An unbeaten partnership of 159 between Mark Brown and Ed Holdaway was not enough to defeat a strong Uni Staff side on a batter’s wicket at Coombe Dingle. Batting first, Barrow suffered an early reverse when Kieran Owen was run out off the first ball of the match chasing an ill-judged second run. Jason Cryans
Barrow Gurney’s new first team skipper, Connor Jones, got off to a winning start at Congresbury on Saturday. After the first week of the season was washed out, this was the first time he had the chance to see how his team would perform in a higher division. Bowling first on a beautiful day at
Saturday was a special day at Hobbs Lane as the club launched Barrow Gurney TV, with the help of our sponsors Audioistic, this will allow play from home games to be live streamed and watched at home or from the comfort of the Pavilion Bar. Players too will be able to scrutinise their techniques and
After a washout last weekend, Barrow finally got onto the field of play against a talented Bristol Lions side. Bowling first the Barrow bowlers struggled for accuracy and the fielders did not support them with several boundaries which shouldn’t have been and some dropped catches too. Sam Mitchell took the first wicket of the season,
There was an end of term feeling surrounding the final league weekend as Barrow Gurney ended in style with both teams recording good wins. The first team were away at Timsbury and decided to take part in a football shirt challenge to celebrate the end of season, and also the final match of Frank Forge’s
Barrow Gurney’s promotion hopes ended after yet another game settled by the barest of margins. Barrow and Frenchay 2s were in a direct fight for the second promotion place in Division 5 and Frenchay were the visitors at Hobbs Lane on Saturday. Put into bat, Frenchay’s Isaac Stell started positively, and despite an early strike
Barrow Gurney came out on the wrong side of another close game at Abbots Leigh last Saturday. Batting first Barrow lost 3 early wickets before opening bat Kieran Owen found some good support from Ed Holdaway (28) in a fifty partnership. Owen batted almost throughout the innings being run out in an effort to
Barrow Gurney First XI returned to form with a convincing 8 wicket win over Brislington 3rd XI at Hobbs Lane to put them in equal second place in B&D Division 5. Asked to field in searing heat, and missing a couple of regular bowlers, Barrow’s attack stepped up to put the visitors under pressure immediately
A disappointing performance by Barrow Gurney 1st XI saw them lose to Pucklechurch Firsts and drop out of the automatic promotion places in Division 5 of the Bristol & District League. Pucklechurch, batting first, set out at a blistering pace with their openers putting on 48 in no time, but Mark Fisher pegged them back
Barrow Gurney First XI lost their encounter with Bristol Sri Lankans in their top of the table clash in Division 5 of the Bristol & District League. Barrow put the Sri Lankans into bat and had some early success reducing the visitors to 57-3. But then Amarajeewa Krupa Mudiyanselagae set about using the short boundaries
