Sport Home side are caught out!
Free-flowing shots were scarce in Saturday's York Senior League Premier Division game with Easingwold at Westfield, but Kevin Murphy (above 05-06-16 GT) and Ashley Hulme (right 05-6-17 GT) are doing their best.
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Goole Town 1st XI 126-8
Easingwold 130-5
A third defeat in eight days for Goole firsts, and on a difficult track at Westfield on Saturday the batting was found wanting for the first time this season in the York Senior League Premier Division, writes Graeme Wilson.
The nature of the wicket - plenty of live grass on the pitch - suggested it was a good toss to win and Easingwold's Martin Piercy gave the hosts the first use as the North Yorkshire side strove for their first win of the season.
And they made an early breakthrough when Anthony Gibbins played on for a duck, trying to force the wayward Bryan through the offside.
Kevin Murphy followed as runs were difficult to come by against the accurate Richard Bowling and first chance Phil Skilbeck, whose unchanged spell from the Rover End was a match winning one.
Ashley Hulme scratched around for 38, and when he departed through a mistimed shot, Goole's innings lost any impetus it did have as wickets fell regularly.
Only in the last four overs where Dave England was joined by John Burton did Goole lift their score through three figures with the former making 20, his highest score in limited time at the crease so far it has to be said, and the wicket keeper scampered well to see them to 126-8 at the closure.
It didn't look enough in truth, and as it turned out it wasn't, but not without a good effort in the field from the Goole side.
Cousins Martin and Steve Piercy, the latter signed from Yorkshire League side York, looked comfortable in the opening overs albeit against tight bowling from Will Sparks and England, who bowled unchanged from the River End.
And the introduction of Hulme tightened the screw further and brought two quick wickets with the cousins departing in successive overs to Hulme and the ever reliable England.
The noose was tightened to such a degree that Easingwold laboured to 95-5, with eight overs remaining.
Surely Goole could not force the win, or even a winning draw, and the answer was no, they couldn't as Richard Bowling and Andy Copeland, who proceeded to loosen the shackles and they won the game with ten balls remaining with Copeland hitting two big sixes to release the pressure.
In the contest of things, Goole did remarkably well to bowl themselves back into contention, and although the pitch was far from easy, the dismissals, seven caught out of eight, to, it has to be said, careless shots, contributed to the low total and subsequent downfall.
Food for thought as they head for bottom club Malton and Old Malton this Saturday, twelve days after coming unstuck in the cup at Westfield.
Revenge and 30 welcome points would be useful.
Published on 5th June 2008 in Sport.
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