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Result - Wiltshire Queries

Sun Aug 18th Grannies C.C. lost by 80 runs

Match report

On a humid morning with a green covering on the pitch, the skipper elected to insert the Queeries, who immediately showed the error of that decision by racing to 156-3 off 25 overs at lunch. The wicket played true but slow; anything short was too easy and the Grannies struggled to find their length early on.
The Queries� Tom Shaw reached his 2,000th run of the season and went on to make a breezy 138, top scoring by over 100 runs.

Indeed, after lunch, the Grannies had a very good session, dismissing the Queeries for 238 with Adam Newton and Mike Fernie offering good control and threatening deliveries, taking two and three wickets respectively.

With around 45 overs to make the runs there was optimism in the changing room, with a sense that a couple of good innings would see us home. Unfortunately the Grannies could only muster one, with James Brierley scoring an impressive 83 before visibly tiring, probably of his partners� lack of application!

One notable exception was Robin Rogers who, despite a damaged hamstring, took a runner out with him and formed a strong partnership with James, scoring 26 not out.

So to the inevitable Grannies last stand; a moustachioed Fernie, like a modern day Custer, redoubtably fending off the Queeries impressive Fyfe all the way to the last over and an unlikely draw. But, in all fairness, justice was done with 4 balls remaining when Fyfe induced the catch to end with a five-for and a Queeries win.

Many thanks to the Queeries for what is always a hugely enjoyable day and a superb lunch and tea.

Dom Ely

Match info

Very simple: One of the very very best cricket fixtures the Grannies play - against Wiltshire's biggest wandering club, the Queries. Played at Devizes Cricket Ground - a proper club, a proper wicket and a proper bar. Wonderful day out, perfect place to "make a weekend of it" with wives, girlfriends, mates, etc. Please apply and help keep this fixture going! Dom F.

Location
Devizes CC,
The Sport Ground,
London Road,
Devizes,
SN10 2DL

How to get there
From London on the M4: Leave the motorway at J14 and follow the A4 through Hungerford and Marlborough. Follow the A4 about 6 miles out of Marlborough until you hit Beckhampton roundabout (passing Silbury Hill and the Waggon & Horses pub). Take the first exit (signposted Devizes A361). On entering Devizes town centre (c. 7 miles) you will see a large police station on your right. The turning to the ground is after the police station, on the right, just before the canal bridge.

From London on the M3: Leave the motorway at J8 and follow the A303 to the South West. Just after Amesbury, leave the A303 and take the A344 towards Shrewton, then the A360 to Devizes. From Devizes Town Centre take the A361 London Road (signposted Marlborough). Go past the pond and St.James Church, and straight over the mini roundabout. The turning to the ground is 200m on left just after canal bridge.