CRICKET: Rampant Horley are champions (From Bicester Advertiser)
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CRICKET: Rampant Horley are champions
11:00am Tuesday 4th September 2012 in Sport
CHERWELL LEAGUE
Division 5
HORLEY are champions and one success away from finishing the season with a 100 per cent winning record after they saw off Kimble with ease.
Nick Tarrant (53), Jonathan Hart (52) and Sam Pearce (50) set up a declaration after 45 overs with Horley on 259-6.
Jonathan Stackhouse (43) delayed Horley's party for a while, but Dave Eaton (5-23) and Darren de Bruyn (3-55) bowled out Kimble for 167.
Horley 25pts, Kimble 5
Didcot clinched the runners-up spot and promotion back into Division 4 after thrashing Tiddington 2nd.
Matt Jones took 7-37 – including a hat trick – as Tiddington tumbled to 70 all out.
The hosts then used only 16.3 overs in reaching 71-2.
Didcot 25, Tiddington 2nd 2
Horspath 3rd beat Brackley to consign their opponents to relegation and give their own survival hopes a boost.
Hayden Moon was their star performer, taking 5-24 as the visitors were all out for 104.
Robert Timmis then grabbed 3-14 as Horspath chugged to 108-6 from 38.2 overs.
Horspath 3rd 25, Brackley 7
Banbury 4th dropped into the bottom two as Abingdon Vale 2nd made sure of third place with a seven-wicket win.
Graham Beer finished with figures of 3-24 as the home side only just made it to 100 before being bowled out.
Mike Howe-Davies then stroked a stylish 30 not out to see Vale to 103-3 from 23.3 overs.
Banbury 4th 4, Abingdon Vale 2nd 25
Challow & Childrey 2nd prevailed by three wickets in their low-scoring clash with Thame Town 2nd.
Daniel Alderson (4-21) and Adam Shorten (4-35) looked to have bowled Challow to victory when Thame were all out for 108. James Hawkes (38) and Alastair Thomas (30) scored the bulk of the runs.
George Patey then took 4-35 as Thame fought back, but Challow just made it to 114-7.
Challow 2nd 25, Thame Tn 2nd 8
Comments(11)
Flat one
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12:46pm Tue 4 Sep 12
southoxonman
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12:49pm Tue 4 Sep 12
cleverswindler
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12:59pm Tue 4 Sep 12
spot the ball
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1:10pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Does anyone else think that maybe these side could/should go in higher then 5? they seem to walk it abit by the looks of it.
Cleverswindler - by the look of how Banbury have performed in that league are you sure Banbury XX aren't still about?
spot the ball
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1:43pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Wing Commander Brearley
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2:16pm Tue 4 Sep 12
We at Didcot congratulate Horley wholeheartedly. Well played and good luck on Saturday - 100% success is a great benchmark for everyone else.
Looking forward to seeing you in Div. 4 next year, lets hope the weather is a lot kinder!
Malik
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3:03pm Tue 4 Sep 12
That truly is a remarkable achievement.
Power
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3:45pm Tue 4 Sep 12
play in the v
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4:08pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Rob Eason
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8:48pm Wed 5 Sep 12
Cedarox says...
11:32am Tue 4 Sep 12