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2008 PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE TROPHY

 

 

 
 

Woodhouse Grange won the President’s Challenge Trophy in a seasonal opener when they defeated Sessay by 76 runs in a repeat of last season’s Hunters Premier Cup Final. Grange’s success owed much to wicket keeper batsman Mike Burdett who savaged the opposition bowlers as he hit an unbeaten 103 off a mere 65 deliveries. He was particularly destructive in the letter part of his innings which saw him add his second fifty runs off just 15 deliveries as he failed to register off only two balls as Grange piled on 107 in the last eight overs to close on 227-7. Openers Jonathon Bean 41 and Nick Hadfield 33 set a solid foundation with an opening stand of 79 before Burdett batted serenely despite losing partners on a regular basis as Matt Till emerged with 5 for 23 off his allotted 8 overs.

Till then top scored for Sessay with 27 in an opening partnership of 43 but Grange’s eight man attack was always in complete control as Sessay were restricted to 151-9. David Suddaby produced the best return of 3-24.

Woodhouse Grange
Jonathon Bean               c. Harrison    b. Langstaff           41
Nick Hadfield               lbw            b. Johnson             33
Andrew Bilton                              b. M. Till              8
Mike Burdett                not out                              103
Joel Hughes                 c & b             M. Till              2
Andrew Anderson             c & b             M. Till             10
Lloyd Devlin                st. Harrison   b. M. Till              7
Steve Burdett                              b. M. Till             10
Tom Quinn                   dnb
David Suddaby               dnb
Paul Grewer                 dnb
                                       Extras                     13
                                       Total                     227 – 7

FOW       1-79  2-79  3-105  4-114  5-179  6-207  7-227

Bowling                O   M    R   W
R. Till                7   2   60   0
S. Peirse              5   0   35   0
S. Langstaff           8   1   33   1
D. Johnson             8   2   27   1
M. Till                8   0   23   5
J. Easton              4   0   43   0

Sessay
Joseph Watson               c. M. Burdett  b. Suddaby             15
Matthew Till                c & b             Suddaby             27
Nick Harrison               c. Devlin      b. Suddaby              3
Dave Johnson                c. Hadfield    b.  Grewer             22
Chris Till                                 b. Hadfield            25
Richard Till                c. M. Burdett  b. Hadfield             0
Tom Kay                     c. Bilton      b. Grewer              12
Jacob Spencer                              b. S. Burdett          11
Stuart Peirse               c. Grewer      b. S. Burdett           8
Steven Langstaff            not out                                0
James Easton                not out                                2
                                       Extras                     26
                                       Total                     151 - 9

FOW:       1-43  2-57  3-62  4-88  5-93  6-118  7-135  8-141  9-149

Bowling                 O   M    R   W
J. Hughes               5   2   13   0
L. Devlin               4   0   24   0
T. Quinn                8   1   21   0
D. Suddaby              8   2   24   3
P. Grewer               5   0   21   2
N. Hadfield             6   1   25   2        Woodhouse Grange won by 76 Runs
S. Burdett              3   0   10   2        Umpires: W.H. Carter & R. Smith
A. Anderson             1   0    4   0