Following several poor results, Barrow Firsts went into Saturday’s game desperately needing to beat Redcliffe in order to put some breathing space between them and the bottom two. As usual Phil Milston lost the toss and Redcliffe put Barrow into bat first on a belter of a wicket, Bernie Forge and Sam Turner opening up.
With the 1st team struggling for form recently Barrow faced a tough test away to Hampset, who are rightly placed near the top of the table. Barrow won the toss and elected to field. James Riley and Matt Owen opened up for Barrow and bowled tightly keeping the scoring under 4 an over for the first 10.
In a must win game against United Banks on Saturday Barrow won the toss and chose to bat first. Pete Holdaway and Frank Forge opened up and put on a partnership of 100 in the first 20 overs before Pete fell for 38. Frank went on to score his maiden 50 and was eventually dismissed for
Barrow Gurney batted first in this encounter with league-leaders Bitton. New look opening partnership Bernie Forge, on debut (23), and Ali Hood (13) put on 34 before the top six all contributed double figure scores in a solid batting performance but without any of them going on to a high score. Rob Figueiredo struck 24 not out down the order to
Batting first Barrow Seconds had a fifty opening partnership between Frank Forge (25) and Guy Fisher (31), but it was the big hitting of Jonny Sykes on the massive Carson’s ground which took Barrow to a competitive total of 185-6. Jonny making 62 not out. In reply Carson’s struggled against the accurate bowling of Mark Fisher
Friday evening’s quiz was well attended and very enjoyable, as Quizmaster Rich Mizen posed 70 difficult questions to Barrow members. The winners were a combination of the Reeves and the Rileys under the team name “Forlorn Hope” – hardly! Well done and thank you to all who took part.
Treasury Valuers were the visitors to Barrow Gurney on Sunday on a hot afternoon punctuated by several heavy showers that elongated the match which finished just in time for some minor football match involving Portugal and France. Winning the toss and batting the Valuers started strongly until Adam Brace induced a false shot to square
Saturday saw a tale of two very differing fortunes for Barrow’s League sides. At Hobbs Lane the Seconds took on high-flying Civil Service 2nds and were able to reverse the overwhelming loss in week one of the season. Barrow’s total of 191-9 was anchored by an innings of 64 from Bernie Forge who, after hitting
The Sunday team ventured to Winscombe this week, scene of their thrilling last over win last year. A sunny afternoon beckoned although the ground was distinctly soggy with plenty of give in the ground bowling from one end. Winscombe won the toss and invited Barrow to bat. Recent batting form has been very patchy so
So another sunny day at Barrow and another lost toss for a 2nd XI skipper which led to Barrow batting first. Opening with Bernie and Mark Forge, Barrow got off to a quick start. At 10 overs Barrow had only lost one wicket, Bernie falling to an incredible one handed catch to the bowler. This brought