The dozen or so spectators on Saturday witnessed one of the best Barrow First Team run chases in recent years. Losing the toss, second bottom team Woodpeckers, decided to bat first but got off to a horror start when James Riley bowled their opener Tim Britton, the destroyer of many Barrow attacks down the years, first
Last Saturday Barrow Gurney Second XI played Twyford House, a team who, despite being near the bottom of the table, had won 7 of their last 9 games. Of the 2 they didn’t win, one game was abandoned and the other they lost against top of the table Patchway. Mark Gracey lost the toss and
The Sunday XI arrived at the picturesque Allerton ground looking forward to another good game against an Axbridge side which triumphed at Hobbs Lane earlier in the season. Winning the toss captain Mark Forge decided to bowl first in the muggy overcast conditions, with the forecast that the sun was to break through after tea (of which more
Last Wednesday Barrow Gurney Cricket Club held its first Junior Open Day, it was led by First Team Captain Phil Milton who called it a “fantastic success”. Twenty 7-11 year olds came to the day; some were already members of the junior section but half were brand new to the club. The morning session had the group
Blue Flame were the visitors to Hobbs Lane on Sunday on a warm afternoon. Winning the toss their skipper put Barrow into bat on the same track which had seen over 450 runs made on it the day before. Losing a wicket in the first over is never ideal, but Blue Flame’s opening bowler, Poole,
After two disappointing losses to Failand & Portbury and Long Ashton, Barrow Gurney 1st Team faced bottom of the league, Bristol Sri Lankans, with a chance to get the season back on track. Arriving at the Fry’s Club Barrow were pleased to again find that we had neutral umpires and the team was even happier when
Barrow Gurney 2nds’ recent good run came to an abrupt halt against YMCA 5ths at Hobbs Lane on Saturday. Batting first YMCA lost a wicket to the first ball of the innings from Mark Fisher but that was the only moment of joy, as first the stylish Cox (52) partnered M Smith for 97 for
On Thursday James Mitchell was the stand-in skipper for the game against the touring New Ash Green CC. The visitors batted first. Matt Owen and Mark Fisher opened the bowling and hit decent lines and lengths, ensuring New Ash Green got off to a slow start but on a good batting wicket and quick outfield,
This year’s Barrow Gurney Cricket Club tour again was based in Torquay and featured some old rivalries and some new fixtures. It all started by marking a special birthday, as you can read in Ali Hood’s Tour Diary Monday Tour started with a wet drive down the M5 but by the time we reached our
On Saturday Barrow 2nds embarked on what was a must win game against second placed Portishead, who had only lost 4 games this season (one of them against Barrow in the reverse fixture), if they were to stand any chance of promotion this season. Mark Gracey lost the toss and was put into bat on
