U16's Match Play 2006

Venue: The Old County Ground
Date: Monday 1st May 2006

This was both teams first under 16's match play game of the season. Unfortunately due to heavy rain the night before the game was delayed by around one hour and the umpires decided to reduce the overs in the match from 40 to 35.

Horndons captain Danny Joyce won the toss and decided to put Brentwood into bat. Aaron West made his debut for Brentwood and opened the batting with Tim Barbone. The pair made an excellent start putting on a 58 run partnership before West was caught for 33 off the bowling of Ian Clarke.

James Boon was next in and the score moved on to 71 before Barbone was caught for 23 off the bowling of Jamie Dennis. The Captain Ed Allen joined Boon at the crease and the score moved on to 103 for 2 before he was caught for 19 off Max Osborn.

Ed Nation was the next batsman in and like West was making his debut for Brentwood. Unfortunately the score had only moved on to 117 for 3 when Daniel Hooper bowled Nation for 2. There were very few overs left when Chris Stockwell joined Boon and on 130 for 4 Stockwell was run out for 6.

Matt Lowman came in to face the last few balls and the innings closed at 135 for 5 off 35 overs with Boon on an unbeaten 25 and Lowman 2 not out. There were 25 extras.

Horndon's openers Max Osborn and Sam Reed put on a partnership of 52 before Allen caught Reed off the bowling of Lowman for 24. Daniel Hooper scored 7 before he was trapped LBW to Barbone. In the very next over Turner caught Osborn off the bowling of Lowman for 23 and Horndon were 63 for 3.

Matt Hooper joined the Captain Danny Joyce at the crease but some 17 runs later Rounce caught him off the bowling of Jones for 7. The away team were now 80 for 4. Joe Joyce joined his brother at the crease and put on a partnership of some 51 runs before Allen caught him bowled by Turner for 20.

Horndon were now in sight of victory and with just one over left the captain and Jamie Dennis added the remaining 5 runs needed for victory and won by 5 wickets with Danny Joyce on an unbeaten 39 and Jamie Dennis 2 not out. There were 14 extras.

Peter Lowman

Venue: The Old County Ground
Date: Sunday 14th May 2006

This was always going to be a difficult game for Brentwood as they had eight of their regular players unavailable for selection.

Colchester won the toss and elected to bowl. Aaron West and Ed Allen opened the batting for Brentwood and after a cautious start had put on 12 before Michael Coomber bowled Allen for 5. Chris Stockwell joined West and a further 12 runs were added before Stockwell was caught by Nick Macey bowled Scott Walker for 2.

Next in was Matt Lowman and along with West cautiously pushed the score to 48 before West was caught by Ahmed bowled Lewis Groves for 25. Brentwood were now 48 for 3. New batsman Gautam Datta came to the crease and was bowled first ball by Groves for 0.

This was turning into a nightmare for Brentwood but there was worse to come for the away team. Lowman went next trying to drive a slower ball and was caught & bowled by Groves for 1. Joe Walland soon joined his fellow batsman in the pavilion when Gareth Fisher bowled him for 1. Jack Denman was next out bowled by Groves for 0 followed by Michael Kearns who was bowled first ball by Groves for 0.

To complete the innings Husain bowled both Dean Jordon and James Stock for 1 and 0 respectively. The not out batsman was Tom Patient for 0. There were 16 extras.

Brentwood had lost their last 8 wickets for 3 runs with only West getting into double figures. Colchester fast bowler Groves produced figures of 5 overs, 2 maidens, 5 wickets for 7 runs.

Colchester openers Coomber and Foakes made short work of getting the 52 runs required to win the game, and in only 5.4 overs pasted the Brentwood score with Coomber on 15 and Foakes 23 not out. There were 17 extras.

Peter Lowman

Venue: Oak Fields
Date: Monday 29th May 2006

Match abandoned due to rain

This game was plagued by bad weather. The match was due to start at 1.00pm but the umpires deemed the pitch to be unfit due to surface water.

Finally at 4.00pm the umpires allowed proceedings to start after deciding to reduce the game to 25 overs. Brentwood won the toss and decided to bat.

Due to the reduced overs Brentwood switched their batting order and opened with Aaron West and Ross Phillips. The score had only moved on to 8 when Phillips was run out for 4. Before adding any further runs to the score West was then caught by Naqvi off the bowling of Scammell for 2. Brentwood was now 8 for 2.

Ed Nation and Matt Lowman were now at the crease and moved the score onto 25 before Lowman was caught by Scammell bowled Naqvi for 1. Jack Turner joined Nation and between them put on a partnership of 50 runs before Dom Hurst bowled Turner for 17. Brentwood was now 75 for 4.

James Boon was the next batsman in but some 6 runs later Nobes bowled Nation for a gallant 41 runs. Tim Barbone joined Boon but some 14 runs later Barbone was bowled by Hurst for 11. Sam Rounce and James Boon continued the Brentwood innings until heavy rain fell and brought the days play to a close with Boon and Rounce not out 7 and 0 respectively. Brentwood was 102 for 6 off 24 overs (including 19 extras). The match was concluded and both teams shared the points.

Unfortunately this match like many this season had fallen foul of the weather.

Peter Lowman

Venue: The Old County Ground
Date: Sunday 11th June 2006

Benfleet Colts won by 29 runs.

This game was played on a very hot and humid day and as it turned out a wicket very much in the bowlers favour with the batsman on both sides having to work very hard for runs.

Benfleet won the toss and decided to bat. Danny Brady and Jack Scarff opened the batting for the away side and with 23 runs on the board Matthew Lowman bowled Brady plum LBW for 5. The score moved on to 44 when Ross Phillips had Scarff caught by Josh Brown for 19.

Ryan Walker and Danny Ware added further runs until Tim Barbone had Walker LBW for 10. Tony Russ was the next batsman to fall when Sam Rounce had him LBW for 7 whilst the score had moved on to 84.

Benfleet added a further 20 runs before James Boon bowled Ware for 39 and the away side were 104 for 5 off 31.5 overs. Whilst the score did move on to 129 Rounce struck again bowling Paul Frensham for 5. With no further runs being added Rounce then bowled Alex Brady for 0.

In the 38th over Lowman struck with consecutive balls having Luke Wilson caught by Ed Allen for 18 and then bowling Nick Walk for 0. The innings closed at 143 for 9 off 40 overs with Mark Masson and Michael Johnson not out on 3 and 2 respectively. There were 35 extras.

Brentwood openers Ed Nation and James Boon put on 26 before Frensham bowled Nation for 14. Ed Allen was next to loose his wicket when he was stumped by Walk off the bowling of Johnson for 7. Shortly after that Boon was caught and bowled by Johnson for 13 and Brentwood were 41 for 3 off 15.5 overs.

Chris Stockwell and Ross Phillips were next to go for 2 and 5 respectively with Stockwell being caught by Masson bowled Johnson and Phillips bowled by Walker. Then unfortunately Tim Barbone hit a shot straight to Wilson and was out for 4 bowled Johnson. Brentwood were now in trouble with 6 wickets down for 55 runs.

Things got worse when Josh Brown hit a ball to Danny Brady and was out for 0 bowled Johnson who by now had taken 5 wickets. Lowman and Toby Robertson took the score from 56 to 71 before Lowman was stumped by Walk for 11 and Robertson was bowled for 4 by Johnson who now had 7 wickets. Rounce and Joe Early made a spirited last wicket stand pushing the score from 74 to 114 before Early was bowled by Tony Russ for 12. Rounce was not out for 16, there were 26 extras and Brentwood had been scuttled out for 114 off 37.4 overs.

In terms of match achievements Michael Johnson (Benfleet) had taken 7 wickets for 18 runs bowled 8 overs with 2 maidens. Other memorable bowling figures were from three of the Brentwood lads Matthew Lowman 7 overs 1 maiden 24 runs 3 wickets. Sam Rounce 7 overs 1 maiden 31 runs 3 wickets and finally Tim Barbone with a brilliant 8 overs 5 maidens 6 runs 1 wicket.

In terms of batting Danny Ware (Benfleet) made a creditable 39 but as mentioned in the first paragraph this appeared to be a bowlers wicket with runs difficult to come by.

Peter Lowman

Venue: Upminster Park Ground
Date: Sunday 16th July 2006

Brentwood Colts U16's won by 1 wicket

Upminster won the toss and decided to bat.

Upminster openers Hammond and Bussey found the pace attack of James Boon and Jack Turner difficult to score against and it was not long before Boon bowled Hammond for 2 followed by Bussey lbw for 6. New batsmen Jenkins and O'Dowd tried to stabilise the innings but Turner bowled O'Dowd for 4 and Upminster were 23 for 3.

Aggio-Brewe joined Jenkins at the crease and between them struck up a partnership of 104 runs with Jenkins regularly finding the boundary. Finally Jenkins miss hit a shot and was caught & bowled by Ed Allen for 84. He hit 10 fours and 3 sixes in his innings and the home side were now 123 for 4.

Shortly after Jenkins departure new batsman De Villiers was caught by Aaron West Bowled Chris Stockwell for 6 a few runs later Aggio-Brewe was caught by Boon bowled Turner for 26 and Upminster were now 141 for 6

Quested was the next to go caught Boon bowled Turner for 6 followed by Tigg caught Toby Robertson bowled Boon for 13. Allison and Fisher saw out the remainder of the Upminster innings and were not out 7 and 4 respectively, Buffone did not bat.

Upminster's final score was 174 for 8 off 40 overs including 16 extras.

Brentwood openers Aaron West and James Boon pushed the score along to 53 before West was alleged to be lbw bowled Tigg for 29. Soon after that Ed Allen was caught by Hammond bowled Aggio-Brewe for 3 and the away side were 58 for 2.

Harri Jones joined Boon and between them took the score to 120 before Boon was bowled by Aggio-Brewe for 41. Shortly after this we saw two quick wickets fall when Stockwell was bowled by Quested for 2 and Jones was lbw bowled Buffone for 42. Brentwood were now 126 for 5.

Two further quick wickets fell when Matt Lowman was run out for 8 and Toby Robertson was clean bowled for 0. With 7 wickets down and 139 runs on the board Brentwood were beginning to feel the pressure.

Jack Turner and James Woodward steadied the ship and moved the score on to 163 before Woodward was caught by Hammond bowled Tigg for 4. A short while after this Gautam Datta was bowled by Tigg for 2 and at 168 for 9. Turner and Tom Patient saw the away side reach the required 174 runs needed to win with Turner not out 23 and Patient 0, their was 21 extras.

In terms of match achievements Harri Jones (Brentwood) scored a well deserved 41 runs hitting 7 fours in his innings. James Boon (Brentwood) scored 41 runs with Turner (Brentwood) hitting a nice cameo innings of 23. From the home side star player Harry Jenkins scored 84 runs hitting 10 fours and 3 sixes.

Whilst on the bowling front Ed Allen (Brentwood) finished with figures of 5 overs 1 maiden 2 wickets for 11, and James Boon (Brentwood) 7 overs 2 maidens 3 wickets for 29.

Peter Lowman

Venue: Chelmer Park Ground
Date: Sunday 23rd July 2006

Chelmsford Colts U16's won by 8 wickets

Both teams were missing many of their regular players for this last match of the U16's group stages. The away side won the toss and decided to bat.

Brentwood openers James Boon and Chris Stockwell started the innings cautiously and the score had only moved on to six when Chelmsford wicket keeper caught Stockwell bowled Jack Moss for 3. Matt Lowman was next in but after a short period of resistance was caught by Steve Drain bowled Aktar for 7 and Brentwood were now 20 for 2.

Boon carefully moved the score along with new batsman Tom Patient playing a supporting role. Unfortunately Patient tried to hit a ball over the bowlers head and was caught & bowled Pandya for 0. William Ashby joined Boon and between them pushed the score to 77 before Boon was bowled by Aktar for 22. Brentwood were now 77for 4.

With only one further run added Ashby was then caught by Aktar bowled Drain for 29. Gautam Datta and Toby Robertson tried to stabilise the innings but Datta was then caught by Allen bowled Aktar for 1. Jack Denman was the new batsmen but shortly after joining Robertson a mix up between the wickets found Robertson floundering and he was run out for 14.Brentwood were now 95 for 7.

Things continued to get worse for Brentwood when Max Sheppard bowled out Joe Walland for 1 followed by Dean Jordon lbw for 0. With the score now on 100 for 9 last batsmen Michael Kearns joined Denman at the crease.

Jack Denman decided it was time to throw caution to the wind and hit five boundaries in quick succession. With a few quick well taken singles the innings came to a close when Denman was run out for 26 leaving Kearns as the not out batsmen on 4. Brentwood had scored 128 runs for 9 wickets off 39.4 balls, there were 21 extras.

The Chelmsford openers of Pandya and Evens-Green pushed the score along to 59 before Matt Lowman had Evens-Green lbw for 19. Brentwood had further success when Jack Moss was caught by Denman bowled Tom Patient for 8 but Pandya and Aktar continued to push the score along and reached the necessary total of 129 runs to win with Pandya and Aktar 72 and 20 not out respectively. There were 10 extras.

In terms of match achievements Pandya (Chelmsford) scored a well deserved 72 runs hitting 14 fours in his innings. James Boon (Brentwood) scored a stubborn 22 runs with Jack Denman (Brentwood) hitting a nice cameo innings of 26 including 5 fours.

Whilst on the bowling front, Matt Lowman of Brentwood looked the most impressive, swinging the ball around fairly aggressively and finishing with figures of 5 overs 0 maidens 1 wicket for 15 runs.

Peter Lowman

Brentwood Colts U16's Match play 2006 Season Report

We were due to play nine games in our group stage; however, we only managed to complete seven. We won one game, lost five, two matches were abandoned because of rain and another was cancelled due to England's participation in the World Cup and we were unable to field a team for that day so the tournament organisers awarded the game to our opponents. All of our squad players with the exception of Barbone, Kearns, Gulrajani and Woodward were U15's or younger and the latter of those two were unable to play early in the season. This was a big disadvantage to us as most of the teams we played did field a higher percentage of U16's players with county or district experience.

Other factors we faced on Sundays was the regular loss of three of our best players due their selection for Essex U15's matches, Colts players being selected for the men's matches on Saturdays whilst already having played for school and club mid-week. Understandably some of these players felt they were unable to play 'back to back matches' over the week-end after such a gruelling week. Inevitably we were never able to select our best team and being drawn in such a strong group meant it was always going to be difficult for us to qualify for the latter stages of the competition.

However on a more positive note this did allow more of our Colts players the opportunity to take part in this competition and hopefully gain some invaluable experience for future seasons.

In terms of individual performances I think it is fair to say that this season we did under achieve with the bat and too many of our players were out cheaply. James Boon, Aaron (Skiddaz) West and Ed (Pea) Nation were probably our best and most consistent batsmen over the games they played. Unfortunately for many players like Harri Jones, Jack (Tino) Turner and William Ashby their batting statistics are purely based on the one or two games that they played.

Overall I think James Boon deserves a mention for his truly gutsy batting performances and reluctance to capitulate in a number of the games with his highest score of 41 being recorded at Upminster.

Aaron (Skiddaz) West and Ed (Pea) Nation (who only joined Brentwood Cricket Club this season) have been excellent acquisitions for us and both showed their technically correct batting qualities on more than one occasion with Aaron scoring a 54 against Ardleigh Green and Ed's 41 against Hainault. Also Harri Jones hit a very good 42 against Upminster.

Other players worth a mention who produced enjoyable and fun to watch cameo innings were Jack Denman's 26 in our last match against Chelmsford and our very own Sam (Abdul) Rounce's 16 not out against Benfleet.

On the bowling front fast bowler Matt (Matty)Lowman took most wickets for us in the group stage ending up with six and a very respectable average and economy rate. His technique of swinging the ball around gave many opposition batsmen a few headaches.

Tim (Rocky) Barbone was by far our best spin bowler. His overall technique continually worried batsman and they found it difficult to score runs hence his unbelievable economy rate. Unfortunately for me Tim was unable to play in a number of our games.

Other players who performed well with the ball were James Boon, Jack (Tino) Turner, Harri Jones and Sam (Abdul) Rounce.

Finally on the field of play our skipper Eddie (Teddy) Allen always kept the team motivated throughout our games, assisted by Josh (Bundini) Brown whose continued vocal support for his team mates and heckles for the opponents kept us all amused. Also Eddie took the most catches for us.

Overall it has been a pleasure to be the Brentwood Colts U16's Team Manager this season and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Steve West and Dave Stockwell for coaching the lads, Jan West for organising and scoring most of the matches, Pat Blye for supplying the teas for home games, Cyril Marshall our resident U16's umpire and finally a big thank you to the legendary Dave Barbone Chairman of the Colts Committee and demon bowler who recently playing for 'The Gentlemen of Essex Team' against The Brentwood School 1st XI dismissed Essex protégés West and Prowting in a five wicket haul and is now awaiting a call up for the Essex over fifties.

Peter Lowman - 2nd August 2006

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