Date and place of Match:  Saturday June 2 nd,  at Home.                                                               League: NSA Saturday Division 1.

 

Scoreboard:           Swanage                                                                209 - 6

 

                                ( C.Wells  94,  A.Howse  64.)

 

 

                                Beaminster                                                            210 - 5

 

                                ( C.Park  82,   K.Berrington  49,   S.Jones  26.)

 

 

Result:                    Swanage lost by 5 wickets.

 

 

Details:

 

C.Burger and N.Hansford bowled aggressively for Beaminster but Swanage’s Craig Wells and Anton Howse were equal to the task. Gradually they wrested the initiative from the bowlers to build a magnificent opening partnership of 182. Playing one of his finest innings, Wells mixed watchful defence with fierce attack. He later interspersed his drives and pulls with delicate late cuts and leg glides. Not to be outdone,  Howse played some glorious straight and  cover drives. When they were both out in the thirty seventh over, the Swanage middle order failed to capitalise on  the excellent start, adding only 27 runs in the remaining seven overs.

 

Nevertheless, Beaminster had a sizeable total to chase on the good batting pitch. C.Park and K.Berrington immediately attacked the bowling. While Park was watchful and technically correct, Berrington swung the bat at anything driveable. Scoring at over four an over, their opening partnership of  93 set up a momentum that was never lost. Parks steady innings was the cornerstone of  some forceful batting, which achieved victory with two overs to spare.

 

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Date and place of Match:  Sunday June 3 rd,  at Home.                                                 League: NSA Sunday Division 3.

 

Scoreboard:           Old Blandfordians                                                                165 - 6

 

                                ( P.Catton  49*,  T.Coughbrough  40,   S.Joyce  35.                        R.Barker  3 - 33. )

 

 

                                Swanage  First  Eleven                                                        98 - 9

 

                                ( J.Hardy  22.                         I. Milne  5 - 28,   A. Joyce  3 - 13. )

 

Result:                    Swanage lost by 67 runs.

 

Details:

 

Ron Barker and Ryan Norman reduced Old Bournemouthians to 15 - 3 but the change bowlers were unable to press home the advantage. As the bowlers lost their line and the fielders put down catches, Joyce, Cotton and Coughbrough prospered.

 

After an opening partnership of 29 between John Hardy and Theo Holland, the Swanage reply was a sorry affair. The batsmen were unable to handle the accurate spin of Ian Milne and Andrew Joyce who deservedly picked up eight of the nine wickets to fall. Only late defiance from Dave Puckett enabled Swanage to get a batting point.