Saturday 30 May 2015. GCC 2nd XI v Old Catton
The Old Catton player plays and misses and a slower ball from Garboldisham’s Charlie Wright, takes out his off stump. Lewis Taylor is behind the stumps. A few seconds later and the batsman is on his way back to the pavilion.
Old Catton went on to clock up 202 for 8. In reply, Garboldisham struggled with their chase and finished on 120 all out.
Photos by Phil McGahan
Match results for Saturday 30 May 2015
The 1sts travelled to Lowestoft and batting first, struggled to score runs against the Lowestoft spin attack on a difficult batting wicket and were bowled out for 119 off 45 overs. In the field, Garby fought back hard and took 7 of the Lowestoft wickets before the hosts caught up with Garboldisham’s 119, to win by 3 wickets.
The 2nds were at home against Old Catton. The visitors batted first and clocked up 202 for 8. In reply, Garby’s batting coughed and spluttered with only the wicket keeper, Lewis Taylor (who’d had a good day behind the stumps) being able to assemble a decent amount of runs. Lewis was trotting along well on 40 odd runs or so until a forced change of bats saw him spoon a shot up only to be caught at mid-off. Garboldisham were bowled out and finished way short on 120. It was the fifth loss in a row for the 2nds who are struggling to find their form and get back to full strength. On a more positive note, Phil McGahan was prowling the boundary with his camera and he took a fantastic picture of Charlie Wright bowling out one of the Old Catton players. We’re saving it for our Photo of the Week slot so watch out for it in a day or two…
Playing at home, the 3rds had a big win against The Norwich Bystanders and picked up 26 points to leave them fifth in the table. With Jack Stevenson absent, bolstering up the 1sts at Lowestoft, the 3rds were captained for the day by Eddie Thorne. Big scores from Danny Philpott (99) and Stu Taylor (58) helped GCC finish their innings on 265 for 8 which Bystanders were unable to get close to, finishing on 126 all out. Another good win for the 3rds.
The 4ths were captained by Andy Smith up at Old Catton. It was a high scoring game with Old Catton picking up 264 for 4 which the 4ths made a brave attempt to chase down, and nearly achieved, by finishing just 15 runs short on 249 for 9. Johnny Wyatt got a century and Joe Melvin was on 70 or so not out.
Garboldisham 1sts v Mattishall, Saturday 23 May 2015
Wicket keeper Pascal Walker, slips Danny Cash and Tom Ling and gulley Andrew Whistler are poised and ready. Garboldisham had clocked up 248 for 5 but Mattishall were bowled out for just 88 from a fiery bowling attack that included 5 wickets for Andy Emms.
In the background and poking through the trees, you can make out the Garboldisham Manor clock tower. In days gone by, players would use the clock, now obscured by trees, to time their matches and set their watches.
Photo: Phil McGahan
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Here’s a reminder of all the weekend fixtures and next week’s junior fixtures.
Please keep on sending in results, photos, match reports, Quote of the Week suggestions, news and so on. You can send items to nickandh@talk21.com
Fri May 29 Junior nets
Sat May 30 1sts away to Lowestoft, 2nds at home to Old Catton A, 3rds at home to Bystanders, 4ths away to Old Catton B
Sun May 31 U9s away to Norwich, Friendly at home to Rocklands
Mon June 1 U17s at home to Mulbarton, U13s away at Diss
Tues June 2 Ladies match – away to Gt Melton. U11s at home to Saham Toney
Weds June 3 Over 40s away to Rocklands. U15s at home to Old Buckenham
Thurs June 4 U11s at home to Swardeston. Senior nets
A Garboldisham Twenty 20 side pictured above, faced Scole FC and Podington CC in a three way T20 charity tournament at the GCC beer festival at The Langley on Sunday 24 May. The club had two very special polypins of bitter brewed in memory of Ian Melvin and Chris Bunning and before proceedings began, Peter Barnes declared the beer officially ready for drinking. Peter is pictured below with Ian’s widow Sara.
Barnsey with Sara Melvin
Yogi Beer and Bunning Beer brewed in memory of Ian Melvin and Chris Bunnings
The Podington T20 touring team
Scole FC T20 team
Match results for Saturday 23 May 2015
The 1st team hosted Mattishall at home and picked up a maximum 25 points to push them up to the middle of the league table in Division 1 of the Dipple & Conway Norfolk Cricket Alliance. Batting first, Garboldisham scored 248 for 5 wickets with Kristian Williman clocking up a century and finishing on 121 runs! In reply, Mattishall struggled to squeeze out 88 runs before being bowled out. Pick of the Garby bowlers was Andy Emms who took five wickets. It was a very satisfying day for the Firsts who are slowly getting back to full strength with the return of lads from uni’ and it was good to see Henry Phoenix and Harry Youngson back on the field. Well done to all – a great win!
It was another disappointing day for Andy Freake and the 2nds who have still to get a win under their belts. Playing away at Winterton, the hosts batted first and were 77 without loss after 14 overs but then good bowling from old stagers Paul Fevs and Charlie Wright saw 6 wickets fall for 69 runs. Philip Carr wrapped up the tail with 4 for 34 and Winterton finished on 183 all out. Unfortunately Garboldisham’s batting did not live up to what was expected and they were found wanting. It was only rearguard batting from Rowan Freake (25) and Adam Pringle that brought some sort of respectability to the score but still leaving Garby 62 runs short on 122.
The 3rds had a great day’s outing up in Costessey winning by 73 runs and gathering up 25 points. Batting first they scored 166. Costessey struggled to get close and were bowled out for 93.
The 4ths are still facing problems with a shortage of players and consequently they had to put out a very young team against visitors Rocklands. But it was good experience for the youngsters. The game finished with Garboldisham all out for 97 and Rocklands on 101 for 6. A minute’s silence was held before the start of the game in memory of Ian Melvin. Photos are shown below.
Photos by Phil McGahan
The Langley, Wednesday 20 May, 3.30pm, 2015
The pitch had just been mown and the wicket rolled ready for an U15 game later in the evening and the sun was shining and lighting up dark storm clouds. Five minutes later there was a torrential gale and hail storm that lasted for a good 10 minutes which left the wicket flooded with half an inch of water. After another quarter of an hour the sun was blazing down again… Crazy weather.
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Come and join us for our bank holiday weekend beer festival! It kicked off last night and runs until Monday. We’ve got 10 different beers for sale and we’ve got loads of cricket with a busy weekend and week ahead, at home and away, with youth matches, an over 40s game, a midweek friendly at Bardwell and two county games.
Sat 23 Beer Festival and regular league matches: 1sts at home to Mattishall, 2nds away at Winterton, 3rds away at Costessey and 4ths at home to Rocklands.
Sun 24 Beer Festival, BBQ and T20 charity tournament GCC host Podington CC and Scole FC
U9s away at Southwold (Norfolk Alliance) and U11s away at Brooke (SNCL) BOTH MATCHES CANCELLED
Mon 25 Beer Festival and annual Podington match.
Tues 26 U13s at home to Swardeston B (Norfolk Alliance) and U15s away at Gt Ellingham (Norfolk Alliance)
GCC host Norfolk U10s v Notts U10s
Weds 27 U11s away at Gt Melton (Norfolk Alliance) and U15s away at Tas Valley (SNCL)
GCC host Norfolk U13s Girls v Lincs U13s Girls
Friendly away at Bardwell 6pm
Thurs 28 Over 40s at home to Tas Valley
Senior nets
Fri 29 Junior nets
If any matches are cancelled or re-arranged, please let us know. You can contact Nick on nickandh@talk21.com or phone or text on 0779 638 0779. And please send in any photos and match reports if you have them.
Come and join us for our bank holiday weekend beer festival! It runs from Friday evening until Monday (22 May-25 May). We’ve got 10 different beers for sale and there’s a BBQ on Friday and Sunday. Plus we’ve got loads of cricket…!
Fri 22 Junior nets
Sat 23 Regular league matches: 1sts at home v Mattishall and 4ths at home v Rocklands. (2nds and 3rds away)
Sun 24 GCC host Podington CC and Scole FC in a T20 charity tournament!
Mon 25 Annual Podington match.
