League & Cup News
Brightside Ground to stage U19 T20 Finals Day this Sunday
Jack (13) hits first Saturday league ton for Poulton 2nds
THIRTEEN-year-old Jack Thorn hit a chance-less first league hundred, reaching 117 for Poulton 2nds in a home Cotswold District Cricket Association Cain & Fuller Division One clash against Oakridge. The Cirencester Kingshill pupil faced 104 balls and hit 21...
Week 15 Bristol & District review
BRADLEY Stoke moved off the bottom of the Bristol & District’s Senior Division with a tremendous ten-wicket away win over high-flying Nailsea. In one of the few games to overcome the weather, Richard Metcalfe struck with 4-1 for the South Gloucestershire outfit...
Week 15 WEPL round-up
RAIN meant results were possible in only a small handful of matches in the West of England Premier League, including two games involving the bottom two in Premier One. Frocester, champions in 2014 and 2015, stay rooted to the foot of the table after being beaten in...
Week 15 Gloucestershire County League round-up
MIKE Carratu was unbeaten on 114 and followed up with a return of 4-16 from five overs as Hardwicke kept the heat on leaders Cricklade with a convincing win at home to Hatherley & Reddings 3rds in Division Seven of the Greene King IPA Gloucestershire County...
Four weeks to go – and everything to play for
THERE are four rounds of games to go in the West of England Premier League – and everything to play for at the top and bottom of every division. This is the time of year when provisional structures for the following season are drafted, and it’s such a complex and...
Gloucestershire Over 50s into championship quarter-finals
GLOUCESTERSHIRE will be home to Leicestershire & Rutland at Rockhampton on Sunday (1pm) in the quarter-finals of the ECB’s Over 50 County Championship. Jem Brooks’ side booked amother home tie thanks to a 121-run victory over Huntingdonshire at Frocester,...
Knowle into last four of the Stuart Canvas Gloucestershire Cup
SKIPPER Oli Haynes hammered a century off just 43 balls for Knowle who cruised to a 150-run victory away to Gloucester City Winget in the last eight of the Stuart Canvas Gloucestershire Cup. The Bristol side, who won the toss, made a fine start through openers...
Week 14 Bristol & District round-up
PHIL Beesley hammered an unbeaten 203 for Winterbourne 5ths but still finished on the losing side as Old Bristolians Westbury 4ths chased down a target of 347 for a memorable eight-wicket win. Stars of the show in this high-scoring Martin Berrill Bristol &...
Week 14 Gloucestershire County League round-up
OPENER Josh Loade cracked a century as Aston Ingham closed the gap on leaders Chipping Campden with a 21-run home victory over their rivals in Division Three of the Greene King IPA Gloucestershire County League. Loade, who was dismissed for exactly 100 off 130...
Week 14 WEPL review
ROCKHAMPTON moved a huge step closer towards safety with a comfortable five-wicket victory away to bottom side Lechlade in WEPL Premier Two Glos/Wilts. It’s possible that three teams may have to drop down from this division because of events elsewhere in the...
