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Golding Shield Cup Final between Barkby
United CC and Uppingham Town CC Colts
Sunday 21st Sept 2008
Played at Barkby United CC
Result - Barkby won by 23 runs
A glorious day at the picturesque Barkby United Cricket Club provided the ideal
curtain call to the 2008 season. Uppingham Town fielded the youngest ever team
in the a cup final staged by the Grantham & Melton Cricket Association against a
team two divisions higher who have just gained promotion to division two. Jamie
Dumford the Colts skipper lost the toss and took his charges into the field
against a strong Barkby team.
The Colts struck quickly in the second over when Will Howe had left hander
Flowers caught superbly by Tom Hubbard at gully. That bit of inspirational
fielding set the tone for the session.
Storer and Davies then started to accumulate some runs and with the score at 32
Will Howe picked up his second wicket when Jamie Morton took another great
catch. A mini collapse then followed with the Barkby score in the mid fifties,
some immaculate fielding kept pressure on the batsmen as the flow of runs were
stifled. Harry Robertson took 3 wickets in as many overs ably assisted by Will
Howe clinging on to a fierce drive and Alex Barton and Jamie Morton, neither of
whol looked like spilling a catch. Ben Collins also completely out foxed C Henry
who played all around the delivery that bowled him after just four deliveries.
This left Barkby reeling on 62 for 7 wickets when Josh Wedge took the final
catch in this run of wickets at extra cover off Collins.
V Raithatha kept his wicket in tact and gradually started to build his innings
and alongwith what was left of the tail end batsmen. Raithatha struck some solid
boundaries including one large six to push the score on to 101 at which point A
Cookson departed bowled by Jamie Morton. Morton struck again bowling J Dutton to
leave Barkby on 121 for 9. The Colts should have wrapped up the Barkby innings
at that point, instead they amassed a further 36 runs between Raithatha and a
stubborn A Chapman to post a respectable 157. Chapman was finally bowled by
 Mark
Cox leaving Raithatha undefeated on 66.
The Colts innings got off to a stuttering start when Sam Tipper was bowled
around his legs without scoring. Mark Cox joined Jamie Dumford and both
patiently built the scoring and took the score to 75 when Dumford was caught
trying to hook Raithatha off a short delivery for 34 runs. Tom Hubbard looked
unusually uncomfortable at the wicket having had a superb season and was caught
off the bowling of Raven. Alex barton looked settled until Mark Cox was caught
behind off Raithatha for 34. Alex barton and Will Howe were then tied down with
both Raithatha and Raven bowling very tightly and giving few runs away. Their
combined attack gave away just 37 runs off 16 overs and built pressure on the
remaining batsmen with the run rate increasing. That pressure proved too much at
the Colts lost a series of wickets. Barton departed for 16 and then Howe
followed shortly afterwards for 23 having hit one huge six into the adjoining
field. Of the remaining batsmen only Harry Robertson looked at ease h itting one
glorious cover drive.
Colts ended 23 runs short of the target score in their allotted 40 overs having
set up a potential victory with a memorable bowling and fielding display.
Raithatha was named Man of the Match by Chris Jeary, Secretary of the G&MCA and
Nick Dutton duly lifted the Golding Shield. Jeary, Barkby CC players and the
match umpires commended the Colts on a great performance that did Uppingham
proud.
The team photo with the runners up plate is:
Back L to R - Mark Cox, Harry Robertson, Will Howe, Jamie Morton, Alex Barton,
Tom Hubbard, Sam Tipper, Josh Wedge
Front L to R - Ben Collins, Jamie Dumford, Danny Dumford
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