The u17’s became county champions for the first time with a four wicket win against Oxford today.Losing the toss we were asked to bowl in what was to prove difficult conditions .The innings took two and a half hours to complete as the teams went on and off in the sometimes heavy rain,in fact we bowled […]
NATHAN Hawkes starred with bat and ball to help Banbury down leaders Welwyn Garden City by five wickets in Division 1 of the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League. The Oxfordshire all-rounder took 4-58 as Welwyn succombed to 174 all out, then hit 77 in the match’s decisive partnership with Craig Haupt (64). Banbury won
SOURCE: Leighton Buzzard Observer. Leighton’s title hopes took what was probably a killer blow on Saturday when they lost away to Banbury IIs by 77 runs. Banbury were asked to bat first and their opening pair of Andy Sabin and Ed Phillips constructed an amazing opening stand of 197 in 43 overs. Both were dropped
A youthful Leighton Buzzard 3rd team, with their oldest player aged 20, won the toss at Horton View and inserted the 4ths, with an average age of more than 30. Banbury were quickly 1 down against the bottom of the table side but this brought the Chairman to the crease for his 1st league outing
OXFORD MAIL: Josh Megson produced one of the finest batting displays ever seen at under 15 level, smashing a magnificent 193 to help Oxfordshire to a 68-run victory over Dorset at Blandford. Megson struck 15 fours and ten huge sixes, before being bowled off the last ball of the Oxon innings in a truly memorable
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The U13 & U15 Girls qualified for their respective Finals which took place this week. Both were against Freeland, so it was agreed one would be played at Whitepost Road and the other at Freeland. On Tuesday the U13’s Final was played at WPR and Freeland were put into bat. The format in this league is each
The 4ths travelled to Cokethorpe School to play Oxford Downs 3rds. Acting skipper Richard Lambden won the toss and opted to field. Mark Wright and Clark Berry were unlucky not to grab an early wicket or two passing the outside edge on a number of occasions and restricting Downs openers to scraps. However, Kirk Steel gradually increased the
(Report by Brian Reeves) Against Isle of Wight on Saturday 17th July the County U13 Girls set several county records. Carla Woods of Freeland (135) and Coral Reeves of Banbury (89) set records for the highest partnership for U13 County Girls Cricket (241 runs), individual highest score (Carla) and individual highest opening score (Coral). Oxfordshire finished on 295
Both of our Girls Age Groups, U13 & U15, have reached their respective age group finals which is a great achievement for a young squad with no Year 10 girls to call upon this year and often playing U11’s in the older age group matches. The U13’s swept all aside before them winning all four
Banbury 4th’s hosted Division 8 leaders Dinton at home on Saturday, in what was a must win match for Banbury to progress further up the table. Dinton won the toss and had no hesitation in putting Banbury in on a wicket with a bit of moisture in it. Runs were very hard to come by
