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2011
Sunday 25 September - Grasshoppers (Away)
Grasshoppers 229-8 (40 overs)
L.Miles 6-0-30-1
C.Holtz 7-0-27-1
A.Bowen 7-0-45-1
W.Phillips 7-0-42-2
G.Taylor 5-0-24-1
A.Dowsett 5-0-32-1
A.Garner 3-0-24-0
Catches (4) : A.Phillips 2, L.Miles & C.Holtz
Stumpings (1) : A.Phillips
Run Outs (1)
Acton Scott 120 (34 overs)
K.Holtz bowled 2
W.Phillips bowled 20
L.Miles caught 6
R.Morris caught 6
A.Phillips bowled 45
M.Buchan caught 0
C.Holtz bowled 26
A.Dowsett bowled 2
G.Taylor caught 0
A.Bowen caught 7
A.Garner not out 0
Grasshoppers won by 109 runs
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Sunday 18 September - Ludlow (Away)
Match cancelled due to Ludlow's players unavailability
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Sunday 11 September - Corvedale (Away)
Match cancelled due to players' unavailability
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Sunday 4 September - Clun (Home)
Match cancelled due to Clun's players unavailability
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Sunday 28 August - Bishop's Castle (Home)
Match cancelled due to players' unavailability
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Sunday 21 August - Cleeside (Home)
Acton Scott 155-9 (40 overs)
R.Williams caught 9
R.Wilson caught 2
P.Davies caught 42
R.Morris bowled 80
B.Tomlins caught 4
M.Buchan run out 1
A.Bowen run out 1
J.Wrench not out 4
A.Garner bowled 1
A.Brown run out 3
On a dry wicket and with some decent weather, Acton Scott won the toss and elected to bat. After the early loss of openers Richard Wilson and Rob Williams had left the home side on 21-2, Paul Davies and captain Rob Morris came together to put on a memorable stand of 120 with both playing well on a wicket that was difficult to time the ball on.
Paul Davies on his way to a very valuable 42 for Acton Scott
Acton Scott's captain Rob Morris with a fine innings of 80
Rob reached his 50 and pushed on to reach 80 before being bowled, an innings that included 4 sixes and 11 fours. Paul was out for a very useful 42 that included 6 fours and the partnership had helped the home side establish a reasonable total setting Cleeside a target of 3.9 runs an over for victory.
Cleeside 156-4 (34 overs)
B.Tomlins 8-1-45-1
A.Bowen 8-0-23-0
A.Brown 6-0-46-0
A.Garner 6-0-26-0
P.Davies 6-0-21-3
Catches (3) : R.Williams, R.Morris & M.Buchan
Fielder of the Day : Mark Buchan
With an early breakthrough when opener Brick was caught behind by Rob Morris off the bowling of Brian Tomlins, the home side made a good start with Adam Bowen bowling particularly well.
But Mark Harrington and Nick Wilding soon adjusted to the wicket and set Cleeside on course for victory reaching 88-1 at the halfway point. Both Wilding (82) and Harrington (51) continued batting well and although they both fell to Paul Davies late in the innings, their contribution saw the visitors home with 6 overs to spare
Cleeside won by 6 wickets
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Sunday 14 August - Shrewsbury (Home)
Shrewsbury 214-7 (40 overs)
K.Pinches 8-1-33-1
C.Holtz 8-1-38-1
A.Dowsett 8-0-58-2
B.Tomlins 8-0-41-0
M.Lole 8-0-38-2
Catches (6) : B.Tomlins, A.Phillips 2, R.Williams, & K.Pinches 2
Run Outs (1)
Fielder of the Day: A.Phillips
On a blustery dry afternoon, Shrewsbury got off to a tricky start when Cameron Holtz had one of the Pym opening batsmen caught behind in his first over. Another wicket fell in the 9th over when the other Pym opener was brilliantly caught by Brian Tomlins at cover in Andy Dowsett's first over to leave the visitors on 40-2.
Steve Carless batting at 3 was playing a very good innings accumulating runs, punishing bad balls and respecting good deliveries. After Andy had picked up another wicket when Reynolds was caught by Rob Williams, Shrewsbury were 112-3 at the halfway point with Steve Carless still going well. He soon raced to his century before retiring having put the visitors in a strong position.
With 5 overs to go they had reached 205-3 but a spate of wickets from Acton Scott's bowlers saw them take 4 wickets for only 9 runs to give the home side a target of just over 5.3 runs an over for victory.
Acton Scott 90 (28.5 overs)
R.Wilson caught 0
J.Wrench caught 14
R.Williams caught 10
R.Morris bowled 8
B.Tomlins caught 20
A.Phillips not out 26
K.Pinches bowled 1
K.Holtz caught 0
C.Holtz caught 0
A.Dowsett caught 7
M.Lole caught 0
Rob Williams in action for Acton Scott
Acton Scott were soon in trouble when opener Richard Wilson was caught at point off a rising delivery in the first over and against some good bowling the home side struggled to 27-3 after 10 overs with Rob Williams and Rob Morris also falling to the opening bowlers.
Jamie Wrench avoiding a high bouncing delivery
Partnerships were never established and wickets continued to fall despite spirited resistance from Jamie Wrench and Brian Tomlins.
Brian Tomlins is tucked up by a turning delivery
With Tony Phillips playing well but running out of partners and the run rate falling, it soon became clear that the target was not going to be reached and in the 29th over when captain Mike Lole was caught the game was over and a heavy defeat had been inflicted on the home side, going down by 124 runs.
Shrewsbury won by 124 runs
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Sunday 7 August - Church Stretton (Home)
Church Stretton won the toss and elected to bat
Church Stretton 162-7 (40 overs)
C.Holtz 8-1-18-0
K.Pinches 8-0-28-0
W.Phillips 8-0-46-1
A.Bowen 8-0-19-0
M.Lole 8-1-43-5
Catches (4) : C.Holtz 2, M.Lole & R.Wilson
Stumpings (2) : K.Holtz
Run Outs (1)
With the threat of heavy showers all around, Church Stretton got their innings underway with a useful stand of 44 from openers Harris and Wood before Harris was caught at cover by Cameron Holtz off the bowling of Will Phillips after opening bowlers Cameron Holtz and Kieran Pinches had bowled well for the home side.
With play suspended several times for heavy rain, the visitors made steady progress and at the halfway point had reached
77-2 after Anderson had been brilliantly run out by Mark Buchan, making his debut for Acton Scott.
With some very tight bowling from Acton Scott's bowlers, particularly Cameron Holtz and Adam Bowen (making his debut for Acton Scott), the visitors had moved to 118-3 after 30 overs.
Captain Mike Lole came on as 5th bowler and proceded to mop up the remaining wickets to fall, to leave the home side a run chase of just over 4 runs an over for victory.
Acton Scott 163-7 (37 overs)
R.Wilson caught 41
J.Wrench caught 15
R.Williams caught 5
W.Phillips caught 14
M.Buchan lbw 1
K.Pinches caught 18
A.Phillips caught 17
A.Bowen not out 22
C.Holtz not out 7
Opening batsmen Richard Wilson and Jamie Wrench set about the run chase making steady progress scoring at just below the required rate with an opening stand of 49 before Jamie was caught and bowled for 15. Richard was out next when the score was 66 and partnerships were now difficult to establish.
On a sometimes very gloomy afternoon, Acton Scott's Rob Williams and Mark Buchan batting for the home side
Three quick wickets fell to leave the home side on 88-5 at the halfway point with the game evenly poised. Kieran Pinches and Tony Phillips added momentum to the innings with a stand of 32 before Tony was caught. After Kieran had added a very useful 18, he was out caught and this left debutant Adam Bowen and young Cameron Holtz with the score on 129-7, still needing 34 for victory with 10 overs to go.
Full on action at Acton Scott
Batting so sensibly with quick running and patience they stayed together forming a memorable winning partnership of 34 to see the home side to victory with 3 overs and 3 wickets to spare.
Acton Scott won by 3 wickets
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Sunday 31 July Kinlet (Home)
Acton Scott 191-8 (40 overs)
K.Holtz caught 9
M.Lole caught 0
A.Phillips bowled 0
M.Williams caught 1
W.Phillips caught 134
B.Tomlins caught 11
K.Pinches bowled 4
C.Holtz caught 0
A.Brown not out 11
G.Taylor not out 0
With Acton Scott reduced to 24-4 after only 11 overs, a very low score looked likely but Will Phillips and Brian Tomlins steadied the innings forming a partnership that added 40 for the 5th wicket before Brian was out caught for 11.
Kieran Pinches joined Will who was going well and added another 38 for the 6th wicket before Kieran was bowled. But it was turning into the Will Phillips show with Will taking strike for most of the innings and he soon reached his 50 before going on to score his maiden century with a brilliant knock.
After being 65-5 at the halfway stage, the home side eventually managed to bat out the 40 overs and reach 191 thanks to the amazing innings of Will Phillips who had scored over 78% of runs attributed to the batsmen to leave Kinlet a target of 4.8 runs an over for victory.
Kinlet 187-7 (40 overs)
M.Williams 5-0-29-2
C.Holtz 5-2-8-0
G.Taylor 5-0-26-0
A.Brown 5-1-30-2
K.Pinches 5-2-14-1
B.Tomlins 5-0-31-1
M.Lole 5-1-24-1
W.Phillips 5-0-19-0
Catches (2) : A.Phillips & B.Tomlins
Stumpings (1) : A.Phillips
Fielder of the Day : Steve Yapp
Acton Scott won by 4 runs
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Sunday 24 July - Corvedale (Home)
Corvedale won the toss and elected to bat
Corvedale 177 (32 overs)
C.Holtz 5-0-20-0
G.Taylor 5-0-33-2
B.Tomlins 8-2-34-3
M.Phillips 8-1-18-2
K.Pinches 3-1-27-1
W.Phillips 3-0-32-1
Catches (3) : A.Phillips, W.Phillips & A.Brown
Run Outs (1)
The first home game for Acton Scott was played in perfect sunny weather with a comfortable breeze on a dry but slow wicket that showed bounce and an outfield that proved to be reasonably fast.
Acton Scott's Gavin Taylor who claimed 2 wickets for the home side
Opening bowlers Cameron Holtz and Gavin Taylor began well with Gavin claiming Craig Massey's wicket in his first over when he was brilliantly caught by Tony Phillips fielding at slip. More early success was to follow for the home side when George Jacks was cleverly run out by Gavin to leave Corvedale on 17-2 in the 4th over. Gavin struck again in his third over when Herbert was caught by Will Phillips after adding a quickfire 14, reducing the visitors to 23-3.
This brought Bryn Simmonds to the crease and he and Lee Burton set about the attack adding 58 for the 4th wicket before Burton was bowled by Brian Tomlins in Brian's 2nd over. Acton Scott continued to bowl well and at the halfway point Corvdale were 98-5 after Matt Phillips claimed Walden's wicket with a good catch by Anthony Brown. With Bryn Simmonds still scoring well, the home side struck twice in the over after the break with two wickets from Brian Tomlins in a double wicket maiden, to leave the score on 98-7.
When Massey was bowled by Matt Phillips and Corvedale were 110-8 a very low score looked likely. But with Bryn playing well despite being dropped twice, he added another 53 for the 9th wicket before Amphlett was finally bowled by Kieran Pinches. Ross Mantle joined Bryn and this saw Bryn through to his century, but with 8 0vers still left Bryn was bowled for 107 by Will Phillips with a cracking delivery and Corvedale were dismissed for 177 setting the home side a run chase of just under 4.5 runs an over.
Acton Scott 153 (36.2 overs)
J.Wrench caught 24
K.Holtz lbw 4
A.Phillips lbw 21
M.Phillips caught 10
W.Phillips caught 1
B.Tomlins caught 8
K.Pinches bowled 58
A.Brown run out 0
G.Taylor caught 2
C.Holtz bowled 11
M.Lole not out 0
Opening batsmen Jamie Wrench and Krafft Holtz started cautiously before Krafft was out lbw in the 6th over to leave Acton Scott on 12-1.
Acton Scott's Jamie Wrench on his way to an excellent 24
Tony Phillips joined Jamie and they added another 22 before Jamie was out for a very useful 24. Matt Phillips came to join his father and together they put on 29 for the third wicket before Matt was caught for 10. Will Phillips joined his father but with no addition to the score Tony was out lbw for an excellent 21 to leave the home side on 63-4 in the 19th over.
Tony Phillips scoring 21 for the home side
Wickets continued to fall for Acton Scott and with 14 overs still left they had been reduced to 83-8. With Kieran Pinches playing very well, he was joined by Cameron Holtz and together they created an outstanding partnership batting sensibly with Kieran racing to his half century.
Kieran Pinches with an outstanding innings of 58 for Acton Scott, batting with Cameron Holtz who together added 66 for the 9th wicket
Having put Acton Scott back into the game Kieran finally fell for a brilliant 58 leaving the home side on 149-9 needing another 29 for victory. But with just 4 more runs added Cameron was bowled by Ross Mantle to give the visitors a 24 run margin of victory.
Corvedale won by 24 runs
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Sunday 17 July- Grasshoppers (Home)
Match cancelled due to rain
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Sunday 10 July - St.George's (Away)
St.George's won the toss and elected to bat
St.George's 276-4 (40 overs)
K.Pinches 6-0-38-1
G.Taylor 5-0-37-1
C.Holtz 6-0-29-0
A.Brown 5-0-35-1
P.Davies 8-0-68-0
B.Tomlins 8-0-40-1
M.Lole 2-0-21-0
Catches (1) : A.Phillips
On an overcast warm afternoon Acton Scott paid their second visit to St.George's and played for the first time on the main ground which had a very hard wicket and lightning fast outfield. Opening bowlers Kieran Pinches and Gavin Taylor were up against some very good batsmen but bowled well both claiming early wickets when Kieran bowled Lunn and Gavin had Smart caught behind by Tony Phillips to leave the home side on 27-2.
Acton Scott's Kieran Pinches opening the bowling for the visitors
But O'Keeffe and Seaton batted well punishing any loose deliveries scoring quickly and after 10 overs had pushed the score on to 64-2. The partnership flourished in part mainly due to the visitors not holding on to some very difficult catches and this was to cost them dearly going on to drop eight catches during the course of the innings!
Anthony Brown bowling for Acton Scott
Acton Scott's spinner Paul Davies
Anthony Brown finally bowled Seaton to end the third wicket partnership which had put on 97 to leave St.George's on 124-3 at the halfway point of their innings. Opening batsman O'Keeffe went on to his 100 before retiring and the home side's Sedgley continued to accumulate runs before Brian Tomlins had Gill lbw to make the score 189-4 after 30 overs.
Sedgley and Mishra pushed the scoring along both finishing not out to leave a run chase for Acton Scott of just over 6.9 runs an over.
Acton Scott 107 (36.2 overs)
R.Wilson bowled 10
B.Tomlins bowled 0
A.Jones bowled 14
K.Pinches bowled 8
A.Brown caught 0
P.Davies caught 30
A.Phillips caught 9
G.Taylor bowled 2
C.Holtz caught 3
K.Holtz not out 5
M.Lole stumped 4
With a formidable target to chase, Acton Scott were soon in trouble when Brian Tomlins was bowled in the second over and worse was to follow when Richard Wilson was also bowled in the 8th over leaving the visitors on 23-2.
Paul Davies top scoring for the visitors with a fine 30
Acton Scott's Tony Phillips who added 37 for the 6th wicket with Paul Davies
Wickets continued to tumble against some very good bowling, the next three falling for just 12 runs. Paul Davies and Tony Phillips steadied the innings adding 37 for the 6th wicket before Tony was out caught and bowled by Sedgley. Paul continued to play well before finally being caught in the 28th over to leave the visitors on 88-8.
The last two wickets added 19 before the inevitable conclusion to leave Acton Scott suffering one of their heaviest ever defeats.
St.George's won by 169 runs
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Sunday 3 July Brampton Bryan (Away)
Acton Scott won the toss and elected to bat
Acton Scott 136-9 (40 overs)
R.Wilson bowled 21
R.Williams bowled 1
W.Phillips bowled 4
P.Davies caught 24
B.Tomlins bowled 2
G.Taylor bowled 12
K.Holtz bowled 2
A.Brown caught 0
K.Pinches bowled 23
C.Holtz not out 10
M.Lole not out 7
Acton Scott's openers Richard Wilson and Rob Williams
On a very sultry humid afternoon, Acton Scott's openers Richard Wilson and Rob Williams faced the pacey opening bowlers Powell and Alford on a dry hard wicket and were soon in trouble when Rob Williams was bowled by Powell in the third over.
Will Phillips in at 3 after Rob Williams was bowled in the third over
More problems were to follow when after smacking a 4 off Powell, Will Phillips was also bowled by a quick delivery that cut in and kept a bit low leaving the visitors on 5-2. Paul Davies joined Richard and they established a third wicket partnership adding 36 before Richard was bowled by Hutchings in the 18th over to leave Acton Scott on 41-3.
Acton Scott's Paul Davies top scoring for the visitors
Kieran Pinches adding an excellent 23 for the visitors
Gavin Taylor added a useful 30 for the 5th wicket with Paul before being bowled and in the 29th over when the score was 84-5. But Kieran Pinches batting at 9, added much needed runs with an excellent knock which included 4 fours before he too was bowled by Powell to make the score 116-9.
Mike Lole and Cameron Holtz with an excellent last wicket partnership for Acton Scott
With less than 4 overs to go an excellent last wicket partnership between 15 year old Cameron Holtz, celebrating his 15th birthday, and Captain Mike Lole added another 20 runs to set Brampton Bryan a target of about 3.5 runs an over for victory.
Brampton Bryan 137-4 (25 overs)
B.Tomlins 7-0-29-0
W.Phillips 5-0-12-0
C.Holtz 6-1-27-2
G.Taylor 5-0-28-2
M.Lole 1-0-16-0
K.Pinches 1-0-5-0
Catches (2) : K.Holtz & P.Davies
Opening bowlers Brian Tomlins and Will Phillips bowled well against openers Powell and Evans, but with Powell punishing anything short or overpitched Brampton Bryan got off to a good start when the opening partnership reached 50 in the 11th over.
Acton Scott's Brian Tomlins opening the bowling attack against Brampton Bryan's Mark Saunders
The visitors finally broke through in the 13th over when Evans was caught behind by Krafft Holtz off the bowling of his son Cameron to make the score 64-1.
With Gavin Taylor joining Cameron in the bowling attack, Acton Scott suddenly saw their fortunes change. With only two runs added Gavin Taylor had the dangerous Powell very well caught by Paul Davies at deep cover and this brought Hatfield to the crease, who Acton Scott had seen rack up 94 against them when playing for Clun earlier in the season. Gavin Taylor produced a brilliant yorker to claim his wicket first ball and set up a hat trick ball.
Although the hat trick wasn't to be, Cameron then bowled Adams in the next over to leave Brampton Bryan on 67-4 and Acton Scott were back in the game having taken 4 wickets for only 3 runs!
But with 15 overs to go Saunders and Alford dug in and formed a partnership that was to take the home side to victory with 15 overs to spare.
Brampton Bryan won by 6 wickets
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Sunday 26 June - Carnforth (Away)
Match cancelled due to waterlogged pitch
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Sunday 19 June - Presteigne (Away)
Presteigne won the toss and elected to field
Acton Scott 204 (39.3 overs)
R.Wilson caught 13
R.Williams caught 40
W.Phillips caught 19
R.Morris bowled 8
P.Davies caught 57
B.Tomlins caught 15
K.Pinches caught 15
C.Holtz caught 0
A.Brown caught 7
K.Holtz not out 0
M.Lole caught 0
On a dry overcast afternoon, the visitors opening batsmen Richard Wilson and Rob Williams made steady progress on a dry but bouncy wicket putting on 49 for the first wicket before Richard was caught in the 15th over.
Will Phillips in action for Acton Scott
Will Phillips joined Rob and added a quick fire 19 before being caught and Rob Morris was unlucky to play on a short time later to leave Acton Scott on 89-3 in the 21st over. This brought Paul Davies in to join Rob Williams and Rob was eventually out for an excellent 40 to leave the score on 104-4 after 23 overs.
Acton Scott's Rob Williams on his way to a valuable 40 for the visitors
Paul continued to build his innings with some elegant shots and when joined by Brian Tomlins they added 42 for the 5th wicket before Brian was caught for a valuable 15. Kieran Pinches took up where Brian left off and added another 18 with Paul before he too was caught for 15.
Paul's innings eventually came to an end in the 38th over having taken the visitors to 201-8 and given them their first 200 plus score of the season. Acton Scott were finally all out in the 40th over to leave Presteigne a challenging target of just over 5.1 runs an over for victory.
Presteigne 206-8 (36.2 overs)
C.Holtz 7-2-30-2
M.Lole 6-1-39-1
W.Phillips 8-0-48-2
K.Pinches 4.2-0-36-0
B.Tomlins 8-1-28-2
P.Davies 3-0-10-1
Catches (6) : K.Pinches 2, K.Holtz 2, A.Brown and P.Davies
Stumpings (1) : K.Holtz
Fielder of the day : K.Holtz
Opening bowlers Cameron Holtz and Mike Lole had mixed fortunes with Cameron conceding 11 off his first over and Mike taking a wicket with his 5th ball to leave Presteigne on 12-1. But Presteigne's batsmen Pitt and Rounds settled into their run chase and were soon up with the run rate despite some excellent bowling from the visitors.
This pair were to eventually go on to add 140 for the second wicket punishing any bad deliveries, but Cameron twice and then Will Phillips suffered 3 dropped sharp slip catches finding the edge with excellent deliveries and this probably effected the outcome of the game.
But when Pitt was eventually out for 45 with the score on 152, the visitors started taking more wickets with some excellent bowling and fielding particularly from wicket keeper Krafft Holtz and Kieran Pinches. After 23 overs Presteigne were on 162-4 with Rounds dismissed for a very good 77, smartly stumped by Krafft off the bowling of spinner Paul Davies.
With plenty of time left, the home side made steady progress towards their target but they kept losing wickets. 199-5 became 202-8 still needing 3 to win. In the end a boundary from Fletcher saw them home but another 20 runs on Presteigne's target would have made it very interesting.
Presteigne won by 2 wickets
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Sunday 12 June - Shrewsbury (Away)
Match cancelled due to rain
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Sunday 5 June - Clun (Away)
Clun won the toss and elected to field
Acton Scott 169 (34.3 overs)
R.Wilson bowled 50
R.Williams caught 0
W.Phillips bowled 92
R.Morris caught 2
A.Phillips bowled 1
A.Jones bowled 5
B.Tomlins caught 0
K.Holtz lbw 5
A.Dowsett bowled 0
A.Brown caught 3
C.Holtz not out 1
With the game reduced to 35 overs per side because of the constant threat of rain, Acton Scott were put in to bat on a grassy pitch that was to prove very slow and with a slow outfield it was always going to be a tricky proposition. With the early loss of Rob Williams in the first over, young Will Phillips joined Richard Wilson at the crease and together they set about forging an important second wicket partnership.
Playing respectfully against good bowling and punishing any poor balls they made steady progress together reaching 31-1 after 10 overs. With increasing confidence this pair reached their 50 partnership in the 13th over with Will Phillips particularly displaying some impressive and powerful hitting. Their run rate increased accordingly and at the 20 over mark they had reached 91-1 with Will reaching his 50 effortlessly.
Acton Scott's Will Phillips on his way to a magnificent 92
The 100 partnership was reached in the next over and the partnership continued into the 26th over when Richard was bowled for 50 having put on 138 with Will for the second wicket.
With Will's sights set on his maiden century his partners came and went with frequent regularity and when he had reached 92 he was bowled by Dave Golightly and was bitterly disappointed to fall only 8 short, but it was a magnificent, impressive innings that attracted great praise particularly from the opposing team.
Tony Phillips at the crease with his son Will
Andrew Jones in action for Acton Scott against Clun
In true Acton Scott style the innings collapsed from 138-1 to 169 all out leaving Clun a moderate run chase of just over 4.8 runs an over.
Acton Scott's Will Phillips after his superb innings of 92
Clun 151 (30.4 overs)
C.Holtz 7-1-14-3
B.Tomlins 7-2-22-2
A.Dowsett 5-0-37-0
W.Phillips 7-0-37-2
A.Brown 3-0-39-0
R.Morris 1.4-0-2-3
Catches (4) : A.Phillips, R.Wilson, A.Dowsett & R.Morris
Stumpings (1) : A.Phillips
Fielder of the day : R.Wilson
Acton Scott's opening bowlers Cameron Holtz and Brian Tomlins bowled superbly which enabled the visitors to strike in the 6th over when opener Jones was bowled by Brian to leave the home side on 13-1. More success for Acton Scott followed in the next over when Cameron bowled first Harvey and then Herbert to leave Clun reeling on 17-3.
With Brian continuing his opening spell he had Lewis caught behind in the 10th over to make it 32-4. When Will Phillips was brought into the attack he dismissed Clun's very fine batsman Fothergill with a superb delivery to leave them at 46-5 in the 12th over.
But Clun's Hatfield had other ideas and proceded to set about Acton Scott's bowlers punishing anything short and the sixth wicket finally fell when the score was on 108 with plenty of time to spare. With the score on 145-7 with overs in hand, Acton Scott's captain Rob Morris brought himself on realising that Hatfield had to be dismissed and this is exactly what he did, bowling him for 94.
He then followed on with a further wicket before taking the final wicket to administer the winning blow with a caught and bowled leaving Clun just 19 runs short of their target.
A remarkable game of cricket!
Acton Scott won by 18 runs
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Sunday 29 May - Cleeside (Away)
Acton Scott won the toss and elected to bat
Acton Scott 105 (39.3 overs)
R.Wilson bowled 1
M.Partington caught 4
P.Davies bowled 7
R.Morris bowled 5
J.Wrench bowled 0
A.Taylor bowled 7
G.Taylor bowled 13
B.Tomlins not out 52
C.Holtz run out 3
A.Brown bowled 0
K.Holtz caught 3
With the game being played at Ludlow's ground, the visitors opened their innings on an overcast afternoon where the wicket showed variable bounce and were soon in trouble after Richard Wilson was bowled in the third over.
Paul Davies in action for Acton Scott
Worse was to follow and by the end of the 10th over Acton Scott had staggered to 13-3 with the demise of Mark Partington and Paul Davies. The decline continued with two more wickets falling in the next three overs leaving the visitors reeling on 23-5. Adrian Taylor's wicket soon fell to make it 34-6 leaving Gavin Taylor and Brian Tomlins with a mountain to climb.
Brian Tomlins and Gavin Taylor with the highest partnership of Acton Scott's innings
Brian making his comeback and playing his first game for the Club since 2005, got straight back into the groove and built a partnership with Gavin that added 31 for the 7th wicket before Gavin was bowled. Young Cameron Holtz joined Brian and together they added 26 for the 8th wicket before Cameron was run out and by then the visitors had moved on to 91-8 with about 4 overs left.
Brian finally ran out of partners in the 40th over to remain unbeaten on 52 and to have been largely responsible for getting Acton Scott up to a score which gave the visitors some sort of total to defend.
Brian Tomlins playing his first game for six years makes
an impressive re-appearance for Acton Scott with an unbeaten 52
Cleeside 107-8 (32.2 overs)
C.Holtz 8-0-27-2
G.Taylor 5.2-2-9-1
A.Taylor 4-1-16-0
B.Tomlins 7-1-16-3
P.Davies 3-1-13-1
A.Brown 4-0-14-1
M.Partington 1-0-9-0
Catches (4) : B.Tomlins, A.Taylor & R.Morris 2.
Joint Fielders of the Day : A.Taylor & R.Morris
With such a meagre target to chase down, Cleeside set about Acton Scott's opening bowlers Cameron Holtz and Gavin Taylor watchfully and made steady progress with Cameron and Gavin bowling really tightly.
The visitors finally broke through with three quick wickets to leave Cleeside on 47-3 but scoring at well inside the required run rate with the prospect of a stroll to victory. But a 4th wicket partnership between Harrington and Brick added 43 before Mark Harrington was finally out for 41 to leave Cleeside on 90-4 with only 16 more runs needed.
But Acton Scott weren't done for yet and with some excellent bowling from all the bowlers, started taking quick wickets knocking over the next three wickets for the addition of only 8 runs.
Another wicket fell on 102 leaving the home side requiring just 4 runs to win with only 2 wickets left. They did make it with plenty of time to spare, but Acton Scott had given them quite a fright and eventually a close game after scoring a disappointing total.
Cleeside won by 2 wickets
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Sunday 22 May - Church Stretton(Away)
Acton Scott won the toss and elected to field
Church Stretton 215-7 (40 overs)
C.Holtz 8-0-36-0
G.Taylor 8-1-39-1
A.Brown 8-0-46-0
A.Dowsett 8-1-39-4
M.Lole 8-0-48-0
Catches (3) : A.Dowsett, A.Brown & G.Taylor
Run Outs : 2
Fielder of the Day : G.Taylor
On a very windy afternoon when bails had to be dispensed with and bowling was very difficult, Church Stretton got off to a steady start after the early loss of opener Crump and after 10 overs found themselves on 35-1. A good partnership between Parry and Morris established a platform for the home side and at the halfway point they had progressed to 93-3.
The run rate continued to increase over the next 10 overs despite the fall of two more wickets and with 10 overs to go Church Stretton were well placed on 149-5 with Pete Lee still there and batting well.
Acton Scott's bowlers did well in the very difficult windy conditions with Andy Dowsett eventually picking up 4 wickets with his spin bowling. But the home side scored well at 6.6 runs an over in the last ten overs with Pete Lee unbeaten on 70 to set the visitors a challenging target of 5.4 runs an over for victory.
Acton Scott 168-8 (40 overs)
A.Dowsett caught 4
K.Holtz caught 3
A.Jones bowled 9
R.Morris caught 68
A.Phillips bowled 10
C.Holtz run out 1
S.Carless caught 6
A.Brown lbw 10
G.Taylor not out 19
M.Lole not out 1
With Acton Scott's openers Andy Dowsett and Krafft Holtz facing Church Stretton's opening bowlers Harris and Crump, they were tied down to such an extent that after 10 overs the visitors had reached just 14-1 with the loss of Andy caught and bowled by Crump.
Andrew Jones helped push the score along but he fell in the 12th over when the score was on 26. Rob Morris added another 16 for the 3rd wicket before Krafft was out for 3 in the 18th over. Rob was joined by Tony Phillips which was to add another 34 for the 4th wicket before Tony was bowled by Groome to leave Acton Scott on 76-4 at the halfway point, now needing to score at 7 runs an over to reach their target.
With Rob batting really well he added another 24 with Cameron Holtz before Cameron was run out and then went on to reach his 50 adding another 33 for the 6th wicket with Simon Carless before he finally fell for 68 after a very good innings for the visitors, leaving Acton Scott at 133-6 still needing 83 runs in the last 7 overs.
Despite some fine batting from Anthony Brown and Gavin Taylor in the latter stages of the innings, Acton Scott couldn't catch up with the run rate after their slow start and fell short by 47 runs.
Church Stretton won by 47 runs
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Sunday 15 May - Bishop's Castle (Away)
Acton Scott won the toss and elected to field
Bishop's Castle 158-6 (35 overs)
C.Holtz 7-2-11-0
G.Taylor 7-0-31-0
A.Dowsett 7-0-30-1
M.Partington 7-1-38-2
M.Lole 7-1-31-3
Catches (3) : A.Phillips, R.Morris & M.Lole
Fielder of the Day : R.Morris
On a dry afternoon with a fresh wind, Bishop's Castle made a steady start against Acton Scott's opening bowlers Cameron Holtz and Gavin Taylor on a flat wicket which was to show quite a lot of variable bounce. The visitors bowled well without success until the first wicket fell on 49 when Andy Dowsett had the aggressive Hassan caught behind by Tony Phillips.
But a second wicket partnership of 82 between Norton and Moulder gave the home side a useful position at 131-2 with still plenty of time to spare.
Acton Scott's bowlers made a good comeback with Mark Partington and Mike Lole taking five wickets between them towards the end of the innings to set the visitors a run chase of just over 4.5 runs an over for victory.
Acton Scott 101 (32.1 overs)
A.Dowsett caught 3
R.Williams not out 53
M.Partington lbw 13
R.Morris bowled 0
A.Phillips caught 0
R.Wilson bowled 1
J.Wrench caught 0
G.Taylor bowled 0
C.Holtz caught 12
K.Holtz lbw 1
M.Lole run out 0
The home side's opening bowler Moulder struck in the 7th over when Andy Dowsett was out caught with the score on 9. But a partnership developed between Rob Williams and Mark Partington to take the score on to 52 before Mark was adjudged lbw for a useful innings of 13.
Acton Scott's Rob Williams with one of his finest innings for the Club carrying his bat for an unbeaten 53
Andy Dowsett opening the innings for the visitors
Mark Partington, one of only three players to make it into double figures for Acton Scott
There then followed one of the most dramatic collapses in Acton Scott's history when the next 5 wickets fell for 8 runs wiping away the visitors batting middle order!
With Rob Williams batting so well and looking on in disbelief, young Cameron Holtz helped Rob add another 39 for the eighth wicket but by then the writing was on the wall and Acton Scott were all out in the 33rd over, 58 runs short of their target wondering what had hit them.
Bishop's Castle won by 57 runs
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Sunday 8 May - The Mishaps (Away)
The Mishaps won the toss and elected to field
Acton Scott 102-8 (40 overs)
R.Wilson caught 40
K.Holtz run out 1
C.Holtz caught 5
P.Davies bowled 7
R.Morris bowled 8
A.Jones bowled 15
G.Taylor caught 5
A.Brown not out 4
S.Yapp stumped 1
M.Lole not out 2
Despite all the dry weather, recent downpours had produced a soft slow wicket with unreliable bounce which was to deteriorate during the visitors innings as more rain continued to fall during the early afternoon.
Krafft Holtz opening for Acton Scott at No. 2
Richard Wilson finding scoring difficult on the soft wicket
Acton Scott's Paul Davies in action against The Mishaps
This made scoring tricky and after 10 overs Acton Scott's openers Richard Wilson and Krafft Holtz had struggled to just 12. By the 20th over the run rate had improved but still the visitors were only 47-1 after the run out of Krafft Holtz. Cameron Holtz fell when the score was on 54 and 3 runs later Richard was out for 40. Paul Davies and Rob Morris were both bowled suffering indifferent bounce without really getting in, but Andrew Jones added a quickfire 15 useful runs which enabled Acton Scott to post a very modest 102.
The Mishaps 103-1 (18.2 overs)
G.Taylor 6-1-12-0
C.Holtz 4-1-22-0
P.Davies 5-0-33-1
R.Morris 2-0-17-0
M.Lole 1.2-0-14-0
The Mishaps Tom Evans on his way to 71 not out facing Acton Scott's 14 year old Cameron Holtz
With the sun and wind continuing to dry out the wicket after the earlier rain, batting became less and less of a problem and with such a low total to defend it was important that the visitors made an early breakthrough. But The Mishaps realised that there was no need to chase down the target quickly and they soon adjusted to the new conditions despite fine opening spells from Gavin Taylor and Cameron Holtz. The Mishaps' 17 year old Tom Evans in particular soon set about the bowling attack racing to an unbeaten 71 to see the home side to victory with more than 21 overs to spare.
The Mishaps won by 9 wickets
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Sunday 1 May - Kinlet (Away)
Acton Scott won the toss and elected to bat
Acton Scott 194-7 (40 overs)
R.Wilson caught 61
K.Holtz caught 1
A.Phillips lbw 8
P.Davies caught 40
R.Morris caught 29
A.Taylor bowled 2
M.Partington not out 8
K.Pinches caught 14
A.Brown not out 2
This was the opening game of the season for both teams and on a bright afternoon with a strong easterly wind the match was played on a hard lively wicket with variable bounce.
Kinlet's bowlers opened their attack bowling well making scoring difficult for the visitors who after 10 overs stood at 30-1 after the early loss of Krafft Holtz. 30-1 became 30-2 after Tony Phillips was out and then Paul Davies joined Richard Wilson and together they forged a third wicket partnership worth 79 before Paul was out for a quickfire 40.
Rob Morris and Richard added another 49 for the fourth wicket before Rob was out caught for a valuable 29. Keiran Pinches added another useful 14 to set Kinlet a fair target of just over 4.8 runs an over for victory.
Kieran Pinches adding useful runs for Acton Scott
Mark Partington in action against Kinlet
Kinlet 154 (33 overs)
C.Holtz 8-1-17-1
P.Davies 8-1-43-1
K.Pinches 7-0-20-4
M.Lole 8-0-48-3
A.Brown 2-0-21-1
Catches (5) : K.Holtz, R.Morris, M.Partington, K.Pinches & A.Taylor
Stumpings (1): A.Phillips
Fielder of the Day : K.Pinches
Opening bowlers Cameron Holtz and Paul Davies bowled really well on this very windy day being rewarded with a wicket a piece after their opening spells leaving Kinlet on 62-2 but scoring at about the required run rate.
It was apparent that the visitors would need to keep taking wickets and when Kieran Pinches came on to bowl, the home side lost two more wickets to him leaving them on 70-4.
Cameron Holtz in action for Acton Scott with two very impressive bowling spells
Acton Scott's Kieran Pinches who ended up with figures of 4 for 20 from 7 overs
Kieran and Mike Lole continued to bowl really well and with some excellent fielding from the visitors including 5 good catches and a sharp stumping, wickets continued to fall at regular intervals and Kinlet were finally dismissed with 7 overs to spare to give Acton Scott an opening day victory and retain their unbeaten record against Kinlet.
Acton Scott won by 40 runs
Victory secured for Acton Scott against Kinlet on the opening day of the season
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