Barrow Gurney’s Chairman, Phil Milton, celebrated the 150th anniversary of the founding of the club with his maiden century on Saturday. On 1 June 1874, a group of local people, including the local vicar, founded the club and a copy of the founding document is proudly displayed in the pavilion. Exactly 150 years later the
After an exceptionally wet April it was quite amazing that the Hobbs Lane ground was playable for 3 out of 4 pre season friendlies before the League season started on 4 May. Barrow Gurney’s First XI led once again by Connor Jones, stumbled in the opening game scoring only 118 against a Bristol Lions team
Guy Fisher and Nick Heal won the traditional season-ending double wicket competition on Saturday at Hobbs Lane. Morning rain gave way to drizzle and the competition was played largely under leaden skies. As a result the attendance for the barbecue was down on most years. However 9 teams of 2 managed to have an enjoyable
Barrow Gurney’s unbeaten run in the second half of the season continued in their last league game at Hobbs Lane against St Mary Redcliffe with a dominant performance, winning by 140 runs. Choosing to bat first, Barrow openers Ed Holdaway and Sam Mitchell started watchfully but then began to put pressure on the Redcliffe bowlers
Barrow Gurney’s First XI’s winning run continued with an emphatic 53 run victory at Div 4 leaders Bristol 3rd XI. Put into bat and with the constant threat of rain, Barrow set about scoring quickly form the start. Opener Jonny Sykes hit his first ball for 6 and added another before falling for 17. With
Barrow Gurney notched up a pair of wins on Saturday to strengthen their positions in their respective divisions. At Hobbs Lane there was a rain affected game against local rivals Blagdon, reduced to 23 overs. Batting first the visitors relied heavily on Charlie Ward who batted throughout the innings for 45 not out. Four wickets
Barrow Gurney First XI came out on top in a rain-reduced game away at Chilcompton this weekend. Losing the toss and with a delayed start, Barrow were put into bat and got off to the worst possible start with Connor Jones playing all round a straight one to be bowled second ball. At 1-1 after
Barrow Gurney CC burst back into action, after 3 rain ruined weekends, with both teams recording impressive wins. Barrow Firsts were involved in a local derby with Long Ashton at Yanley Lane and were keen to reverse a defeat earlier in the season. Batting first Barrow suffered an early scare when Jason Cryans was out
Two weeks of rain spoiled the start to the second half of the season. Last Saturday both Barrow teams suffered a complete washout for the second time this season. On the previous week it was only possible to get some limited game time. The 2s in very sporting fashion managed to dodge the heavy showers
Midweek captain, Nick Heal, was delighted that his team maintained their 100% record with a win over Bristol Kannada CC last week at Hobbs Lane. Batting first the visitors found themselves up against some very accurate bowling from Mark Fisher whose 4 overs cost only 8 runs and he took 2 wickets to stifle the
