The weather intervened in all the matches this weekend. Barrow Firsts possibly welcomed the heavy rain that arrived during tea whilst they were pondering the prospect of chasing a massive 358 set by West United. The Seconds were less welcoming of the elements having posted 243, with Will Kerswell hitting another half century supported by
Having watched most of the first team game on Saturday, surely the Sunday fixture at Winscombe could not match it for run-scoring and excitement. Well the runs scored were a couple of hundred lower but the game produced some excellent cricket and plenty of excitement… Winning the toss Mark Forge put Winscombe in on a
The dozen or so spectators on Saturday witnessed one of the best Barrow First Team run chases in recent years. Losing the toss, second bottom team Woodpeckers, decided to bat first but got off to a horror start when James Riley bowled their opener Tim Britton, the destroyer of many Barrow attacks down the years, first
Last Saturday Barrow Gurney Second XI played Twyford House, a team who, despite being near the bottom of the table, had won 7 of their last 9 games. Of the 2 they didn’t win, one game was abandoned and the other they lost against top of the table Patchway. Mark Gracey lost the toss and
The Sunday XI arrived at the picturesque Allerton ground looking forward to another good game against an Axbridge side which triumphed at Hobbs Lane earlier in the season. Winning the toss captain Mark Forge decided to bowl first in the muggy overcast conditions, with the forecast that the sun was to break through after tea (of which more
Last Wednesday Barrow Gurney Cricket Club held its first Junior Open Day, it was led by First Team Captain Phil Milton who called it a “fantastic success”. Twenty 7-11 year olds came to the day; some were already members of the junior section but half were brand new to the club. The morning session had the group
Blue Flame were the visitors to Hobbs Lane on Sunday on a warm afternoon. Winning the toss their skipper put Barrow into bat on the same track which had seen over 450 runs made on it the day before. Losing a wicket in the first over is never ideal, but Blue Flame’s opening bowler, Poole,
After two disappointing losses to Failand & Portbury and Long Ashton, Barrow Gurney 1st Team faced bottom of the league, Bristol Sri Lankans, with a chance to get the season back on track. Arriving at the Fry’s Club Barrow were pleased to again find that we had neutral umpires and the team was even happier when
Barrow Gurney 2nds’ recent good run came to an abrupt halt against YMCA 5ths at Hobbs Lane on Saturday. Batting first YMCA lost a wicket to the first ball of the innings from Mark Fisher but that was the only moment of joy, as first the stylish Cox (52) partnered M Smith for 97 for
On Thursday James Mitchell was the stand-in skipper for the game against the touring New Ash Green CC. The visitors batted first. Matt Owen and Mark Fisher opened the bowling and hit decent lines and lengths, ensuring New Ash Green got off to a slow start but on a good batting wicket and quick outfield,