Reardon’s 75 guides Ganton to Home Guard Cup glory

Ganton beat Filey 2nds by a comfortable margin of 98 runs to lift the Home Guard Sunday Cup.

Ganton won the toss on a glorious sunny afternoon at Forge Valley and elected to bat.

At first they struggled for runs and lost three early wickets and were teetering on 28-3 with Filey seemingly on top.

Opener and captain Dan Reardon stood firm for Ganton and was joined at the crease by Rob Bradley and the pair took the score onto 98 before Bradley was out having scored a fine 38 runs and helped his side recover from their tricky position.

Reardon went on to score a fine 75 and the tail end took the score up to a daunting 183-9 at the end of their 30 overs.

Filey’s best bowlers were Lee Plant, who took 3-26, and Lewis Adams, who chipped in with 3-29.

In reply, Filey lost early wickets and only Mick Blyth with 18 and David Pooley, who reached 17, managed to make double figures as they were shot out for just 85 runs, leaving Ganton the comfortable winners by a 98-run margin.

Ganton’s stand out bowlers were Phil Elliot with 3-30, Rob Bradley, who took 2-6, and Ed Lockwood, who chipped in with the ball to take 2-3.

The Home Guard Cup silverare was presented to winning captain Rearden by Jamie McLaughlan, vice-chairman of the Home Guard Club.

McLaughlin then presented the man of the match award to Rearden after his matchwinning knock of 75 runs.