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Castlethorpe Cricket 1946 - 1977
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Northampton Mercury 25 April 1947 Wicken opened thier cricket season by losing to Castlethorpe who ran up 81, and then skittled Wicken out for 23. The Wolverton Express 25 April 1947 CASTLETHORPE CRICKET CLUB The annual general meeting of the Castlethorpe Cricket Club was held in the Carrington Hall on Thursday 3rd April with Mr. L. Robinson presiding over a good attendance. The Treasurer reported the club to be in a good sound financial position with a balance in hand of £19 11s. 9d. The following were elected as officers for the coming season: Mr. J. E. Whiting J.P. (president) Mr. L. Robinson (hon. secretary), Mr. H. Bridge (hon treasurer), Messrs. J. Gray, J. Belton and L. Belton, committee), Mr. E. Bates (captain), and Mr. F. Bavington (vice-captain). Thanks were expressed to Mr. A. J. Cowley, who has held the post of hon. secretary for nearly 20 years. The Wolverton Express 20 May 1949 CASTLETHORPE’S SMALL SCORE In a home game on Saturday Castlethorpe batsmen failed badly against Ashton and could only muster 24 runs, six batsmen failing to score. Ashton replied with 63, mainly due to the stubborn batting of the “tail-end” players. G. Bailey took seven Castlethorpe wickets for 13 runs and B. Garratt five Ashton wickets for 23. Each side batted again for 12 overs and in that period Ashton were dismissed for 31. R. Rock taking seven wickets for 6 runs, and Castlethorpe, in reply, fared much better than they did in their first innings, running up a score of 39 for two. B. Garratt making 26. First innings scores were: Castlethorpe: E. Green 0, F. Bavington 3, B. Garratt 0, J. Cooper 6, J. Bavington 6, L. Markham 3, R. Rock 0, L. Robinson 0, K. Foakes 0, R. Bridge not out 1, H. Limbrey 0, extras 5, total 24. Bowling: G. Bailey seven for 13, F. Weatherall two for 6, F. Bailey one for 0. Ashton: G. Kingston 1. F. Bailey 1, R. James 1, G. Bailey 6, J. Clarke 4, F. Medhurst 1, T. Richardson 19, T. Shipman 7, D. Hackney not out 10, total 68. Bowling; J. Bavington four for 31, B. Garratt five for 28, K. Foakes one for 7. The Wolverton Express 17 June 1949 EXCITING FINISH AT CASTLETHORPE When R. Belton, last man in for Castlethorpe, came to the wicket on Saturday his side were still short of New Bradwell’s total of 45 runs. Castlethorpe had fared badly on their own pitch against the bowling of L. Crisp (seven for 16), but their last pair managed to secure a one-run win in an exciting finish. New Bradwell: A. Bardell 11, W. Cook 10, L. Crisp 0, Cosby 15, Cross 0, Fryatt 0, S. Stimpson 2, B. Moseley 0, Gascoyne 4, Robinson not out 0, extras 3, total 45. D. Pittam six for 14. A. Garratt two for 9, R. Rock one for 9. Castlethorpe: J. Bavington 6, A. Garratt 1, R. Rock 0, T. Atkinson 2, J. Cooper 16, F. Bavington 0, H. West 10, L. Markham 1, B. Weston 1, D. Pittam 1, R. Belton not out 1, extras 7, total 46. L. Crisp seven for 16, B. Moseley three for 23. The Wolverton Express 05 August 1949 A CASTLETHORPE “HAT TRICK” Although Castlethorpe lost at Old Bradwell on August Monday, one of their bowlers, R. Rock, had the distinction of performing the “hat trick.” Old Bradwell owed much of their success to a well-made 40 by G. Chapman. Scores: Castlethorpe: J. Bavington 1, J. Cooper 6, H. Olden 0, H. Atkinson 5, H. West 5, E. Bates 2, R. Rock 0, F. Bavington not out 5, R. Belton 2, H. Bridge 1, L. Belton 5, extras 6, total 38. Bowling: P. Shouler three for 16, M. Chapman six for 16. The Wolverton Express 09 June 1950 CASTLETHORPE OUT FOR 23 Twenty-Two overs of accurate bowling by B. Cook and L. Crisp dismissed Castlethorpe for 23 runs on the village pitch on Saturday.
The Wolverton Express 03 August 1951 CASTLETHORPE Eighteen overs and five balls of accurate bowling, shared between Bert Garrett and J. Bavington, dismissed Castlethorpe’s visitors from Cowley St. John’s for 47 runs on Saturday. The two bowlers equally shared eight wickets, and two of the visitors were run out. Castlethorpe found difficulty in scoring when they batted, and lost seven wickets for 41, but a solid knock by John Cooper saw them through to a nine run win. Scores: Cowley St. John’s 47. (B. Garrett four for 20, J. Bavington four for 24. Castlethorpe: J. Bavington 2, E. Green 1, L. Markham 0, J. Cooper 24, B. Garrett 6, F. Hill 4, K. Belton 0, F. Bavington 5, E. Bates not out 7, R. Bridge 3, B. Bridge 1, extras 3, total 56. The Wolverton Express 03 August 1951 EIGHT WICKETS WIN FOR CASTLETHORPE Good batting by both J. Cooper and E. Bates, both not out, gave Castlethorpe an eight-wickets win at Milton Keynes on Saturday. Castlethorpe: J. Cooper not out 58, L. Markham 3, J. Bavington 5, E. Bates not out 32, extras 3, total (for 2 wkts.) 102. The Wolverton Express 05 August 1952 SCOREBOARD SHOWED CASTLETHORPE WIN But Scorebooks Recorded a Draw A quarter of an hour’s extra play was played at Yardley Gobion on Saturday in order to give Castlethorpe the opportunity to win. At 7.10 p.m. there was a boundary bye which it was thought, gave Castlethorpe victory by one run. The fielders retired, but it was then discovered that although the score-board gave victory to Castlethorpe both score-books gave the score as three short of Yardley Gobion’s total of 123. Castlethorpe batsmen wanted to go to the crease again, but the 7.15 time limit arrived and the result was given as a draw. Yardley Gobion had bright knocks by S. Kightley (23), S. Jaquest (30), and S. Ratledge (21), with extras contributing 23. Bert Garrett five for 21 had the best Castlethorpe bowling analysis. Castlethorpe’s opening batsman, Johnny Cooper, gave a firework display with six boundary hits out of his 25 runs, and then had to retire with a cut chin, in which a stitch had to be inserted. When “Nodgy” Garrett came on the scene he also set about the Yardley bowling and in two overs made 37 runs out of his 58 not out. Yardley Gobion: S. Kightley 23, G. Carter 1, A. J. Kightley 11, G. Barker 0, D. Johnson 12, S. Jaquest 30, D. Atkins 1, G. Brown not out 1, S. Ratledge not out 21, extras 23, total (for 7 wkts.) 123. Chilton two for 51, Garrett five for 21. A. Webb and M. Johnson did not bat. Castlethorpe: J. Cooper retd hurt 25, J. Bavington 2, P. Wilks 1, Lawrence 6, A. Garrett not out 58, Hill 14, Bridge 3, Sawbridge not out 0, extras 11 total (for 5 wkts) 120. Did not bat: Markham, Paris, Chilton, S. Ratledge four for 33, A. Webb one for 18. Northampton Mercury 31 July 1953 Friendly cricket Stoke Bruerne 59 (C. Smart 14: Garratt 6-12. Chilton 3-11). beat Castlethorpe 44 (Ratcliffe 4-15, Ayers 3-13, Marshall 2-6) The Milton Keynes Express 20 June 1975
Castlethorpe had a fight. Passenham with only nine men were put in to bat by Castlethorpe and made 75. A. King and D. Ell did most of the damage with four wickets each. Castlethorpe had no easy task. They lost two wickets for only six runs and it was left to Adrian Pittam to steer his side home with a top score of 17 not out.
The Milton Keynes Express 02 July 1976
The Milton Keynes Express 30 June 1976 365 runs at Castlethorpe Silverstone’s pitch was unplayable on Sunday so their game was switched to the North Bucks village’s ground. And it has been many a long day since over 350 runs were scored in a match there.
The Milton Keynes Express 08 June 1977
Batting lets side down Unfortunately for Castlethorpe, their batting display did not match the weather when they elected to bat first in their home encounter with Kempston Methodists last Saturday. ------------------------------------------ On Sunday, Castlethorpe travel to Westbury and an uncharacteristic knock of 40 by skipper David Spinnelli held them together after an appalling start. |
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