GRASSMOOR WORKS 236 FOR 6 ANSTON 2'S 164 ALL OUT
BASSETLAW AND DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION ONE AT BARNES PARK
30 JULY 2022 --- 1PM
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| ANDY WOOLVEN GETS GRASSMOOR WORKS OFF TO A GREAT START VERSUS ANSTON |
Grassmoor returned to winning ways with a 72 run victory over Anston 2's in this Bassetlaw and District League Division One fixture at Barnes Park. The home side had a collection of valuable contributions including half centuries from Andy Woolven and David Spendlove with their opening bowlers of Craig Dawes and Ian Bradley Taking three wickets apiece and accounting for the Anston top order.
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| CRAIG DAWES CELEBRATES HIS SECOND WICKET BOWLING ARCHIE RUCZENCZYN |
Last week and for most of the proceeding football season I have expressed a thankfulness for being able to cover local clubs due to my chance of travelling being very limited but the opportunity of Grassmoor Works C C was once again a blessing. Alongside Pilsley and Clay Cross these two clubs have been a pleasure to cover and both have been very welcoming making it a pleasure to walk the boundary on a Saturday afternoon.
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| CARL BOWLING OPENING FOR GRASSMOOR WORKS |
Today would start in a very light rain but thankfully with credit to the umpires and both clubs they wanted to get on with play and so we started and completed an afternoon of 'village' cricket that was a credit to both sides contributions.
Before the game today it would appear I have not featured the 'wonders' of opening bowler Craig Dawes enough, according to Mr Dawes haha, apparently its always his counterpart Ian Bradley. Anyway today Mr D I hope to have gone some way to redressing that balance plus there is a few more pictures to view around probably fewer words, but a word of caution there is still one of Mr Bradley. All part of the good banter that surrounds the club and to be fair cricket in general in this league.
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| ANDY WOOLVEN LOFTS ANOTHER DELIVERY TOWARDS THE BOUNDARY |
Anston won the toss and invited the home side to have a bat and what a start they got off too only losing Carl Bowling [15] when the score was on 80 although when John Donaldson was sent back after three balls for a duck to a sharp catch the score was 95/2. But the third wicket was vital for Anston that of Woolven [A] [69] he was in destructive mood before being bowled by Jamie Pearson. To that effect his innings had come from 49 balls including 10 fours and one maximum and he reached his 50 off just 28 balls in 24 minutes a devastating spell that saw all 10 of his fours arrive in the half century.
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| ANOTHER GRASSMOOR BOUNDARY SIGNALLED |
This brought together Ian Woolven [41] and Spendlove [69] who started carefully but the latter exploded with 7 x4's and 4 x 6's reaching his fifty with a mighty maximum and his whole innings taking just 70 balls. The partnership put on 124 and helped Grassmoor reach their final total of 236 for 6 from their allotted 40 overs.
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| ANDY WOOLVEN EYES ON THE BALL |
Tea interval would see the obligatory meander around the adjacent country park for a change of scenery but a comfortable return was in plenty of time to see some warming up by the fielding side before umpires John Whitworth and Ian Beaumont took to the field for the Anston reply.
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| CLASSIC POSE FOR OPENER ANDY WOOLVEN |
It had been a hard afternoon for Anston in the field would Grassmoor have the same issues? Well it appeared very early on that they might as both openers got away well with captain Kaylan Ampolu [15] and Leighton Hill [25] before the former was caught by Woolven [A] off the bowling of Ian Bradley. Dawes matched his opening bowling partner in the wicket stakes when he sent back Dominic Moyle for a duck caught by Bradley at first slip. It quickly became 43/3 with Ryan Musgrave [3] fell to a running catch by Donaldson off Bradley, Dawes kept in on the act when he bowled Archie Ruczenczyn [12].
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| SPENDLOVE LAUNCHES ANOTHER ONE FOR GRASSMOOR |
The Grassmoor opening bowlers were working well in tandem and continued to decimate the top order of the Anston card Hill was bowled by Bradley and up stepped Dawes to dismiss Oliver Munday [5] as Woolven [A] took his second catch and the visitors were in trouble at 71/6.
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| IT GONE HIGH DAVID SPENDLOVE ON HIS WAY TO A BIG SCORE |
There were late cameos from Kieran Hawkins [29] and Andy Ruczenczyn [34] who threatened to give Anston a chance of a remarkable come back if they could keep their attacking stroke play going. But it would be John Kenward Nash who took the wicket of the former caught on the boundary by Bowling and the latter was bowled by Donaldson to signal the end of any hope for the visitors.
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| THREE WICKETS FOR CRAIG DAWES AND AS MANY PICTURES |
Both Bradley and Dawes were bowled right through returning three wickets apiece and as they sent back the visitors top order this proved a correct decision because after this they needed something very special to recover and although the brief threat from the lower middle order put some doubts in the home sides minds they stuck to their task to win comfortably in the end by72 runs.
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| CLEAN TAKE FROM MARK CRAIN AS ANSTON CAPTAIN KAYLAN AMPOLU FACES |
A much needed return to winning ways for Grassmoor and a game of some big hitting from both sides overall though the home side had some attacking and sturdy batting that got them to an unsurmountable total and then the bowlers more than matched that by taking wickets when they met the challenge of the Anston reply.
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| CRAIG DAWES REALISES THAT BRADLEY HAS FEATURED AGAIN ON THE BLOG |
For the second game running it was great to see the Anston scorer applying the on running card to live scores and making the game easier to follow. An enjoyable afternoon with the threat of any more of the wet stuff subsiding as the afternoon progressed.
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| THREE WICKETS FOR GRASSMOOR OPENING BOWLER IAN BRADLEY |
Always a pleasure to visit Barnes Park for the cricket now and the only challenge now is the surmounting of Hagg Hill which awaited me in a 25 minute walk back to base.
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| ANDY RUCZENCZYN THREATENS FOR ANSTON |
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