Rutland League & Wilcox Cup Final Round Up
•John Wilcox Cup Final A brilliant win for Wisbech Town in the John Wilcox Cup Final, at Barnack Cricket Club. Who else would be the main man, other than club legend Gary Freear, he smashed his way to 116 to win the game and help his club score 286 for 7. Freear’s 116 came from 151 balls. He was supported well by an excellent engine room. Parth Patel (35) and Ali Anthony (40) both scored well and so did Jamie Gollands who got 22 from just 15 balls. Oundle Town responded by making 199, falling 87 runs short of the total. Bashrat Hussain had an excellent captains innings of 73, but couldn’t go all of the way like Gary Freear had done just before hand. The breakthrough came for Wisbech Town when they broke the partnership of Hussain and Mark Hodgson (51), courtesy of Joe Dunning and Gary Freear who got the breakthrough. Wisbech Town bowled tight with just 8 extras and New Zealander Parth Patel taking 3/36, and Sam Rippington (2/31) and Gary Freear (2/42), doing the rest of the damage. Wisbech Town - 286 / 7 - (Gary Freear 116, Ali Anthony 40, Parth Patel 35, Peter Wilson 2/16, Primesh Patel 2/38) Oundle Town - 199 - (Bashrat Hussain 73, Mark Hodgson 51, Parth Patel 3/36, Sam Rippington 2/31) •Rutland 1 A brilliant win for Peterborough Town the racked up a massive 324 for just 3, and the star of the show was Hassan Azad as he had 155*. He was well supported by Alex Mitchell (69) and Saturday’s super skipper who has been in excellent form all season, David Clarke, who ended 54 not out. This massive total left Oundle Town with a lot of work to do. Potentially because they had one eye on the cup final the next day, the mustered 59, and two very talented young players Connor Parnell and Mohammed Saif. Off spinner Mohammed Saif, who has been turning a lot of heads lately with regular outstanding performances and Sunday he did that again as he took 3/8 , but Connor Parnell was the star of the show with the ball as the promising talent took 5/35. Parnell and Saif has massive futures ahead of them, and will be dominant with the ball for years and years to come. Peterborough Town - 324 / 3 - (Hassan Azad 155*, Alex Mitchell 69, David Clarke 54*, Bashrat Hussain 2/17) Oundle Town - 59 - (Connor Parnell 5/35, Mohammed Saif 3/8) An important win for Ketton as they beat top of the table Wisbech Town. Ketton posted 217, as openers Peter Rowe (45) and Tariq Aziz (39) started well, and Northants fast bowler Gareth Wade made 30. Gary Freear took 4 wickets and Parth Patel took 3 as Ketton posted their score. The response started well as Cambridgeshire keeper batsman and stand out Wisbech performer, Josh Bowers smashed his way to 81, but they couldn’t stop the strong bowling attack of Ketton. Superstar spinner Tom Sole took 3/51 and then the death bowlers, Gareth Wade, Zeeshan Manzoor and Peter Rowe bowled tight and earned a very good and very important win for Ketton. Ketton - 217 - (Peter Rowe 45, Tariq Aziz 39, Gareth Wade 30, Gary Freear 4/61, Parth Patel 3/38) Wisbech Town - 188 - (Josh Bowers 81, Gary Freear 22, Tom Sole 3/51, Peter Rowe 2/5 , Zeeshan Manzoor 2/12) An awesome game this Sunday, Bourne scored 105 and Stamford Town were cruising at 101/5, but then they were bowled out for 101 and won by 4 runs. A massive win for Bourne. Bourne - 105 Stamford Town - 101 •Rutland 2 The lethal bowling attack of Castor, strikes again. They have proven lately that the bowling attack can bowl anyone out, no matter how quick, and how many men they have playing. Remarkably, Ross Porter for Castor & Ailsworth bowled 18 balls, went for 0 runs and took 4 wickets. His figures of 4/0 topped the tbale in this one, but Castor's two superstars with the ball did the rest as Ryan Evans 4/21 and Stuart Dockerill 2/16, did the damage at the start to allow Ross Porter to finish it off and bowl Uppingham out for 39. Uppingham Town bowled well themselves, as Luke Griffiths and Mark Cox returned the same figures of 4/25 from their 12. Mark Wheat was the standout with the bat for Castor & Ailsworth as he smashed his way to 75. Castor & Ailsworth - 131 - (Mark Wheat 75, Luke Griffiths 4/25, Mark Cox 4/25) Uppingham Town - 39 - (Sam Hodson 16, Ross Porter 4/0, Ryan Evans 4/21, Stuart Dockerill 2/16) Newborough picked up a good win, in another exciting Rutland league game this weekend as they set 155 and Uffington got 151, and the hero was Vamshi Parvathaneni, as he took 6/33. He was destructive as he took the top of the Uffington order and the bottom as well to seel the victory. With the bat, Chester Hercock scored a very important 44 and Alastair Greenwood made 26. A great effort in the Uffington run chase for Guy Cunningham, a very good batsman for both Uffington and Ketton on a Saturday this season. Newborough - 155 - (Chester Hercock 44, Alastair Greenwood 26, Tom Bentley 3/38) Uffington - 151 - (Guy Cunningham 49, Tom Bentley 33, Vamshi Parvathaneni 6/33) A huge win for Burghley Park in Rutland 2, as they beat Ufford Park, after Andy Larkin scored 70 for the home team. David Platt took 6/59, but Burghley Park had enough to knock the 183 run total set with 3 wickets remaining, and Burghley win the battle of the Parks. Ufford Park - 183 / 9 - (Andy Larkin 70, Joe Corder 28, David Platt 6/59) Burghley Park - 184 / 7 - (Chris Meadows 42*, Elliott Cooper 26, Jan Neville 3/34) Kings Keys - 153 - (Faisal Javed 69, Fraser Glover 4/21, Connor McAlinden 4/26) Weldon - 154 / 4 - (Sinjin Bulbring 77, Luke Cummins 58*, Shazaad Amir 2/13) Another great win for March Town, they remain at the top of the league and they are just a few point away from promotion, but they are in a good position. It has been a brilliant run of games for March Town, and nobody has been more vital than Brandon Phillips who smashed his way to 93 and supported well by Lewis Welcher. Steven Coe did the damage with the ball with 4/55 and Clive Evans put up a good fight as he took 5/55 and also 72, but they fell 45 runs short of the 251/9. March Town - 251 / 9 - (Brandon Phillips 93, Lewis Welcher 48, Clive Evans 5/55, Fardin Satari 2/63) Whittlesey - 206 - (Clive Evans 72, Fardin Satari 34, Steven Coe 4/55) Rutland League Division 2 1st - March Town - (17) - 263 2nd - Weldon - (16) - 237 3rd - Castor & Ailsworth - (17) - 233 4th - Kings Keys - (16) - 229 5th - Newborough - (16) - 185 6th - Ufford Park - (16) - 179 7th - Uffington - (16) - 158 8th - Burghley Park - (16) - 138 9th - Uppingham Town - (16) - 133 10th - Whittlesey - (16) - 107 Rutland 3 ‘West’ Oakham - 123 Easton-On-The-Hill - 124 / 1 Kimbolton - 138 - (Jason Redinger 61, Baldip Kang 3/23, Tom Bendall 3/24) Isham - 144 / 3 - (Ben Atkinson 45*, Luke Conyard 26*, Jason Redinger 3/32) A brilliant and exciting game, Stuart and Lloyds Corby set 312/9 from their 45 overs and Jack Thurman scored 178, an amazing performance from Thurman, supported by Don Chan (41). Medbourne had an excellent come back as they scored 311 / 5. Patrick O’Grady scored 49 and Harry Clarke scored 167 not out. He almost earned his team the most unlikely of wins, but what a brilliant comeback from Clarke. S & L Corby - 312 / 9 - (Jack Thurman 178, Don Chan 41, Patrick O’Grady 3/58) Medbourne - 311 / 5 - (Harry Clarke 167*, Patrick O’Grady 49, Jack Thurman 1/22) Thrapston vs. Finedon Dolben - The game was conceded by Finedon Dolbern. Rutland League Division 3 ‘West’ 1st - Isham - (16) - 237 2nd - Easton-On-The-Hill - (15) - 217 3rd - Oakham - (16) - 187 4th - East Carlton - (13) - 185 5th - Thrapston - (16) - 165 6th - Loddington & Mawsley - (16) - 150 7th - Medbourne - (16) - 107 8th - Finedon Dolben - (16) - 93 9th - S & L Corby - (15) - 77 10th - Kimbolton - (17) - 63