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9 men Rowlands defeated!

Rowlands played a game on a dubious wicket with only 9 players and lost by 6 wickets. Batting first Rowlands manged to score 117/6 thanks to 35 from Graeme Redpath, 23 from Jarrod and 19 not out from Roy. Rowlands started well and Shaun quickly removed the Aidan House top order. However a dropped catch soon changed things and Aidan House ran out comfortable winners in the last over with Shaun picking up an impressive 3-18 from 4 overs.

Kirkwood Defeated

On a foggy night at Tynemouth in early July, Kirkwood were not ready by 6:15 and Rowlands decided to bat first. Skipper Shaun sent in new recruits Steven Scott and Kingsley McGarrigle to get us a good start in this table top battle. Kingsley showed promise but was bowled by Bilal Haider for 5 and so enter Phil Morse to join his Tynemouth mate. The pair did very well against an aggressive attack and ever changing field to take the score on well. Steven went for 25 (1 four) LBW Haider by Ed Collins Snr. Shaun Collins was bowled Amjad for 4 to let in James davidson who paired up well with Phil and the score raced to 143-4 when Phil was out off the penultimate ball stumped off the bowling of Hussain for 48 (3 fours and 2 huge sixes). James made 33 not out (2 fours) and Guy Saxton fended off a leg bye for the last ball. Total: 144-4 in the fog. Bilal recorded 4-0-22-2.

Kirkwood needed coaxing out on to the field to complete the fixture. Conditions were unpleasant but had not deteriorated any further. Guy opened up the attack and soon had Anil bowled for 5. He bowled very tight stuff with 4-0-18-1 and only ten men on the field. Don Catley at the other end had Parak well stumped by Steven for only 8 and his 3 overs cost 28 runs. Amrit Crawford reluctantly batted on for his 44 not out accompanied by Bilal who was caught by a sub fielder for 50 off James. Sadly Aiders had left the field having suffered a badly dislocated and broken finger a few overs previously. Kingsley politely asked for a sub fielder and Kirkwood sympathetically obliged. This incident and jesture for which Kirkwood were thanked took much of the tension out of the game. Roy Haygarth in the murky deep won a bowling point with a clean catch off James who bowled a tight final over with figures of 4-0-37-2 to give victory by 21 runs. Shaun bowled three important overs for 32. Kirkwood total 123-4. Rowlands 8 points, Kirkwood 3. Man of the Match was Phil Morse who also fielded well and whose bowling prowess was kept in reserve.

Get well soon Aiders and also Dave Charlton who went over on an ankle the morning of the game and the morning after his Silver Wedding party! Thanks to Ed Collins Snr. for helping to get Aiders to hospital.

Rowlands put out the fenham Flames in the strong wind!

Fenham chose to bat and Jarrod with Dave Charlton were Shaun's front line strike force. Jarrod bowled 3-0-20-1 and Dave 2-0-9-1 according to the Fenham book and this included a few boundaries and a six off Jarrod. All the Fenham batsmen played as if they had a taxi waiting! Eddie came on with 19-0 off 2 and Don, in a miss-understanding with the skipper was put on at the wrong end and had no direction in the strong cross wind, so was taken off after one over for 12 runs, including a six.Shaun and James bowled out the rest of the 14 overs innings with Shaun having the best figures of 3-0-18-4, despite two fours off his first 2 balls! James impressed with pace and his 3-0-27-0. There was a good run out by Shaun and they only had 10 men; same as us. Fenham scored 112-7 with Mukhtar 33 and Mohsin 34. Aiders kept well and there were really good catches from him, Roy, Eddie and Jarrod.

The Rowlands reply was based on front line attack with James and Ross going for runs off everey ball almost. James was dropped a couple of times to difficult chances but then Ross fell to an easier one for 20 (all 1s and 2s). Shaun came in to hit a boundary and 2 sixes after getting his eye in and finished off the job. Man of the Match, James hit six 4s and two sixes in his 63 not out. The Fenham lads kept finding themselves in the wrong field placings as our heroes alternated between quick singles and big boundary shots. Rowlands won by 9 wickets with 116-1. Apart from umpires Aiders and Don, the rest of the lads were probably happy to watch and keep out of the horrible wind.

Crushing 127 Runs Victory over Old Record Players.

Rowlands batted first with the Hynd generations leading the way. Alan started well but dragged on Quigley for 8. Matt kept going right through the innings for his 51 not out which included two fours. Roy exploded at the crease with six fours in a speedy 33 before being adjudjed lbw to Condon. Graeme was over-enthusiastic to hit Tony Glover into the golf course and got himself well stumped for 8 (one four); Ian Ross was caught for 5 and Aiders bowled by Glover for 2. Jarrod made a helpful 6 not out in the last over. With 25 extras Rowlands recorded 138-5 in their 16 overs. Tony Glover impressed with 4-0-19-2 and Mike Condon bowled accurately for his 4-0-26-2.

The ten man ORP reply was very much overSaxed. Guy claimed six wickets for three runs in 3.6 overs, one of which was a maiden! Graeme took a stunning catch at backward point to start the ball rolling, then Guy need no help or guidance to bowl out his next 5 nervous victims at top pace: 3.6-1-3-6!

Jarrod also bowled well after conceding seven runs in his first over, followed up with a double wicket maiden and his 3-1-8-3 (all bowled) denied our Guy Jim Laker proportions of wickets!

Eddie, Dave and Don were also denied their opportunity to join in the fun but the whole team congratulated the two strike bowlers on their achievement!

Run fest at Tynemouth!!!

Rowlands batted first and Matt with Ross McLaren amassed a huge total. At the death, Matt was dismissed for 73 and Ross for 104! Well done to both classy batsmen. Will Allen came in for a supporting one not out and Grampers was next to arrive at the crease!
All the Firemen bowlers took big punishment as the boundary was peppered with regularity in the 193-2.

In reply, the Firemen got off to an explosive start, hitting Jarrod and stand in Ian for 33 and 20 in their pairs of overs. The game was transformed with the introduction of Don in the 5th over when he bowled Turnbull with his first ball and then took two more wickets in this over with good clean catches by Matt and Ross. At the other end, the player destined to become man of the match was still just warming up! Dave Charlton did a Muralie and went through the rest of hte side claiming 3.2-0-17-5 to better Don's 3-0-20-3. Interspersed with this excitement, Alan brought Grampers and Roy into the game to try their hands with the ball. The Firemen never gave up the run chase and Flynn hit 31, Burdis 45 and S. McGuire 20 with Roy 1-0-29-0, Grampers 2-0-21-0 in their 153 all out.
Catchers: Matt (2), Ross and Grampers.