Cumbria Cricket Club lost to Northumberland in the NCCA Cluberly Championship.
The match, held at Furness Cricket Club, was the penultimate fixture in this year’s championship.
Cumbria’s wicket-keeper Drew Postlethwaite (Barrow CC) took 8 catches, 4 per innings, equalling the county record of most dismissals in a match with four others.
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Sempill celebrates 50 with joint top scorer Walkden (Image: Roxine A. Beaumont-Sempill) Ben Walkden (Newton-le-Willows CC) and Matthew Sempill (Cockermouth CC) were the joint highest scorers with 75 runs each in the first innings.
Their partnership of the match of 108 for the 4th wicket of the first innings was the highest in the match.
Sam Sharp (Kendal CC) was joint highest wicket-taker with his 6-fer in the second innings.
The match started on a beautiful sunny Sunday, under a cloudless sky.
There was a breeze across the pitch, stronger at the pavilion end, which persisted throughout the match.
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Days 2 and 3 were cloudier and cooler.
Northumberland won the toss and elected to bat.
Before the start the teams and officials lined up for a one-minute silence in honour of Jimmy Rudd, former Cumberland player, who had recently died on his 97th birthday.
Fourth ball second over Louis Backhouse (Kendal CC) made the first breakthrough when Crawshaw edged to keeper Drew Postlethwaite.
Possy juggled it off his knee roll but managed to cling on.
The umpires consulted and the finger went up.
The next two wickets, taken by Walkden, were classic ‘before the break’: Bell caught by first slip Freddie Fallows (Kendal CC) to bring drinks three balls early and McCarthy caught at square leg by Backhouse precipitating lunch. 94/3 off 32.5.
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Having put on the partnership of the innings with Bushell (64 from 109), Whitfield was bowled by Freddie.
Eleven overs later Appleby suffered the same fate. Sharpy bagged John Oswell, caught behind.
Bushnell was caught by skipper Matthew Sempill at long on off Freddie.
Skipper Oli McGee was also caught behind off Backhouse.
Matthew Oswell was a non-regulation caught behind when a big hook shot edged skywards.
Fletcher swept on to his stumps to complete the innings.
The visitors ended on 262 from 88.4 overs.
Cumbria celebrate their second innings bowling and fielding performance (Image: Roxine A. Beaumont-Sempill) Max Winskill (Kendal CC) and Nathan Waterston (Millom CC) batted sensibly to build to 41/0 off 17 overs at stumps.
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The next day Northumberland set an assertive field with short mid-on and mid-off and sadly both openers were dismissed early: Nathan (23 from 59) bowled by Fletcher, Max (25 from 60) by Bushnell. 48/2 off 20.4.
Reece Irving (Netherfield CC) seemed settled but was trapped lbw by Matthew Oswell. 105/3 off 36.1.
After 62 overs the two teams were/had been very even with Cumbria on 202/3 compared to Northumberland’s earlier 204/4.
Having batted patiently for 3 hours, Walky (75 from 134 balls, 11 X 4s) was caught at mid-off off Appleby. 213/4 off 65.3.
Fallows (2) was very patient for 15 minutes then whacked one straight to cover point off Bushnell, who also took the next two wickets with consecutive balls six overs later: Sempy (75 off 121 balls, 13 X 4s) caught at mid-wicket, Possy clean bowled.
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Stirling was caught at mid-off off McGee. 242/8 off 79.4.
In the 82nd over Ben Davidson’s (Carlisle CC) launched the only 6 of the innings over the mid-wicket wall into the notorious ball-swallowing patch of dense overgrowth.
New ball please. Sharpy was caught at mid-wicket off Stuart, Davidson caught long on off McGee. 253 all out off 83.4 overs.
Sharp celebrates, John Oswell on wicket (front and back) (Image: Roxine A. Beaumont-Sempill) After the slightly early tea Sharpy got Bell caught behind with his 3rd ball.
Just over an hour later McCarthy and Crawshaw were sent back to the hutch lbw. 43/3 off 14.
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“Anything you can do I can do better” might have been hummed by Freddie as he took the next three: Bushnell and Fletcher caught behind; Whitfield caught at first slip by Walky who was knocked off his feet.
Walky also pouched Stuart when Backhouse bowled the last ball of the day.106/7 off 38 overs.
As day 3 dawned Cumbria’s two nemeses from the Super-12s were at the crease: Alasdair Appleby and John Oswell.
Six overs later the big-hitting pair had only added 22 before Sharpy decided to switch to over the wicket to the left-handed Appleby and immediately bowled him.
Sharp completed his 6-fer in the 51st over by bowling John Oswell and getting McGee caught behind with the next ball.
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143 all out from 50.4 overs. In reply the hosts were well on track after 12 overs, being 37 for no loss.
Then a shot from Winskill looped up for a square leg catch and 3 balls later Irving was lbw.
Waterston and Walkden were mega-patient adding 27 in 16 overs before Nath left one that spun in and took his bails off.
When Sempy was out lbw to an attempted sweep Cumbria were 89/4 off 35.5 overs, still on track for a win.
But when Freddie was caught behind 3 overs later it heralded a horrendous eight minutes.
The score remained on 110 as Davidson had his off stump flattened, Walkden was caught by Whitfield off Stuart at first slip (a double dose of Karma!), and Possy was out lbw.
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Sharpy was out lbw and Backhouse holed out to mid-on to bring the sausages spluttering to an anticlimactic 143 all out off 50.4 overs.
Cumbria’s last match for this season is in the NCCA Cluberly Championship: Sunday 31st August-Tuesday 2nd September v Norfolk at Netherfield CC.
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