Bolton-by-Bowland v Downham
Home, 13 June 2004

Harris and Carlton excel against Downham

HOLMEFIELD (Downham won toss): BBB beat Downham by 4 wkts.

In a rearranged fixture Bolton entertained Downham for the second time in 4 days and won with only 7 balls left. In a game, which contained a ‘Bunch of Booths’, both sides contributed to a fine game. Downham batted first putting on 123 for the first wicket with Rodney Booth scoring 57 before being caught by Martin Brown off Steven Booth’s bowling. (Rodney reciprocated in Bolton’s innings dismissing Steven for 17.) P Parker, the other Downham opener, scored 66. Mark Carlton was Bolton’s best bowler and took the wickets of A Booth and D Lakin. Iain Harris returned to form with the bat for Bolton scoring 47 off 83 balls.

Batting

Player	How out	Score
P Levet	Ct R Booth b A booth	4
I Harris	b R Booth	47
J Hunt	c Parker b Walmesey	1
M Brown	C Frankland b Malherne	24
S Booth	c Walmesey b R Booth	17
R Bedford	no	35
S Brown	c Coultherd b Lambert	15
M Carlton	ret hurt	4
J Hill	no	3
C Darlington	dnb
S Reynolds	dnb
Extras b6 w10 lb1 nb2		19
Total (39.5 overs, 6 wkts)		169

Downham 165 for 8 off 40 overs (R Booth 57, P Parker 66)

Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
S Reynolds	7	1	20	0
S Booth	8	2	22	2
M Brown	5	1	24	0
I Harris	2	0	15	0
C Darlington	3	0	18	1
R Bedford	8	2	24	1
M Carlton	2	0	14	2