17/06/2026
Saturday 13th June Thorpe 1st XI v Bullcroft Main 1st XI
With a cyclone blowing through (at least it felt like one), Captain Roughley won the toss & elected to field first!
Bullcroft Innings
Tricky bowling conditions & not a great start in the field, an edge dropped in the first over followed in the first 18 overs by several other missed chances, put Bullcroft on a good start, adding to the dodgy fielding a ‘debatable’ run out, including possibly the first time the phrase ‘you’re well short’ will have been used to describe the Bullcroft opener. First wicket to fall finally came in the 19th over, S Hibbett (80) b J Lavery, Bullcroft 99/1 & off to a flyer. Joe then replicated the first wicket in his next over, bowling J Dixon (0), repeating this agin, for his 3rd over in a row bowling O Collins (15), 104/3, Joe finishing with 3/42 from a good 10 overs. Roughers took over from Joe to fill a couple of overs before Camilla could return, taking a wicket with the last ball of his first over, M Williamson (13) c S Whitehall, 138/4, swiftly followed by 1 for Chaz M Geary (17)
bowled, 138/5. Bullcrofts final 5 wickets fell for 38 runs with Chamila taking 4, in a cracking second spell of the day, D Lovett (1) b C Wijesinghe, C Harvey (12) b C Wijesinghe, D Birkett (5) c U Malik b C Wijesinghe & A Collins (5) c J Evans b C Wijesinghe, with Faulkner taking the other wicket R Bishop (7) b M Faulkner. Bullcroft finish on 176 all out!
Chamila Wijesinghe - 9.5 overs 1 maiden 4/36
Joe Lavery - 10 overs 1 maiden 3/42
Scott Hibbett - 80 runs from 63 balls with 12 x 4’s & 1 x 6
Thorpe Innings
Joining usual opener Roughers at the crease was myself, we got off to a decent start, 55 runs from the first 10 overs, reaching the 19th over before the first wicket fell, C Roughley (25) lbw M Williamson, unfortunately soon followed by C Abel (0) also lbw M Williamson, from 75/0 to 74/2. Charlie Wentworth the new batter in brought us to 94 in the 24th before being bowled by S Hibbett (9), 94/3 & then 96/4, M Faulkner (55) b M Williamson. A couple of late cameos came from Jamie Evan’s & Usmaan Malik to help Thorpe reach 150 all out, J Mulhern (1) b S Hibbett, J Raynor (4) c O Collins b D Lovett, J Lavery (0) b D Lovett, J Evans (21) c O Collins b D Lovett, U Malik (17) b D Birkett, C Wijesinghe (4) ro (O Collins), leaving Thorpe 26 runs short of the target.
Matthew Faulkner - 55 from 80 balls with 4 x 4’s & 1 x 6’s
Chris Roughley - 25 from 47 balls with 3 x 4’s
Jamie Evans - 21 from 18 balls with 1 x 4 & 2 x 6’s
Matthew Williamson- 10 overs 2 maidens 4/22
Mentions
Usy - first 6 for Thorpe!
Junwin - didn’t put a foot wrong in the field or drop a catch
Scorer - Steve, definitely part of the team, quality again thank you!
Umpire - Andrew Edwards, thank you!
Scorers MOTM -
‘My m.o.t.m was tricky, great 2nd spells from Joe & Chamila but I'm going for Matty Faulkner, 50 & a decent bowling spell.’
Club Sponsors - massive thank you to all our sponsors!
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Not the result we wanted, some tricky conditions for our bowlers & fielding well below our usual standards unfortunately had a big impact on the result! On to the next one & back to winning ways!!
This week sees the first travel to Hirst Courtney to face Batley 3rd XI & the 2’s travel to Ryhill to play Frickey 3rd XI, no home games this week unfortunately but plenty of cricket to watch if you fancy a trip out to support the lads!
UTTACC!!
