Hampsthwaite bowlers throttle Kirkby resolve
This was a match in which the damp conditions were only mastered by the class of Hampsthwaites openers and once dismissed what seemed like an easy batting pitch at the KMCG showed its true colours as both teams struggled for fluency. After putting on 83 for the first wicket the Hampsthwaite innings subsided to a meagre 165-9 and only poor catching prevented Kirkby taking a point at tea. Fraser 3-38 and Kirk 2-19, his spell cut short by a thigh strain when reining the innings back in Kirkbys favour, excelled with the ball and KMCC had high hopes of eaking out the required runs to record a victory.
Openers, Nattress,23 and Harford-Cross,22 struggled to keep the scoreboard ticking from the off and even once Fielder came to the crease making 63no the run rate inexorably crept upwards and out of KMCCs grasp and beyond even the striking power of Duncan and Dujon. A defeat by 19 runs with 7 wickets down represented a missed opportunity that may be rued come the end of the season.
| KMCC v Hampsthwaite CC (Nidderdale League Division 1) | ||||||||||
| Played at the KMCG on 27 May 2006 | ||||||||||
| Hampsthwaite (5pts) beat KMCC (1pt) by 19 runs | ||||||||||
| KMCC won the toss and elected to field | ||||||||||
| Hampsthwaite innings (45 overs) | Bowling | O | M | R | W | |||||
| A Taylor | b | Goldsmith | 51 | D Fraser | 11.4 | 1 | 38 | 3 | ||
| L Mckittrick | b | Kirk | 31 | M Armer | 12 | 0 | 42 | 1 | ||
| R Barratt | Run Out | 17 | P Goldsmith | 12 | 2 | 54 | 1 | |||
| S Townsend | Caught | b | Kirk | 2 | P Kirk | 8.2 | 2 | 19 | 2 | |
| K Crack | Run Out | 23 | K Fielder | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| P Taylor | c& | b | D Fraser | 14 | ||||||
| O Mantle | Not Out | 22 | ||||||||
| R Hardcastle | b | D Fraser | 1 | |||||||
| B Nami | b | D Fraser | 1 | |||||||
| R Thompson | Caught | b | Armer | 0 | ||||||
| R White | Not Out | 0 | ||||||||
| Extras | 3 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 165 | |||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||
| 1-83 2-83 3-85 4-119 5-134 6-141 7-145 8-153 9-156 | ||||||||||
| KMCC innings (45 overs) | Bowling | O | M | R | W | |||||
| C Harford-Cross | b | Thompson | 22 | L Mckittrick | 12 | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| C Nattrass | Caught | b | Crack | 23 | B Nami | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| K Fielder | Not Out | 63 | R Thompson | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||
| I Fraser | LBW | b | Crack | 2 | K Crack | 10 | 1 | 23 | 4 | |
| A Brownlee | b | White | 13 | S Townsend | 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| D Fraser | Caught | b | Townsend | 5 | R White | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| M Armer | b | Crack | 5 | |||||||
| R Briscombe | Caught | b | Crack | 1 | ||||||
| P Goldsmith | Not Out | 1 | ||||||||
| J Marston | ||||||||||
| P Kirk | ||||||||||
| Extras | 11 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 146 | |||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||
| 1-31 2-55 3-67 4-91 5-106 6-132 7-136 | ||||||||||