The top 2 met Saturday in the WCL Premier League and King Heath by running out emphatic 130 run winners have opened up a gap of 1 win at the top of the WCl, with several clubs then grouped between 72 and 45 points.
One win or one loss makes a big difference in the middle of the pack and Fillongley CC visiting Bedworth took maximum points in a 37 run win to go 3rd. Yasser Ali and Kyle Taylor here shared a 68 run 6th wicket partnership here which prove decisive.
After the break Stephen Garnder and Dan Brooks cleaned up the top Bedworth 5 for 74 and despite a subbourn 42 from Joe Smith-Walker they ran out easy victors with 9 overs to spare
Rugby are a club on the up, running a 3rd XI for the first time in many years this year, and with a first team newly promoted to Division 1 this proud old club dating from1844 is top of the Division 1 this week .
Old eds by contrast were in the bottom 2 and without a win, so an easy result to predict ?. All appeared to be going to plan before tea, Old Eds 113 all out 37 overs, but cricket is a funny game and inspired bowling after the break reduced Rugby to 88 for 8 clinging on which they did to earn a losing draw. (12 points dropped or 8 gained, we will see at the end of the season).
Southam took their change to catch up, 20 points for them at Pickwick with Tom Wilkins 6 For 18, pick of the bowlers and top of the WCL bowling honours board this week.
Most Points so far , this season, goes to Corley CC in Division 3 with 122 from 6 matches and they are appearing to run away with Division 3. Hives and Greenwood both taking 4 wickets as Bournville became their 4 victory, albeit by only a 15 run margin.
Contrast this to Division 5 firsts were 69 points is enough for Walmley 3rds to show a small advantage over Wyhall and Ward End Unity. They were top scorers in the WCL this week with a run feast of 331 for 3 against Thimblemill, surprisingly no centuries !, Pigott 86, Hendry 95, Trowman 75 not out,top score in the WCL. Thimblemill to their credit made a good game of it, with 163 for 8 in their 50 overs to take 5 points for their efforts to Walmley's 17
Best Performances
Top team score Walmley 3rds & 4ths 331 for 3 against Thimblemill in Division 5 1st XI
Lowest team score Copsewood WIW 28 all out against Nuneaton 3rds and 4ths in Division 5 2nd XI
Individual Batting
Gul 139, for The MEB against Studley 3rds, in 3rd XI and Single Team 2 West
Hugh Cochrane 137, for Rugby against Fillongley, in Division 2 2nd XI
S Mulla 125, for West Walsall against Handsworth 3rds, in 3rd XI and Single Team 1 West
Individual Bowling
Tom Wilkins 6 for 18, for Southam against Pickwick, in Division 1 1st XI
Alex Roslyn 6 for 25, for Solihull Municipal against Aston Unity, in Division 2 1st XI
Osborne 6 for 29, for Nuneaton 3rds and 4ths against Bedworth 3rds & 4ths, in Division 5 1st XI
WCL T20 competitions
04/06/2012 - Ian Pugh
Here are the results in the T20 competitions so far with the revised draws to follow, the Prem, Div 1 & 2 competition appears first.
Olton & WW 144-4 L Gately 40, Z Joseph 36 beat Bronze 125-9 Z Joseph 3/27, M Ishtiaq 3/14 by 19 runs
Hampton & Solihull 122-5 M James 70 beat Nuneaton 64-8 H Turner 3/13 by 58 runs
Sheldon Marlborough 129 beat Bedworth 115 N Edgar 54, M Read 3/21, T Hussain 3/24 by 14 runs
The draw for the quarter finals is: Marston Green v Sutton Coldfield Olton & WW v Sheldon Marlborough Castle Bromwich v Four Oaks Saints 1 Solihull Municipal v Hampton & Solihull In the competition for Divs 3 to 6 and Single Teams: Walmley 3 165-2 D Leigh 42, J Phipps 48 no beat North Warwickshire 161-9 D Wilks 96, D Waugh 4/30 by 8 wkts Pak Stars 97/5 Ferhan 31, Broughton 3/17 beat Aston Unity 93/9 by 5 wickets MEB 79 lost to Aston 83/8 by 2 wickets The draw for the Quarter finals is Attock 3 v Aston Wilnecote v Collycroft Attleborough v Wishaw/Bridge Trust Pak Stars v Walmley 3 All quarter finals to be played by 6 July