MGM Sports Youth Leagues - Under 13 League
Under 13 Reports 2008
Sunday 28th April
Hawkesbury v Stroud A (Cup 1st Round)
Stroud beat Hawkesbury on Sunday in the U 13 Cup, played on a fine April morning at Hawkesbury.
For Stroud, Chris Williams-Camp retired on 67 and Kieren Smith scored 52 in a score of 160 for 4 off their 20 overs.Hawkesbury were all out for 31 with two wickets for each of Chris W-Camp, Jack Sherington and Kieren Smith. Jack Sherington also took a remarkable one-handed catch in the slips off Mark Mayo. So Stroud won excellently by 129 runs against a Hawkesbury side who fought well in the field, but struggled with the bat against a very tight Stroud bowling attack and some outstanding fielding.

Many thanks to David Pierce of Hawkesbury for supplying this report
Friday 9th May
Stroud A v Cam B (Cup 2nd Round)
After rain stopped play last week the second round of the Surridge SDCA 20-over Cup versus Cam was replayed on Friday evening. After two early wickets, Kieran Smith went on to score 59 not out partnering Dan Trott who finished on 22 which helped Stroud take 108 for 4 in the first innings. Cam were unable to match Stroud’s run rate in the second innings with some excellent bowling from Rob Smith (4 wickets); they were all out for 40 runs giving Stroud a convincing win of 68 runs.
Sunday 12th May
Painswick v Frampton
On a hot sunny morning at Broadham fields, Painswick under13 finally got there season underway.After having to miss out on their first games due to rugby commitments, they got their season giong with a good victory against Frampton. Winning the toss, Painswick amassed 124-7. Main stay of the innings was skipper for the day simon linsell who scored a well struck 74. He was well supported by Ashton Herbert(15) & Conner Beadle ( 9 not out)For Frampton Tracey bowled good line and length for 3-0-13-3.
Frampton in their innings were ripped apart by the opening pair of Jacob Lee & Scott Westbury, reducing them to 10-3.Frampton began to rebuild their innings but were stopped by losing wickets at regular intervals with only Liam Jones (10) & sam Bateman (10 not out) reaching double figures.Frampton batted out their overs making 51-6. wicket takers for Painswick were J.Lee 8-3, S Westbury 7-1, J. Walters 10-1 & F. Kermani 3-1.
Cirencester v Cam A

Cam batted first and notched up an impressive 128 for 6 wickets. Excellent innings from Dan Rose who held the innings together with an unbeaten 56 before sportingly retiring. Rufus Treverton-Jones took 3 for 9 runs off 4 overs with looping chinamen.

Cirencester started steadily and lost early wickets (including one very slick stumping from an alert wicketkeeper) and finished up on 70 for 9 off the 20 overs.
Hardwicke v Stroud A

On Sunday, Stroud A played Hardwicke in the Surridge Youth League and won by 18 runs. Jack Sherrington batted consistently well reaching 40 runs with good supporting performances from Rob Smith and Milo Silk. Tight fielding and a strong bowling performance in the second innings with wickets from Connor Webb, Jonny Brodie and two from Callum Waters helped Stroud to victory.

Sunday 18th May
Stroud v Chalford
Stroud U13 Arrows team continue to play winning cricket with a 90 run victory over Chalford last Sunday in the SDCA U13 Youth League. Stroud lost the toss and were put in to bat. After losing a couple of early wickets they strengthened their performance and reached 120 in the 20 overs. There was some sound batting from Dan Trott (32) and Kieran Smith (21), together with good assistance from Jonny Brodie (16), Jack Sherrington(16), and Rob Smith (15) to reach this total.

The second innings saw Chalford never in the hunt as a strong attack from Stroud with solid fielding and accomplished bowling from Kieran Smith (4 wickets) and Rob Smith and Harry Owen, both with two wickets apiece.

Hardwicke v Hawkesbury
Hardwicke beat Hawkesbury u 13's...Hardwicke batted first and scored 141 in their 20 overs (Sam Turl 28, Alex Ireland 58no, Ben Hopkins 26no).

Hawkesbury scored 70 for 9 in their 20 overs (Ricky Bezar 31, Alex Ireland 3 for 1, Adam Mace 2 for 8). Sam Turl, the Hardwicke wkt keeper, also made two very smart stumpings.

So, Hardwicke were clear winners by 71 runs in a good spirited game, with some excellent performances on both sides.
Sunday 1st June
Painswick v Chalford
On an overcast sunday at broadham fields Painswick took on Chalford. Captain of the day Ashton Herbet won the toss and elected to bat. Painswick started confidently but were soon in trouble at 18-2. But then a solid stand between A. Duncliffe and S. Westbury with 50* and 21* respectfully steadied the ship. Both then retiring on these scores with then S. Linsell 21* & J. Walters 9 taking up the run chase finishing on 121-4. Charlie Cook bowled a good line and length finishing with 4-0-7-2.
Painswick then bowled good line and length from both Westury & Linsell. Chalford lost wickets at regular intervals and were finally dismissed for 31 off of 17 overs.Bowling was shared around 9 bowlers and was backed up by 2 smart stumpings from A. Herbert. Another good team performance form this promising set of young men.
Hawkesbury v Stroud A (submitted by Stroud)
On a rather damp and cloudy day Stroud U13 Arrows played a strong game to beat Hawkesbury ‘A’ by 9 wickets.

It took them only 18 of the 20 overs to bowl out Hawkesbury for 56 runs with tight fielding and great teamwork. Best bowler was Rob Smith with 4 for 4 and Sam Coldrick and Jonny Brodie both took 2 wickets apiece.

Despite a rain shower threatening the game, Stroud batted well and it didn’t take them long to reach 57 runs after only 11 overs with Jack Sherrington and Ben Townley-Evans not out at the end of the game.
Sunday 8th June

Stroud A v Painswick

On a very hot summer’s day Stroud U13 Arrows won the toss and opted to bat first against Painswick on their home ground. Dan Trott batted steadily for 14 overs before being caught out on 47 runs. Next in, Chris Williams-Camp continued the high run rate to finish not out on 69 partnering Kieran Smith who was 18 not out at the end of 20 overs with a score of 150 for 2.

The second innings saw tight fielding from Stroud and wickets from Milo Silk (3) and Ben Townley-Evans (2) helping Stroud to reach a total wicket haul of 9 in return for Painswick’s 98 runs. Star batsman for Painswick was Alex Duncliffe who scored 61 before being bowled by Kieran Smith in a wicket maiden. The final score was 52 runs in Strouds favour.
Monday 9th June

Stroud A v Cam A

STROUD THROUGH TO THE FINAL OF THE CUP


Stroud won the toss and opted to bat in the semi-final of the U13 SDCA Cup. After the fall of the first wicket Chris Williams-Camp (50) and Kieran Smith (45 not out) played out a fine partnership with the score at 109 after 20 overs. Two wickets were taken by Cam’s D Rose and one by Sam Hale.

Stroud’s fielding was challenged in the second innings as Cam’s batsmen got off to a flying start. However, the run rate reduced with wickets falling from Milo Silk (3) who took out Sam Hale (19) with a catch by Callum Waters and Kieran Smith (2). Jack Sherrington, Dan Trott and Chris Williams-Camp also finished on a wicket apiece. It was an exciting game with the final result hanging in the balance until the last few overs. Stroud did well to win by 27 runs and they now go forward to the Cup final to play Hardwicke.
Sunday 15th June

Cam A v Stroud A

After one over into the game played on Cam’s ground, Rob Smith bowled a wicket maiden for Stroud. With Stroud’s fielders claiming two run outs and a further wicket, Cam finished their innings on 81 for 4 with Finn Dixon making 31 runs.

In reply, Stroud’s batsmen got off to a slow start due to tight bowling from Cam’s Sam Hale and Finn Dixon. However, the run rate increased mid-innings with Stroud taking all opportunities to make runs. Milo Silk (13) batted well before getting out lbw and there were consistent performances from Kieran Smith and Dan Trott who were both not out on 37 and 29 respectively. The end result after a closely fought match was a win for Stroud by 8 wickets.

Hawkesbury v Painswick (submitted by Painswick)

Painswick travelled to Hawkesbury on sunday and recorded at 40 run victory.Winning the toss captain Jack Walters decided to bat first. Losing their first wicket early bought together Alex Duncliffe & Ashton Herbert who batted superbly to put together a match winning stand.A. Herbert went for 48 & A. Duncliffe retired on 51* and a late flurish from Jake Tyrell with 14 not out took the total to 142-7.
Hawkesbury started well and were always up with the run rate, but with the lose of regular wickets finished on 102-9. Top scorers were J.Lee 21, R. Belar 17 & C.day 12. The bowling for Painswick was shared among 9 bowlers with good performances from N. Evans 13-1, S. Thompson 18-1, K. Herbert 2-1 & R.B.Davies 13-3. A match played in a good spirt by two well mannered teams.

Hawkesbury v Painswick (submitted by Hawkesbury)

Painswick batted first and scored 142 for 7 off their 20 overs, A Herbert 48 and A Duncliffe 51 retired. Ed Sonnex had 3 wickets for 15 from his 4 overs.Hawkesbury in reply scored 103 for 9, most notable for a ninth wicket stand of 46 between James Lee and Chris Day against some excellent slow and fast bowling. For Painswick R Davies took 3 for 13. So Painswick ran out winners by 39 runs in a well fought game, played throughout in a good spirit.
Sunday 29th June

League C - Frocester C v Slimbridge

Frocester batted first achieving a total of 274.It was a good all round performance with solid batting from Ben Spyvee (17) and Luke Walpole (15). In the bowling attack for Slimbridge Martin Tait took 2 wickets. Slimbridge batted second and did well but eventually reached 238. Alex Holden did particularly well scoring an outstanding 33 not out for Slimbridge.The Frocester bowling was solid with the following players all taking 2 wickets; Joe McHale, Jack Pinker,Rory Thomas and Luke Walpole.

League B - Wickwar v Frocester B

Frocester batted first and scored 289 with everyone contributing although the stand out performance came from Matt. Maryon with 27 runs . In reply Wickwar scored 209 with J Bryan scoring a hard hit 29. L. Hill also batted well for Wickwar as well as being the pick of the bowlers . G. Seabrook bowled well for frocester taking 5 wickets and was well supported by J. Malcolm and R. Couling .

League A Painswick v Cam A

In a very enjoyible fixture between two very even teams, Cam emerged winners by 2 runs at Broadham fields on Sunday morning.Painswick skipper of the day, Jacob Lee won the toss and decided to put Cam in. Which lokked to be a good toss to win as they soon had Cam 31-3 with good bowling from Linsell, Lee & James. But a superb stand of 83 between S.Hale 56* ret and A. Lennard 24 pushed the score up to 117-4. Both batsmen looked very at ease, especially Hale and ran well between the wickets. Fine bowling from Painswick (S.Linsell 4-1-8-1) was backed up by some fine fielding, with J.Tryell excelling with a finely taken catch.
In response Painswicks innings got off to a fantastic start against fine bowling from F.Dixon 4-0-19-3 and S.Hale 4-2-3-0. A stand of 70 from A. Herbert 46 & J.Lee 57 put Painswick into a good postion, but good bowling and fielding from Cam enabled them to seal a victory by 2 runs. Credit to both sets of players for a great game to watch played in very good spirit.
Wednesday 9th July
Stroud A v Frocester A

Rain stopped play the first time and nearly the second as the U13 Arrows played Frocester at Stroud last week on a very damp and grey evening. Batting first the Arrows notched up 129 runs for 2 wickets. Kieran Smith and Dan Trott were not out for 54 and 12 respectively and Milo Silk put in a great performance with 36 runs including three 6’s. J Stevens and J Roberts took the two wickets for Frocester.

In the second innings Rob Smith of Stroud took the first wicket of Dan Whincup and Frocester then struggled to get runs with K Tuck taking the highest score of 12. Wickets followed from Chris Williams-Camp (4 for 9 runs), Will Martin (2 for 3 runs) and Kieran Smith and Jack Sherrington with one wicket apiece. The final score for Frocester was 53 for 9 giving Stroud a significant win.
Sunday 13th July

Frampton v Stroud A

Another match in the same week saw Stroud play a very similar game against Frampton. Batting first again on a soft, slow pitch the Arrows lost six wickets for 123 runs. Kieran Smith was n/o 37 and Dan Trott, n/o 23 with Jack Sherrington getting 17 runs. The Arrows speedily despatched Frampton in the second innings for 52 runs, Kieran Smith taking 6 of these with Ben Townley-Evans, Jonny Brodie and Sam Coldrick taking one each. Frampton’s S Bateman got 12 runs.

Painswick v Stroud B (by Painswick)

Painswick travelled to Stroud on Sunday and won convincingly. Skipper Pat Partridge lost the toss and Painswick were asked to bat. Opening pair of J. Lee and A. Herbert soon got about the bowling and put together an opening stand of 67, untill Herbert (38) was the first of Fletchers 3 victims in one over. With figures of 4-0-11-4 from Fletcher Painswick were soon starting to struggle. But J. Lee with his 2nd 50* (ret) in a row, held the innings together with a fine array of shots, well supported by everyone else brought the innings to a close at 125-8 In reply, Stroud never got going after Jack Walters took 3 quick wickets with some fine spin bowling (3-0-11-3). All of the bowlers chipped in and the fielders held all of their catches and only Fletcher with 17 offered any resistance, with the innings closing on 65 all out.
Thursday 17th July

Painswick v Minchinhampton

Painswick entertained Minchinhampton on a very dull Friday evening and recorded a good win. Asked to bat Painswick made 135-3, mainly due to A. Duncliffe in fine form scoring 53*Ret and he was well supported by J. Lee 15, A. Herbert 16, S. Linsell 22 & S Westbury 10 *. For Minch H. Auster bowled good line to finish with 4-0-12-1.
In reply Minchinhampton started really well with openers H. Auster 13 & J Dermody 31 looking really good.But once these two were removed their innings folded for 55 all out.This was due to good line and length bowling from all 9 bowlers used, with A. Duncliffe 2-0-7-3, J. James 2-0-4-3, J. Tyrell 0.3-0-0-2 , S. Westbury 2-1-3-1 & J. Lee 2-1-1-1