Timberscombe Cricket Club

The game was restricted to 30 overs per side after showery weather
made the chances of a full afternoon’s cricket unlikely. Timberscombe
won the toss and elected to bat. Once the early showers had passed Paul
Sparks and Bruce Lang set about their task. Their opening partnership
of 51 proved to be the biggest of the match. Lang departed on 15 and a 
brief flurry of wickets brought Paul Keal to the crease. He picked up
the tempo of the innings as opener Sparks went 1 short of his half
century. Caswell bowled well for his 5 wickets. When the innings closed
Keal’s 33 had helped to take the score to a healthy 157.

North Newton found the going tough. Rob Golding bowled a miserly early
spell of five overs for 4 runs. All the bowlers continued to keep the
runs down, and with two good run outs by Tom Sparks, and a couple of
wickets from Keal  Newton were always well short of challenging the
total.

Timberscombe 157 for 9
Paul Sparks 49
Paul Keal 33
Caswell 5 for 31

North Newton 109 for 5
B Sellick 37 no
Paul Keal 2 for 22

Timberscombe 23 Points beat North Newton by 48 Runs

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