Whixley Evening League - Week 3

On Thursday evening, weather permitting, East Keswick will play against North Leeds. The start time will be 6.30pm.

Betty Chadderton Rosebowl - Quarter Finals

Due to Bilton in Ainstry defaulting on the game that was due to take place on Sunday afternoon because they couldnt raise a team, East Keswick now progress to the Quarter Finals.

This game will be against the winner of the replayed Sicklinghall vs. Garforth PC match and will be played on Sunday 31st May.

Reserve Evening Cup - MATCH CALLED OFF

The game scheduled for this evening has been called off due to the bad weather. It will be rescheduled at a later date, possibly next week

The rescheduled fixture will be played on Tuesday 26th May 2009

Reserve Evening Cup - Tuesday 19th May

On Tuesday 19th May the 2nd team play away in the Reserve Evening Cup against Barwick in Elmet. The postcode for sat nav is LS15 4EL. See below for the map


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Chapel Lane, Barwick

From Wetherby/ York – Turn left at the Fox and Grapes on A64 and go to the village. At the Church turn right towards Leeds and follow road through village. At the New Inn turn left towards Garforth and then immediately first left into Chapel Lane. Ground is situated behind Village Hall on the right, access via first road after Village Hall.

Week 5 - 2nd Team Bowling Statistics

Stats for 2nd team bowling after the game against Whixley.

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Week 5 - Results

Week 5 saw victories for both the 1st and 2nd teams.

Making an impressive total of 234/8 on a wet wicket at Keswick the first team took 5 points and a 109 run victory after limiting Whixley to just 125/7 in reply. Sujahat Riaz scored 123 not out and Mark Abram scored 45 as East Kewswick batted first.

The 2nd team made 163 all out batting first against Whixley with Ashley Richardson again scoring an impressive 64. Zaheer chipped in with a useful 23 and James Cosgrove 22. In reply some excellent bowling by Mohsan (4-24) and Ashley Richardson (6-21) saw Whixley skittled for just 89 runs.

Weather Forecast

As i'm sure people are aware there has been a good deal of rain over the past 24 hours. Yogi said on Thursday evening that the ground would handle a good couple of inches of rain and should not be too badly affected. As of 9.50pm Friday evening there has been nothing to suggest that the game is currently in danger of being called off.

The 2nd team game at Whixley is still on. James spoke to their captain on Friday evening and he said that the ground drains well and there will be an inspection early Saturday morning. 2nd team players will be informed before 11am if the game has been called off.

The overnight forecast is/was for mainly dry weather for both home and away games and into Saturday afternoon the forecast is for light rain, cloud and sunshine, so fingers crossed that both will take place.

Leeds Met Office Forecast

York Met Office Forecast

Week 2 - Whixley Evening League Result

On Thursday night East Keswick lost a game reduced to 12 overs by 6 just runs after failing to reach Church Fenton's target of 159.

Some good batting by the Church Fenton top order set a tough target bearing in the poor light, and despite being behind the required run rate for a good part of the game some excellent batting by Mark Abram's (39) and Farid Hussain (52) brought East Kewsick within half a dozen runs of the target. Two sixes of the last two balls by Gareth Meredith (12*) left the game agonisingly close, especially as the 'final' ball of the game which was hit for six was a clear no ball that the umpire didn't spot.

2nd Team Selection - Whixley (Away)

The team for the away game at Whixley is as follows.

1. James Cosgrove
2. Andrew Hirst
3. Neil Chapman
4. Ashley Richardson
5. Steve Marsh
6. Gareth Meredith
7. Matthew Couchman
8. Andy Barber
9. Steve Skerrett
10. Z. Butt
11. (Player confirmed, name unknown)

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Whixley Evening League Team Selection - Week 2

Below is the team for the home game on the Thursday evening of the 14th May against Church Fenton. Please be at the ground for 6pm, match starts 6.30pm prompt.

1. Neil Chapman (Capt.)
2. Mark Abram (Wkt.)
3. James Cosgrove
4. Adrian Hirst
5. Andrew Hirst
6. Kevin Newlove
7. Gareth Meredith
8. Matthew Couchman
9. (1st team player, TBC)
10. (1st team player, TBC)
11. (1st team player, TBC)

Please note that it has been agreed that from week 3 onwards there will be 5 first team players and 6 second team players in the line-up, and then the week after 6 first team and 5 second. This rotation will continue to the end of the season with the intention of providing a better mix of players from both teams and hopefully provide more competition and a better team.