Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Laslett ton puts Ash in control
Kent Regional League KENT VILLAGE LEAGUE:
George Laslett smashed a superb century to help Ash see off St Margaret’s by 64 runs in Championship East.
The opener hit 118 put on 125 for the second wicket with Richard Ewart (62) as the hosts made 281-5 before Tom Laslett, Peter Gambrill and Tim Dudgeon all took three wickets in reply to restrict the visitors to 217-9.
Sheldwich suffered a five-wicket defeat at Bobbing Court & Lower Halstow in 1A Central.
The visitors’ highest contribution came from 15 extras as they were restricted to 115-9 from their 40 overs – a total which was surpassed by the hosts in just 24 overs despite two wickets for Max Blythin (2-13).
Canterbury 3rds are heading for relegation after they were brushed aside at home to title-chasing Boughton & Eastwell in 1A East.
Russell Griffiths hit 45 and Karl Hammond added 40 but the city club were bowled out for just 129 and although Jamie Stephens claimed 3-29, the visitors eased to a five-wicket win in just 27 overs to stay level on points with Littlebourne, who were handed a walkover by Saltwood.
Stephen Malkin’s half-century inspired Littlebourne 2nds to a 12-run victory over Old Williamsonians 2nds in 2A East.
Malkin hit 53 of Bourne’s 188-7 Wingham secured the Division 1 title on Sunday with a convincing win over neighbours Ash. Dan Birch hit 94 as the hosts posted 248-7 and the visitors were then restricted to 168 in reply to ensure Wingham an 80-run win. Scott Freeman hit 52 as Stone-inOxney edged to a one-wicket win over Egerton after restricting the visitors to 130-9. Littlebourne made 394-9 to lay the foundations for a 178-run win over Elham Valley. William Halliday hit 52 not out for Harbledown as they won by 16 runs at Leeds & Broomfield after posting 261-8. James Creed hit 81 for Sheldwich and Darren Noakes added 53 but from 38 overs before Jake Harrison claimed 4-59 to restrict the visitors to 176-7 in reply.
Jack Fagg smashed an unbeaten 110 from just 93 balls to inspire short-handed Sturry to a big win at rock-bottom Stowting in 1B East.
Frank Wrench took 3-29 as the nineman visitors managed to restrict their hosts to 184-8 and although Sturry lost an early wicket in reply, Fagg hit 12 fours and three sixes and put on an unbroken 120 with David Hards (27 not out), to win the game by six wickets.
Basement-boys Ash 2nds were bowled out for just 39 as they lost by six wickets at promotion-chasing Margate in 2B East.
Whitstable 3rds fared little better, being skittled for 58 in reply to Willesborough’s 177-7 in the same division to lose by 119 runs.
Paul Anderson took 3-9, Anthony Roberts 3-17 and Matthew Bates 3-18 as Littlebourne 3rds bowled Boughton & Eastwell 2nds out for 122.
Robbie Lawson then hit an unbeaten 78 to steer Bourne to a seven-wicket success in 1C East.
Tom Stewart’s unbeaten century was in vain as Street End fell narrowly short in a thrilling game Sheldwich went down by seven wickets at Bapchild after being dismissed for 215. Tyler Hill were skittled for just 79 on their way to a 10-wicket defeat at home to Mersham le Hatch in Division 2. In Division 4, Exiles at Stelling Minnis overcame Wingham 2nds by a single run in a thrilling finale. The hosts were bowled out for 276 but managed to restrict the visitors to 275-6 in reply. Boughton-under-blean went down by 149 runs against New Ifield in Division 5. They were dismissed for 140 chasing the visitors’ 289-3, of which Joe Lawrence scored 168. at Selsted to all but seal 1B East relegation. Home opener Stuart Green was End’s tormentor in chief with 115 of his side’s 236 all out, although Jonah Duggan claimed 4-17 and Sam Gransden 3-55.
Opener Stewart was equally impressive in reply, hitting 111 not out and sharing a big stand with Joe Goldbacher (72) for the second wicket. Once Goldbacher had gone, the next six batsmen contributed just 13 runs between them and the last man went with the score on 229 as Street End lost by seven runs with nine balls remaining.
Street End will play a match in memory of Canterbury sporting great Stan Brocklebank on Sunday.
The afternoon will raise funds for the Pilgrims Hospice, who cared for Stan before his death in April 2012 at the age of 78.
The fast-bowler and stylish batsman played for Canterbury British Legion before the merger with Lower Hardres and Nackington to form Street End in 1981. He also played table tennis for England juniors in 1950 and won the Canterbury League bar billiards title.
From 1pm on Sunday, Street End will face a team assembled by former Kent player Ben Trott, who is married to Ella, one of Stan’s daughters. Admission, including tea, is £5 with children going free. Chestfield chairman Paul Gibson hailed the club’s cricket week as their best ever. The junior and senior sections combined for the first time with great success, attracting plenty of support during the week at Grasmere Road and seeing all but one club side victorious. The under-11s and under15s overcame rivals from Canterbury on the Monday, although the under-13s were beaten by their city club counterparts. The following day, Chestfield saw off the strong challenge of Kent League touring side Lobsters, with Dylan Hunter hitting a century to help overcome a target of 256 set in just 35 overs. In a T20 against an Kent Cricket Community XI on Wednesday, the host club produced an all-round team effort to reach their total of 168 with four wickets and two overs to spare. The big game of the week was against the MCC on Thursday but again Chestfield came out on top. The members’ side were bowled out for 244 with Jackson Woodcock claiming 5-30. Dan Patching (59) gave the hosts the perfect start but it needed an unbeaten 53 from Arron Bennett and 45 not out from Woodcock to guide Chestfield from 176-7 to victory. Despite a rain-hit Friday, the under-15s finished the week on a winning note against Hollingbourne. Gibson said: “It was our first cricket week for a number of years but it was a great success. We had 70 people sit down to lunch on the Thursday and we are already looking ahead to next year.” CHESTFIELD v MCC
MCC A Crawford c Waingankar b Chandler .62 C Esson b Bennett ............................16 S Ireland c Waingankar b Bennett .......4 D Chambers c Waingankar b Woodcock ..64 O Youll c Hunter b Brown ....................6 G Holman c Bennett b Woodcock ........7 SE Smith b Woodcock .........................0 A Williams c Santer b Hunter.............46 M Cattermull lbw b Woodcock ............0 M Churchill c Patching b Woodcock ....0 S Salisbury not out ............................14 Extras ...............................................25
Totals (all out, 60 overs) 244
Bowling: Chandler 11-0-71-1, Bennett 7-1-32-2, Collins 4-1-11-0, Brown 16-3-55-1, Woodcock 14-3-30-5, Hunter 7-1-23-1, Waingankar 1-0-5-0.
Chestfield D Patching lbw b Crawford ...............59 D Hunter c Youll b Churchill ..............20 H Waingankar c Smith b Churchill .......9 M Nordin st Smith b Churchill .............5 T Santer c Unknown b Crawford..........8 J Mitchell c Crawford b Churchill ........8 D Brown c Cattermull b Crawford ......21 A Bennett not out ..............................53 J Woodcock not out ..........................45 Extras ...............................................20
Totals (for 7 wkts, 44.2 overs) 248 Bowling: Ireland 11-2-48-0, Cattermull 6-0-37-0, Churchill 16.2-2-90-4, Chambers 3-0-15-0, Crawford 8-053-3. Chestfield won by 3 wickets.