Bolton-by-Bowland v Hurst Green
Home, 16 May

Bolton by Bowland miss chance of victory over Hurst Green.

SKIRDENSIDE (HG won toss): Hurst Green beat BBB by 85 runs.

Bolton’s bowlers restricted Hurst Green to 50 runs after 20 overs and had taken 4 wickets giving the home supporters hope of a fine victory over a team containing several league players. Steven Booth (2 for 7 after 5 overs) and Richard Bedford (2 for 10 after 5 overs) were both then confronted with HG’s middle order of McEwen , Jacques, Young and Hough who between them rescued the match with a fine batting display with HG finally reaching 200 for 9 after 40 overs. In response Richard Bedford and Paul Levet put on 33 for the first wicket before Levet was bowled by C Jacques. The experiment of putting Levet into open was a success with the opening pair together for 10 overs. Richard Bedford went onto make 61 with the only other resistance coming from Alan Winfrey. Steve Brown’s 4 was the only highlight for Bolton towards the end of the game.

Full details to follow.

Batting

Player	How out	Score
R Bedford	ct Hough b Smalley	61
P Levet	b C Jacques	10
J Hunt	run out	3
I Harris	b C Jacques	0
C Bosonnet	lbw Hough	6
S Booth	ct Wilson b Smalley	0
N Guthrie	run out	3
J Hill	Ct McEwen b P Jacques	0
S Reynolds	b Smalley	0
A Winfrey	lbw Smalley	10
S Brown	not out	4
Extras lb6, w8, nb4		18
Total (31.2 overs)		115

Hurst Green 200 for 9 off 40 overs (A Hough 39, I Young 37 no, G McEwen 27)

Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
I Harris	8	1	32	1
S Booth	8	1	29	3
R Bedford	8	2	46	3
S Reynolds	8	2	37	1
J Hill	8	0	42	1