It was a roasting hot Sunday afternoon and the Carson’s pitch looked so much different to when the 2nds played here a year ago. Then the outfield was verdant and lush and several all run fours were hit to the long boundaries, what a contrast a year later. The boundaries were still long but there
Saturday saw mixed results for the Barrow teams as the 2nds chalked up a much-needed 3rd win of the season against Bedminster 5ths while the firsts narrowly lost out at Hobbs Lane against a lively Bristol West Indian & Phoenix side. Up at the old Bristol Cathedral Ground in Failand, Ellie Holdway won the toss
Nick Heal took 5 wickets for 3 runs in a four over burst to take the Sunday 3rd XI to a much-needed win over Harptree Villages. However the Saturday sides both lost in a complete reversal to last week’s fortunes for the Barrow Gurney teams. Batting first on Sunday Barrow lost a couple of early
On Tuesday, players arrived to a very gloomy Barrow. This being the case the toss was crucial as bad light would be a factor later in the game. Unfortunately it did not go the way of Barrow as the Treasury captain chose to bat first. Nick Heal & Mark Fisher opened the bowling with great
On Sunday the 3rd XI were hoping that a bit of the Saturday magic would rub off and lead to a clean sweep, and it would have done but for one man – Bath Exiles’ L M Jones who chose the day to make his maiden century. Put into bat on a cloudy afternoon Jones
Whilst the firsts were clocking up their third win of the season, Barrow Seconds chalked up a much-needed second success at Hobbs Lane. Both teams were affected by Glastonbury absentees, and perhaps with this in mind Mells put Barrow into bat on a greenish pitch . Mells opened with a pair of brothers, one of
Barrow’s successful Saturday began with a tense finish at Chew Magna where the firsts had an unusual start to their visit to the lovely ground at Chew as no one could find the key to the gate resulting in a traffic jam on the driveway. When the key was located Paul Glazzard promptly lost the
After last week’s rainy end to Barrow Gurney’s 1st XI win over Shirehampton, this Saturday’s game was played on a scorcher of a day as they took on Frenchay. Paul Glazzard lost the toss and Barrow were put into bat. Barrow got off to something of a flyer and maintained this through to the first
Barrow Gurney 1st XI won a thrilling encounter with Shirehampton 2nds on Saturday to move them out of the relegation zone of Division 4 of the Bristol & District League. Meanwhile the 2nd XI competed well but lost again and the 3rd XI experienced the harsh reality of the mixed standard of Sunday cricket. For
Barrow Gurney’s three teams had a disappointing weekend with three losses, but there were many signs of hope for the future not least by the performance of young Ben Thorne from the Under 13s who made his senior debut and marked it in a fashion reminiscent of the young David Gower, by pulling his first