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Southampton Rangers, the champions, retained the Western Counties trophy without hardly breaking a sweat against a depleted Willow Cuts at Southampton Oval on Saturday.
Rangers rolled Cuts over cheaply after sending them into bat on a good batting tr...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Fiqre Crockwell boosted his chances of an immediate recall to the St George’s team when he scored 120 in their 111-run victory over Cleveland in a Cup Match trial on Saturday at Wellington Oval.
Batting first after winning the toss, St George’s pos...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Somerset produced the season’s biggest upset after upstaging St David’s, the defending league champions, at Somerset Cricket Club yesterday.
The hosts defeated the previously unbeaten Islanders by six runs in a thrilling battle that went down to the ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Derrick Brangman and Vernon Eve, the Southampton Rangers left-arm slow bowlers, shared nine of the wickets as the visiting side comfortably beat St George’s yesterday.
An opening stand of 33 in eight overs between Oronde Bascome, the St George’s capt...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Charlie Marshall, the St George’s Cup Match selection committee chairman, kept his cards close to his chest when asked whether the challengers would be making significant changes to their line-up this year.
“Right now the guys are playing good cricke...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
I have been frightened only once on a cricket field. It happened at Wellington Oval. While batting with Lloyd James, he ferociously straight drove a ball within six inches of my head as I stood as the non-striker’s end. The ball left his bat like a b...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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An elated Macai Young sprinted off the field and embraced coach Noel Gibbons near the clubhouse after emphatically claiming the final wicket that earned St George’s their first win of the season at Wellington Oval yesterday.
The sheer joy on the face...
DATE: Jul 07, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Flatts inflicted only the second loss on Somerset Bridge this season, handing them a 61-run defeat at St David’s yesterday.
Flatts’ total of 167 for seven from 34 overs in a rain-reduced match proved more than enough after Nelson Bascome Jr claimed ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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The title race in the Logic Premier Division is effectively down to two teams, barring a second half slump by St David’s, after the league leaders and defending champions made it six wins on the trot yesterday.
St David’s handed Southampton Rangers ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Dion Stovell, who stepped down as Southampton Rangers captain last week, grabbed six wickets for four runs as the defending champions Southampton Rangers advanced to the second round of the Western Counties Cup on Saturday.
Stovell quit as captain af...
DATE: Jul 07, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott