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Rowlands hit Beamside on!

Rowlands entertained Beamish & East Stanley at Ulgham and Davo opted for a mid-summer 12 over thrash with clouds on the horizon. RCA batted first with fenwick Friskin surviving a second ball stumping, Davo in attention at the other end and bowler Richie Deacon not too pleased, especially when the over went for 14 with two huge Frisky sixes! The pair put on about 40 for the first wicket when Fenwick was finally given out stumped by the attentive Ryan McVitte off Deacon for 23 (3 sixes and a four). Matt Caddy came in at three and won Man of the Match with a crisp 32 before he was bowled (a six and 2 fours). Having lost Davo at 52 for 25 (a six and 2 fours), Rowlands were now 106-3. Roy had started well with two fours but then was restricted to a series of singles before a final 4 and a 2 in his 23, bowled. Adeel Waheed and Craig Turnbull had no time except to score 4 and 1 not outs at the end of the 12 overs. Phil Hornsey did not even have time to get his pads on. The total of 118-4 off 12 might seem impressive but against Beamish was never going to be sufficient. They had fielded well and very alert to turn 4s into 2s and 2s into 1s.

The Beamish reply saw McVittie and Nixon take 21 off the one and only over from Richie Munro and 23 off the two from Ian Pratt. Chase Evans bowled well with 1-19 off 2, bowling out Nixon for 40. Adeel Waheed bowled well enough in the circumstances going for 39 off 3 and Don Catley gave brief hope with the dismissal of Paul Lumley caugh Friskin on the boundary and two tight overs. However, McVittie was still there and his final shot off Don took the biscuit and 4 runs to a reverse sweep cum drive; 2.1 overs 1-17 and Beamish home with 8 wickets in 10.1 overs. Roy kept wicket and there were only 2 extras. Two batting points for Rowlands struggling to win a game.