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M White b Webber ............................54 T Harvey c Perks b Perry ...................66 G Fatouros b Webber ..........................1 J Hodgson run out ..............................2 J Marriott b Webber ............................1 C Back c Perks b Hassan ..................15 J Haberland-Schindler lbw b Webber .. 10 W Thirkell lbw b Hassan......................9 O Hills not out ...................................17 A Fordham c Golbourn b Hassan .........3 G Aukett not out ..................................5 Extras ...............................................27
Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 210 Bowling: Hassan 9-0-31-3, Faulkner 7-0-29-0, Perry 8-1-33-1, Golbourn 10-0-35-0, Whitbread 6-0-32-0, Webber 10-1-42-4. S Hassan b White................................6 R Golbourn lbw b Harvey...................18 J Robertson c H-Schindler b Aukett...16 A Slater b Thirkell .............................25 G Hutton st Fordham b Thirkell..........18 S Perks c Back b Fatouros ................16 W Holcombe lbw b Fatouros .............16 H Whitbread b Fatouros ......................4 A Faulkner b Fatouros .........................2 M Perry c&b Fatouros .........................3 J Webber not out ................................1 Extras ...............................................14
Total (all out, 44.3 overs) 139 Bowling: White 5-1-26-1, Aukett 10-2-25-1, Harvey 7-3-8-1, Hodgson 7-1-22-0, Thirkell 7-2-23-2, Fatouros 4.3-0-18-5, Hills 3-0-8-0. Bowling: Raja 9-2-43-4, A Khan 7-022-0, Bernard 6.5-1-24-1, Laraman 10-0-26-3, F Cowdrey 7-0-23-1, C Piesley 2-0-6-1. Z Khan lbw b Smith ............................3 J Laraman c J O’Riordan b A Williams .59 M French c&b Smith ...........................0 J Cowdrey c Davis b Smith .................0 F Cowdrey lbw b C Williams ..............30 C Piesley c J O’Riordan b Smith ........18 S Piesley lbw b Smith .........................8 A Khan not out ....................................8 M Samuels not out ..............................5 Extras ...............................................23
Total (for 7 wkts, 39.4 overs) 154 Bowling: A Williams 7.4-0-52-1, Smith 8-3-23-5, M O’Riordan 9-0-18-0, Sadler 10-0-28-0, Churchill 3-0-10-0, Waller 1-0-7-0, C Williams 1-0-12-1. M Tyrer lbw b Blakeburn .....................5 A Hawkins b H Grinstead...................13 O Lea c D Grinstead b H Grinstead ....11 N McCue c D Grinstead b A Dooley ...34 I Pal lbw b H Grinstead ........................2 T Burns c R Dooley b A Dooley ............5 S Chipperfield c Page b A Dooley ......13 G Mottram c Worrall b A Dooley ........10 C Small b A Dooley ...........................29 J Ward not out ..................................16 H Crump not out .................................0 Extras ...............................................10
Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 148 Bowling: Marshall 13-6-11-0, Blakeburn 9-2-19-1, H Grinstead 11-2-36-3, A Dooley 12-0-53-5, Page 5-0-25-0. J Worrall b Crump .............................10 T Sallis c Unsure b Pal ......................24 R Dooley c Tyrer b Pal .........................2 D Blakeburn lbw b Mottram ..............11 T Wooding b Pal ..................................0 H Grinstead b Mottram ........................9 D Grinstead not out ...........................40 J Sopp not out ..................................40 Extras ...............................................13
Total (for 6 wkts, 49.5 overs) 149 Bowling: Crump 10-4-18-1, Lea 10.5-143-0, Pal 11-1-24-3, Mottram 7-2-15-2, Burns 5-0-18-0, Small 6-0-25-0. The Mote finished third in Division 1 after a 71-run victory over HSBC.
Four wins in a row at the end of the campaign saw Alex Fordham’s side climb from seventh place and they ended the season only 19 points behind runners-up Bromley Common.
Tom Harvey (66) and Matt White (54) shared an opening stand of 126 as The Mote closed on 210-9.
Overseas player Gerry Fatouros has been a hit with the bat in recent weeks but his bowling made the difference here, taking 5-18, as HSBC slipped to 139 all out.
In Division 3, Leeds & Broomfield lost to promoted club Orpington by 83 runs on the final day.
Monte McCague removed the top three on his way to 4-37 as Orpington closed on 254- 6.
Dad Martin McCague made 73 from 78 balls, with nine fours and two sixes, at the top of the reply but Leeds were all out for 171 and finish seventh.
Addington Village pinched third place in Division 4 after a strong end to the summer.
Relegation was a possibility for a spell but they came good in the closing weeks and wound up with a six-wicket success against Rainham.
Harry Grinstead (3-36) impressed before Adam Dooley (5-35) stepped up as Rainham set 148-9. G Smith c Shelton b M McCague .........5 A Lessey b M McCague.....................16 P Robinson c C Davis b M McCague ....0 R De Mel c O’Connell b Luxton ..........62 A Watts b M McCague ......................42 D Robinson c G Davis b Shelton ........32 M Knight not out ...............................41 B Clarkson not out ............................21 Extras ...............................................35
Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 254 Bowling: M Mccague 12-1-37-4, Dibben 9-2-24-0, Luxton 10-1-48-1, G Davis 8-0-58-0, Shelton 9-0-60-1, Creasey 2-0-17-0. M McCague c De Mel b Clarkson ......73 D Smith b Grover ................................0 J Hubbard lbw b Alcock ....................15 G Davis b Alcock .................................0 D Creasey st Watts b Alcock ...............4 N Dibben c Robinson b Clarkson .........9 M McCague c Grover b Alcock ............6 M Shelton c Smith b Harding ............12 C Davis c Grover b Harding ...............13 D O’Connell c Watts b Harding ..........21 C Luxton not out .................................3 Extras ...............................................15
Total (all out, 42.0 overs) 171 Bowling: Grover 7-0-26-1, Alcock 15-3-50-4, Clarkson 13-1-49-2, Harding 6-0-24-3, Knight 1-0-10-0. D Powell c Legg b Hallbrook ...............7 K Martin b Hallbrook ...........................0 H Purbrick c Cox b Hallbrook...............5 C Goddard c Cox b Hallbrook...............4 J Nash c Stoodley b Hallbrook.............2 W Crouch not out ..............................71 D Clark b Cox ....................................19 S Barnes c Stoodley b Hallbrook .......42 J Bumstead not out.............................8 Extras ...............................................33
Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 191 Bowling: Gittings 6-3-5-0, Hallbrook 15-3-63-6, Ward 5-1-9-0, Cox 6-4-71, Stoodley 7-0-32-0, Brooker 5-1-180, Legg 6-0-33-0. B Gittings c Risk b Goddard.................0 G Razey b Bumstead .........................32 L Harcourt c Crouch b Risk .................3 A Cox c Crouch b Nash .....................72 S Ward b Bumstead ............................5 D Gilbert b Bumstead ..........................1 A Dimmick lbw b Nash......................18 H Legg lbw b Nash..............................1 N Stoodley c Crouch b Nash ................1 N Brooker c Martin b Nash ..................1 S Hallbrook not out .............................0 Extras .................................................9 Bowling: Lawrence 9-5-11-0, Goddard 7-3-14-1, Bumstead 11-3-26-3, Risk 5-1-22-1, Purbrick 3-0-15-0, Barnes 6-0-26-0, Nash 5-0-24-5. R Chambers b Jones .........................19 C Macdonald-Gay c R Burt b Moore ..60 C Galligan b Pemberton ....................11 P Roxburgh c Budd b Jones ................9 M Cuming b Payne..............................4 J Miller c R Burt b Pemberton .............0 S Merralls c T Burt b Jones ...............10 M Lucas c White b Payne ....................4 M Fossett run out................................1 P Blakeburn b Jones ...........................0 R Lucas not out...................................0 Extras ...............................................13
Total (all out, 45.3 overs) 131 Bowling: Payne 11-3-34-2, Moore 14-2-52-1, Pemberton 14-4-24-2, Jones 6.3-0-19-4. J White c R Lucas b Miller.................12 T Burt c Fossett b Merralls ................67 I Budd c Blakeburn b Miller ...............20 D Peters c Merralls b Miller .................1
David Grinstead and Jack Sopp saw Addington home with unbeaten 40s.
Relegated Offham ended with a 48-run defeat at Downham & Bellingham.
Simon Hallbrook (6- 63) ran through the top order as Downham were held to 191-7.
Andy Cox made 72 in reply but wickets fell around him, with Offham 143 all out.
Josh Sheriston bowled the Mote 2nds to victory at HSBC in their final Division 1 game.
He claimed 5-11 with the hosts 129-9 in reply to 242-5. A Balagopal c Galligan b Blakeburn .....7 R Burt not out ...................................12 P Elswood not out ...............................5 Extras .................................................8
Total (for 5 wkts, 37.1 overs) 132 Bowling: Blakeburn 7.1-1-17-1, R Lucas 3-0-18-0, Fossett 5-1-17-0, Cuming 6-3-18-0, Miller 8-1-28-3, Merralls 8-0-30-1. K Corke st Wright b Forster ...............33 H Waters run out ...............................87 J White c&b Freeman .......................29 D Mason b Forster ............................17 T Grinstead not out ...........................25 L Waters c Wootton b Raphy .............13 S Trussler not out ...............................3 Extras ...............................................35
Total (for 5 wkts, 50 overs) 242 Bowling: Forster 10-0-65-2, Stewart 9-1-34-0, Raphy 10-1-35-1, Butt 10-1-26-0, Freeman 8-0-59-1, Wootton 1-0-6-0, Unsure 2-0-12-0. H Freeman b Sheriston .....................52 D Wright c White b Sheriston ..............3 C Wootton c Davis b Feltham ............16 W Butt b Sheriston ..............................0 A Butt c Waters b Feltham ................11 M Garratt c Waters b Davis ...............18 S Raphy b Schindler............................4 B Vijayaakanthan b Sheriston ..............7 J Crozier lbw b Davis ..........................1 O Stewart not out ................................0 B Forster b Sheriston ..........................0 Extras ...............................................17
Total (all out, 35.5 overs) 129 Bowling: Davis 7-1-51-2, Sheriston 7.5-3-11-5, Waters 6-2-15-0, Feltham 7-1-10-2, Schindler 5-0-21-1, Mason 3-1-15-0. E McGrath b Mustill ..........................14 M Birkett c Bailey b Mustill ...............54 K Marsh b Parmar .............................15 R McAlister b Farlam ........................11 L Milroy c McCague b Parmar ...........26 A Furness c Hunt b Parmar .................0
Earlier, Howard Waters made 87 to set up The Mote’s 113-run success.
Addington 2nds finished bottom of Division 4 after a five-wicket defeat by Frindsbury.
Chae Macdonald-Gay hit nine fours in a knock of 60 as the Villagers were out for 131.
James Miller claimed 3-28 but Frindsbury were comfortable winners.
In Division 5, Offham 2nds were 49 all out in reply to High Halstow’s 157. M Burton b McCague ........................25 R Lott c Smith b Parmar ......................5 S Bell run out ......................................0 J Costin not out...................................6 T Bond not out ....................................3 Extras ...............................................13
Total (for 9 wkts, 40 overs) 172 Bowling: Longhurst 5-1-31-0, Mustill 10-3-45-2, Smith 8-0-33-0, Parmar 10-1-41-4, Farlam 4-0-12-1, McCague 3-0-5-1. M Jones c&b Milroy ..........................32 D Hunt c Burton b Marsh.....................5 A Bailey not out.................................73 F Roberts b Milroy...............................8 R Dixon b Milroy .................................8 J Longhurst not out ...........................40 Extras .................................................7
Total (for 4 wkts, 32.5 overs) 173 Bowling: Marsh 6-0-30-1, Lott 6-2-260, Costin 7-0-34-0, Milroy 10-0-53-3, Birkett 2-0-9-0, Furness 1.5-0-18-0. Kl Narang c Ward b Jeffery ...............36 M Jameel c Jordan b Havard ............19 A Pal-Singh c Havard b Savage .........32 S Dhaliwal c Jeffery b Henson...........20 M Rizwan run out................................4 F Nazir c&b Savage.............................9 S Nagpal b Savage .............................1 Z Ullah b Jeffery................................39 C Goel c Havard b Jeffery....................9 V Hanspal not out................................9 W Bhatti st Ward b Jeffery ..................4 Extras ...............................................13 Bowling: Jeffery 10-1-55-4, Havard 10-0-42-1, N Henson 6-0-33-1, Savage 9-1-18-3, McConnel 4-0-39-0. P Davey b Rizwan .............................15 G Watts c Narang b Nagpal .................0 B Betts c Jameel b Nagpal ..................6 G Ward run out .................................44 M Savage c Goel b Narang ..................0 O Henson b Narang .............................8 N Jordan c Rizwan b Jameel ...............0 T Havard b Jameel ..............................0 Marden suffered double relegation on the final day. Their 1st XI dropped out of Division 2 after losing to Leigh. Tom Bonney (64 not out) batted well as Marden closed on 157-2 but Leigh won by seven wickets. Marden 2nds, meanwhile, lost to Leigh 2nds and are relegated from Division 6. They were all out for 168 in reply to 215-8, beaten by 47 runs. There were celebrations at the other end of Division 6 as West Farleigh were promoted as runners-up. Jack Prideaux (98 not out) led his side to 265-5 against Kilndown & Lamberhurst. They won by 180 runs with Paul Baines taking 4-25 as Kilndown were bowled out for 85. Linton Park ended the Division 1 summer with a win. Opener James Piper made 65 in a total of 200-5 against Meopham. Richard Knowler (4-41) secured a 38-run victory with the visitors 162 all out. Bearsted’s Piers Cottee-Jones fell five runs short of a century in their six-wicket defeat by Plaxtol. His knock included 11 fours and three sixes but a total of 157 wasn’t enough as Bearsted finished bottom. In Division 5, Linton Park 2nds were bowled out for 153 in a two-wicket defeat by Meopham. Tom Beeney (42) batted well for Linton while Tobey Castle (3-20) gave them hope in the reply. In Division 7, Bearsted 2nds collapsed to 80 all out in an eight-wicket defeat by Shoreham, while champions Hollingbourne took 20 points after Withyham conceded. N Henson c Bhatti b Narang ..............17 M Jeffery not out ..............................11 T McConnel c Nagpal b Dhaliwal .........2 Extras ...............................................29
Total (all out, 32.3 overs) 132 Bowling: Nagpal 9-2-17-2, Ullah 5-112-0, Goel 3-0-22-0, Narang 3-0-163, Pal-Singh 3-0-13-0, Jameel 4-1-212, Nazir 3-1-6-0, Dhaliwal 1.3-0-5-1, Hanspal 1-0-4-0. S Phipps c C Appleby b Slaughter .....35 P Westrop not out ...........................107 J Barker c&b Price ............................32 A Fisher not out ..................................2 Extras ...............................................15
Total (for 2 wkts, 40 overs) 191 Bowling: Hart 6-1-28-0, Bassam 5-130-0, Slaughter 10-1-38-1, Roberts 9-129-0, Bushell 5-0-30-0, Price 5-0-25-1. T Line c Phipps b Rob Hills ..................3 J Hart c Phipps b R Mansell ..............23 M Bassam c Phipps b Fisher ...............0 S Slaughter b Rob Hills .......................2 A Newman b Fisher ............................2 J Price b Curtis ...................................7 M Vickers c Rocky Hills b Mansell .......1 C Appleby b Curtis ..............................5 G Appleby not out .............................13 P Bushell c Fisher b Rob Hills ............10 T Roberts b Curtis ...............................0 Extras .................................................7
Total (all out, 28.4 overs) 73 Bowling: Fisher 6-1-17-2, R Hills 7-3-10-3, Curtis 8.4-3-25-3, Mansell 7-3-15-2. S Woodford c E Mead b Salam ............8 D Whiting b Salam ............................25 A Feast c Field b E Mead.....................2 R Pearse st Field b J Gregory ..............4 C Feast c K Gregory b Salam...............3 D Pearse lbw b S Tripp .....................48 B King b Fenn .....................................2 C Chambers c E Mead b J Gregory ......0 K Knight c Duffell b S Tripp .................4 H Thatcher not out ..............................3 E Mummery b E Mead.......................23 Extras .................................................6 Bowling: E Mead 9.4-2-27-2, Salam 10-1-31-3, J Gregory 10-0-39-2, Fenn 5-0-18-1, S Tripp 4-0-12-2. J Gregory b Mummery ........................4 K Gregory c&b R Pearse ....................16 A Salam c Woodford b C Feast ..........10 G Cross b Knight ...............................65 M Duffell b Thatcher ...........................3 S Tripp c R Pearse b C Feast ...............2 R Field not out ..................................10 J Fenn not out.....................................7 Extras ...............................................12
Total (for 6 wkts, 28.4 overs) 129 Bowling: R Pearse 6-1-13-1, Mummery 7-2-20-1, C Feast 6-0-34-2, Thatcher 5-2-28-1, D Pearse 2.4-020-0, Knight 2-0-9-1. S Preston c Sunil Landa b Hussain ....52 S McManus c Banfield b Bhomia.......21 D Jones c Legon b Hussain ...............14 A Fewtrell b Hussain ...........................6 R Gentry lbw b Bhomia .....................12 J Kirby b Bhomia ................................8 T Maphango b Bhomia ........................0 S Mukhtar b Bhomia ...........................8 R Webb b Raza ...................................6 K Dunn c Bhomia b Guenigault............2 J Worth not out ...................................2 Extras .................................................5
Total (all out, 37.2 overs) 136 Bowling: Hussain 10-1-49-3, Akram 7-1-41-0, Raza 10-4-22-1, Bhomia 9-2-19-5, Guenigault 1.2-0-3-1. R Howard c Preston b Kirby ..............16 Sunil Landa b Worth ...........................0 Sandev Landa c Maphango b Worth ..14 S Hussain lbw b Kirby .......................24 S Akram c Mukhtar b Kirby .................0 R Bhomia c Maphango b Kirby ............8 K Banfield c Mukhtar b Kirby ...............0 S Legon not out ................................10 S Raza run out ....................................0 J Guenigault b Gentry .........................1 S Akhtar c&b Gentry .........................24