Barrow Gurney’s seam bowlers were in terrific form this weekend as they bowled out Pucklechurch First XI for only 95 at Hobbs Lane. Opening bowlers Mark Fisher (2/20) and Jonny Sykes (3/30) put the pressure on the visitors from the first ball, with Sykes in particular extracting some lively bounce from the wicket. When they
Barrow Gurney First XI maintained their 100% record in the league with a win off the penultimate ball away at Bristol Sri Lankans. Bowling first Barrow’s bowling attack was put under pressure by some positive batting, Jonny Sykes (1/29) bowled a good opening spell, Matt Owen also deserved better than his 2/43 figures. Frank Forge
Barrow Gurney enjoyed double success last Saturday with the First XI comfortably beating Hanham 2s, whilst the Second XI just pipped Golden Hill 5ths with a 1 wicket victory. At Hobbs Lane, Barrow batted first and having lost Mark Brown early and Jason Cryans having to retire hurt, Guy Fisher (15) joined Kieran Owen to
Barrow Gurney 2nd XI pulled off an amazing victory on Saturday at Hobbs Lane thanks to a maiden hard-hitting unbeaten century from Nick Heal. With Barrow Firsts having an early season break, all the attention was on the Second XI who were hosting Bradley Stoke 4ths. On a warm and sunny day, the visitors won
Barrow Gurney Firsts got off to a flying start in their first league game this season beating Pak Bristolians 2s by 7 wickets at Hobbs Lane. The visitors chose to bat first but soon struggled against the accurate bowling of Mark Fisher (8 Overs 2/13) and the pace and bounce of Jonny Sykes (2/19).
Barrow Gurney finished the pre-season with a 100% record after racking up a fourth win of the season against a Development XI of the Charlton Super Kings. With a sprinkling of rain over night and in the morning many were sceptical this game would go ahead. Groundsman, Pete Holdaway did his customary morning inspection and
Barrow Gurney’s second week of friendly games resulted in success against Blagdon and Axbridge, with several players taking advantage of the opportunity to get some match practice. On Saturday at Hobbs Lane Barrow struggled early on losing 4 wickets for 17 runs, and although Ed Holdaway, Jonny Sykes and Guy Fisher all played cameos it
Barrow Gurney 2nd XI secured a third-place finish in the B&D Division 13, with an impeccable fielding display against Hanham 3rds at Hobbs Lane. Having been put into bat, Ali Hood (39) and Paul Gard (26) put on 88 for the first wicket at a quick rate and a large score looked on the cards
After the disappointment of narrowly losing in the Bateman Cup final the previous week, Barrow Gurney First XI bounced back with a comprehensive win at Bristol Lions on. On a damp pitch Barrow’s opening bowlers Mark Fisher and Phil Taylor ripped through the Lions’ batting with the help of some sharp fielding on a damp
It was a tale of two century makers for Barrow Gurney last Saturday as both First and Second teams won convincingly. At Hanham, it was Mark Brown who led the way, opening the batting with Jordan Allen (27) and who paced his innings beautifully. After a restrained opening stand of 63 with Allen, Barrow lost
