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Rowlands CC Live On!

The magnificent 10 turned up at the dinner on Friday night 26th November and a good time was had by all. Apologies were accepted from many, especially Graham Jamieson the entertainer who is wishes a return soon to good health and Lynette who helped to keep the team together in 2010.

The stats from the season and since almost the beginning of time are attached.

It was decided to continue with Rowlands CC in 2011 with Ian Pratt taking a lead as Team Manager, Don as Fixtures Secretary and skipper to be Davo, Matt or Richie as available. Alan will play when he can but his availability is expected to be limited. Alan is, as ever, thanked for Rowland's and his sponsorship and support.

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Just 2 runs short of a GEM of a victory!

The day started off with only 6 good men but Rowlands managed to field ten. We bowled first in a 12 overs thrash at Wardley on a soft wicket and Pratty 3-0-18-0 and Chad 3-0-25-0 did well to contain Kamran Mansour. Young Dan Storey 2-0-29-0 and Don 2-0-38-0 especially then suffered as the rate increased. Martin Rownan bowled a good over for only 7 and Davo the last for 12 but only one chance went down as GEM posted 133 without loss; Mansour 105 and M Khan 19. Roy had kept well in dodgy borrowed pads and gloves. The fielding had been generally OK in difficult visibility and James Carr (Tynemouth) deserves special mention for alert fielding and strong throwing in from the deep.

The Rowlands reply saw an early loss of Chris Robson, caught behind for 1. Ben and Davo then nearly got us home but failed by only 2 runs. Rowlands were 131-1 with Ben Man of the Match for 59* (2 sixes, 6 fours)and Davo 41* (1 six and 1 four. Roy, Chad and James Carr were chomping at the bit for a piece of the action. At 8 overs Rowlands had 97 on the board and were well in the game. 118 off 10 was good but the last 2 overs brought only 7 and 6 with Mansour bowling the last over and recording 3-0-14-0. It was a good game and another very close defeat.

This completed Rowlands season wth 4 league wins out of 14 played. Plenty to discuss on a Thursday or Friday night around a table at the Manderin in October/November!

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Rowlands held in the Stocks!

Alan decided to bat first on an unfamiliar pitch at Stocksfield, confident we had a good batting line up. Ben and Chris were reunited and put on 24 for the first wicket, Chris then adjudged lbw for 11 (2 fours). Ben was getting into his stride and was joined by James Welch. James was adjudged run out for 6 and in came Davo. Ben was then bowled by a slower one and Rowlands main man was gone for 40 (6 fours and a six and MoM for Rowlands). Runs were hard to come by and the fielding was keen. Davo was bowled for 9 (1 four) and Ralph became the new main man. He copied Ben and hit the target tree at mid off for a huge 6 but was bowled for 13 while Roy played second fiddle, allegedly swatting Don's Ulgham flies that had made the trip over. Roy got 5, Alan focused on the same flies for 2, Archie swished for nothing and Pratty knuckled down for 1. Don got another rare bat, scored at a run per ball and was not out 1. Rowlands made 98-8 off 14 overs and this was never enough! Stocksfield had bowled well with first change Paul Watson achieving 4-1-12-3 and second change Emerson Brown 3-0-21-3. Brian almost had to borrow some pads!

Stocksfield made no mistakes and a good opening partnership more or less saw them home Nick Armstrong batted through for 54 not out and Watson made 23 before Pratty bowled him. Ian bowled the best with 4-0-17-1 to give Rowlands a chance, supported by a split shift from Davo resulting in 3-0-24-0. Don did OK with some generally tight bowling and 4-0-28-1, bowling out the left handed number 3. James Welch was asked to make up the overs and he managed 2.3-0-24-0 but could not prevent the inevitable as Alan marshalled his field attempting to plug too many gaps. Archie was alert as ever but denied his stumping appeals. Stocksfield were into the Cup Final with 100-2 and 5 balls to spare. Where was Richie when we needed him?!

Beamish catch out Ben

Alan negotiated Beamish batting first on another sunny evening at Ulgham. They got off to a flyer with Ryan McVitte and Paul Lumley hitting out early against the attack of Ian and Davo. After 6 overs the score was 69 without loss and Pratty closed his account with 3-0-41-0. Davo recorded 0-29 at this point. Time for the Shaun and Don show! Shaun had 21 runs hit off his first over but replied in his second over with a smart c&b of McVitte followed by bowling Mark Lawrence for a duck. It was now 99-2 after 9 overs. Shaun also took out Adam Tinnion stumped by the athletic Archie for 15 to record 4-0-50-3 with Lumley still going well. Meanwhile Don bowled a quite tight 3-0-25-0 but failed to take his coveted 30th wicket for the season. Davo returned to take the last over from which 11 runs came to give him 4-0-40-0 and Beamish closed their 14 overs on 159-3. Lumley was 82 not out.

The Rowlands reply suffered the early loss of Davo, caught behind off Richie Deacon for 3 with Ben going quite well. Shaun joined him and the pair put on a good stand before Shaun was out bowled by G Craig for 31 (4 fours), Ben was out to a spectacular catch in the deep for 40 (2 fours and 4 sixes). Biffa Ralph got a quick 19 (2 fuurs, 1 six) and Craig 14 not out (1 four) but Rowlands were always just behind the clock, especially after losing the Ben-Shaun combination. Phil was run out for 3, Archie caught for 1 and Colin not out 7. Rowlands finished short on 131-6 but it was a good contest, well umpired by Arnie Gilholm and Alan Howe who ensured fair play. Deacon recorded 2-27 off 4 and G Craig 3-27 off 3. Shaun was Man of the Match for Rowlands.

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Players Spun Out!

Alan agreed a 16 overs game for the Cup quarter final vs ORP at Ulgham and elected to bat first. With a long batting line up Rowlands were confident. Fenwick and Ben opened up against the pace of Arun and Colin Quigley. Fenwick was caught off Arun for 5 (1 four) going for a lofted off drive, Shaun gave a simple c&b to Arun; out for only 2. Chris Robson left himself stranded and was run out for 9 whilst Ben was getting into 6 hit mode and balls were flying off his blade. Ben was fourth wicket down bowled Quigley for an adventurous 56 (3 fours and 6 sixes) to see Rowlands 68-4 at the start of the 6th over. Davo managed three singles before being caught off Quigley. Roy was getting into his stride when he was bowled by Digvijay for 8 (1 four). The rest of the innings was in the hands of Craig who scored a valuable 29 ( 3 fours) until bowled Xohaib. Phil managed 2, Alan 4 and Pratty 2 not out whilst Don faced 5 balls without troubling the scorers, apparently only the famous Ulgham flies. 150-9 was the challenge. Arun took 3-33, Quigley 2-35 and Xohaib 2-28. Tony Glover was not used and a few chances were put down to punctuate the sharp fielding.

Pratty and Davo started fairly well with 8 off Ian and 13 off Davo in the opening 2 overs. Ian then bowled Digvijay for 7 and Davo bowled Tew for 6 and had Xohaib caught by Chris for 18. ORP were 37-3 and Arun was at the crease. Pratty bowled out for 4-0-28-2, capturing Jason Tenniswood from a sky catch by Ben; out for 4 at 4-42. Davo had 2-29 off 3 when Don took over from him. A spurned catch over his shoulder by Don was rectified when he then bowled 2, still in his first over. The next over started a pattern of 6 off the first ball then not much more and a third bowled wicket was claimed, this the important one of Quigley, knocked out of his stride on 8. Arun was then dropped off Don in the deep. Chris had an over that went for 17 before Shaun was called up. His first over cost 12 and his second 10 but the third (and 15th of the innings) was best with 1-3, with Tony Glover simply resisting, to total 3-0-25-1. It was getting tense with Arun still finding the boundary. Davo had replaced Don to take his 4th over and the 14th of the innings; it cost 9 runs but saw Edwardson bowled for 10 to give Davo 4-0-38-3. Alan deliberated but with fingers and everything else crossed trusted Don with the last over. The pattern continued with a first ball six and so 5 to win needed by Arun off 7 balls. Faith was restored as all Ulgham was silenced for a while. The next four balls were true and dot dot dot dot as keeper Alan shouted skim it in! 5 off 3 now and Don skimmed in another to beat the bat, demolish the stumps and take the tie and MoM also with 3.6-0-33-4! Two balls to spare and into the semis at Stocksfield next Thursday by those 4 valuable runs. Well done everyone, super team effort. ORP were extremely sporting in close defeat and Arun congratulated Don on bowling him out at the death for his 80. We need more games like this one.