CRICKET MIDGETS 1 Team from: Freddie Horler, Henry Chapman, Harry Purton, Bertie Southgate, Will Carr, Rory Marshall, George Marshall, Charlie Robertson, Will Barker, Will Duncan, Louis Needham, George Redmayne, John Peers, Matthew Chapman and Will Nicholson. P11 W7 L2 T1 A1 Leading run scorers: Freddie Horler (336 at 33.6 - 3 x 5o) and Will Carr (306 at 43.7 - 3 x 50) Leading wicket takers: Harry Purton (16 at 12.4) & Freddie Horler (16 at 13.7) and Will Carr (13 at 12.5) For the first time in over 20 years, the Radley Shells did not invade the Normandy beaches en masse on the first weekend of the summer term. Instead, we welcomed the hordes
Coaches: OH Langton, TCH Norton Captain: FJR Horler
of Cheltenham to our infinitely less murderous battlefield. On that first day in April, Cheltenham batted first and after excellent bowling from Will Barker and spinners Freddie Horler and Harry Purton, could only muster 126-9. Batting first is a huge advantage in these Under 14 games though, and some early season nerves saw us totter our way to 58-5 before Will Carr (53*) batted with impressive maturity and found support from Rory Marshall and then Will Duncan to see us home with one over and three wickets to spare. Against Eton, we batted first and good batting from Will Carr and Marshall ensured that our excellent opening partnership of 85 between Horler (58) and Bertie Southgate was not frittered away despite a mid-innings collapse. During the Eton reply wickets fell steadily as everyone bowled with
control and Horler captained astutely. Their number nine then came in and smashed us to all parts before Will Barker was able to hold his nerve and bowl out the last over - we won by two runs in a thrilling encounter. An hour and a half into the game at Wellington, we left the field having bowled them out for 59, Carr adding to his all-round reputation by taking 4-6 from five overs and a couple of run outs and brilliant catches adding to the feeling that this side was developing an impressive momentum. The early loss of Horler and Southgate, followed not long afterwards by Henry Chapman, left us in tatters - but again, the team showed its strength in depth with newly promoted George Marshall and Barker calmly batting us out of trouble before Charlie Robertson provided the coup de grace by smashing their leg spinner into
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