1864'S RUE DROPPED CATCHES & WIDES AT WASHINGTON.
12th June 2025
RAIN SPOILS THE DAY WITH NEWCASTLE GAME EVENLY POISED.
12th Jun 2025
RAIN SPOILS THE DAY WITH NEWCASTLE GAME EVENLY POISED.
Sat 7th June 2025: NEPL Div 2: SNCC v Newcastle (a) 105o, win/lose/draw.
Newcastle 75-4 (22.3o) Stephen Pinnington 22, Kieran Trevaskis 23, Levi Olver 12*: Allan Davidson 2-15, Will Young 1-40, Ru Fletcher 1-6 , Tom Jones 0-13.
Match abandoned - SNCC 6 points, Newcastle 5.
An overcast day & a green tinged Medicals wicket in Heaton saw the Bulls, Ben Sidney-Wilmot standing in as captain for David Edwards, win the toss & invite the hosts to bat. Humble & Pinnington faced the seam of Allan Davidson & Will Young.
Two maidens after an early boundary then Humble (4) drove Allan to mid on where Nick Tomlinson took a well struck drive at head height with aplomb, 5-1. Huxtable & Pinnington both took boundaries but after two consecutive maidens in overs 6 & 7, rain drove the players from the field, 13-1.
A resumption after 40 minutes saw the overs reduced to 53/48. After 11 overs the total had reached 19-1, 6 maidens among them, 3 each for Allan & Will. Pinnington & Huxtable took boundaries in over 12 off Will but in the 14th, after consecutive cover driven boundaries, Pinnington (22, 51b,5x4) skied Will towards mid wicket where George McConnell, retreating, took a good catch over his shoulder, 37-2.
In the next over, without addition, Huxtable pulled Davidson flat to mid wicket where George again obliged, 3 down. Trevaskis & Olver both struck boundaries & as the opening bowlers both bowled their maximum allocation of 9 overs without change & after 18 the score was 56-3.
Ru Fletcher began with a maiden & but in the next Trevaskis drove Tom Jones for 4 to mid wicket then 6 to long on. Another boundary to Trevaskis in the next but one ball later Ru found a perfect length to hit the top of off as Trevaskis (23, 20b 4x4 1x6) defended, 71-4.
At 1415, after two more overs, the heavens opened and the players left the field. The game was subsequently abandoned.
9 maidens in 22 overs, 5 to Allan, 3 to Will, 1 to Ru, showed good control, accuracy & movement off the pitch, the most consistent bowling performance to date in 2025. May there be more to come please.
Onward to Sat 14th June NEPL Div 2 SNCC v Whitburn (a) 1200, 105o, win/lose/draw. We hope you can be there to support the team.
Duncan.