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21st April : 1st XI v Stocksfield 2nd XI: Won by 40 Runs: Pts: 12.
28th April: Hexham Leazes v 1st XI: Lost by 110 Runs: pts: 3.
6th May: 1st XI v Benwell Hill: Won by 5 Runs: Pts: 10.
13th May: 1st XI v Allendale: Cancelled Rain: Pts: 4.
20th May: Haltwhistle 1st XI v 1st XI: Won by 9 Wickets: Pts: 12.
2nd June: Prudhoe Falcons v 1st XI: Won by 8 Wickets: Pts: 10.
6th June: CUP! Haydon Bridge v 1st XI: Lost by 8 Wickets.
DICKINSON DEES WEST TYNE LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Humshaugh 1st XI v Benwell Hill 3rd XI
On a dry but overcast day the toss dictated that Humshaugh would bat first against an experienced Benwell Hill side, in a match owing thanks to match ball sponsors Coulson Construction Ltd of Birtley, Hexham. The game started slow with runs proving difficult for the opening pair, this until Williamson’s glorious cover drive in the third over smashed to the boundary. A rush of blood to the head two balls later proved his undoing however as he mistimed a shot straight into mid-on’s hands and duly headed off to the pavilion. Heslop didn’t last long either as wicket keeper Moore took an excellent one handed catch 5 overs later, with Humshaugh 19 for 2 off 8 overs and looking perilously close to another top order collapse. Enter the experience and power of Arnup, missed greatly in the previous weeks, announcing his presence immediately with a boundary. He proved to be one of the few batsmen to take the game to the bowlers, big sixes into the field followed as he accumulated a very important 38 before being bowled by Askell. Bowman, Neal and Purvis contributed valuable runs as Humshaugh limped home to a gettable 124 for 9.
In response Benwell Hill were soon in trouble as opening bowlers Neal and Armstrong piled on the pressure. In six overs of bowling Armstrong claimed the wickets of Benwell Hills top four batsmen, whilst at the other end Neal contributed by conceding only four runs off his six over opening spell consistently bowling into good areas. Bewell were 35 for 6 after 20 overs after Williamson bowled Reay and Frisken in a double wicket maiden. Three overs later Arnup contributed with a wicket and victory now seemed a certainty, however the resilient Chambers had other ideas regularly scoring boundaries and forming an important partnership with Marley. Excellent tight fielding from Humshaugh’s fielders saved numerous runs being scored and proved important as Benwell crept surprisingly close to their target. Neal was unlucky to have two catches dropped on his return to the bowling attack, this would have finished the game and Benwell nearly punished Humshaugh for this needing 13 runs from the last over. The in-form Armstrong wasn’t going to allow this and held his nerve bowling Marley on the third ball claiming a well deserved 5 wicket haul and despite Benwell needing a six from the last ball he produced a dot ball. Humshaugh won by 5 runs.
Humshaugh: A. Whitaker c & b Drainer 21; M. Williamson c Frisken b Askell 5; M. Heslop c Moore b Archbold 2; N. Arnup b Askell 38; C. Mckenna c Moore b Askell 3; F. Magowan b Archbold 2; N. Bowman b Marley 12; A. Neal run out 11; M. Baker not out 1; R. Purvis b Archbold 11; Extras 18; Total 124-9 (42 overs)
Bowling: P. Askell 12-5-14-3; D. Archbold 12-1-30-3; R. Drainer 12-1-33-1; R. Marley 6-0-34-1
Benwell Hill: G. Harrison b Armstrong 8; D. Hunter b Armstrong 0; N. White c Purvis b Armstrong 0; J.Moore b Armstrong 7; G. Chambers not out 54; S. Reay b Williamson 5; F. Frisken b Williamson 0; R. Drainer c Magowan b Arnup 2; P. Askel c Mckenna b Purvis 11; R. Marley b Armstrong 22; D. Archbold not out 2; Extras 8; Total 119-9 (42 overs)
Bowling: A. Neal 8-4-15-0; R. Armstrong 11-4-30-5; N. Arnup 7-0-19-1; M. Williamson 6-2-16-2; R. Purvis 6-2-18-1; A. Whitaker 4-1-13-0
Humshaugh 10 points Benwell Hill 3
DICKINSON DEES WEST TYNE LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Humshaugh 1st XI v Stocksfield 2nd XI
Thanks to Match ball sponsors Henderson Fencing & Garden Products of Acomb Humshaugh’s season began well, with a testing match not only against good opposition but battling against tough conditions and a very unpredictable wicket. Whitaker and Walton opened the batting and kept the scoreboard ticking over at a steady rate until Whitaker, who had struggled with the bounce on the pitch was caught by the wicket keeper. This brought to the crease globe trotting Heslop who set about with Walton to create a stylish and technically correct partnership, all the more impressive considering the conditions. Walton’s timing was excellent whilst Heslop played some beautiful on-drives to the boundary, this against tight and consistent bowling from Allen and Shaw. It was Christer however who made the next breakthrough for Stocksfield with Walton making the first error of his innings edging one through to the wicket keeper Pearse. This brought to the crease debutant Turner who whilst showing promising glimpses of his ability struggled to come to terms with the slow wicket. He fell victim to Christer a ball that kept low, out lbw for a hard fought 6. Heslop tantalizingly dropped on 49 made his half-century on the same ball, this proved to be the decisive innings of the match. He didn’t last much longer caught out an over later trying to pick up the run rate which was necessary with wickets in hand. As the overs started to dissapear newly elected Captain Bowman speeded things up with quick singles batting for an important 22 runs supported well by Coulson and a brief cameo appearance from Christopher.
With Humshaugh posting a reasonable but reachable target of 140 it was down to Stocksfield’s batsmen to dig in and earn their runs. The return of Christopher saw him open the bowling with Neal, both proving a handful for Stocksfield’s opening batsmen Catnach and Page. Despite good bowling Stocksfield kept the pressure on the fielding side following an almost identical run rate, in the ninth over Neal who was making good use of the wicket claimed his first wicket of the afternoon Catnach caught at forty-five. A change in bowling saw Armstrong making his debut for the first team immediately making an impact, with only his third ball the fast bowler announced his arrival clean bowling Graham. Three overs later Armstrong got his next victim bowling the useful Page for 22, at the other end Neal was consistently bowling in good areas and was justly rewarded with a stumping and a caught and bowled. Despite this Stocksfield, in particular Wood, were still dangerous and with a few good overs of run scoring were still in the game. Bowling changes brought Whitaker and Purvis to the attack, and it wasn’t long before Whitaker claimed his first wicket, Wood out lbw with a ball that kept low. With this it seemed Stocksfields hopes were now fading, Wood had contributed 27 runs including two massive 6’s. Christer was soon to follow Wood back to the pavilion bowled to a ball from Whitaker that kept low, this left Purvis to finish off the tail claiming the wickets of Shaw and Todd in successive overs. Humshaugh enjoying a well deserved win for the start of the season.
Humshaugh: A. Whitaker c Pearse b Allen 9; J. Walton c Pearse b Christer 29; M. Heslop c Wood b Allen 51; S. Turner lbw Christer 6; N. Bowman b Shaw 22; D. Coulson not out 8; J. Christopher not out 1; Extras 14; Total 140 for 5 (42 Overs)
Bowling: A. Allen 12-2-28-2; D. Shaw 12-0-48-1; S. Chryster 9-1-23-2; G. Todd 9-0-29-0
Stocksfield: C. Catnach c Whitaker b Neal 12; S. Page b Armstrong 22; M. Graham b Armstrong 1; P. Wood lbw Whitaker 27; A. Pearse c & b Neal 0; A. Newton st Baker b Neal 6; S. Christer b Whitaker 13; D. Shaw b Purvis 4; M. Thompson Run Out (Whitaker) 0; G. Todd c Coulson b Purvis 1; A. Allen Not out 1; Extras 13; Total 100 all out (34.4 overs)
Bowling: A. Neal 12-6-35-3; J. Christopher 6-2-18-0; R. Armstrong 6-0-19-2; R. Purvis 5.4-1-14-2; A. Whitaker 5-2-7-2
Humshaugh 12 points Stocksfield 3 points
DICKINSON DEES WEST TYNE LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Prudhoe Falcons v Humshaugh 1st XI
The corresponding fixtures last year between these two teams saw Humshaugh record two fairly easy wins and with Prudhoe lying second to bottom and Humshaugh sailing high in second place this promised to be another comfrtable win for Humshaugh. Prudhoe this season are a different prospect and many of their matches this season have been close affairs. This match too would prove thus.
Prudhoe won the toss and put Humshaugh into the field on what proved to be an excellent pitch for batting. Their openers got off to a steady start putting on 50 before Howden was caught off the tight bowling of Purvis for 24. The highest scorer of the Prudhoe innings was the ever impressive youngster Daniel Wright who, opening for just the second time in the first division, put on 37.
A steady batting performance from the Prudhoe middle and lower order saw the home team reach 180 for the loss of nine wickets. Neal was the pick of the bowlers, coming back on after an early spell to take four wickets at the end of the innings to finish with figures of 4-40 from his 10 overs.
Prudhoe took to the field hoping to be able to restrict the Humshaugh top order and early on made a good fight of it, taking the first wicket with under 20 runs on the board.
This proved to be as close as they would come as Murray and Williamson both played beautifully to put on 140 for the second wicket before Williamson was dismissed for 84.
Murray saw out the innings to finish unbeaten on 66 as Humshaugh knocked off the runs in less than 34 overs.
PRUDHOE: G. Howden c Murray b Purvis 24; D. Wright c Purvis b Whittaker 37; D. Crossman c Williamson b Purvis 11; J. Burns c b Neal 23; R. Stokoe c b Neal 33; H. Wright c b Neal 33; A. Jackson c and b Maughan 2; J. Walker c b Neal 13; M. Gilroy not out 0; D. Patel b Maughan 0; A. Bell not out 0; extras 17; total 180-9.
Bowling: R. Armstrong 8-4-23-0; A. Neal 10-2-40-4; M. Williamson 6-2-21-0; R. Purvis 10-4-35-2; J. Maughan 5-0-30-2.
HUMSHUAGH: A. Whittaker c Crossman b Patel 7; A. Murray not out 66; M. Williamson c Wright b Patel 84; F. Magoven not out 11; extras 16; total 184-2.
Bowling: D. Patel 12-3-57-2; J. Walker 6-2-15-0; H. Wright 5-1-32-0; R. Stokoe 4-0-30-0; A. Bell 5-0-29-0; J. Burns 1.3-0-9-0.
Prudhoe 5 , Humshaugh 10
DICKINSON DEES WEST TYNE LEAGUE DIVISION 1 KNOCKOUT CUP FIRST ROUND
Haydon Bridge v Humshaugh 1st XI
Humshaugh's flirtations with cup success have been all to brief in recent years and first round defeats have been too many to mention, Captain Nick Bowman however had set his stall out to do well in this years cup long before the season had began, this translated to a veritable frenzy of optimism before the match.
Vice Captain Matty Williamson fresh from his big knock at the weekend started the frenzy with the bat and for a few brief noisy minutes it looked as though the gods were for once paying attention, a flashing cover drive and another trade mark pull helped Matty to 21 from his first 12 balls and Humshaugh off to 25 from 3 overs, but once again the positive dream start turned into a nightmare as first Whitaker, then Davison, Williamson and Heslop all played one too many dangerous shots and Humshaugh slumped to 37 for 4. The silence was deafening, Captain Bowman stood at the non-strikers end looking desolute as the first of his bowlers Neal, not normally renound for watchful batting, trudged to join him at the crease. Bowman though was up for the fight and in determined fashion set about re-building the innings. Neal with his new bat seemingly in auto pilot for once looked patient and played a good supporting role helping Bowman in a stand of 70 of only 67 balls. Following some lusty blows Bowman eventually fell to a freak run-out and two late cameos from Witchel and Purvis saw Humshaugh 129 for 6 at the end of the overs. Scudamore proved the pick of the Bowlers registering a very respectable 6-0-21-2.
The Bridge batting line-up looked not so much formidable as down right intimidating with big hitter after big hitter and it was very clear that if Humshaugh were to win they needed to make an immediate impact. Maughan full of fight took the battle to Haydon Bridge but unfortunately he seemed the only bowler able to come to terms with the pounding shots of first Alder then Gibson and Kirkup who seemed able to dispatch the ball to whichever section of the bounday they chose at will. the umped up Maughan caused brief respite in dismissing Gibson and Kendrew but Alder impressive batting saw Haydon Bridge through to the next round as easy winners.
Humshaugh Innings:
M.Williamson ct Hayter Bowled Kirkup 15 balls 21, A.Whitaker ct & Bowled Scudamore 1 ball 1, S.Davison Run Out 8 balls 6, M.Heslop ct Eals Bowled Scudamore 13 balls 5, N.Bowman Run Out 41 balls 33, A.Neal Not Out 34 balls 25, R.Witchell ct Ord Bowled Kirkup 8 balls 12, R.Purvis Not Out 5 balls 6. Total 129 for 6.
L.Scudamore 6-0-21-2, D.Kirkup 6-0-39-2, N.Kendrew 4-0-24-0, K.Eals 2-0-15-0, R.Gibson 2-0-17-0.
Haydon Bridge Innings:
N.Kendrew ct Bowman Bowled Maughan 8, J.Alder Not Out 49, R.Gibson Bowled Maughan 36, D.Kirkup Not Out 31. Total 130 for 2.
J.Maughan 6-0-31-2, A.Neal 4-0-34-0, R.Purvis 1-0-20-0, R.Armstrong 2-0-17-0, M.Williamson 2-0-26-0.