Close Shave
Garforth Parish Church captain Michael Fisher plays and misses against Walton Park at Springs Lane during a quarter-final tie in the Fred Fleetwood Cup, the Wetherby Cricket League's premier knockout competition. Fisher hit 73 as the visitors, top of Division One, beat by 112 runs mid-table Second Division Walton Park, who fielded a mixture of first and second XI players.
After Fisher's departure, Garforth Parish Church slipped to 160-9 before Tom Conboy and Darren Childe added a decisive 50 in an impressive unbeaten stand for the last wicket. An early triple strike from pacer Childe then reduced Walton Park to 16-3. No 3 Jonathan Smales, who had earlier taken three wickets, completed a deserved half-century before the hosts ran out of batters.
Match statistics:
Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 22. Garforth Parish Church won the toss and elected to bat. Garforth Parish Church 210-9 off 40 overs (Michael Fisher 73, Tom Conboy 34 not out, Jack Caden 26, Dave Ross 22, Darren Childe 19 not out, Jonathan Smales 3-24, Ged Feeley 3-39) beat by 112 runs Walton Park 98 off 30.2 overs (Jonathan Smales 53, Andy Robson 20, Steve Bedford 3-20, Darren Childe 3-20, Hayden Mortimer 2-27).
Close Shave
Garforth Parish Church captain Michael Fisher plays and misses against Walton Park at Springs Lane during a quarter-final tie in the Fred Fleetwood Cup, the Wetherby Cricket League's premier knockout competition. Fisher hit 73 as the visitors, top of Division One, beat by 112 runs mid-table Second Division Walton Park, who fielded a mixture of first and second XI players.
After Fisher's departure, Garforth Parish Church slipped to 160-9 before Tom Conboy and Darren Childe added a decisive 50 in an impressive unbeaten stand for the last wicket. An early triple strike from pacer Childe then reduced Walton Park to 16-3. No 3 Jonathan Smales, who had earlier taken three wickets, completed a deserved half-century before the hosts ran out of batters.
Match statistics:
Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 22. Garforth Parish Church won the toss and elected to bat. Garforth Parish Church 210-9 off 40 overs (Michael Fisher 73, Tom Conboy 34 not out, Jack Caden 26, Dave Ross 22, Darren Childe 19 not out, Jonathan Smales 3-24, Ged Feeley 3-39) beat by 112 runs Walton Park 98 off 30.2 overs (Jonathan Smales 53, Andy Robson 20, Steve Bedford 3-20, Darren Childe 3-20, Hayden Mortimer 2-27).