Thornton capitalise on slipshod batting display by KMCC
Kirkby entered this fixture buoyed by consecutive victories against bottom of the table Bishop Thornton who had won for only the first time the previous week. Being inserted, Kirkby Openers Nattress, 26 and Harford-Cross, 28 set about establishing a sound base but when H-C departed run out by a deflection from the bowler the whole balance of the game shifted and despite some lusty blows from Atkinson 35 the innings subsided from 48-0 to 138 all out.
The Kirkby bowlers refused to be bowed by such a low total and chipped steadily away at the Thornton top order. In fact with the score on 122-8 KMCC looked favourites to record a famous victory however Will Wray the Thornton skipper remained at the crease and was able to get Thornton over the line to break KMCC hearts and rekindle the relegation dogfight.
| KMCC v Bishop Thornton CC (Nidderdale League Division 1) | ||||||||||
| Played at the KMCG on 24 June 2006 | ||||||||||
| Bishop Thornton (6pts) beat KMCC (0pts) by 2 wkts | ||||||||||
| Bishop Thornton won the toss and elected to field | ||||||||||
| KMCC innings (42 overs) | Bowling | O | M | R | W | |||||
| C Harford Cross | Run Out | 28 | S Bell | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | |||
| C Nattress | Caught | b | S Sowray | 26 | D Cockshott | 12 | 4 | 35 | 1 | |
| K Fielder | Caught | b | Cockshott | 1 | S Sowray | 12 | 3 | 44 | 4 | |
| I Fraser | b | S Sowray | 11 | A Derrick | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| B Atkinson | Caught | b | Bell | 35 | M Bell | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | |
| D Fraser | Caught | b | Bell | 13 | B Mash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| R Briscombe | Caught | b | Bell | 10 | ||||||
| M Armer | Caught | b | S Sowray | 4 | ||||||
| P Goldsmith | c& | b | S Sowray | 0 | ||||||
| J Marston | Not Out | 0 | ||||||||
| R Pickles | Caught | b | Bell | 2 | ||||||
| Extras | 8 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 138 | |||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||
| 1-48 2-51 3-59 4-91 5-119 6-119 7-133 8-136 9-136 10-138 | ||||||||||
| Bishop Thornton innings (36.4 overs) | Bowling | O | M | R | W | |||||
| B Mash | c Atkinson | b | D Fraser | 14 | D Fraser | 10.4 | 1 | 47 | 2 | |
| Pa Sowray | c Atkinson | b | Goldsmith | 0 | P Goldsmith | 8 | 1 | 32 | 3 | |
| W Wray | Not Out | 67 | M Armer | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Pe Sowray | c Armer | b | Goldsmith | 18 | K Fielder | 10 | 4 | 19 | 2 | |
| S Thompson | Caught | b | Goldsmith | 0 | ||||||
| S Sowray | c Fielder | b | Armer | 10 | ||||||
| T Armstrong | b | Fielder | 4 | |||||||
| M Bell | Caught | b | D Fraser | 0 | ||||||
| A Derrick | b | Fielder | 0 | |||||||
| D Cockshott | Not Out | 4 | ||||||||
| S Bell | ||||||||||
| Extras | 22 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 139 | |||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||
| 1-9 2-25 3-59 4-59 5-99 6-114 7-122 8-123 | ||||||||||