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
After a morning of rain showers and on a pitch with no covers, Barrow Gurney wanted to bowl first on a damp wicket at Netham Park. Unfortunately they lost the toss and were subsequently put into bat on a tricky-looking wicket. Barrow were missing a few batsmen from their usual line up, so Alwis was elected
Those of you who read the report a few weeks ago, covering the tie versus Long Ashton, were no doubt excited by the use of the expression ‘landmark’. As we know ‘landmarks’ are points of reference enabling us to monitor the progress of something and as such only come along occasionally. Well, at Barrow Under 13s
Not a ball was bowled in either of Barrow Gurney’s games on Saturday as morning sunshine gave way to heavy rain just as teams were meeting to prepare for their matches. No doubt someone will blame the weather on the referendum result!
After some hard graft at Patchway last week Ellie Holdaway was determined to force a win against Barrow’s rivals from last season, Portishead. Barrow bowled first and all the bowlers bowled with incredible accuracy, meaning Portishead found it hard to score. Mark Fisher (0/13) and Kieran Owen (1/11) bowled really well keeping the run rate
A cloudy afternoon with spots of rain in the air greeted the visiting Blue Flame team, and with the forecast not at all promising it was agreed to try and get a 30 over game underway at Hobbs Lane hoping that the famous Barrow micro-climate might mean it missed the worst of the weather.
On a wet, sticky wicket the last thing Barrow 2nds wanted was to be put in to bat at Patchway. Unfortunately, on losing the toss, that is exactly what happened and they found themselves on a very difficult pitch against some very experienced, consistent bowlers. Scoring was slow especially in the middle overs due to