Mixed fortunes for Church Stretton this week. Firstly, on Tuesday night the B team were defeated 10-0 by top of the table Rushbury B, despite some close scores in the individual matches.
The, on Thursday night the A team defeated Pontesbury 8-2 at Ticklerton. The A team move to the top of the table, although second place Shrewsbury CC have a game in hand.
(Click on the image to see the current table).
CSA were in action last night against Cricket Club C. In difficult conditions, they came away with a 7-3, taking them into 2nd place in the table. Scorecard here.
No game for the A team this week, but the B team were in action against Shrewsbury Cricket Club D.
Despite the 10-0 defeat, there were plenty of close games and they put out their best performance to date.
Church Stretton B were defeated 3-7 earlier in the week by Gains Park C. Wilf Turner won all 3 of his matches giving him a 100% record.
The A team were in action for their first game at Silvester Horne and defeated Gains Park 10-0, moving them up to 3rd place in the league table.
The A team will play Unison away in the 2nd Round of the Handicap Cup, whilst the B te4am will travel to Shrewsbury Cricket Club to play their B team.
The full draw is:
SHREWSBURY CRICKET CLUB C v CHURCH STRETTON B
UNISON v CHURCH STRETTON A
PREES A v GAINS PARK B
RUSHBURY A HAVE A BYE
TILSTOCK v RUSHBURY B
GAINS PARK C v SHREWSBURY CRICKET CLUB D
HOPE BOWDLER v SHREWSBURY CRICKET CLUB B
RUSHBURY C or SHREWSBURY CRICKET CLUB E v PREES C
The B team suffered a 7-3 defeat to Shrewsbury CC E, whilst the A team recorded an 8-2 victory against Rushbury A, which moves them into 3rd place in the table.
Shrewsbury CC B are currently top of the Division 1 table after their win last night against Tilstock.
The first team suffered a heavy defeat tonight at the hands of Tilstock. Although there were some close games, the final score was 8-2 to Tilstock.
The first team had a convincing victory tonight against Cricket Club C. The score was 418-286 and means that the final will be against Cricket Club B, the date of which is to be advised.
Rushbury C came out the victors last night against the B team, after a hard fought battle.
This means that Rushbury C will go on to play Rushbury B in the Division 2 final.
Church Stretton won a closely fought inaugural match last night by 354-330 at Silvester Horne. Church Stretton started the stronger of the 2 teams, but Unison fought back well towards the latter stages.
The first team has now played 2 of their 3 games in the Divisional Cup. The results in tis competition are based on total number of points score on the night, not on games.
The first game was a 377-256 win against Rushbury A and the second was a win against Gains Park B by 386 to 271.
The second team's first game has been re-arranged to 30th October and is against Unison. Their second game is against Rushbury C on 3rd November.
The league have recently released the fixtures for the coming season. There will be 3 divisions again, but there is also a divisional cup played at the beginning of the season.
Church Stretton will be entering 2 teams into the league, in just their 3rd year, showing that the club is showing its growth potential.