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Rowlands batted first at Beamish on a soft wicket. Davo and the welcomed back Niall Penfold opened up well. 51 came off the first 4 overs until Niall was out caught for 34 (3 sixes and 2 fours). Ralph Appleby was then also caught in the fifth over, for a duck off Gary Johnson. James Welch joined Davo and the pair moved the score on well until Davo was caught off the slower Dixon in the 12th over for a MoM 51 including 2 sixes and 6 fours with the score up to 110. Roy hit a quickfire 11 with a no ball 6 and a 4 and Peter Griffin clobbered 15 also with a 4 and a 6. James Welch scored 23 with 3 fours and lots of worked singles, Richie was 3 not out and Ian Pratt sacrified on the last ball of the 16 overs, run out for 1.Rowlands made 150-7 with Dixon taking an economical 3-25, Johnson 2-37 and Young 2-45. Opener Richard Deacon bowled recorded 0-34. Alan , Brian Dickenson and Don were not required to bat on this occasion!
The Beamish reply had to contend with in form Richie Munro who clean bowled Anthony Ward for a duck in the first over. Richie went on to record 2-19 off 4 good overs. Ian Pratt bowled a variable first over which went for lots including 4 wides but he recovered well to lodge 1-57 off 4 overs as Alan persevered. Peter Griffin took an impressive 3-26 off his 4 overs and Don went for several boundaries in 2-0-28-1 with a stumping by Alan. Beamish were pegged back for much of the innings as wickets fell with Rowlands men Roy, Davo and Ralph taking good catches. However, Paul Lumley scored 30, Ryan McVitie 23 and Glen Craig 48* won the game. Niall bowled a tight 15th over for only 5 runs and Davo 5 balls of the last over with 3 runs being the required target. Beamish were home with 3 balls and 2 wickets to spare after a few heated controversial moments when Rowlands were denied a run out with Craig's ninth wicket partner intercepting a throw to the wicket via his bat. Certainly a close game
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