Barrow Gurney’s Bernie Forge helped Somerset Girls U17s beat Gloucestershire by 2 wickets on Wednesday at Apperley Cricket Club. Needing 128 to win, Bernie opened the batting and made 55 not out as Somerset got their target for the loss of 8 wickets in 41 overs. Having twice been stranded on 49 not out, this
Monday night saw the visit of Bristol to play Barrow’s Under 15 team. Traditionally Bristol are a strong team, Barrow expected a hard game and so it proved. Clark set off in a hurry hitting the ball to all parts and riding his luck as Barrow spilled a few chances. He hit 4 6s and
On a lovely day at Hobbs Lane the first XI welcomed Pakistani Express. Like the return fixture, the skipper (Sam Turner standing in for new Dad Phil Milton) lost the toss and was inserted into bat – albeit unlike last time, this made no difference as it felt like a day to bat first and
Last season Barrow Gurney 2nds lost both their games against Frampton Cotterell, but this year have returned the favour this season with a good win on Saturday ensuring the completion of the double. Frampton always play the game in the right spirit. Barrow received a club tweet from one of their players on Sunday commenting on the ‘very talented youth’. A
On what was a glorious day at Hobbs lane, Barrow Gurney 2nd XI were facing high flying, top of the table Patchway. Mark Gracey once again won the toss and once again chose to put the opposition into bat to make the most of the new ball. Mark Fisher and Matt Owen opened the bowling
One of the great joys of cricket at Barrow Gurney is to sit back and enjoy the view
Barrow’s Under 15s travelled to Blagdon and skipper Kieran Owen lost the toss, allowing Blagdon to choose to bat. Blagdon struggled for runs throughout with Frazier Thomas (1 for 10) finding some steep bounce from the outset. Tovey (16) and, in particular, Ake (17 not out) batted well keeping the scoreboard moving with a large
The 2nd XI match against St Mary Redcliffe swung more times than one of Jimmy Anderson’s bowling spells with the result looking like it was going one way and then the other. Mark Gracey won the toss and decided once again to make the most of the new ball and put St Mary Redcliffe into
The Weston Super Mare Wizards came to Hobbs Lane on Monday hoping to cast a spell over the Barrow Gurney Under 15 team as they have so often in the past. Batting first Weston lost an early wicket to Frazier Thomas before J Press and Sapra steadied the ship taking the score to 43 in
After a bye week and a game abandoned due to rain the 1st XI were champing at the bit to play this week’s fixture against West United. Arriving early for the start it soon became apparent that there had been some mix up and that Saltford CC were due to play on the same pitch
