Heavy rain ruined the weekend’s cricket for many clubs, and it was no exception for Barrow Gurney. On Saturday at Hobbs Lane only 23.3 overs were possible before the rain came, during which time Shirehampton 2nds had reached 86-3 with early wickets being taken by James Riley, Matt Owen and Frank Forge. The seconds meanwhile
It was a disappointing week for Barrow teams despite a wonderful hundred from Ed Holdaway on Saturday as he dominated the scoring at the Bristol Cricket Club. The seconds’ game was cancelled due to Hambrook being short of players, which was a good result in terms of points but disappointing to those scheduled to play.
Rain ruined Barrow Gurney First’s chances of a win against PR Royals, as the heavens opened with Barrow in a strong position but marginally behind the run rate leaving the visitors to Hobbs Lane as victors. Meanwhile at Stanton Drew the rain failed to come quickly enough or for long enough to prevent the seconds
It was another sweltering evening at Hobbs Lane for the final T20 game of the season. The well-supported Misfits team arrived with several Flax Bourton players and, of course, our very own Pete Rooney. Mark Forge won the toss and decided to bat in order to avoid a potential late evening gloom and also because
As the club looks forward to its annual tour, co-ordinator Rod Reeves is busy making the final arrangements and working out the logistics. The games against Abbotskerswell, Exmouth, Shobrook Park and Torquay have long been scheduled, but as always it is hard to get everyone to finalise their plans. Rod has prepared a list of
It was an unsuccessful weekend for the Barrow teams but the Firsts can take a lot of credit from giving the unbeaten Bristol Lions a run for their money. The scenic Dunkerton ground had been left derelict for some time before the Bristol Lions took on the project of restoring it. And whilst there
The penultimate T20 game of the season took place against a spirited Babcock International team last Wednesday on a balmy summer night.. The game featured some fantastic fielding on both sides, some dashing strokeplay and some dodgy running and was followed by a barbecue kindly provided by the “visitors”, although of course Babcock are not
In a weekend when Barrow Gurney played Chilcompton twice, the highlight was a thrilling game at Hobbs Lane on Sunday when, in a high scoring contest, Barrow lost by only 3 runs after a magnificent century from Guy Fisher who put on 175 for the first wicket with Paul Gard, brought Barrow to the brink
It was a really special evening at Hobbs Lane as Barrow Gurney, past, present and future met in a friendly T20 game. A packed pavilion of family and friends came to watch an exciting game which called to mind many memories of yesteryear and showed off how the legacy of former players is being continued
On a weekend where finding players was a problem for many teams, Barrow had 28 players unavailable which had an impact on all its teams. Nevertheless the Firsts were in a winning position in their game but failed to press home the advantage as Bath 4s fought hard to the end largely through an excellent