ALBIE McPATE SELECTED FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS U18 FOOTBALL SQUAD.
19th November 2025
YOUTHFUL 1864'S PERFORM ADMIRABLY IN CUP DEFEAT AT HUMSHAUGH.
20th Jun 2024
YOUTHFUL 1864'S PERFORM ADMIRABLY IN CUP DEFEAT AT HUMSHAUGH.
West Tyne League Div 1 KO Cup Round 2: Wed 19th June 2024.
SNCC 1854 v Humshaugh (a) 20/20
SNCC 1864 103-8 (20o) George McConnell 24, Ethan Hourigan 21, Will Garside 10, Belinda Wewalage 10, Tom Oliver 11*: J Garrett 0-15, W Forster 0-23, L Parkinson 3-10, S Arnup 1-19, A Crawford 3-19, R Parker 0-15.
Humshaugh 104-5 (17.5o) L Parkinson 30, H Renton 9, J Garrett 24*, S Arnup 9*: George McConnell 1-18, Gregor Pearce 3-5, Tom Oliver 0-22, Saumitran Prakash 0-18, Zac Henderson 0-20, Jacques Graham 1-17.
Humshaugh won by 5 wickets..
A very youthful 1864's team with 7 juniors travelled to Humshaugh for Round 2 of the WTL Div 1 KO cup. U14's Aarav Sharma & Saumitran Prakash making their debuts in senior cricket alongside George McConnell, Jacques Graham, Zac Henderson, Tom Oliver & Ethan Hourigan, captained by Gregor Pearce.
Batting first, the 1864's opened with George McConnell & Jack Patterson who faced the seam of Garrett & Forster. First change Parkinson bowled Jack (7) in over 5, 20-1. George was joined by Will Garside & the score had reached 39 in the 9th when Will (10) top edged a catch to 45 off Parkinson.
Belinda & George continued as S Arnup entered the attack & in the 12th over Belinda (10) swung Arnup to deep square leg & was caught, 60-3. Two wickets in two balls for off spinner Crawford as first George's fine innings of 24 (3x4) ended bowled, as was Jacques (0) first ball, 60-5.
A quick single mix up between Gregor & Ethan saw Gregor (3) run out & then Zac Henderson (0) was bowled by Crawford, 73-7. Ethan & Tom Oliver then batted nicely putting on 25 for the 8th wicket until at 98 in the 19th Ethan (21,1x4 1x6), a positive innings, was bowled by Parkinson, 8 down.
Tom Oliver 11* & Aarav 4* were together as the innings closed at 103 after 20 overs.
Crawford & Forster faced the left arm seam of George McConnell & lb/g of Gregor. 14-3 after only 4 overs as Gregor had Crawford (1) lbw, George bowled Forster (2) & Renton (9) was well caught by Will off Gregor.
As Tom Oliver (2 overs for 22), Saumitran Prakash (2 overs for 18) & Zac Henderson (4 overs for 20) entered the attack a partnership developed between Parkinson & Garrett which had reached 52 in the 12th when Parkinson (30) was bowled by Gregor, 66-4.
80-5 when M Arnup (7) was nicely caught by Saumitran at mid on off Jacques sla. But Garrett & S Arnup moved on & 87-5 after 16 overs became a winning 104-5 after 17.5 overs which included 15 wides in a total of 22 extras. Gregor's 3-5 from 4 overs demonstrating again what good spin bowling has to offer.
The fielding had been tidy, Will's catch, Ethan patrolling the boundary with quick feet & a strong arm, Gregor's two direct hits narrowly failing to produce a run out. So, heartening to see young players take an opportunity to show what they can do & to learn from the experience. Onward !!
Duncan.