Hankins shines as Bath take victory
Bath CC 1st XI were away on Saturday at Thornbury.
As Bath were without their captain Tim Rouse for this match, Ashur Morrison took on the reins and when he won the toss, the Bath team elected to field first.
The Thornbury innings got off to a very solid start reaching 62 before Ed Webb was caught and bowled by Harry Hankins, the start of a great spell where he then picked up the important wickets of Chris Dent and captain Marc Lazar.
Despite this, opener Josh Riggs continued to bat positively and when he was the fifth batter out on a total of 133, he had scored 91 of them off just 71 balls.
Bath continued to bowl well, picking up regular wickets to bowl out Thornbury in the 46th over for 216. Harry Hankins (4-34) and Kyle Hopper (2-33) were the pick of the bowlers.
Bath made an identical start to Thornbury, by recording an opening partnership of 62 before they lost in-form opener Brad Porteous for 38.
Fellow opener Jack Scrivens went on to score an important 54 and Sam Young, batting at four, hit a run a ball 58. When both batters were out with the score on 179, Harry Ellison (27*) once again made an important contribution in the middle order to take the Bath side to victory.
Bath 2nds faced Bedminster CC 2nd XI on Saturday at North Parade.
On one of the hottest days of the summer, skipper Kester Moseley won the toss and elected to bat.
The Bath openers quickly got into their work, putting on 59 for the first wicket before Hugo Morgan was stumped off the bowling of Jack Filer for 31. Henry Allen (31) and Richard Pandya (32) both made important contributions, but it was an innings of 63 not out from number five, Harry Allen that really pushed the Bath innings past the 200, eventually finishing on 225-7 from their 40 overs.
The Bedminster reply never really got going after Will Ireland bowled opener Joe Millard for just five. Although eight Bedminster batters got into double figures, only Alex Tryfonos (36) passed 30. In the end, Bedminster were bowled out for 183 in the 36th over of their reply. Will Ireland picked up 3-44, Harry Allen 2-20, and Kester Moseley 3-45.
Bath 3rd XI played hosts to Hampset CC 1st XI on Saturday at the Brownsword ground.
With Ted Roe unavailable, Bath skipper for this match Mike Roe won the toss and elected to field.
Opening bowler, Jack Hewish then removed Josh Smith in his first over, but Hampset then batted very positively to take their score up to 264 from their 40 overs. Ethan Silcox top scored with 76, and captain Sam Marquiss (42) and Josh Self (41) made important contributions. Thiaann Aspeling bowled well at the end of the Hampset innings to pick up 3-37.
Bath’s reply started poorly, with four batters already in the pavilion when the total had just passed 40.
However, Alen Alex (25) and George Freeman (59) did a good job of rebuilding the innings, but the run rate continued to rise as wickets fell and, in the end, Bath finished on 184-8 from their 40 overs, for Hampset to win by 80 runs.
Bath 4th XI travelled to Old Down to play their 1st XI on Saturday.
Old Down won the toss and asked Bath to bat first and although openers, Sam Tisdale (16) and Jonathan Green (14) both made positive starts when both lost their wicket, only Sam Critchard (25) and Beth Aspeling (16) made starts as Bath lost four batters without scoring. In the end Bath were bowled out for 98 in the 29th over.
The Old Down batters made easy work of passing the Bath total, taking just 13 overs for the loss of one wicket. Giles Smith finished 30 not out and Dave Gardner scored a rapid 40 including eight fours and one six to ensure that Old Down won by nine wickets.
It turned out to be a weekend to remember for Timsbury Cricket Club with a crucial win for the first team, a record breaking success for the seconds and victory for the ten men third eleven.
Timsbury 1st XI produced their most composed batting performance of the season to beat near neighbours Keynsham 2nd XI by 7 wickets at home in the Bristol and District League Senior Division.
Batting first the visitors chalked up 195-6 in their 45 overs, a total which always looked to be a challenging one.
Gary Worgan gave the innings early impetus with 38 while Simon Knowles batted well at the other end to finish unbeaten on 35. Steve Clothier showed all his experience to record 2-20 in 9 economical overs and there was also a brace for captain Jon Strand (2-35).
Timsbury made light of the target knocking off the runs with more than 8 overs to spare. Mark Sage set the pattern early on with a confident innings of 43 and then a fine partnership of 78 between Graeme Webb and Jack Williams saw the home side well on their way.
Williams was dismissed for 34 but Gary Pearcy joined Webb to see there were no last minute hiccups. Webb’s crucial innings saw him complete his knock of 67 not out with two huge sixes and Pearcy ended unbeaten on 18.
The most amazing result of the season came with Timsbury 2nd XI’S visit to Pak Bristolians 2nd XI in the Bristol and District League Division 5.
Facing a home total of 254-5 highlighted by Israfeel Farooq’s knock of 115 the visitors sank to 125-9 when 14 year old Liam Hosford joined James Rawlings.
What emerged then was a stunning club unbeaten record stand of 130 for the tenth wicket with Rawlings unbeaten on 91 and Hosford on 37. Outplayed for the majority of the match the seconds claimed the most unlikely of victories with more than two overs to spare.
To complete a memorable day Timsbury 3rds won by 71 runs at home to Barrow Gurney 2nd XI in the Bristol and District League Division 13.
The match was dominated by two players. Acting captain Neil Hulford struck a superb 115 including 16 fours and 4 sixes as Timsbury ended on 187.
Martin Richards who had been the only other Timsbury batsman to reach double figures then took 5-21 as Barrow Gurney were dismissed for 116 despite Phil Milton’s 56. There were also two wickets for Ben Smith.
■ Timsbury CC’S 200 Club: £10 winners for week ending August 13 - No 20 Mrs R Parker; No 48 Mr D Forsyth; No 41 Mr S Tanner.
Wiltshire v Cornwall
Cornwall won the toss and elected to field. Openers Jack Mynott (30) and Oliver Meadows (48) put on 77 for the first wicket, but then Lello
(3-43) and Dinnis (3-95) saw Wiltshire suffer a collapse as they found themselves on 138 for 7.
However, that was when the Wiltshire heroes appeared.
Wadworth Man of the Match Josh Croom (95) and Toby Kershaw (94) added 183 runs in a magnificent 8th wicket partnership which saw them both fall agonisingly short of what would have been well deserved and hard-earned centuries.
The score had moved on to 321 for 8 and eventually reached 346 before the last wicket fell just 7 balls short of the allotted 90 overs for the First Innings.
Cornwall had to face just 15 overs at the end of Day 1 and reached 47 for the loss of just one wicket.
When they continued on Day 2 they moved on to 188 for 4 with opener Gibson 39 the second wicket to fall. Ateeq Javid 68 and
Max Tryfonos 53 were the main contributors and after they had departed, thanks to 2 for 27 from skipper Ed Young, Cornwall suffered a collapse and were dismissed for 234 giving Wiltshire a 1st innings lead of 112.
Croom led the way with 4 for 69 and there were also wickets for Joe King (2 for 44) and Matthew Burton (2 for 51). There were also 5 victims for wicketkeeper Tom Morton (4 caught, 1 stumped)
Wiltshire began their 2nd innings with a lead of 112 on which they hoped to build.
Opener Jack Mynott was still there at close of play, they had put on 93 for the 6th wicket.
Earlier he had support from Will Naish 29 with whom he had a partnership of 62.
But the stand-out partnership came when Tom Morton joined Jack and by the time Tom was dismissed for 53 they had put on 93 for the 6th wicket
Day 3 looked promising for Wiltshire but the heatwave had given way to the possibility of rain. Wiltshire had hoped to set a challenging target and Jack Mynott 116 with Josh Croom 16 not out had moved the score on to 222 for 7 when the players were forced off by a persistent drizzle.
With a loss of overs this accelerated the declaration at 222 and prompted an early lunch.
After lunch Matty Burton (3 for 27) and Josh Croom (2 for 30) soon had Cornwall in all kinds of trouble as they were reduced to 64 for 5.
But then the weather came to their rescue as the players were once again obliged to leave the pitch for rain.
This rain, originally insignificant, then became heavier and continuous, eventually forcing the abandonment of the game.
Undoubtedly a moral victory for Wiltshire although each team was awarded 10 points as Wiltshire were deducted 2 points for a slow over rate.