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That's it for another year. PHCC completed their league programme with games against Black Widows and Stocksfield. Because of the demand for pitches the games were held at New Hartley and Stocksfield respectively.
Starting with the game against Black Widows, skipper Dawson say Park House bat quickly to post a score of 95 which didn't prove to be enough against the big hitting Widows. Although Reader took 4 wickets and Bandeen demonstrated the art of catching yet again, the two couldn't halt the enevitable. A Widows win by 6 wickets.
Team:Hearn,Pearce,Gardiner,Cawthra,Dawson,Dawson,Gilchrist,Bandeen.
With skipper Dawson absent Bandeen (snr) led a team comprising of old salts and young uns to take on Stocksfield. In what turned out to be a poor all round performance from PHCC they lost by 7 runs a somewhat flattering result thanks to a rapid 48 * by new boy Courtney for PHCC. Quick thought, Mick Gurkin's innings put this writer in mid of P G Wodehouse who said "The new batsmen went into the crease and came back so fast that he almost met himself coming back".
So with the season done and dusted, spare a thought for those who skipper when it is never truer to say "They call it a team game, but in fact it is the lonliest game of all"
Team:Jackson,Pearce,Gardiner,Courtney,Gurkin,Dixon,Bandeen,Bandeen,Gilchrist,Dawson,McAdams.
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