After a 5 week break due to weather and the opposition cancelling, the Sunday XI were back in action last week at Chew Magna. Barrow were greeted with beautiful sunshine and a warm welcome as Lee Bryant (also known as the Barrow Under 15 coach) captained the Chew Magna team which also contained Jackson Bryant
Barrow Gurney Firsts are hoping for a better day against Long Ashton this Saturday after being on the losing end of an unusually low-scoring encounter last week at Hobbs Lane against Failand & Portbury. Everything started promisingly enough as the Failand team collapsed to 100 all out in 27.5 overs, with paceman James Riley doing
Barrow Gurney second team arrived at Bradley Stoke Community School hoping to reverse the loss they had suffered earlier in the season and keep their good form of two wins in a row. Jordan Allen stepped in as captain to gain experience as Mark Gracey wanted a week off. Jordan won the toss and decided
Barrow Gurney Cricket Club have announced they are hosting a Cricket Fun Day for children in Years 4 to 6 on 5th August in the beautiful setting of the Hobbs Lane ground. Led by ECB trained coaches who are fully CRB checked, those who take part are assured of a great day learning some cricket skills
Barrow Gurney 2nds turned up at Hobbs Lane hoping that they could repeat the previous weeks success of a double victory over Frampton Cotterell with a double over Thornbury. Mark Gracey lost his first toss in 5 games and the Thornbury skipper decided that they would make the most of the new ball and put
After Barrow Gurney’s victory over Redcliffe earlier in the season the team were confident going into this match against top of the league. Things began well when skipper Phil Milton won the toss and decided to insert Redcliffe in the hope that the pitch would improve throughout the day. James Riley and Paul Glazzard opened up
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
