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Rowlands move into the last 8.

Rowlands CA defeated Gateshead Cavailiers by 20 runs in a close encounter. Rowlands batted first and progressed steadily despite the early loss of Tim Stonnoch. There where good contributions from Shaun Collins 33 and debutants Martin Clee 26 Not Out and Disco Dyer 29. This took Rowlands to a competitive 126/4 in 16 overs which looked to be a little bit light. However some good early bowling and fielding restricted Gateshead early on and they eventually finished short with Dave Charlton being the pick of the bowling taking 3-23 and Dave Purvis 1-18. This sets Rowlands up for a 1/4 final game against either Bar BHT or Sage.

3 wins in a row and 2 in a week.

Rowlands completed a hat-trick of wins by proving just too strong for bogey team The Old Record Players on a glorious evening for cricket at Close House.
Alan Hynd won the important toss and sent in Tim Stonock and a patched up Shaun Collins to ensure a brisk start to the innings. Sure enough the lads obliged with some convincing boundaries which helped to put on 70 before the fall of Tim for 43. Dave Bell joined the attack and Shaun fell for 41 only after the score had passed the 100 mark. Adrian Conway came in and took control with an aggressive 23 including an unbelievably huge eagle six into the golf course.!. Dave Bell's 22 was equally important. Colin Quigley 2-37 and Tony Glover 0-25 showed skill but were not helped by some ORP lapses in the field. The change bowling of Ed Corbett 2-31 included a very smart caught and bowled which dismissed the startled Collins.

The ORP innings included some determination and very quick singles against the stretched RCA field. Dave Fisher 32, Dan Owen 27 secured an adequate first wicket response of 60 against Horner 1-21 and Charlton 0-36. Don Catley bowled a mixed bag with 1-35 and some loose deliveries but was denied more wickets close to the bat. Dave Purvis made things more secure with 2-31 and a splendid matching ct&b as Colin Quigley 22 and Ed Corbett 21 did not give up the chase until the final over.

Great game and good result for Rowlands which sees them return to the top of the Table, displacing ORP.

Rowlands beat Whickham

The first appearance of Rowlands at Whickham resulted in a victory that was not always assured. Rowlands elected to bat and started with the new combination of Colin Tait and Simon Curtis and a first wicket stand of 99 runs. Colin with 11 fours in his 79 not out (but still no sixes this season yet Colin!) pipped Simon's 8 fours in 51. Guy Scholes notched up an important 8 in his comeback as Rowlands reached 149-3.

The Whickham reply began slowly as Charlton 0-9 and Andy Horner 1-18 gave little away. However, the change bowling of Thomson 2-44 (two valuable wickets Jeff!) and Catley 0-30 was more generous and at one point it looked just possible that M. Allan 41 not out, C. Nunn 21 and M. Dixon 27 might get closer than a sniff! A subtle bowling change by skipper Alan Hynd brought back Andy Horner early for his final over and that killed off the chase.
Whickham managed a creditable 108-3 against more keen fielding, this time especially by Justin Smart and Andy Horner with Guy making a series of good takes behind the stumps.

Home Victory against Kirkwood.

Rowlands at last played their first home game of the season. An understrength Kirkwood team won the toss and batted with typical aggresion. Despite losing Sandhu early on lbw to Dave Charlton, Malik 46 and Amrit Crawford 50 not out battled through against the impressive bowling of Dave 1-19 and Andy Horner 0-22, then accelerated against new recruit, young Chris Chan 1-31 and Don Catley 1-35 to reach almost a 100 stand. The score crept up to 120-3 against imressive fielding, especially from Tim Stonock and Adrian Conway.

The reply was clear cut! Matt Hynd 33 not out played improtant second fiddle to the hard hitting Tim Stonock 77 not out in a convincing undefeated partnership to secure a valued victory.

CUP VICTORY

Normal Service was resumed for Rowlands against the 'Civils' at Close House in the first round of the Cup.
Shaun Collins won an important toss at the second attempt and elected to bat. He took to the crease with Davy Bell and the lads put on an impressive 67 for the first wicket. Davy fell for 29 and Shaun went the extra mile to score 55. Scott Neeson went cheaply but Bob Chapman 7 and Andy Horner 10 pushed ther score beyond 100. The tailenders managed to add a few more, with Don Catley permitted a rare bat, encouraging some final scurries for singles to the close field.

In reply the Civil Service were well pegged back by all bowlers. Andy Horner and Davy Charlton both logged 3-0-7-3 and the only downer was giving away 5 extras when Shaun took his head out of his helmet! Change bowlers also kept on top and finished off the job: Jeff Thomson 2.1-0-6-3 and Don Catley 2.1-0-6-3.

Rowlands 121-6, CS 48 all out. Next in the Cup is away to Gateshead Cavaliers or Genetics. By Don Catley