Beautiful weather and a wonderful place to play cricket failed to inspire the Barrow players who completed their warm up for the forthcoming league season. Against a Blagdon XI Barrow found themselves chasing 218-8, with Mike York taking 3/35, and two wickets apiece for Barrow newcomer Sam Gosling and Nick Heal. Although the score was
St Mary Redcliffe won a close game at Hobbs Lane last Saturday off the the last ball of the game. Barrow Gurney had batted first and posted 210-6 in their 40 overs. Openers Ed Holdaway (54, retired not out) and Jordan Allen (33) got the innings off to a good start, whilst Linden Alway (24)
Hobbs Lane, 12 April 2025: A comeback with the bat saw Leema CC emerge victorious in their 40-over friendly against Barrow Gurney CC, winning by 29 runs in a run fest. With the pitch looking great and the outfield remarkably short for April and the sun shining, the skipper of course chose to bowl.
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
