Successful 2006 Season for Southwell Under 15’s

 

The Southwell Cricket Club Under 15 side have had an outstanding season, carrying all before them.

 

They won their League in the Mansfield Youth League with a 100% record, and therefore qualified to play Welbeck CC (winners of the other Under 15 League) in the Play-off. They won this convincingly by 8 wickets last Thursday.

 

Last Sunday they played Notts and Arnold CC in the Final of the Knock-out Cup. Once again they were convincing winners – this time by 9 wickets.

 

 

 

Players involved (as shown on photo) were:

Back Row: Austin Chaplin, Grant McCarthy, George Bowie, Michael Oxborrow, George Bacon, Alex Rainbow.

Front Row: Joe Fryer, Harriet Rogers, Alistair Haynes (Captain), Matthew Wookey, Charlie Rawcliffe, Max Danby.

Also Played: Freddy Danby, Liam Gleeson, Kate Islip.

 

Southwell Cricket Club - Under 15 Report 2006

An outstanding season has finished with the team winning the League (with a 100% record), the League Play-Off, and the Knock-out Cup. Their only defeat was to Wollaton in the Quarter-Final of the County Cup.

Match Reports:

Farnsfield (A): Farnsfield 88-4 ; Southwell 89-3.    Won by  7 wickets.

George Bowie 37*; Ali Haynes 16; Matt Wookey 14*; Alex Rainbow 10; Harriet Rogers 4-0-8-1

 Bingham (A) County Cup: Won easily, good knocks from George Bowie and Matt Wookey, late flurry from Alex Rainbow and Michael Oxborrow. Hat-trick by Harriet Rogers and 3 wickets for Charlie Rawcliffe.

Ransome & Marles (A) County Cup; Won narrowly with a weakened side. Excellent fielding performance.

 Wollaton (H) County Cup; well beaten on the night by a strong side who were all in the correct age group – concentrate on the League and district Cup now!!!

Kirkby Portland (H) Cup: Southwell 163-5; Kirkby P 77-5. Won by 86 runs.

Ali Haynes 28; George Bowie 36*; Matt Wookey 36*; Alex Rainbow 28; George Bacon 14*; Alex Rainbow 2-0-6-1; Ali Haynes 2-0-2-1.

 

Notts & Arnold (A): Southwell 130-3; Notts/Arnold 66 all out. Won by 64 runs.

Ali Haynes 23; Freddy Danby 13; Matt Wookey 36*; Harriet Rogers 32*; George Bacon 3-1-4-3; Grant McCarthy 2-0-5-2.

 

Hucknall (H) Cup: Hucknall 90 all out; Southwell 93-0. Won by 10 wickets.

Ali Haynes 36*; George Bowie 37*; Grant McCarthy 15*; Ali Haynes 3-1-7-2; George Bacon 3-0-10-3 including hat-trick.; George Bowie 3-0-5-2

 

Calverton (A): Calverton 58-7; Southwell 60-1. Won by 9 wickets.

George Bowie 36*; Harriet Rogers 4-3-1-4; Matt Wookey 4-2-9-2.

 

Hucknall (A): Southwell 138-1; Hucknall106-4. Won by 32 runs.

Ali Haynes 36*; George Bowie 32; Matt Wookey 35*; Alex Rainbow 14*; George Bacon 3-0-5-3.

Welbeck (H) League Play – Off

Welbeck 91-8; Southwell 94-2. Won by 8 wickets.

Ali Haynes 38*; Matt Wookey 34*; George Bowie 16; Ali Haynes 4-0-13-4; Alex Rainbow 4-0-11-2.

 

Notts & Arnold at Glapwell – League Cup Final

Notts/Arnold 78-6; Southwell 82-1. Won by 9 wickets.

George Bowie 46*; Ali Haynes 29; Ali Haynes 4-0-15-3.

Man of the Match: Ali Haynes

 

Coaches Comments.

The team had an outstanding season in all respects – improving as individual players and as a team. They thoroughly deserved their end of season success in lifting two trophies. In total they won 10 of their 11 games.

Unfortunately we do not have the scorecards for the County Cup fixtures, but in all of the League and League Cup games they batted second 5 times and won each game by an average of 8 wickets; whilst batting first they won by an average of 61 runs!!

With such commanding performances it is difficult to get every player fully involved in each fixture, but it was very pleasing to see the whole squad being fully involved in a series of superb and professional fielding performances. This aspect of their game was the one most frequently commented upon by both opposition coaches and spectators, and every single player can be proud of their individual contributions.

There were, nevertheless, many outstanding individual performances. The top three batsman never let us down. Ali Haynes scored his 222 runs (av. 44.4) so quickly that the game was frequently won in the first 7 or 8 overs of our innings. His opening partner, George Bowie scored 277 runs at an average of 69.25. Matt Wookey batted in just 6 of the games, often at number three, and scored 157 runs without ever being out!

Similarly, the top 6 bowlers had superb seasons. As a group they bowled 140 overs and each one of them had an economy rate of under 5 an over. The remaining 32 overs were shared around, at a rate of 5.5 per over.

There were two hat-tricks, by Harriet Rogers and George Bacon, which was just reward for consistently straight bowling. Harriet and Alex Rainbow were an effective opening partnership, rarely failing to make an early break through, and they took 9 and 8 wickets respectively. George Bacon emerged as a strike bowler and took 10 wickets at 6 runs per wicket with an economy rate of 3.8. George Bowie bowled the most overs (28), frequently at the end of the innings when the opposition were hitting out, but still managed an economy rate of under 5, whilst Ali Haynes took the most wickets (11 at 6.6) whilst also bowling at the ‘death’. Matt Wookey bowled less as George Bacon came through, but still managed to bowl 19 overs at only 3.3 per over.

 Finally, it has been a great pleasure to see all of the squad playing adult cricket at weekends, which has certainly helped them to improve. We look forward to seeing them playing for Southwell next season on both Saturdays and Sundays. We hope that they will continue to listen, learn, behave well, appreciate the opportunities given, and improve. Congratulations to all.

Tim Willson

David Rimmer

 Selection

U15 Team for Wed May 3^rd  v Farnsfield (A):

A Haynes (Capt)

H Rogers

K Islip

M Oxborrow

F Danby

G Bowie

C Rawcliffe

J Fryer

M Wookey

A Rainbow

A Chaplin

 Meet: 5.30 Co-op Car Park; Start 6.00