by Nick Owens | Jun 6, 2016 | Announcements
It was emotional! Not just myself, but some of Downs U11 players were returning to their old turf and so the added pressure to perform well was on! It was a chilly and early start to a day that did not disappoint. Duo-captaincy from Kalan and Joe Weller and the toss...
by Nick Owens | Jun 3, 2016 | Announcements
Oxford and Bletchingdon Nondescripts won the toss and chose to bat. A tidy spell from Harry Sutton and Jonny Law left Nondies with very little after the first 15 however Downs failed to get an early breakthrough. This was before the Downs Spin attack came on with...
by Nick Owens | Jun 2, 2016 | Announcements
Sandford won the toss and elected to bowl. A marvellous partnership display of batting from Waz and Chris Sandbach seeing a 200 run partnership for the first wicket before Waz finally lost his wicket scoring 112 and a little while after Chris was also dismissed for...
by Nick Owens | Jun 2, 2016 | Announcements
We won the toss and chose to bat on the back of a good performance the previous week. We lost Coates after an opening stand of 62 but Woods and Bartlett rallied well both hitting excellent 50s. Some brilliant hitting from Alex Ling put the pressure on further as we...
by Nick Owens | Jun 2, 2016 | Announcements
Playing away at Didcot 3rds, Downs were put into bat and got off to a good start with Nick Angus and Harry Gillam sharing an opening partnership of 54 from 12 overs. Tom Ling was then the victim of another harsh LBW decision (not given by me this time!). A partnership...
