Ist XI: Hurley Burly

Dave Maynard's Report

Denham won the toss on a warm sunny day and elected to field.

Hurley started off in great fashion with the dangerous Ridgeway smashing the ball to all parts of the ground. He had reached a quick 59, with the score on 79 when Phil Dickson bowled him.

Denham then fought back, taking some quick wickets and soon had Hurley 130-4 with Joe O’Hara, Faisal Mahmood among the wicket-takers.

Yet, with some poor fielding and dropped catches we allowed Hurley to score 256-8 off their 52 overs (Brench 112), but Phil Dickson returned the excellent figures of 6-62 off 15 overs.

Denham began the run chase with Tobin (4) and Khan (18) putting on 27 for the first wicket, then an almighty collapse happened with Nicholas 8 and Webber 0, leaving Denham 35-4.

In came last week heroes Dix and Dave Maynard who managed to put on 42 for the next wicket before Dix was bowled for 12. In came Joe O’Hara who responded well to some banter from the opposition by smashing the ball to all parts of the ground and creating a partnership of 75 with Maynard who also played some excellent shots.

It looked like Denham would snatch victory but first Maynard was out caught and bowled for an excellent 53 then O’Hara followed soon afterwards for a superb 71, and Denham were eventually bowled out for 213.

Worse was to follow. By only collecting 9 points (against Hurley's 30), Denham were relegated to second place, due to Winchmore Hill collecting another 30-pointer in despatching Littlewick Green.

HURLEY   INNINGS

P.RIDGEWAY   B. DICKSON    59

D.SIMOES  LBW  B. O’HARA   33

D.DAY LBW    B. DICKSON      4         

G.BRENCH     B MAHMOOD   112

J.PATRICK     B. DICKSON      0

C.DAWKINS     B. DICKSON      0

M.HALTON  LBW  B. DICKSON  17

M.COLE CT. KHAN B. DICKSON  0

D.FORREST   NOT OUT             15

A.GREEN      NOT OUT               0

TOTAL   256-8 OFF 52 OVERS

BOWLERS   Overs Mdns  Runs  Wkts   Avge      S/R       E/R

F.MAHMOOD  8      0          53      1      53.0      48.00    6.62

U.KHAN        10        2        32       0          0        0         3.20

P.DICKSON   15       2        62       6      10.33    15.00    4.13

J.NICHOLAS   4        0        35       0        0          0         8.75

J.O’HARA       6        1        28      1       28.00    36.00    4.66

D.HALES        9        0        37      0         0          0         4.11

2nd XI : Do The Double

Summary

Denham 2nds did the double over Hurley 2nds on Saturday.

Denham won the toss and inserted Hurley, who made a creditable 242/8 off 50 overs.

Denham cruised past this total with 7 overs and 3 wickets to spare, particularly due to fine performances by JK Bhagodia (91 not out) and Chris Ambler (62)

Points: Hurley 8, Denham 20.

Click here for Skipper Payne's Report of the match

Sunday XI 24th July:Awaiting result

Saturday 1st XI Scorecard contd:

DENHAM  INNINGS

C.TOBIN  CT. BRENCH B. M.COLE   4

U.KHAN      B. M.COLE                   18

J.NICHOLAS  B. C.DAWKINS            8

L.WEBBER    LBW   B. M.COLE       0

B.DIX           B. D.FORREST            12

D.MAYNARD CT AND B D.FORREST  53

J.O’HARA CT.C.DAWKINS B. G.BRENCH 71

F.MAHMOOD  CT.D.DAY B. D.FORREST  5

D.HALES    NOT OUT                               4

S.TIDBURY  CT AND BOWLED M.COLE  17

P.DICKSON    B. M.COLE                   1

TOTAL  213 ALL OUT

BOWLERS Overs Mdns Runs  Wkts   Avge   S/R   E/R

M.COLE  12.3    3        60        5     12.00   15.00  4.87

C.DAWKINS 8    3       32        1     32.00   48.00  4.00

P.RIDGEWAY 4  1      30        0        0        0      7.50

D.FORREST 13  4       57        3     19.00   26.00  4.38

G.BRENCH 5     1       25        1      25.00   30.00  5.00