BULLS EARN COMPREHENSIVE WIN OVER A WEAKENED TYNEDALE. Sat 20 June 2026, NEPL Div 2: SNCC v Tynedale (h) 110o win/lose/draw.

20th Jun 2026

SNCC 256-7 dec (50o) Sam Ewart 80, George Gray 20, Will Phillips 29, George McConnell 14, Ru Fletcher 64, Ben Hobbs 11, James Lunn 20*: Max Gradwell 2-53, Hugo Odd 0-63, Craig Barbour 1-16, James Martin-Dobson 0-37, Matthew Platts 0-33, Hayley Falla 4-41.

Tynedale 70ao (30o) Ben Griffiths 8, David Nevin 10, Craig Barber 12, Jess Clarke 8: Ben Hobbs 0-8, Will Young 1-12, James Lunn 5-20, Sam Lee 2-17, Nicky Phillips 2-10.

SNCC won by 186 runs- 30 points, Tynedale 3.

A sunny day at Roseworth Terrace, the Bulls chose to bat. The competing claims of the Corbridge beer Festival seemed to weaken the Tynedale team. Aadi Bethanabatla & Sam Ewart faced the  right arm seam of Max Gradwell (Park ) & Hugo Odd (Grove).

A wicket second ball as Aadi's (0) forward press allowed the swinging ball through the gate. George Gray joined Sam & the pair had started to accelerate when after two well struck boundaries, off the back foot to cover & straight, George (20, 14b 3x4) aiming a touch to leg, edged to gully, 37-2.

Will Phillips (17*) & Sam (43*) took the score to 85 at drinks after 17 overs with Craig Barbour in the middle of a tight spell of off spin from the Grove end. After dispatching Martin-Dobson for 2x4 to square leg & cover, Will (29, 40b 4x4) cut to point where Hayley Falla took a neat catch, 101-3.

Sam reached 50* in the 24^th with a single to mid wicket off Barbour & in company with Ru Fletcher advanced the score as Odd returned & Platts began a spell. At 144 in the 31^st Sam (62*) benefitted from a change of decision by the umpire who accepted that the initial LBW decision was incorrect.

At lunch after 34 overs the total as 161-3. Hayley Falla had just begun a spell of off spin from the Grove end. In over 35 Sam (80, 100b, 9x4, 2x6) drove & pulled 4 then 6 to mid wicket off Odd. In the next, forward, he was lbw to Falla. 

Ru reached his 50* in the 41^st over & in company with a subdued George McConnell took the score to 211 in the 44^th when George (14) hit a Falla full toss to mid wicket, 5 down. Lunny entered & was busy. Gradwell returned but it was Falla again in the 48^th when Ru (64, 98b 8x4), one ball after he was dropped in the same place, skied to deep mid wicket & was caught by Martin-Dobson, 240-6.

Ben Hobbs stroked a nice looking (11, 9b 1x4) before he was caught at long on off Falla, 254-7. This left Lunny (20*) a positive contribution & Sam Lee (2*) to end the 50 overs at 256-7 declared.

In reply Griffiths & Nevin faced the seam of Hobbs (Park) & Young (Grove). 4 maidens in the first 7 overs but radar awry as w/k Sam had to be alert to prevent leg side byes. In the 6^th Griffiths (8) skied Will Y to mid on where George retreating, took a good catch over his head. 16-1.

Lunny (ob) began a spell in the 9^th & Sam Lee (rm) in the 12th. Consecutive maidens for Lunny & then in the 12^th Sam, whose radar was also awry, persuaded Platts (5) to cut to point where Will P dived forward to take a good catch close to the ground, 22-2.

Nevin (10, 53b) had been obdurate & flat batted1x4 to cover off Lunny but in the 18^th he drove but edged Sam Lee to w/k Sam Ewart, 42-3. Borini (0) was bowled by Lunny in the next so drinks were taken at 43-4 after19 overs.

The next 6 wickets fell in 11 overs as Lunny & Nicky found the right length & line on a slow surface. At 50 in the 21^st Barbour (12) swung Lunny to deep mid wicket where George G coming in smartly off the boundary, took a very  good catch falling forward, 5 down.

Jess Clarke (8) had already steered nicely to 3^rd man, skied to long on, swept to deep square leg & driven off the back foot through cover but succumbed, lofting to a wide mid on where George G took his third catch with aplomb, 57-6.

At the same score Hayley Falla (4) pulled to short fine leg off Nicky where Ben took the catch. Maidens followed but in the 27^th Martin-Dobson (2) missed a slog sweep to be bowled by Lunny 62-8. At 65 Scandle (3) went back to Lunny but edged to w/k Sam. One over later Odd (4) forward was bowled by Nicky, 70 all out in the 30^th over.

Lunny 5-20, Nicky 2-10, Sam 2-17, Will Y 1-12, a comprehensive win but there will be tougher games to come.

Fielding mentions to w/k Sam, Will P at point, Ru at leg slip & Aadi at point, all run saving efforts that made a difference.

30 points leaves the Bulls up to 3^rd in Division 2 on 179, 10 ahead of Benwell Hill in 4^th & 40 behind top of the table Chester-le-Street, Newcastle second on 196

Onward to Sat 27^th June SNCC v Benwell Hill (a) 110o win/lose/draw from 1100, we hope you can be there.

Duncan.