Garboldisham Cricket Club

Photo from the archives: Tuesday 20 July 2010. The u15s beat Vauxhall Mallards in the semi final of The Andy Seeley Trophy. 

Tomorrow evening (Monday 8 August), captain Toby Culling will lead the u15s out at The Langley in the semi-final of the Norfolk Alliance Andy Seeley Trophy against Horsford. The u15s progressed to the semis after winning their NA group league and then beating Bungay in the 1/4 final two weeks ago. Please come along and help support the lads in this fantastic Norfolk wide competition.

Six years ago in 2010, GCC u15s captain Ben Asker led the team out to face Vauxhall Mallards in the semi-final of the same competition. It was a thrilling match and we’ve dug out the match report and reproduced it in full here:

Harry’s heroics earn historic final place

Norfolk Alliance u15 Andy Seeley Trophy semi-final. 20 July 2010

Vauxhall Mallards U15s 173 for 5, Garboldisham U15s 177 for 4

In fading light Harry Youngson smashed the ball for 6 off the penultimate ball of the innings to clinch a historic victory for Garboldisham U15s against Vauxhall Mallards in this thrilling semi final of the Andy Seeley Norfolk Alliance Trophy. Garboldisham will meet either Lowestoft or Sprowston in the final on August 18.

Mallards won the toss, batted first and were soon finding boundaries but a change of bowling brought on Joe Paul who took the first Mallard wicket as C White edged to Garby keeper Joe Seaman. And in the next over, the second Mallards wicket fell as Harry Youngson dropped in a shorter pitched ball that ballooned off the bat of Matt Plater for a simple catch to Philip Carr at square leg. Unperturbed, Mallards pushed on and their score continued to rise at a healthy rate until Carr thrust his arms skywards to snatch a second, dramatic catch off the bowling of Sarah McGahan and send Harry Barker back to the pavilion for 23. Mallard’s Rupert King scored a tasty 51 before being run out and S Campbell added in a useful 21. Bung in a few too many extras from Garboldisham and Vauxhall Mallards finished on a heady 173 for 5 which would be a tough one for Garboldisham to chase down.

Garby lost the early wicket of Matt Allin but Henry Phoenix and Ben Asker soon looked comfortable and started to build the innings, picking up lots of quick singles, and they were soon up with the run rate. There was an intense hush across the ground – it was ‘game-on’ and the audience were watching what would be a dramatic final quarter unfold. As Asker and Phoenix grew in confidence, so the boundaries started to come and the Mallards fielding became tense and nervy with overthrows and dropped catches. Garboldisham were right on the run rate and the Asker/Phoenix partnership looked unbreakable as they clocked up their successive half centuries. With the finish line in his sights, Henry Phoenix chipped two effortless sixes, one after the other over the square leg boundary and the audience hush turned into a roar of appreciation.

The game was all but won but then S. Campbell took two successive wickets in the 18th over and the Asker/Phoenix partnership was snuffed out in an instance and the game was turned completely on its head. Enter Harry Youngson and Joe Paul. Paul survived just one ball before M Plater sent his stumps flying and he was replaced by Joe Seaman in the 19th. Runs had dried up and Garboldisham needed 13 off the final over to secure victory. The sun had dropped from the sky and in the fading light Youngson took strike, picked out the ball and swiped it for six over cow-corner to throw Garboldisham a lifeline. A couple of singles and a double off the next 3 balls meant that Garboldisham needed 3 off the last 2 balls. Harry Youngson stepped up to the mark and wrapped up the game in style with a second six that flew towards the pavilion sending the appreciative home audience scattering and yelping with delight.

This was a terrific win for Garboldisham U15s against a very strong Vauxhall Mallards side.

Picture: Cutting from Diss Express. Left to right, back row: Philip Carr, David Palmer, Henry Phoenix, Harry Youngson, James Dunkinson, Matt Allin. Front row: Joe Seaman, Joe Paul, Ben Asker (capt), Sarah McGahan, Josh Haines.

It’s a beautiful morning here in Garboldisham at The Langley, with not a cloud in the sky. Later today the 1st XI will be at home to Sprowston and the 4ths will be at home to Gt Melton. The 2nds are away to Dersingham and the 3rds are away at Castle Rising. Good luck to all teams!

Don’t miss our end of season party on Saturday 3 September (less than a month away)! We’ve got the brilliant Muppits band again, one of the most popular party bands in East Anglia, performing their great mix of covers from the 60s through to the present day. If you want to dress up in fancy dress, then this year, our theme is pop music. The cost is only £10 per person which includes a Fish and Chip supper! The fun starts at 7.30pm at the barn on The Lyng. Contact Peter Barnes for more info and for tickets 07825 351062.

Pictured above: Phil Carr helps the 3rds to victory with a personal best score of 69 not out and two wickets

The 1st XI were away to Swardeston 2nd XI, lost the toss and were put in to bat with Dan Constable and Alex Hogg opening. Dan went on to score 55 with the rest of the Garby wickets tumbling for not many runs and it was only some late hitting from tail-ender Gavin Barnes (30) that pushed the 1sts to a more respectable 170 all out. Slow and steady batting from Swardeston saw them go on to claim victory with a 6 wicket win. Garby 1sts are still clawing on to 3rd place in the league.

The 2nds were at home at The Langley to Stow. Stow won the toss and put Garboldisham in to bat with Jack Stevenson and Jonny Wyatt getting Garby off to an excellent solid start. Jack went for 25 but Jonny went on to pick up 75. Add in to that an epic 82 from Jon Olpin and Garboldisham finished on a very healthy 241-8. Stow were no match for the Garby bowling and with 3 wickets apiece for Karl Gooderham and Rory Olpin and 2 wickets each for George Gooderham and Dan Philpott, Stow were all out for just 67 to see Garboldisham win by 174 runs. It’s good to see the 2nds hit back with a strong victory after a couple of defeats on the trot and they now have a more healthy margin of 11 points between themselves and Martham at the top of their league.

The 3rds were at home to Reepham and Salle, won the toss and put the visitors in to bat. Good bowling from Rowan Freake (3-19) helped contain the visitors score to 178-9 after 45 overs. 69 not out from Phil Carr (a personal best), plus 50 from captain Eddie Thorne and 41 from Sam Baker had the 3rds running home to victory in 35 overs for a comfortable 6 wicket win. They are currently placed 3rd in their league.

Son and father, Louis and Chris Hart (picture above) opened the batting for Garboldisham 4th XI at Hingham. Chris went on to score 31 and Garby finished on 123 for 9 after a rain reduced 35 overs. Hingham lost 6 wickets in their chase but in the end came out on top to win  by 4 wickets in the 27th over.

On Sunday 31 July, Garboldisham u11s had a close fought and exciting 1/4 final against Lowestoft at The Langley which they lost by just 10 or so runs. It was a very good performance from the whole team especially with the ball in hand, and despite taking more wickets than Lowestoft, it was only Lowestoft’s strong batting performance that, in the end, just gave them the edge. Well done to both teams for a match played in excellent spirits.

The weather looks good. We should be in for an excellent day’s cricket. The 1st XI are at home to Fakenham, the 2nds are away at Martham, the 3rds are away to Heacham and the 4ths are at home to Mellis. Good luck to all!

Picture: GCC club stalwart Andy Freake scored 63 runs for Garboldisham 3rd XI to help them secure a 76 runs, top-of-the-table clash victory over Castle Acre

Once again, wet weather caused chaos to all GCC teams’ fixtures with the 2nds away game at Rocklands being abandoned and the 4ths away game at Beeston, near Dereham, cancelled. But play did get underway back at The Langley for the 1sts and 3rds…

Garboldisham 1st XI v Brooke 1st XI

With rain delaying the start, the match was reduced to 40 overs. Garboldisham were put in to bat and some big hitting from Henry Phoenix (75*) and Aussie Dan Constable (52) plus a quick-fire 24 from captain Danny Cash, pushed the Garby total to a fairly healthy 198 for 6. However, it wasn’t quite enough and Brooke managed to chase it down with a couple of overs to spare (202-6) to win by 4 wickets. There were good bowling figures for Dan Constable who took 4 wickets for 24 runs.

Garboldisham 3rd XI v Castle Acre 1st XI

Castle Acre won the toss and chose to field first. Andy Freake (63), Dick Culling (49) and Charlie Wright (54) all starred with the bat and helped take Garby’s score to a hefty 265-7 after 40 overs. The visitors fought back hard in reply, but finished 77 runs short on 189-8.

Sunday 10 July 2016: After last week’s loss to Old Buckenham, the U11s were back to their winning form against Hethersett and Tas Valley. This latest win takes them to the top of the South Norfolk Community League U11 Barnard League.

Sunday 10 July 2016 South Norfolk Community League

1st XI at home to Brooke 1s

2nd XI away to Rocklands 1s

3rd XI at home to Castle Acre 1s

4th XI away to Beeston 2s