Warwickshire Cricket Board Under 13 Final
Atherstone v Dorridge at Ratcliffe Road, Atherstone
Sunday 13 September 2009
Atherstone won the toss
Dorridge Innings
N Hooper ct Guilfoyle b Wordsworth 25
J Hughes b M Clements 11
S Montieri ct Rushton b M Clements 3
C Beaumont-Dark ct and bowled b M Clements 0
J Harte ct Rae b Jeffs 0
J Allen b Jeffs 15
A Szarmach b Webb 4
J Lancester ct M Clements b Jeffs 7
B Davies b Ray 2
B Elkin not out 1
O Haley b Ray 0
Extras 15
Total (19.3 overs) 83 all out
Bowling ; J Ray 3.3-1-12-2, G Webb 4-0-15-1, M Clements 4-1-13-3
C Wordsworth 4-0-15-1, I Jeffs 4-0-21-3
Atherstone Innings
M Clements ct Hooper b Hughes 7
D Morton b Allen 3
J Ray not out 26
G Rushton ct Elkin b Szarmach 7
I Jeffs ct and bowled b Szarmach 33
G Webb not out 0
Extras 9
Total (15.5 overs) 84 for 4
Bowling ; J Hughes 4-0-17-1, J Allen 4-2-6-1, C Beaumont-Dark 4-0-25-0
A Szarmach 2.5-0-26-2, B Davies 1-0-7-0
Atherstone won by 6 wickets
Match report
Atherstone under 13s capped a remarkable season with a comfortable win in the Warwickshire County Final at Ratcliffe Road on Sunday morning.
Atherstone won the toss and asked Dorridge to bat first and a disciplined bowling performance by the hosts kept the run rate down. Despite a watchful 25 by Dorridge skipper Nick Hooper, good spin bowling by the Atherstone spin-trio of Matt Clements (3-13). Isaac Jeffs (3-21) and Callum Wordsworth (1-15) meant that the visitor’s innings never got into full stride.
Some excellent fielding and catching by Atherstone kept the pressure on and then opening bowlers George Webb (1-15) and James Ray (2-12) finished the innings off in the last over with Dorridge being dismissed for 83.
Atherstone’s reply stuttered to 30-3 against a hostile opening spell by Johnny Allen but the fourth wicket pair of James Ray and Isaac Jeffs held their nerve. Both batsmen produced a display of clean strokeplay in a stand of 52 which took the Adders to the brink of victory, Ray finishing with an undefeated 26 while Jeffs departed for an excellent 33 with only 2 required for victory.
Ray collected the winning runs with 4.1 overs to spare to give the Adders a measure of revenge for their Warwickshire Cup Final defeat at the hands of the same opposition but also to complete a remarkable run to the trophy, including as it did wins against 4 sides above Atherstone in the Birmingham/Warwickshire club cricket ‘pyramid’.
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