Bramshaw Cricket Club

Tom Arnold hit his first ever 100 on Sunday for the Club Xl in the last game of the seasoin against a mix match team of Willows, Cuckoo and Bramshaw Players. He batted extremely well throughout before getting out to his younger brother Josh LBW. See you all at pre season nets!

On Sunday the Club Xl took on St. Andrews Church at Bramshaw. The game included the first ever mens wicket for Thomas Wall who dismissed the Church's Ian McGill with a lovely delivery that Mcgill could only swat to Tom Arnold who took the catch. Ian Whitcher also took his first wicket and beat his son James' highest ever score in his first game for the club. The game also saw Mark 'Happy' Gilmore score his career highest score. The clubs presentation evening is on the 26th October at Totton & Ealing Cricket Ground - look forward to see you all there.

The third team lost the final league game of the season at home to Bramshaw. The highlights included Jack Wateridge playing a delightful innings of 48 in the home teams score. Bramshaw were unable to restrict Bashley who reached their target with some ease. Photos of the day can be seen by clicking here. The club Xl drew with Calmore Wanderers on Sunday. Jamie Martin scored 44 and Jon Wall 67* in the Bramshaw total. Calmore's top scorer was a Monty Ridgemont who is rumoured to be playing for Bramshaw next year. Ben Arnold took 3 wickets in Calmore's reply.

1st Xl AVOID RELEGATION

Tom Beresford bowled superby for the 3rds on Saturday. He took 5 wickets in total which included 4 wickets in an over and a hat-trick. This helped the 3rds bowl out the oppostion for under 100 which they then knocked off in double quick time with Tom Arnold being left unbeaten on 24. The firsts and seconds both lost with a notable performance from George Gray on Saturday who scored 95 off of just 53 balls. The club XI drew with Bursledon on Sunday with Jamie Martin scoring his first ever 50 and Andy Hart scoring his first hundred of the season. Jack Rogers took another wicket. The performance of the week goes to Tom Beresford for his hat trick.

The border league final between Paultons A and Bramshaw was postponed at the last minute on Tuesday evening just as Bramshaw were about to commence their innings. The game has been re-scheduled for Tuesday 14th August. Your support at the game would be greatly appreciated.

1ST TEAM WIN CLOSEST OF CLOSE GAMES

The 1st team beat Portsmouth & Southsea with 2 balls to spare and down to the last wicket. P & S were bowled out for 243 with Joel Worrall taking 3-46 off 12 overs. In reply Bramshaw faltered after a good start but then George Gray got the team back on track with an excellent 55 before Mark Angel scored 39 not out to bring the team home. The seconds beat Calmore after scoring 214 with Ian Mcgill scoring an elegant 62. Calmore were then restricted to 152 with Johnny Murray returning from a broken arm to take 3 wickets. The Club Xl lost to Fareham on Crofton on Sunday with Jack Rogers taking 2 wickets for 0 runs. Performance of the week is shared between Mark Angel and George Gray for their batting exploits for the firsts on saturday.

***BRAMSHAW WIN BORDER LEAGUE ***

Bramshaw won their first ever Border League title after beating Totton & Ealing at Bramshaw on Tuesday night. Bramshaw batted first and amassed 170 against a very strong Totton & Ealing side. James Manning top scored with 58. In reply Totton & Ealing were limited to 146 for 8 with James Manning taking 4 wickets. Andy Hart was the leading run scorer with 218 on the season and James Manning was the leading wicket taker with 10. The highest score of 79 was struck by Andy Hart against Highfield and Mike Kingston, also against highfield, produced the best bowling figues of 5-22. See you all at the final on Tuesday 7th August at 5.45.

The Border League team progressed to the Final of the Border League Cup after a very convincing win against Trojans. Bramshaw batted first and scored 182 for 5 in 18 overs. Andy Hart top scored with 41 with Jimmy Manning, George Gray, Mike West & Timmy Rogers all contibuting. Trojans were then bowled out for 71. All four bowlers (Angel, Manning, Cass & West) bowled exceptionally well and were backed up by an unusually high standard of fielding with Jimmy Manning taking 3 catches and a run out. The final is a 17:45 start on 7th August at Totton & Ealing against Paultons. On Saturday the 1st team lost to Sarisbury and the 2nd team had a very good win against Sarisbury II with both Mark Brearey & Timmy Rogers scoring centuries. The Under 11s lost their final game of the season at Bashley.

The Border League team beat Trojans at home by a record 171runs. After winning the toss and batting first Bramshaw scored 219 for 6. James Manning and Paul Cass both scored 20 ball 50s and John Wall hit a 25 ball 49. The Bowlers then restricted Trojans to 48 for 7 off their 18 overs with Mike West taking 3 for 14 off his 5 overs. On Saturday the seconds gained a good win. They restricted Gosport to 146 off the 45 overs and then knocked them off for 3 wickets with Andy Hart remaining unbeaten on 80. Sunday morning saw the Under 11s lose a very close game to Lymington B. After producing their best bowling and fielding display with Lawrence Reeve taking 3-6 in 3 overs they were unfortunate in just missing the required runs to win.

A very close win against Highfield put the Border League Xl through to the Cup Semi-final. Bramshaw batted first and made 100 on a damp pitch with the key partnership coming between Mike West & James Manning. Jamie Martin took three quick wickets to leave Highfield in trouble but they clawed themselves back and needed just 12 off the last over. Mark Angel gave up only 4 runs off that over to leave Bramshaw victorious. The Semi-final is away to Trojans on the 17th July.

A very good weekend for Bramshaw teams which saw the 1st Xl win their first game of the season as well as wins for the 3rd Xl and the Under 11s. The firsts beat Mudeford off the last ball chasing 212 to win. Andy Hart anchored the innings with 88, Simon Booth and Monty Ridgeway added 40 apiece and Jamie Terris hit the winning run. The pick of the bowlers were Simon Booth 8-4-13-2 and Jon Wall 12-6-33-3. The Under 11s beat Calmore by restricting them to 232 off their 16 overs. Ryan Purchase, Taylor Vane & James Mason were the pick of the bowlers. Josh Arnold then hit his first ever 6 in the last over to bring up the victory. Aaron Prentice scored his highest ever score on Sunday in a loss for the Club Xl. Performance of the week goes to Josh Arnold for his batting performace for the Under 11s.

MURRAY OUT FOR 6 WEEKS

First team allrounder and Border League Captain Johnny Murray will be out for around 6 weeks after fracturing his wrist in Saturday's defeat to Lymington. Fragile Johnny gained the fracture during a collision with Lymo's wicket keeper.

The Club got knocked out of the village knockout on Sunday by Sparsholt and the 1st Xl lost a very close game on Saturday. The 2nd Xl and 3rd Xl however both won with depleted teams. Kev Marshall scored over 90 for the second team and Nigel Warren scored over 80 for the 3rd team but the performance of the weekend goes to James Whitcher who was playing in his first competitive game for Bramshaw and took 4 wickets for 1 run in under 2 overs for the thirds. The under 11s also lost their game at Fordingbrige on Sunday morning.

Bramshaw beat Easton and Martyr Worthy in a very close game at Easton on Sunday. After restricting Easton to 205 from their 40 overs Bramshaw won with 3 balls remaining. Joel Worral and Mark Brearey laid a solid foundation to the Bramshaw innings before Tim Rogers, Mark Angel & Ben Arnold came in with some tremendous big hitting towards the end to seal victory. Ben Arnold and Mark Brearey were the pick of the bowlers as BCC roled back the years and produced a vintage performance.

The Under 11s won their first ever game on sunday mornirng beating Farley in a close game. Some excellent fielding by the Bramshaw boys, including 3 direct hit run outs, saw Farley reach 240 in their 16 overs. Bramshaw ended up on 245 after their 16 overs after Josh Arnold hit 2 fours in the last over to seal victory. Taylor Vane and Thomas Simpson were the pick of the bowlers.