Kentish Express Ashford & District
Town bowlers able to keep Hill at bay
Ashford Town
Ashford Town 2nds earned 10 points from a winning draw at home to fellow Division 5 strugglers Shooters Hill on Saturday. Skipper Neil Tegg (41 not out) and James Rodway (36) added 59 for the seventh wicket in a total of 261-8 declared, Town having been 82-4 at one stage. Robin Bailey’s unbeaten century kept Shooters Hill in the game, before the south Londoners finished on 221-2, falling 40 runs short. B Price c&b Malcolm.........................19 C Vernon b Adam Senn ...................107 J Du Plooy c Robinson b MacVicar ....15 L Lockhart c Siddall b Adam Senn.....51 A Crawford not out ............................26 T Richards b Adam Senn.....................4 R Sparks c Darke b MacVicar ..............5 S Weller run out ..................................0 T Knight not out ..................................1 Extras .................................................4 Ashford’s first XI were without a game, with the trip to Leeds & Broomfield having been played in April to avoid a clash with a concert at the Castle last weekend. Town still head Division 3 by two points from Catford & Cyphers, following their win at neighbours Catford Wanderers. Ashford host Orpington on Saturday. A Taylor c Pelling-Smith b Jones.......10 S Evans c&b Jones ...........................17 J Bilimoria c Freeman b Mangold ........6 M Dayal run out ..................................0 S Aziz c&b Mangold ............................7 C Forden not out .................................8 Extras .................................................7 J Hatton-Browne c Robinson b A Malik..... 3 P Moon c Nash b Robinson .................6 A Pout not out .....................................5 T Clifton b A Malik ..............................1 Extras ...............................................30 H Pelling-Smith lbw b Pearson ............0 P Watsham not out ...........................10 A Walker b Dixon ................................6 T Knight (Snr) not out ..........................3 Extras .................................................5
Deal Victoria & Barns Close v Kennington, Ramsgate Corinthian v Canterbury 3rds, Saltwood v Wye, Worth v Margate.
Elham V v Hythe G, Hawkinge v Folkestone 3rds, Mersham Sports 2nds v Willesborough, Sturry v Minster.
Ashford Town 3rds v Tenterden 3rds, Boughton & Eastwell 2nds v Exiles at Stelling Minnis, Grasmere Park v Nonington 3rds, Littlebourne 3rds v Nelson 2nds. 2A Borstal 2nds v East Langdon, Holcombe & Blue Bell Hill 2nds v Westgate-On-Sea 2nds, Leeds & Broomfield 2nds v Littlebourne 2nds, Sherwood 2nds v Betteshanger CW 2nds, Walmer 2nds v Old Williamsonians 2nds.
Margate 2nds v St Margaret’s 2nds, Northdown v Deal Vics 2nds, Sandwich Town 4ths v Whitstable 3rds, Stowting v Herne Bay.
Ash v Egerton, Kent, Elham Valley v Stone-in-Oxney, Harbledown v Wingham, Sheldwich v Littlebourne, Street End v Selling, Woodchurch v Leeds & Broomfield, Wye v Bapchild.
Borstal v Smarden, Detling v Harvel, Leybourne v Stowting, Linton P v Tyler H, Mersham Le Hatch v Selsted.
Addington Village v Pluckley, Bredgar v Aldington, Charing v Holcombe & Blue Bell Hill, Frindsbury v Staplehurst, Great Chart v Bearsted, Hunton Wanderers v Upchurch.
Eastchurch v Horton Kirby, Harrietsham v Kingsnorth, Kings Hill v Brookland, Mersham Sp v Norton Sp, New Ifield v High Halstow, T Malling v Teston, Wingham 2nds v Borden.
Bilsington v Little Chart, Boughton-under-Blean v Great Chart 2nds, Chestfield v Harbledown 2nds, Exiles at Stelling Minnis v Holborough Anchs, Hythe Green v St Nicholas and Sarre, Littlebourne 2nds v Woodcoombe, Stockbury v Rolvenden.
Cobham, Kent v Linton P 2nds, Frittenden v Bobbing Court & LH, Pett v Borstal 2nds, Sherwood v Loose, Sturry v Kennington.