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Rowlands back on the A side

Rowlands hosted Old Record Players with a more typically looking side. Davo and Shaun (who?) opened solidly with Davo cracking a series of splendid off drives in the first over. Shaun was more cautious as he felt his way into the game and notched up 22 (1 four) before a splendid catch one handed at cover by stand in Steve Ayris off Colin Quigley in the 10th over took him out. Xohail 4-0-36-0 and the impressive Tony Glover 4-0-24-0 had been seen off. Dave Hawke batted three and mixed deft touches with aggression to score 14 (1 four) before being bowled by a swinger as Steve O'Mara struck. Keith was good for his 14 (2 fours)until O'Mara repeated his feat. Alan DID get a bat, if briefly and recorded a typical single through gully to give Davo the strike back. Davo hit 7 fours, mainly early on, in his MoM 67 not out as Rowlands posted 133-3 off 16 overs.

The ORP reply had to contend with an in form Rob Burns and James Morris. Robbie took out Ian Tew in the 5th over as the middle stump was uprooted with the score on 26. Adam Holroyd was looking solid and batting well as he saw off James after 3 overs conceding 29 runs. Burnsie recorded a superb 4-0-16-1 to give Rowlands a good start overall with Aiders behind the stumps coping well. Since none of the others fancied a bowl, Roy was introduced and started well Don came on for Robbie and his first over conceded only four singles, then in the second over he boweld both Xohaib (14) and Turnbull. In his third over Alan took a fantastic one handed catch low down at wide mid off and Corbett was bowled for a duck: 3-0-9-4 at this stage for Don. Players were now 88-5 off 14 overs after Roy's useful 4-0-32-0 with Holroyd still creaming some boundaries and Jason Tennis-Wood enjoying some liberties also. Don's final over went for 15 to give 4-0-26-4 leaving ORP half way up their mountain to climb. No mistakes from James in his final over with 12 coming off it for 4-0-41-0. Holroyd was not to be undone and he finished on 64 not out (9 fours) wth T-W on 20 and a respectable reply of 117-5. New boy Gary Straughan had fielded well and there were several good stops in the field by Dave Hawke, Roy, Davo and others. After flipping back from the B side, can Rowlands still win the League?

Rowlands last ball Cup KO

Rowlands won the toss and batted first with Davo and Dave Hawke making a steady, solid start until Davo was adjudjed LBW in front but well down the track for 12 (one 4). Dave continued to dominate as Phil Morse struggled for once before rival Chris Beever bowled him for 6 (one 4). Dave was bowled by Sam Taylor for 42 after some good aggression (three 4's and a 6). With the score on 42-1 off 7 overs and 53-2 off 10 there was an urgent need for acceleration and Roy 17 not out (one 4) and especially Chad 25 not out (three 4s and a 6) provided this to bring the total up to 107-3 off 14 overs when the rain came down.

It looked unlikely that play could be resumed but, after a full 30 mins delay, the groundsman declared the pitch playable even though the rain had just stopped and Monkseaton commenced their innings in a 14 overs tie rather than the original 16 overs. They started with urgency even though Kevin Taylor was caught for only 6 at the wicket by John Harrison off James Morris. Chad then had the diminutive Beever bowled for only 5. Skipper Bob Zanetti batted on with number 4 bat Sam Taylor and after 6 overs Saints were ahead with 47-2 off 6 overs. James took a steady 3-0-21-1 and Chad 3-0-25-1 (included two 4s and a 6 in his third over!) but there were two dropped chances in this time. Don then was pleased to get a bowl after umpiring and handling the long delay and got Zanetti well caught by Phil in the first over. he then trapped Paul Marks lbw for 4 and with his next ball took the middle stump of Windass to claim 3-0-23-3. At the other end, Rob Burn improved to bowl 3-0-22-0. With the score on 92-5 and two overs to bowl, Davo took control and bowled the 13th over. He had the troublesome Sam Taylor caught well by James Morris at wide mid on for 44 but a boundary and three wides meant 10 came off the over and Phil had little room for manoeuvre in the last over with 7 needed. First ball was a single, second ball he bowled Wilkes for 16. Then 1,dot,1,2,1,dot meant one was needed off the last ball. It went for 2 just past wide mid on and Saints were just home. Technically Phil bowled 1-6 in his over with Saints needing only 1 off the last ball.

Adders count up better than Rowlands

Mid June but gloomy at Backworth so only 14 overs played Vs Adders who elected to bat when skipper for the night, Roy lost his toss! Chad and Alex started well with only 8 runs off the first 2 overs, then Chad bowled Kennelly. Chris Wilkie 28 and M Eve 21 survived Chad 3-0-28-1 and Alex 3-0-12-0 then Don immediately bowled Eve (21) with the score up to 53 after 7.5 overs. James Morris joined the attack and wickets fell at regular intervals as the Adders were squeezed. A few dropped catches did not help, nor did some overthrows and a huge 6 off Don as the innings progressed. However, the bowlers finished on top with Don 4-0-26-5 (4 bowled and a catch by James) for MoM and James 3-0-25-3 who had Wilkie caught by Roy, a catch at the wicket by Ted and one bowled). New recruits Ed & Ted Common added life to the side especially with Ed's big arm from the distant boundary. Adam Tait fielded enthusiastically at both ends of the field and Ian Younger did particularly well with a series of athletic stops. Adders were just denied their second batting point with 95-9 and Don was on a hat-trick but the last ball of the innings went for 4 instead!

The Rowlands reply got off to a bad start when Colin Tait was bowled with the first ball, a boomerang from Joy Saini. Dave Hawke 7 did not see much of the strike as he and Ted struggled to penetrated the field. When Dave was caught at the wicket and sportingly walked, the score was only 25 off 5 overs. However, the rate got much worse thanks to accurate bowling from Joy 4-0-17-2 and Sullivan 4-0-20-3! When Ed was caught for 6 in came skipper Roy who also struggled to get runs. After 9 overs the total was 39-3. Joy bowled Ted for 17 (1 four) and Roy was caught off Wilkie for 7. Rowlands were well behind the clock but Ian Younger 16* and James 10 (1 four) did effect some acceleration. It was too late though and Alex was clean bowled firast ball going for a big hit with sixes needed off the last few balls. Chad managed a single of his only ball faced as Rowlands fell short on 80-7. The change bowlers were quite respectable with Walker 3-0-21-1 and Wilkie 3-0-14-1.

Kirkwood No show !

Kirkwood handed Rowlands CA 8 points when the called off the fixture at 4.50! A stong Rowlands side were left frustrated but 8 points better off and Kirkwood fell to bottom of the league with their -5 points. Rowlands now move onto a tough Cup first round match against Gateshead Fell Cavaliers.

New look Rowlands fail to break Genetic Code

On a cold night in Heaton, Genetics elected to bat but after a superb opening salvo from Chad they were on the back foot. Chad's first 2 overs recorded 2-4 including bowling out bamboozled Bennett a superb running in catch of a skier by Roy with no joy for M Joy! Alex Giles settled into his new role well with 0-8 off his first 2 overs so Genetics were 14-2 off the first 4. 31 runs then came of the pairings next three overs until Chad bowled Kent to give him an impressive 4-0-21-3, with Alex returning a useful 3-0-20-0. Don, with only his second ball, bowled opener Gardner for 19 and built pressure with 2-0-8-1 with Martin also bowling a tight first over for only 6 runs. Then the floodgates opened after Jon Robinson escaped a firm stumping appeal off Don, well taken by Matt and Robinson with Andy Jeffrey went on the attack. Don's third over went for 23 to give the less respectable figures of 3-0-31-1 with Martin 3-0-32-0. Phil bowled a good last over for 7 runs including a stumping by Matt to remove Robinson who suddenly had scored 37. Jeffrey made 33 not out in Genetics' 117-5. The innings had been turned round after the failed stumping appeal. The fielding was good and the 11th man not really missed, especially with Phil covering two positions at the same time!

New boy Dave Hawke led the reply with Matt but after showing some expected class was caght in the covers for only 1. Matt was settling in after hitting a boundary but played on to a yorker length ball that was going down leg and his luck is just not in at the moment, out for 9. Phil, then Roy came in to try to accelerate the slow Rowlands start. Things were going well with Phil the main hope and a massive six endorsed this. However, he was bowled by Tarbuck for 34 (3 fours and that six). Roy remained at the helm but did not get enough of the strike to be left high and dry on 15 not out (1 four) as the rest of the line up capitulated. Alex hit a four then was out without adding to his score and Chris Dunn also hit a boundary before being out for 5. No other batsman scored a run as Chad was run out, Martin bowled, Don caught off a skier to mid off and Jack, brother of Phil was bowled. 93 all out for ten man Rowlands fell short by 24 runs with 12 balls left to be bowled. Rowlands took 3 points and will regroup for the next game which is against old rivals Kirkwood.