Ray Teal’s Cricket Round Up

August 23, 2011

Beverley Town CC 1st XI secured their fifth outright win of the season when they beat bottom of the league Heworth by six wickets at Heworth. The 2nd XIs up and down season continued when they were beaten at home by Ripon while the 3rd XI got back to winning ways with a successful day at Hessle. The 4th XI continued their disappointing second half of the season when they…

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Beverley Beat York By Six Wickets At Norwood

July 26, 2011

After last weeks abandonment due to the weather Beverley were keen to get back to winning ways against York at Norwood Park after 3 disappointing weeks. Skipper Alan Acklam started well when he finally won a toss and inserted York to have first use of a typically good Beverley track.  Opening bowlers, Simon Roe and Peter Groves restricted the scoring rate whilst picking up wickets at regular intervals, including the…

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Ray Teal’s Cricket Round Up

July 6, 2011

Beverley Town CC 1st XI lost at home in the league for the first time this season when they were beaten by Sessay. The 4th XI made it a poor day at Norwood when Cottingham ran out easy winners but the 2nd and 3rd teams fared much better on their travels with convincing wins at Pocklington and South Holderness respectively. York Senior League Premier Division Beverley 1st XI lost to…

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Abid And Spence Shine In Heavy Defeat

July 5, 2011

Beverley Town CC 1st XI subsided to a seven wicket defeat to Sessay on a benign pitch at a lightning fast Norwood Recreation Ground. This was despite an admirable case of commitment and skill from middle-order batsman Faisal Abid. He had only snatched a few hours sleep in 36 as he worked a double shift at Hull Royal Infirmary. But the gastroenterologist hit a gutsy 54 and with Tony Spence…

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Roe Heroics Just Not Enough To Secure Beverley Victory

June 20, 2011

Simon Roe almost bowled Beverley Town CC to a superb outright victory against Dunnington at the Norwood Recreation Ground. The 2nd XI captain produced his finest spell of bowling in senior cricket for his club, picking up 6-48 as Beverley had Dunnington 152-9 chasing 267-6 as play was brought to a close. That Roe had such a target to bowl as was thanks to more great batting from two Beverley…

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Excellent Results For Beverley Town CC That Include Good Cup Win

June 7, 2011

All of the Beverley Town CC teams produced good performances over the weekend to register two league wins, two winning draws and an excellent cup win. A youthful 4th XI led the way on Saturday, followed by the 3rds who continued their good form with a third league win and the two senior sides both scored well over 200 runs and claimed comfortable winning draws. The icing on the cake…

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Beverley Town CC Struggle To Contain Chesterfield

May 11, 2011

Derbyshire Premier League high-flyers Chesterfield gave Beverley Town CC a kicking at the Norwood Recreation Ground on Sunday. They eased their way to a massive 136-run victory and moved into the next round of the ECB National Club Championship. It was always going to be a tough ask for Beverley, but they were really made to toil as Chesterfield racked up a mighty 334-8 off their 45 overs. The big…

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Abid Scores 50 Though Beverley Fall 10 Runs Short

April 10, 2011

Strong late hitting from Faisal Abid wasn’t enough to bring Beverley Town Cricket Club victory in their first friendly of the season at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Beverley ended up 10 runs short of visiting side Hunslet Nelson CC, who have just been promoted to the Premier Division of the Central Yorkshire League. But in reality and on the most beautiful of spring days that brought out a healthy little…

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Beverley Town CC 1st XI Vs Thirsk

August 18, 2010

The 1st XI secured a valuable win at home to bottom of the table Thirsk, but only by the narrowest of margins. Tony Spence, reinstated to the team after almost 200 runs in the last four games for the 2nd XI, was the batting star of the day but not before veteran Simon Roe had produced a superb bowling spell to set up the win. Beverley reduced their youthful North…

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Beverley Town CC 1st XI Vs Goole Town

July 18, 2010

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…

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Beverley Town CC 1st XI Vs Studley Royal

June 6, 2010

A powerful batting performance was not enough to secure a much-needed victory for Beverley Town 1st XI at home to Studley Royal on Saturday. But the home side could be proud of their efforts as they forced the Ripon club to dig deep, earning a winning draw as they restricted Studley to 227-8 in reply to Beverley Town’s 260-6. Beverley took full advantage of batting first on a wicket described…

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Beverley Town CC 2XI Vs Harrogate 2XI

May 16, 2010

Faisal Abid almost led Beverley Town CC 2nd XI to a memorable victory at home to Harrogate 2nds. Abid hammered an impressive, unbeaten 130 as Beverley almost chased down Harrogate’s imposing target of 250 at the Norwood Recreation Ground, finishing on 226-9 and securing a losing draw. Despite conditions certainly favouring the bat, John Lewis put in some hard yards with the ball and finished with three hard-earned wickets despite…

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Beverley Town CC 1st XI Vs Easingwold

May 11, 2010

The 1st XI’s poor start to the season continued with a 10-wicket hammering at home to Easingwold. Alan Acklam was undefeated on 18 and Faisal Abid made 10 but the team folded without any other resistance and made only 49 runs. Easingwold made light work of their modest target to ensure an early finish. Beverley Town Cricket Club 1st XI lost to Easingwold by 10 wickets HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click…

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