are
not to be lost next September!
The intensity of the day was
starting to build as the under 13s and under 15s combined to take on a
team of dads/coaches. A couple of dads have bragging rights for the next
year removing their sons. Most notably Phil Richards and under 15 coach
Dave Squires both bowling the lads all ends up. The lads needed a solid
start and they got it with Alex Thomas showing the form that got him
the under 15 batting award with a fluent 30 not out. The lads posted a
competitive 116 in their 20 overs with all the batsmen contributing
during the 20 overs.
With the dads still confident, Phil
Richards then had the 3rd XI captain taking note as he played some
lovely shots retiring on 30 not out off 20 balls. This set up the
victory for the dads with some big hitting for another of the coaches,
Matt Salmon, gained revenge on young Ben Turk who had taken a liking to
Matt's bowling in his well constructed 34 not out in the lads innings.
The final game of the day was between the under 17 lads v a senior
select XI consisting of Saturday captains and coaches. With the under
17s batting opening with their opening bowler, it seemed the lads were
not taking the game seriously. Despite losing his partner in the second
over, young Nicky Caddick scored quickly before being run out attempting
a quick single to Dave Squires and was well short as with only one
stump to aim at, the under 15 coach proved that he could play the game
as well as coach!
Despite a flurry of 3 wickets following
this, including a run out of equal ability to the earlier one from the
under 13 coach Paddy May. The lads introduced their over age player Matt
Salmon who turned the innings completely with 40 off 13 balls showing
his earlier innings for the under 15s coaches was no fluke. The lads
scored 135 off their 20 overs. The seniors were still confident as they
took on the task of chasing the total down. They had not counted on
losing 4 wickets to run outs and some generous umpiring of wides from
the umpires Richard Thomas and Dave Cox. Despite some late hitting from
John McGuire and Jack Hannam, the seniors fell short by 14 runs amid
cries of fowl play as Matt (over age) Salmon bowled a tight final couple
of overs to cap a fine all round performance from the 19 year old.
All in all the day was yet again a success and a testament to the
talent of the colts and coaching staff at the club, which compliment the
3 Saturday sides perfectly.
The previous evening the colts presentation night was held with the following results
Age Best Batsmen Best Bowler Best Fielder
U9A Tom Stratford-Tuke Fergus Evans James Longland
U9B Mark Butcher Seb Browning Tom Mason
U11A Ossian Tate Tommy Matthews Harvey Baker
U11B Oscar Amis Oscar Maclean Callum Francis
U13 Ben Anscombe Ben Turk Ned Harvey
U15 Alexander Thomas Tom Pocock Gabriel Broadhurst
U17 Benjamin Friend Matt Crouch Rory Newman
U12 Girls Jenny Sinclair Laura Bates Genny Turner
U14 Girls Lorna Williams Olivia Wadey Jess Grange
Age Most Improved Coaches Player Players Player
U9A Sam West William McKechnie Theo Truss
U9B Zac Franklin Arthur Lingham Alex Chilton
U11A Cameron Porteous Joe Clarke Ossian Tate
U11B Adam Childs George Wickens Oscar Maclean
U13 Harry Richards Gabriel Broadhurst Dan Parry
U15 Josh Bird Ben Anscombe Alexander Thomas
U17 Sam Howe Guy Wilson n/a
U12 Girls Eleanor Duggan Ella Williams Olivia Wadey
U14 Girls Katie Nolan Emma Barrett Emma Barrett
U16 indoor Rory Newman Nicky Caddick
Alex Thomas
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