Sunday 24th
May 2009
Mottram 95
for 0 Woodley 94 all out
Mottram romp to victory in the Marple sunshine
After
yesterday’s debacle at Broadbottom in the league, a welcome change in
the weather saw Mottram comfortably overcome Woodley and progress in the
cup for what seems like the first time in about 15 years.
The Track
at Hawk Green seemed good for batting if a little low but certainly more
carry than yesterday’s offering. A short boundary on one side also
enticed the batsmen into the big shot for 6.
Woodley
never got going and 3 for 13 from Ayrton Fielding included the wickets
of Parry and Cleasby. The latter being the man who had hit 50 in the
fixture the previous week. This effort was backed up by 2 for 22 from
Adam Hilton and 2 for 25 from the boy Mellor set Mottram up for a low
run chase. Mellor bowling Hayes (35), the only Woodley batsmen to really
trouble the scorer. A special mention at this point must go to Mike
Hawkin, playing against his old club, Bowled his nagging line and length
also picked up 3 for 13. Who said he was too old?? Another mention goes
to Chris Bowen who helped the cause with a magnificent six victims. Two
of which were good catches stood up to the stumps, and another two off
the bowling of Fielding (they’re the most important ones). Chris is
looking very assured behind the stumps this season and is proving to be
an invaluable member of the team.
Tea Report-
No I’m not going to go into the finer details of the tea as Michael
“Grazer” Scott does. Just would like to thank the guys from Hawk Green
for putting on a decent tea and letting us use the ground. Not doing so
would of meant us possibly having to play the game over 2 nights this
week and we wouldn’t of wanted that now would we!! So if by chance you
do read this a big thank you from all at Mottram CC.
Any rumour
that the pitch was tough to bat on was easily banished by Hilton and
Fielding who hit 42 and 40 not out respectively, hitting the bowling to
all parts of the ground and rarely giving the Woodley bowlers anything
to cling on to. A drop catch and a caught and bowled early on from
Hilton was all the only glimmer of hope they got. Adam batted
brilliantly for his 42 and seemed more comfortable at the top of the
order and Mottram sailed comfortably into round 2 winning by 10 wickets.
Ayrton Fielding
Saturday 23rd May 2009
Mottram
87 all out Broadbottom 182 for 5
What a catch!!!
The
title is probably all that is worth saying about a game in which
Mottram were well and truly outplayed by a previously winless
Broady. Mike Hawkin
stood
like a tea pot at mid on stuck out a hand and caught an aerial drive
by an astonish Cheetham and an even more
astonished Mottram side.
A very
wet track and soft run ups made life a nightmare for the bowlers,
and there was absolutely no room for anything short, but with a
boundary no more than 6 feet beyond the fielding circle anything of
length could easily disappear over the fence.
Mottram
looked sluggish all over as they found Broady's
batsmen difficult to contain. This combined with an overall poor
showing by most of the Mottram bowlers gave
Broady 182 runs to defend, and with the wicket drying out it
looked a tall order.
In
truth the wicket didn’t do a lot off the seam, it was just very slow
and tight bowling especially from S. Croft
(6 for 13) made runs difficult to come by. Mottram batted about as
poorly as they had bowled, only Ayrton Fielding (46) offering any
real resistance in reply. All out for 87, beaten by nearly 100 runs.
The old saying MUST DO BETTER springs to mind.
At
least we get a chance to set the record straight sooner than usual
this week as we face Woodley in a re-arranged
cup game from last week at Hawk Green against Woodley. A side we
beat comprehensively last season but who looked a better proposition
last week before rain stopped play.
Ayrton Fielding
Saturday 16th May 2009
Mottram 141 for 9 New Mills 144 all out
The one that got away
With 2 wins against established third division sides in the
first three games of the season Mottram were in confident mood
ahead of the trip to New Mills. Especially as they were boosted
by the return to action of Rick Windsor and Callum “wides”
Danaher. The track had been covered but looked likely to provide
some assistance for the seamers if the ball was in the right
areas.
Mottram began where they left off against Dinting and fine
bowling by Ayrton Fielding (3 for 53), Harry Moore (2 for 30),
plus the outstanding contribution of 4 for 33 on his return by
Rick Windsor restricted New Mills to 144. An achievable total
given our batting order on paper.
Mottram even started their innings well Ayrton Fielding and Alex
Birch putting on 27 before the first wicket fell. Simon Turnbull
(48) looked good before he was bowled going for one shot too
many and Rick Windsor also looked comfortable before he too
fell. Caught in the deep. Mottram were still 108 for 4 and
needed only 37 to win with 6 wickets in hand. Then the collapse.
A mixture of poor shot selection and slow run scoring caused
Mottram to fall 3 runs short in a game we should of won.
That leaves us 2 wins and 2 losses from our first 4 games and
though we are disappointed to lose a game we felt we should of
won I’m sure we’d of settled for this start before a ball was
bowled. Next week sees us play our most local of local derbies
against the old enemy Broadbottom.
Ayrton Fielding
Saturday 9th May 2009
Mottram 81 all out Dinting 73 all out
Mottram take advantage
Having won both of your opening games of the season and
bowling the opposition out for 81 in your third you could of
forgiven Dinting for being over confident as they set about
chasing this low total on Saturday at Broadbottom road. They
were and a brilliant bowling display gave Mottram a second
win in 3 games in division three.
It didn’t start well for Mottram however. On a damp, popping
track Mottrams’ batsmen struggled to gain any momentum or
score many runs. Mottram were skittled early on and at one
stage were 28 for 7 and staring down the barrel. Dinting’s
captain took off the impressive Garlick 5 for 20 and D.
Acomb 2 for 9 from 14 overs and brought on bowlers not well
suited to the conditions. Duncan Bennett took advantage
nudging his way to 31 before being bowled by the returning
Garlick. By the time Garlick picked up his fifth wicket of
the day by bowling Alistair Brown Mottram had managed to
struggle to 81 all out, however there was a sense of what
might have been as Dinting strode off to tea.
Conditions were very similar for the Mottram seamers but
Brightmore and Bridge hit there way to 39 for 2 before
Ayrton Fielding was introduced. He removed Bridge (26) then
went on to claim 4 for 8. Backed up by 2 for 19 from Harry
Moore and 2 for 2 off one over from Alistair Brown Mottram
had bowled Dinting out for just 73. A note must be given to
keeper Chris Bowen who took another 4 victims behind the
sticks.
One of the best Mottram victories in recent times as we all
stuck together as a team and though we were only defending a
small total we never gave up. Something that will be key
later in the season.
Ayrton Fielding
Saturday 2nd May 2009
Mottram 152 for 6 Old Glossop 307 For 5
Reality hits home
Last season Mottram got used to winning games
comfortably chasing below par scores. However today
proved that the third division contains much more
quality as Old Glossop set about dismantling a Mottram
attack that were so good last term. Four players passed
fifty for Old Glossop most notably A. James who hit 6
sixes before he was stumped by Bowen off the bowling of
Hilton for 92.
In reply, Alex Birch (30) and Mike Marsden (27) both set
themselves up for the run chase then got out and 307
always looked too much to chase. Chris Bowen hit 43 not
out to continue his good form. Bowens glove work has
been excellent in the two games so far and he is
enjoying one of his best starts to the season in recent
times.
In the end Mottram fell 155 runs short of the target and
will have to sharpen things up if they are to beat a
Dinting side next week who have 2 wins from 2 games so
far.
Ayrton Fielding
Saturday 25th April 2009
Mottram 223 for 6 Newton 213 For 9
New Season, New Division.
Mottram got off to an ideal start to the season on
Saturday as they beat neighbours Newton by 10 runs.
Promotion last season was well deserved but many
wondered how the side would cope with the improved
standard of division three. Notable additions to the
squad for the first game were Phil Elliot, a batsmen
signed from Charlesworth and Simon Turnbull a
batting all rounder who finished fourth in the
division four averages last season with Hadfield.
Mottram batted first and Ayrton Fielding opened the
batting with Alex Birch hoping to forge a solid
partnership at the top of the innings. However it
was a Mottram old boy Martin Pottage who bowled well
to remove both openers early. Enter Phil Elliot who
crashed his way to a career high 119 not out, much
to the delight of the on looking first team skipper.
Runs also came from Turnbull (35) and a cameo from
Chris Bowen (10*) at the end to set Newton a
challenging 224 for victory.
Mottram opened the bowling with young Harry Moore
and even younger Mike Hawkin and they got off to the
perfect start reducing Newton to 76 for 5. Hawkin
taking 4 for 30 including 6 maidens from his 14
overs. A partnership of 75 between Bent and Turner
edged Newton back into the game but Alex Birch with
2 for 8 ended any hope of a Newton victory and they
ran out of overs 10 runs shy of the target.
All in all a good start to the season. A good win;
let’s hope for more of the same next week at Old
Glossop.
Ayrton Fielding
Mottram Cricket Club
