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Posted:
Monday 25th May 2009
Source: Stephen Birley
Sadly it does appear that the Sunday XI�s stay in the top-flight
of the North Devon Holiday Homes League is set to end after a
single year as the battle to field a full XI goes on.
Availability has become a real problem with the side already
conceding one game but they were able to field ten players for
the Mid Devon Derby with Heathcoat thanks to regular supporter
Alan Dowrick who helped out by becoming the sides �tenth man�
for the game.
The visitors batted first and scored an imposing total of
304-8 led by skipper Pete Randerson�s (122) and supplemented by
Quazim Adams (45), Matt Parkes (28) and Tom Frankpitt (20). The
pick of the home bowlers were teenagers, Matt Jarrett (3-56) and
Nick Dean (2-44).
Father and son combination of Chris and Nick Dean launched
the post tea session � one that started later than normal as the
first 45 overs had taken nearly three hours to deliver!
The Deans saw the score to 38, only nine of which came from
the bat, before the first wicket fell and thereafter wickets
fell at regular intervals. Joel Murphy, leading by example
making himself available for a weekend double, led the
resistance with 35 but Chris Dean (22) apart there was not much
else to shout about and the reply closed on 163 with Martyn
Williams (4-33) and John Harvey (2-29) doing the damage � one
big positive being that the score did mean two points to the
Sunday XI although it leaves them rooted to the bottom of the
table which is once again headed by reigning champions Sandford
who won well at Newton Tracey thanks to the all round efforts of
Ryan Glass and Tianne Mostert, their South African player.
Elsewhere in the top-flight there was a second successive
defeat for fancied North Devon at home to a Victoria Park side
who have started well whilst Lynton & Lynmouth could only muster
eight men for their game at Bideford and understandably ended up
well beaten.
Latest table:
| Division One |
| |
P |
W |
L |
Tied |
C/ab |
Pts |
Ave |
| Sandford |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
40 |
20.00 |
| Filleigh |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
20 |
20.00 |
| Victoria Park |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
50 |
16.66 |
| Heathcoat |
6 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
76 |
15.20 |
| North Devon |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
12.75 |
| Bideford |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
43 |
10.75 |
| Newton Tracey |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
32 |
10.06 |
| Lynton & Lynmouth |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
20 |
10.00 |
| Bradninch |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
3.33 |
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