Hello and welcome to the latest update from the official blog of Goldsithney Cricket Club. We have been very lucky with the weather this season meaning almost all of our allocated fixtures have been fulfilled. The last month has once again thrown up some real highs and some equally disappointing lows but such is the nature of the game we all love that all sorts of emotions will be experienced over the course of a season. As always, we hope you enjoy the blog.
Saturday 6th July 2013
Goldsithney 1st 11 v St. Just 3rd 11
Toss: St. Just won the toss and elected to bowl.
Goldsithney 153 beat St. Just 116 by 37 runs.
Having recently faced each other in the reverse fixture, both sides arrived at the ground fully aware that a hard fought game of cricket was on the cards. Having won the toss and electing to bowl first on a wicket offering assistance for the bowlers, the St. Just openers backed up their captains decision to bowl with some excellent tight bowling before striking early twice to remove Giles Lawrence and the Francis Pellow to leave the home side in trouble at 10 for 2. Treve Kitchen and Albert Pellow then combined to form a patient and determined partnership taking the score to 65 before Albert was dismissed for 25, providing the visitors with a much needed wicket. Harry Wykes quickly followed and another partnership was needed and again Treve Kitchen was the key combining with Matt Lawrence to take the score to 103 before being dismissed for a crucial 43. Wickets continued to steadily fall and apart from an excellent 39 from Matt, no one else managed to get into double figures the innings eventually ending three balls short with the score on 153 a competitive total.
When Goldsithney took the field the bowlers were required to begin with good intensity with early wickets a big priority. This was soon to be provided through opening bowlers Matt Lawrence and George Wykes combining to reduce the visitors to 15-3. There were still some huge wickets left to be taken however so when Giles Lawrence removed Jim McKenna during a hostile, fast spell of bowling to leave visitors to 56-5 it sparked massive celebrations. There were dangerous batsmen left in the hutch however and some big hitting took the score to 84 before the next wicket Giles again providing the breakthrough. After that wickets fell quickly and our guests were eventually dismissed for 116 a special mention to Jack Ralph for taking a key wicket and to Will Hood who, despite the questioning of a certain left arm bowler, as he shaped to shy at the stumps provided the answer with shattering of the stumps leaving the batsman stranded. Bowling figures Matt Lawrence 3-17, Giles Lawrence 3-34, George Wykes 1-18 and Jack Ralph 1-44.
Goldsithney 18 points St. Just 7 points.
Scorer Kelly Lawrence's thoughts on the game.
"A great weekend for cricket lovers and Goldsithney 1st XI.
Match report Saturday 6th July
Playing against St Just 3.
St Just won the toss and elected to field, two early wickets put us on the back foot but Treve Kitchen and Albert worked together to build the score up Treve Kitchen scoring 43 and Albert 25 was also aided by some good batting from Matt Lawrence 39 helped Goldsithney get up to 153. Some great bowling from all four boys Matt Lawrence 3-17, George Wykes1-18, Jack Grapes Ralph 1-44 and Giles Lawrence3-34 along with two run outs especially the one by Will Hood had St Just bowled out for 116.
Goldsithney won by 37 runs".
Goldsithney 18 points
St Just 7 points.
There was no fixture for the second 11 this weekend.
Sunday 7th July
Falmouth 3rd 11 v Goldsithney 1st 11
Toss: Goldsithney won the toss and elected to bat.
Goldsithney 270-6 beat Falmouth 140 by 130 runs.
The baking hot weather continued the following day completing a draining double header in soaring temperatures. Having won the toss and elected to bat, conditions looked good for batting however the new ball caused problems and as a result of good bowling, we quickly lost both openers to leave us struggling on 8- 2. Our reply was superb contributions from Francis Pellow 21, Giles Lawrence 20, Saurabh Sarker 37, Will Hood 32 n.o and Alex Ralph 12 n.o all helped to recover a precarious situation. It was Matt Lawrence however with a sparkling innings of a 120 including 15 4s and 4 6s that provided the score which was destined to wrestle the momentum irreversibly back the visitors way a high class innings from a high class talent.
In reply it was once again to be Matt Lawrence leading the way with two quick wickets stifling any hopes the home side had of chasing down the total and when George Wykes removed the third wicket soon after with the score on just 22, the game was already up for the home side. Through stubborn resitance Falmouth battled hard however to get themselves to 140 all out. Giles Lawrence
provided the standout figures of 5-31 with other wicket takers being Matt Lawrence 2-11, Sid Lawrence 1-11, George Wykes 1-18 and Jack Ralph 1-28. A good winr Goldsithney to complete a challenging weekend resulting in back to back wins for the first eleven.
Scorer Kelly Lawrence's thoughts on the game.
Playing at Falmouth against the 3rds but was able to play on the main ground, with a very fancy score board.
Goldsithney won the toss and elected to bat.
Not to give the score away to early but think I have to mention first the superb batting shown by Matt Lawrence on Sunday, Matt Lawrence scored 130 of 136 balls including 15 4's and 4 6's.
But it didnt start that great Goldsithney losing two early wickets Matt Lawrence 130 batted great with the other men and boys to get us to a total of 270-6, Saurabh Sarkar 37, Will 32 no, Francis 21, Giles Lawrence 20 and Alex Ralph 12 no....
Bowling Falmouth out for 140, after batting all day Matt Lawrence then bowled getting two wickets in his second over it looked like it was going to be Matt Lawrence day, but feeling tired he let someone else have a turn and that was mainly Giles Lawrence 5-31, George Wykes, Jack and Sid had a wicket each.
Goldsithney won by 130 runs
Goldsithney 20points
Falmouth 6points.
Saturday 13th July
Goldsithney 1st 11 v Penzance 2nd 11
Toss: Goldsithney elected to bat.
Penzance 139-4 beat Goldsithney 135 by 6 wickets.
Goldsithney 5 points Penzance 20 points
Looking to back up a successful double header the previous weekend, Goldsithney welcomed stern opposition in the form of Penzance to Tregurtha View. Having won the toss and elected to bat, things began poorly loosing for the home side loosing opener Treve Kitchen in the first over suffering some poor luck with a strangled catch down the leg side. The ship had been steadied to a point with Giles and Albert adding a 57 run partnership for the second wicket. When Giles departed for a well played 43, things unfortunately began to unravel which including loosing our final five wickets for just 10 runs. This left Goldsithney with a disappointing total of 135 all out when at stages in the innings a much higher total looked a real possibility. Top Scorers where Giles Lawrence 43, Matt Lawrence 31, Francis Pellow 27 and Harry Wykes 11.
With the ball in hand the Lawrence brothers combined with an early wicket each leaving the visitors 10-2 to give us a glimmer of hope. It was not to be however with solid partnerships forming to stabilise the innings and then take control of the game, to see the away side home by 6 wickets.
Giles Lawrence 3-27 and Matt Lawrence 1-28 were the wicket takers in a poor performance which left us all bitterly disappointed with our performance knowing we are capable of far better things and will need to improve greatly in the next fixture.
No second 11 game this weekend.
That's it for this weekend hope you enjoyed it keep an eye out for the double header concluding part of the season coming soon and in the meantime, how about having a crack at the pub quiz every Sunday at half 8 in the Trevelyan Arms ? Untill next time goodbye
Goldisthney Cricket Club
