Scorecard

Vauxhall Mallards v Belhus Cricket Club Senior Tour on Wed 08 Jul 2009 at 2pm
Belhus Cricket Club Lost by 27 Runs

Match report The sun finally came out on the Wednesday of the tour as Belhus visited the lovely ground of Norfolk's highly successful Vauxhall Mallards CC. The home side batted first and Belhus made a quick breakthrough as opener Finney fell for a duck, caught by Richard Dopson off the bowling of Paul Whitlock. Robinson did get the runs flowing with a fine 54 before Whitlock struck again supported by a fine one handed catch from Roy Heffernan. Indeed Whitlock's spell proved vital to the Belhus cause as he went on to take five wickets (indeed the top five Mallards batsmen) - the young seam bowler is having an excellent season and he clearly enjoys touring as he ended up with figures of 5-51 from 12 overs including a fine caught and bwled. Jim Banner (2-48) Richard Dopson (2-25) and Roy Heffernan (1-70) all worked hard to assist in restricting the home side to 240 all out. Considering the Norfolk side had several first eleven cricketers playing and two overseas pro's it was a great effort from Belhus who supported their bowlers with excellent catching - Heffernan bagging three catches whilst Dopson and Read claimed two each. Amos (45) Barton (39) and Purton (28) were the mainstays of the Mallards innings following Robinson's half century.

Belhus were under the cosh early in their reply losing openers Morris (5) and Thompson (10) to the impressive quick bowling of Ing (2-20) but Belhus did not fold up and there were solid contributions from Ben Marns (23)including five fours, Jim Robertson (24)including 1 six, a five and two fours, Richard Dopson (29) including 1 six and 5 fours, top scorer Roy Heffernan (33) including five fours and Jim Banner (26*) including five fours. Whilst the Belhus chase never threatened to overhaul the Mallards score a reply of 213-9 was certainly respectable. Although a defeat by 27 runs was disappointing, a full days cricket at a superb venue was a fitting, if somewhat belated, kick start to the tour.

Vauxhall Mallards Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
3w 8b 5lb 
for 10 wickets
16
240 (38.2 overs)		     
S.Robinson ct  Wayne Read b Paul Whitlock 54
R.Finney ct  Wayne Read b Paul Whitlock 0
P.Free ct  Richard Dopson b Paul Whitlock 24
R.Purton ct  Paul Whitlock 28
H.Barton ct  Paul Whitlock 39
W.Best b  Roy Heffernan 10
J.Ing ct  Roy Heffernan b Jim Banner 6
C.Amos ct  Roy Heffernan b Jim Banner 45
A.Turner st  Paul Huckstepp b Richard Dopson 10
A.Rendse ct  Paul Whitlock b Richard Dopson 8
A.Patmore Not Out  6

Belhus Cricket Club Senior Tour Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Scott Bayford4.004100.0010.25
Paul Whitlock12.0151510.204.25
Roy Heffernan12.0170170.005.83
Jim Banner7.2048224.006.55
Richard Dopson3.0025212.508.33

Belhus Cricket Club Senior Tour Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
5nb 5w 29b 7lb 
for 9 wickets
46
213		        
Stuart Morris b  J.Ing 5 28 17.86
Tom Thompson ct  P.Free b J.Ing 10 30 1 33.33
Ben Marns b  P.Free 23 30 5 76.67
W.D. Read b  A.Turner 19 16 4 118.75 2
Scott Bayford b  A.Turner 13 15 3 86.67
Jim Robertson b  H.Barton 24 34 3 1 70.59
Richard Dopson ct  and bowled R.Purton 29 24 5 1 120.83 2
Roy Heffernan ct  Amos b H.Barton 33 37 5 89.19 3
Jim Banner Not Out  26 23 5 113.04
Paul Huckstepp ct  Finney b S.Robinson 4 6 1 66.67 1
Paul Whitlock Not Out  2 5 40.0 1

Vauxhall Mallards Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
S Robinson6.0033133.005.50
H Barton5.0034217.006.80
R Purton4.0020120.005.00
A Turner6.0120210.003.33
P Free5.0032132.006.40
J Ing7.022200.003.14
Arendse5.02700.001.40
A Patmore2.003300.0016.50