Barrow Gurney’s Saturday teams both recorded vital wins this week as they bowled out their respective oppositions for modest totals and chased them down with only one or two scares. At Hobbs Lane, Phil Milton lost the toss again on Saturday and was surprised that Woodpeckers opted to bat first given the green tinged pitch.
Barrow’s latest midweek opponents were a friendly team from St Mary Redcliffe Cricket Club. On another beautiful evening at Hobbs Lane, Barrow were put into bat. The loss of Phil Milton in the second over set Barrow back, but Bernie Forge started pushing the score along with some powerful drives. Connor Jones accompanied her in
There was nail-biting drama for two of Barrow Gurney’s teams this weekend as games went to down to the wire. Whilst the Firsts unluckily lost off the last ball of their game at Shirehampton 2nds, the Sunday 3rds scraped home with the last pair at the crease with Harptree Villages dropping a catch to tie
Barrow Gurney Cricket Club was sad to hear of the death of Colin Nutt, who played for the club from the late 1950s to the 1980s. Former Barrow captain, and long-time friend, Geoff Warren shared some memories of Colin at his funeral recently and the BGCC website is pleased to provide an edited version in
There was sun galore this weekend at Barrow Gurney but all 3 senior teams were made to toil in the heat by tough opponents. The first XI started promisingly with a partnership of 49 between Bernie Forge (22) and Roger Finnemore (23) but a middle order collapse soon had the scoreboard reading 61-5. Barrow welcomed
Ali Hood’s second consecutive hundred was the highlight of a weekend marred by dropped catches and two one-sided games. At Hobbs Lane, Ali reigned supreme in steering the Seconds to another win against a Whitchurch team who posted a very creditable 211-6 in their 40 overs. At least 8 catches were dropped to aid
On Monday evening Barrow’s Under 15s were put into bat against a strong Uphill Castle team. Due to late afternoon rain the game was played on the artificial wicket which gave a bit of extra bounce. Ben Thorne dominated the Barrow innings playing some good shots all around the wicket, including one pull shot which
It is a rare event indeed when two Barrow Gurney batsmen make a hundred in one weekend, but that is what happened this week as Ali Hood and Guy Fisher made telling contributions to victories for the 2nds and Sunday 3rds. Sadly the 1sts were unable to join in the fun, but nevertheless took maximum
Barrow’s T20 season got underway at Flax Bourton Irregulars on Wednesday with an exciting comeback win. Mark Forge opted to bat first to take advantage of the better light and the fact that 3 of the team had yet to arrive! Losing 2 wickets in the first over was not part of the plan. Jonny
On a splendid May evening at Hobbs Lane, Barrow’s under 15s entertained the mighty Weston Super Mare in the North Somerset Youth League, as Pete Holdaway reports: Weston won the toss and set about Barrow’s attack scoring at 9 an over despite Isaac Todman beating the bat regularly and having 2 lbw appeals turned down