HEYFORD CRICKET CLUB Club re-es

Probably one of the most disappointing days of the season so far with both teams losing against higher placed teams, and not many fantasy points earned across the board.

The 1st XI were comprehensively outplayed in all disciplines against Stony Stratford. Rosco top scored for the second week in row with a boundary-strewn 34, but only Boycie and Linnell made it past double figures after him and there were ducks for Ed, Beano and Whitty. A total of 98 all out was never going to be a defendable target and sure enough it was knocked off with ease, despite a good spell from Beano that yielded two wickets (taking him to a superb 30 for the season) and two good catches by Linnell.

The 2nd XI bowlers were put to the sword at Raunds, conceding 259 despite three wickets for Daz and two for David Baker. Andy Baker had a decent day behind the sticks with a catch, a stumping and two run-outs. The batsmen put up a brave fight, nearly all of the order chipping in but Kempy's 35 and Rory's 42 were the top scores and weren't enough to see the team to victory.

A week of generally low points hauls was topped for the first time this season by Darren with one of the better all-round performances of the day. He chipped in with a useful 27 in the 2nd XI's ultimately unsuccessful run-chase after first taking three wickets with his nagging medium-pace and effecting a run-out.

Only one team with over 200 points this week and Rory followed his own good innings by being the manager of that team. Five very similar contributions from himself Rosco, Sharpy, Linnell and Andy and a useful single from Bakes helped the team stay just ahead of Malcolm Baker and one of Rosco's teams.

RORY SMALLBONE
FULL TOSS IN THE EYE
PLAYER	WEEKLY POINTS
Ross Cambray	44
Matt Baker	1
Rory Smallbone	42
Andy Sharp	35
Adam Linnell	32
Andy Baker	52
TOTAL POINTS	206

Leggie extends his lead at the top of the table, but only by a further 22 points from Angela. Bakes had a good week to move back up to third, taking Pauline's place as she drops to fifth. Ray moves back into the top five again, pushing Boycie down to sixth. The top five are now starting to inch further away for the rest of the pack and it will probably take some big weeks to see the overall winner come from outside these main contenders.

There were no really big moves in the top fifty, mainly due to quite low points totals all-round - 42 teams had a weekly total of under 100 - but in the lower reaches one of Boycie's other teams jumped up 11, Colin Gillespie rose 14 places, Malcolm Baker moved up 16 to 62nd and Rory's manager of the week performance saw him leap up 17 places, the best of the day. The bottom four in the table did not move an inch and are starting to move further adrift in the 'race' for the wooden spoon!

This week	Last week	Manager	Team Name	Weekly Points	Total Points
1	1	Simon Legge 2	Off the Edge	124	2218
2	2	Angela Corrado 2	Glee Club Mans Up	102	2181
3	4	Matt Baker 1	Mind the Bin Bag!	180	2157
4	6	Ray Pardon 1	The Backstops	140	2103
5	3	Pauline Whittaker	Heyford Hills	114	2101

All the same in the top three of the Ladies League, and it will now be a big surprise if Angela or Pauline aren't sitting pretty at the top at the end of the season. Nikki Fowler and Flick Harris had the best two teams of the week but are both closer to the bottom than the top and probably out of contention for the title.

This week	Last week	Manageress	Team Name	Weekly Points	Total Points
1	1	Angela Corrado 2	Glee Club Mans Up	102	2181
2	2	Pauline Whittaker	Heyford Hills	114	2101
3	3	Angela Corrado 1	The "Special" Ones	87	1909