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Champion Finish for Rowlands

Fenham arrived late and were asked to field. James (4 fours and 2 sixes) and Shaun (6 fours and 2 sixes) each scored 50's before retiring with exhaustion. Roy came in and hit 18 not out in 1s and 2s with Ross hitting out a quick 23 (3 fours and a six) before being bowled by Mukhtar. Chris Barr was bowled Mohsin for 13 (2 fours) and Alan then called in the team after 13.3 overs of the allocated 14. The total of 174-2 seemed to be enough and the light was not going to hold for too long.

The Fenham reply started with a flurry. Mukhtar hit 27 off the first over from Martin and then new recruit Tony Burns went for 12. martin pulled it back with only 9 coming off his second over and a catch by Shaun netting the important wicket of Mukhtar. Then Tony went for 11 and 11 to complete with 3-0-34-0. Don came on to calm it down. He took 3-19 off four overs and even Shaun was impressed; he also took 2 more catches (for Don) and got MoM! Chris Barr was turning the ball at the other end and bowled well with 3-0-26-3. Martin returned to take two more wickets one bowled and one smartly caught at the wicket by Alan. Martin achieved the more respectable 3-0-42-3. Cometh the hour, Aiders was asked to bowl the last over of the season and he confirmed his top bowling spot with a scintillating 3 ball spell: dot, dot, bowled! All this time, Alan had stood firm behing the wicket, taking most of the quite varied bowling that came through to him and the power throws in from James in particular. As ever Roy and Brian fielded well. Fenham were all out for 127.

Rowlands finished the League season as Champions with 116 points

Champions!!!!!!

Rowlands Retain the Championship!

Old record Players won the toss and elected to bat. Ed and Macca bowled some good balls and others that defecter Andy Horner took delight in despatching. With the score on 15 a swift pick up by James saw Alan smartly run out opener Colin Quigley then Andy and Bob Chapman (another ORP "guest") set about the bowling more intently Andy with boundaries and Bob with singles! Ed then caught Andy off Macca and it was 51-2 off 6 overs. John McCreedie came on and bowled a tight over for 4 then Don performed some magic with a first ball caught and bowled with another C&B in the same over for a double wicket maiden; 51-4!

John went for a single then Don started to get hit. Macca claimed Ed Corbett for 20 thanks to a confident catch in the deep by Brian. Pat Wisbach joined Bob (still in!) and took Don to the cleaners with 25 off the final over (3 huge sixes) to give him figures of 4-1-51-2! Innings total off 14 overs was 111-5. Macca: 4-0-25-2, John: 2-0-5-0, Ed 4-0-26-0 but had two catches dropped off his bowling. Something to chase after all!

James and Shaun opened and, in the first over, after a boundary and a single from James, Shaun faced Andy. He was well tempted first ball to go for a big one. It reached the sky and was well held by Ed Corbett. In came John and the pair took the score on quickly to around the hundred mark before Corbett bowled John for 43 (5 fours and a six). Roy came in to assist and managed 7 not out whilst James finished off with 58 not out (6 fours and a six). Man of the Match too.

Rowlands are thus confirmed as Champs again and can enjoy Monday at Home to Fenham

Rowlands take ten points from Firemen - doused on a diabolical pitch!

Rowlands claimed their 5th maximum of the season and their second in a week leaving them needing 7 points to mathematically claim the title.

Alan lost the toss in this 14 overs game and we were put into bat. Alan immediately struggled with the extremely variable bounce and Peter Hamil had him caught by Andy Lineham for 2 in the first over. Incredibly, Roy came in and played the same shot with a repeat consequence at the end of the same over! James and new recruit Chris Barr steadied the ship and took the score to 62 before James was out to a catch in the deep for 22 (3 fours). Meantime Chris was hamering the ball, hitting three sixes off off Hamil's third over which went for 27 and he completed on 4-0-44-2. Andy Lineham finished on 4-0-37-1, also taking punishment. Hamil then caught Chris, out for an inspired 62 (5 fours and 5 sixes). Matt came in and scored 11 (1 four) but struggled to combat the pitch and the slow stuff that the change bowlers were serving up. Colin McGuire in particular had him all tied up and frustrated! Brian Smith scored one before getting one that popped for a simple catch and jarrod only managed 4 without any fireworks this time. These two had fallen to Turnbull who recorded 3-0-19-4. The tail end camoe came from Don with 10 runs (2 fours) in the last over before he skied one into the covers. Martin and Dave hardly faced a ball and each were not out without scoring.

The Firemen's reply saw only the last pairing of Colin and Scott McGuire getting into double figures (17* and 10) as Rowlands took their turn to exploit the uncertainties in the pitch. Dave with 3-0-19-3 and the nominated MoM, Jarrod 3-0-16-4 worked their way through most of the side with three stumpings by the alert Alan as the firemen failed to find level ground behind the crease! Matt and Roy took catches after Roy was almost decapitated by one that flew past him. Martin and Don got to clean up. martin got 2-0-11-1 but Don took some late punishment with some flighted filth (2-0-17-1) before taking a one handed caught and bowled to remove the final troublemaker, Scott McGuire.

Power batting and Morse magic too much for West Enders

Alan won a good toss and Rowlands batted first. With such a strong lineup the order needed lottery tickets but Will Allen and Ritchie Evans went out first. Both were selective with their shots and showed respect to the good ball and both were out to stunning catches by Khalid Azam which were picked up hard and low in the covers and at point. Will made 29 (5 fours) and Ritchie 15 (2 fours). Ross McLaren came in at three and gradually worked up through the gears, finishing off top notch in the last over with three sixes and a four (3 sixes and 4 fours in total). Roy Haygarth made the most of his return to the crease at number 4 with a display of powerful driving. His many hard run 2s and 3 fours in 39 before K Azam fooled him with a slow one pushed the score on well and helped Man of the Match, Ross to his 59 not out. Phil Morse also scored a useful 6 not out. West End had started with only 8 men having refused the offer of fielders by Alan, the rest of the team arriving at 6:35! There was good 'banter' on the field during the innings and the batsmen all did well for 160-3.

The Rowlands front line attack of Eddie Collins and Dave Charlton subdued the aggressive openers and each took a wicket; Eddie bowled one and Alan stumped out one in his usual style! After the initial spells of 3 overs each the score was recorded as 42-2 with 14 coming off Eddie's second over. Eddie had 1-23 and Dave 1-17. Enter Phil Morse into the attack and .. game over! Phil bowled very well to record 4-0-16-4, all bowled. At the other end Don did OK with 3-0-14-1 thanks to a catch by Dave Charlton. Jarrod finished off with seven balls that conceded no runs, demolished the stumps twice and saw a smart run out from a smart throw in by Phil, neatly directed onto the stumps by Jarrod. West End were dismissed for 77 and thanked us for a good game!

Super Ted to the rescue!!!!

On a fantastic night at Tynemouth, Nine Pins elected to bat when Alan lost the toss. Dave Charlton started off very well with two wickets for very few runs in his first two overs. Eddie at the other end had a good first over but a poor second after being 'wided' by Davy Greener. Mike Britton 21 and especially Sabban 59 were by now consolidating a good stand and the score began to move on apace. Dave's third over was hit for more to give him 3-0-17-2, although Alan persevered with Eddie who straightened up well for his final two overs and 4-0-28-0. Twice through poor backing up a five was conceded and the ten man fielding could have been better. James joined the attack and increased the pace of the bowling considerably, with Alan taking cleanly most of the deliveries high outside offstump. Don took over from Eddie and began with a series of possible LBW claimes, all denied by Tom Nichol. However we found a way round the bat with two stumpings by Alan off Don and this importantly saw the end of Sabban. Matt caught John McIntyre in the deep for 20 off Don who 'always gets this man' and finished with 4-0-31-3. James had helped well to build the pressure with 4-0-28-0 but a slack over from Shaun off which came 23 runs and included more miss-fields gave the Pins a chance at 143-5 off 16 overs.

The Rowlands reply started badly with Shaun fooled only Sabban's second legal ball. Ross came in to join Matt and the pair began cautiously. Ross played on to Sabban and we were 2-11 with Ross getting 5. James came in to steady the ship and he with Matt took the score to 96 before Matt carelessly let himself be run out at the bowler's end by the alert Les Dixon - for 31 (no boundaries this time). Then James was bowled by Greener, trying to repeat a huge six which bounced off the wall of a house and back through the garden fence! James scored a man of the match 55 with 5 fours and that huge six. So, by now we had seen off Sabban 4-0-24-2 and Britton 4-0-36-0 and Greener and Dixon were proving more playable. Roy came in with a valuable 12 not out, Brian Smith managed 2 before being caught in the deep and the stage was set for Ginger Ted. With time and balls very short, our man for the moment steadied himself and blasted the way to victory with: 1 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 6 4, not many dots and only one ball to spare. Roy supported well and pushed Eddie along for those important 2's. Dixon had 4-0-34-0 and the ever Greener claimed 4-0-45-2 as the Pins reluctantly accepted defeat.

Both sides agreed it had been the best game of the season. Rowlands march on!