The Wolds Way is a 79-mile trek that should take seasoned ramblers a good five days to complete, but this week twenty members of the Beverley Town Cricket Club set out to tackle it in just two, to raise money not only for their club, but also for the local MS society. In order to achieve such an incredible feat, they had to set off for the starting point at…
Beverley Town CC 3rd XI were beaten at home by Kirkella in the East Yorkshire Alliance Premier at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Beverley batted first setting a target of 134 for the visitors, skipper Keiran O’Brian once again failed to score a run, he lasted just three balls. Kevin Thompson scored 68 for Beverley and looked in good touch, though others within the team were not able to stay with…
Beverley Town Cricket Club 1st XI lost out to Dunnington CC at the Norwood Recreation Ground, losing the match by six wickets. Beverley lost the toss and put into bat by the visitors, in team that included former West Indian test player Collis King. Jonathan Fisher was the pick of the batters scoring 50, with Andrew Burton making 46. Talking point of the innings was the stumping of Captain Alan…
Beverley Town CC lost out in the Phoenix Cup Final to Fenner’s on Tuesday evening in Hull. Beverley won the toss and opted to field first, some god bowling restricted to Fenner’s to just 91, giving them a real chance of causing an upset. Fenner’s however put an equally good performance with the ball taking a string of early wickets. Despite a good performance by skipper Alan Acklam, Beverley managed…
Beverley 4th XI secured a maximum 20 points from a narrow two wicket win at HICE in their only sunday fixture of the season. Skipper Sam Welburn, bowled beautifully, his 12 overs included seven maidens and he took 2 for 19. Good support came from Matt Novis (1 for 44) and Harry Bardon. HICE closed on 192 for 6 which illustrated the recovery made by Beverley as the home side…
Beverley Town CC 3rd XI picked up a win against Hull Ionians in the East Yorkshire Cricket Alliance Premier Division. Will Wilson was ‘in the runs’ as he scored 50. Harry Bardon also did well scoring 32, helping Beverley set the visitors a target of 189 runs. Keiran O’Brian made up for his golden duck with 5 wickets. The inspirational skipper was given out first ball LBW, but produced a…
Pocklington beat Beverley Town 2nd XI by 54 runs at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Winning the toss, the visitors opted to bat, setting Beverley a target of 227. Pick of the bowlers for Beverley was Iain Sugdon with figures of 2/67. Sugdon was also Beverley’s best batter, racking up 31 runs off just 59 balls though it was not enough as Beverley were bowled out for 173. HU17.net Picture Gallery:…
Cricket action from the Norwood Recreation ground featuring Beverley Town Cricket Club and Hull Zingari CC. Beverley bated first though were unable to put any real pressure on the Hull Zingari who chased down the score to win with over’s and wickets in to spare. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below…
Beverley Town Cricket Club held their annual fund raiser at the Norwood Recreation Ground. The ‘Pub Sixes’ featured teams from all around Beverley who fielded teams of non cricketers who played, at times, fast and frantic 5 over games. Organisers of the event said they raised around £1000 which will be used to support grass route cricket and the Beverley club. The winners were the Swimoore Drunks who notched up…
It’s been 25 years in the making – and Sam Welburn couldn’t take the grin off his face! Beverley Town’s Welburn, known as ‘Plug’ among other less printable nicknames, smashed his first ever six for his 4th XI side at the Norwood Recreation Ground on Saturday. It didn’t stop his side going down to a massive 10-wicket defeat at the hands of Patrington in the EYCA First Division clash. Nor…
Alex Morell started and finished Beverley Town CC 1st XI’s rout of Goole. The pacey opening bowler grabbed a couple of early wickets and came back to rip through the tail as the visitors to the Norwood Recreation Ground were bowled our for 98 chasing Beverley’s 174. Morell finished with 5-32, although he was ably backed up by the returning Jamie Mitchell, who helped himself to a nice little haul…
Beverley Town CC teenager Ben Fish has certainly done that. The 17-year-old hit a fantastic 95 on his first team debut last week to repay the faith shown in him by captain Alan Acklam. Told just three days beforehand that he was to be thrown in at the deepest of ends, Ben opened the batting against Sessay, last year’s York and District Senior League Premier Division runners up, and showed…
An inspired performance with the ball from Iain Sugdon helped Beverley Town CC 2nd XI rout New Earswick at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Sugdon recorded his best ever figures in senior cricket for Beverley, picking up 6-19 as the visitors were dismissed for a paltry 139. He was aided and abetted by Matthew Mudd, who helped himself to 3-48. This was a particularly fine performance with the ball as the…
Beverley Town Cricket Club’s 4th XI crashed to a massive 165-run defeat at home to Hull and YPI 4th XI. The visitors to the Norwood Recreation Ground set a massive target of 286-6, and it proved way beyond Beverley as they were dismissed for just 121. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture…
Neil Goforth was in the runs again as Beverley Town CC 4th XI surged to an eight wicket victory at home to Humbleton. Sam Welburn led the way with the ball, picking up 4-50 off his 12 overs as Humbleton reached a good-looking total of 225-9. But the home side made light work of the chase. Goforth batted through for an unbeaten 85, but the momentum came from Dave Parry…
Beverley Town CC 1st XI made it two wins on the bounce as they comprehensively beat Acomb at the Norwood Recreation Ground on Saturday. Following on from their victory at Woodhouse Grange the previous week, they romped to a six wicket defeat of the York side. Three wickets apiece for Peter Parnaby and Steve Blake restricted the visitors to 219-8, a good effort in the field on a typically good…
Saturday was a day to forget for Beverley Town CC 2nd XI. They were hammered by eight wickets by Osbaldwick in their York and District Senior Cricket League Division Two clash. Beverley batted first on an excellent wicket but failed to make the most of beautiful conditions as they were bowled out for just 99. Only Ian Goforth made any impact, scoring nearly half his side’s runs before falling for…
Neil Goforth produced a superb all-round performance as Beverley Town CC 4th XI romped to a an eight-wicket victory over HICE seconds at the Norwood Recreation Ground on Saturday. He picked up 3-42 then hit an excellent 71 as they overhauled their target with ease. But he wasn’t the only home player to shine on a glorious day. Sam Welburn picked up 4-59 off 12 overs and Guy Brumfield 3-41…