by Nick Owens | Jul 26, 2016 | Announcements
It was a hot day and the Downs team got through their warm up and prepped well for the game ahead. The same could not be said about the Wolverton team turning up less than 15 minutes before the game started. Waz finally won a toss and elected to field. Wolverton never...
by Nick Owens | Jul 26, 2016 | Announcements
Downs won the toss and asked KB to bat first. They got off to a slow but steady start reaching 79 off 23 overs before the first wicket fell. Freddy Selby-Lowndes, aged 12, made his debut and bowled a very promising spell of 5 overs for 14. The introduction of our...
by Nick Owens | Jul 6, 2016 | Announcements
Played at the Brize Norton ground, the Downs U11 massive turned up for an encounter with the Minsters. Game on! Having won the toss, captain Ollie “The Arm” Armstrong chose to bowl. A new one for us, we normally bat first given the choice – oo errr! Off to...
by Nick Owens | Jul 6, 2016 | Announcements
Cropredy won the toss and elected to bat first. On what was a soft wicket this proved a big mistake. A fine opening spell from Jonny law and Harry Sutton. Sutton stealing the show early doors finished a fantastic spell of bowling taking 3 wickets. However, the pick of...
by Nick Owens | Jul 6, 2016 | Announcements
We went back to normal and batted first away at Bledlow Village. Unfortunately, due to some tight bowling and poor umpiring only Wes Bartlett made inroads for us with some powerful shots in a vital 50. Some late power hitting from Rachel Potter took our total to 150....
by Nick Owens | Jun 25, 2016 | Announcements
On Sat 18 June Downs 3rds came up against league leaders Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts 3rds. Downs won the toss and put the visitors into bat. Some very tight bowling by Fin Wightman and Rob Owen restricted the score to just 22 from the first 12 overs. We...
