Game 12 v Spencer

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Spencer
Date	:	16 July 2005
Venue	:	Ryelands School, Northampton
Result	:	Lost by 47 runs

Innings of: Spencer

1	M George	ct Geddes	b Cannell	114	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	S Faulkner		b Cannell	24	M Baker	13	1	69	2
3	M Clare	ct & b	b Baker	29	T Marlow	13	4	34	1
4	M Wadhams		b Marlow	2	I Geddes	4	0	30	0
5	R Muscutt		not out	34	S Cannell	9	0	45	2
6	R Tootell		b Baker	0	F Omarji	4	0	25	0
7	T Crabtree		not out	4	W Kingston jr	2	0	12	0
	Overs	45	Extras	27
	Wickets	5	Total	234

Innings of: St Michael's

1	D Harrison	st	b Coles	62	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	F Omarji		b Rawsthorne	6	Rawsthorne	7	0	29	1
3	W Kingston		b Coles	17	Highams	13	2	50	1
4	P Ahearn		b Highams	13	Muscutt	10	0	35	3
5	I Geddes	st	b Coles	31	Coles	12.3	0	54	5
6	B Ahearn	ct	b Coles	2
7	T Marlow		b Muscutt	0
8	S Cannell	b	b Muscutt	0
9	W Kingston sr		not out	20
10	G Eccles		b Muscutt	0
11	M Baker	ct Tootell	b Coles	9
	Overs	42.3	Extras	25
	Wickets	10	Total	187

Match report

St Michael�s promotion push came off the rails on Saturday when old rivals Spencer came out on top, gaining revenge for their defeat at Weston Favell in the first month of the season.

In the baking sun, St Michael�s fielded first. Spencer openers George and Wadhams soon started to make hay in the sun with the Visiting bowlers unable to make an impact on a goods batting track. Wadhams looked in fine touch and eventually made a fine century.

Mark Clare also looked in touch form, scoring 29 before he was caught and bowled off Martin Baker, one his 2 wickets. However these came at a cost of 69.

The rest of the St Michael�s bowling took similar stick, and the final total of 234 for 5 would prove a tough one to overcome.

In reply, Dale Harrison decided to fight fire with fire. Unwilling to stay in his crease and nudge singles, he decided to stride down the wicket at every opportunity, and was rewarded with a fine half century. Ian Geddes slapped a quickfire 31 before being stumped. However his aggression was not matched by the rest of the St Michael�s batting line up. Falling behind the rate, wickets came at regular intervals.

The final wicket went down in the 43^rd over, just missing out on an elusive fourth batting point, whilst giving Spencer a near maximum haul for the efforts.