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| Competition : Hamer Cup Final | |||
| Match : Farnworth v Eagley played at Piggot Park | |||
| Date : 7th August 2005 | |||
| Toss : won by Eagley who decided to bat first | |||
| Umpires : Alan Greenhalgh, Malcolm Kinder | |||
| Result : Farnworth won by 3 wickets | |||
| Weather : Clear skies with a fresh north-easter | |||
| Pitch : Dry | |||
| Crowd attendance : 1784 | |||
| Eagley | |||
| C.Lord | c Dayley | b Childs | 21 |
| J.Conlon | c Booth | b Grundy | 12 |
| O'Rouke | b Childs | 83 | |
| D.Shuttleworth | c Booth | b C.Barrow | 19 |
| N.Duxbury | c Booth | b C.Barrow | 18 |
| S.DeSilva | c Grundy | b C.Barrow | 5 |
| M.Eccles | c Booth | b Childs | 5 |
| A.Robinson | run out | 15 | |
| C.Massey | not out | 10 | |
| Extras | 17 | ||
| Total (for 8 wkts) | 205 | ||
| Bowling : Grundy 5-2-22-1; T.Barrow 5-2-14-0; Childs 10-1-41-3; C.Barrow 20-3-75-3; Parchment 10-0-39-0 | |||
| Farnworth | |||
| M.Axeford | c O'Rouke | b DeSilva | 8 |
| F.Patel | c DeSilva | b Massey | 0 |
| Parchment | c Foster | b O'Rouke | 62 |
| T.Barrow | c O'Rouke | b Foster | 1 |
| L.Childs | c Dudley | b Foster | 0 |
| M.Daley | b O'Rouke | 30 | |
| C.Barrow | not out | 82 | |
| D.Tonge | b Foster | 1 | |
| S.Booth | not out | 2 | |
| Extras | 20 | ||
| Total (for 7 wkts) | 207 | ||
| Bowling : Foster 15-2-79-3; Massey 5-2-31-1; DeSilva 9.1-1-28-1; O'Rouke 8-0-45-2; Eccles 2-0-13-0 | |||
| Report | |||
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After winning the toss, the Eagley professional & captain, Mike O'Rouke, played a good innings to help his side to a very respectable Hamer-Cup total. Farnworth were immediately under pressure at 9 for 4 wickets but the pro, Parchment steadied the ship. When he departed after another good innings for Farnworth, the team had slumped to 130 for 6 and victory for Eagley looked inevitable. Chris Barrow entered the frame and played a captains role to guide his team to victory with eleven overs to spare. |
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