Inter County U-125 team 2008/9

Team Captain: John Day.

MCCU Inter-Counties Under-125 Championship

Staffordshire 7 - 9 Warwickshire
Match played 24 January 2009 at Brewood Cricket Club, Brewood.

Bd	Grade	Staffordshire	Score	Score	Warwickshire	Grade
1	123	Andrew Leadbetter	½	½	Mike A Biddle	123
2	123	Clive N Ferry	0	1	Jon A Asbury	123
3	117	Kenneth J McNulty	½	½	Peter D Oliver	121
4	116	Alan Thomason	½	½	Louis S Rawson	120
5	116	Max Wootton	1	0	Robert Statham	119
6	113	John E Button	½	½	Andrew Cotton	121
7	113	Geoffrey S Lee	½	½	Lennie Johnson	121
8	111	Alan F Dobson	0	1	Sean Ralph	118
9	111	Thomas W Healey	1	0	Garry Evans
10	110	Sam Onions	0	1	Mark E Talllis	115
11	107	Matthew Carr	1	0	Chris East	116
12	94	Ray Dolan	½	½	Kim T Gilbert	114
13	99	Peter Broomhall	0	1	Kenneth E Warren	116
14	99	Peter Shaw	½	½	Frank G Jiminez	108
15	52	Andrew P Davies	0	1	Michael J Harrington	106
16	99	John R Day	½	½	Fred S Dickson	106
		TOTALS	7	9

The regular season for our U125 team finished with a fixture against Warwickshire.  Thank you and well done to all the players who competed for Staffordshire this weekend and over the regular season.

For the second U125 fixture in a row, 15 minutes after everyone else had started, I found myself facing an interesting challenge when one of the team was unable to turn up.  As I was playing, I didn't really get the opportunity to see how the other games went.

Petrov's defence has a reputation for being quiet and drawish.  Matthew Carr told me his game was certainly not that, and that he won a very interesting game.  Well done to Max Wooton and Thomas Healey for their wins.  Ray Dolan told me he finished with a good draw, and from what I saw of John Day's game it looked tense.  As for my game, on move 23 I was forced to exchange a rook for his bishop, effectively leaving me a pawn down in material.  I was still just a pawn down on move 42, but blundered a bishop on the next move.  Most of the players told me they had good games.

Well played everyone!

Shropshire 10½ - 5½ Staffordshire
Match played 29 November 2008 at Shifnal.

Bd	Grade	Shropshire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade
1	123	John Whittaker	0	1	Clive N Ferry	123
2	122	Gareth Edwards	0	1	Kenneth J McNulty	117
3	119	Windsor WA Peck	1	0	Max Wootton	116
4	119	Andrew Tunks	1	0	John E Button	113
5	118	Stefan H Tennant	1	0	Geoffrey S Lee	113
6	Ung	Glyn Randle	½	½	Alan F Dobson	111
7	113	Richard G Thompson	1	0	Thomas W Healey	111
8	110	Peter Crean	1	0	Sam Onions	110
9	108	Ian G Davies	½	½	Kelvin Jones	108
10	107	John A Westhead	½	½	Chris Buxton	103
11	106	Alex Taylor	1	0	Peter Shaw	99
12	103	Roger R Brown	½	½	John R Day	99
13	99	Richard Gillespie	1	0	Andrew P Davies	52
14	98	John Tunks	1	0	Robert Brodie	90
15	98	Derrick Powell	½	½	Paul J Clapham	82
16	97	George Viszokai	0	1	Steven P Cooper	68
		TOTALS	10½	5½

Thank you and well done to all the players who competed for Staffordshire this weekend.  Despite being outgraded on most boards, our team played well.  Congratulations go to Steven Cooper for his win against a player with a grade of 97, and well done to Terriers' captain Paul Clapham, for his draw.  Due to a mix up, one of our players didn't arrive for the match so as I was there anyway, 20 minutes after the start time I found myself playing:  Outgraded and a time handicap, a heady mixture, but it was a reasonable game.

The next match is a home game against Warwickshire.  It should be played at Brewood.  If you are interested in playing you can either phone John Day, or email me Andrew Davies.  I will pass on your details.

Staffordshire 7½ - 8½ Worcestershire
Match played 18 October 2008 at Brewood Cricket Club, Brewood.

Bd	Grade	STAFFORDSHIRE	Score	Score	WORCESTERSHIRE	Grade
1	123	CLIVE  FERRY	0	1	ROY PATTERS	123
2	117	KENNETH  McNULTY	0	1	ANDREW FARTHING	122
3	116	MAX WOOTTON	1	0	GILES STANTON	122
4	113	JOHN BUTTON	0	1	ANDREW WIGGINS	120
5	113	GEOFFERY  LEE	1	0	JOHN GITTUS	120
6	111	ALAN DOBSON	½	½	ANDREW MOORE	119
7	111	TOM HEALEY	½	½	DAVID SCRIVEN	117
8	110	SAM ONIONS	1	0	MARK RILEY	116
9	108	KELVIN JONES	0	1	JOHN VARILONE	115
10	108	NICK WRIGHT	½	½	JEREMY HUMPHRIES	114
11	107	MATTHEW CARR	0	1	DOUG BOLT	111
12	103	CHRISTOPHER BUXTON	0	1	ARNOLD KIRKLAND	109
13	99	PETER BROOMHALL	1	0	TIM YATES	105
14	99	PETER  SHAW	1	0	IAN CLACK	104
15	99	JOHN DAY	1	0	FRANCIS O'GORMAN	101
16	94	RAY DOLAN	0	1	MICHELE CLACK	89
		TOTALS	7½	8½

John Day made his debut as captain of the u125 team against Worcestershire this afternoon.  John's team took an early one point lead, thanks to wins from Peter Broomhall, Peter Shaw and John Day himself.  The points swung to and fro, until with just one game remaining and eleven players looking on, the Staffs player needed a draw to level the match.  Unfortunately, time trouble and a gambit that didn't work as intended meant the result went the wrong way - giving the win to Worcestershire by 7½ - 8½.

A solid start from John Day's team.  Well done everyone.