The Fifths had Old Owens III on the ropes at 39 for 4 as Paul Brickell and David Mantle grabbed two wickets apiece. But then the home side recovered with sensible batting to reach 200 for 5. In reply, only Phil Wheeler with 28 and Leroy van der Westhuizen (17) made any headway against useful bowling as the Park were…
The Fourths are still looking for that elusive first win of the season after finding Cockfosters IV’s batting too strong on Saturday. After losing the toss and being put into bat, the Park suffered an early loss but that brought 16-year-old Harry Jarman to the crease who attacked the bowling with some excellent shots before…
The Fifth team put up a determined display against high-riding Potters Bar IV before going down to defeat. Phil Wheeler (37) and skipper Chris Johnson (10) laid a solid foundation with Wheeler delivering a number of lusty blows. Joel Curtis carried this on with an aggressive 23 and Alice Baird chipped in with a valuable 13…
A fine all-round display by Robert Crowe led a brilliant team performance to clinch victory for the Fifths in their first outing of the season away to Datchworth III. A sound opening stand from skipper Chris Johnson (15) and Phil Wheeler (25) laid the platform for Joel Curtis (56) and Russell Franklin (33) to build…
Skipper Dave Mantle led the way in the Fifths, topping the bowling and batting lists as well as taking most catches. In what is always a difficult side to captain owing to the ever-changing personnel, he kept up his personal standards with 194 runs and 20 wickets. Stand out personal performance of the year, in his only…
The Fifths won only their second match of the season on Saturday, with a strong team performance punctuated by some superb individual efforts overturning a Cheshunt IIs side who were pushing for promotion. After the Cheshunt skipper called incorrectly at the toss, Knebworth opted to bowl first on a damp but rapidly drying wicket, and…
The Fifths almost pulled off an unlikely victory yesterday against Wheathampstead IIIs, in an entertaining and fluctuating contest. After being asked to bowl first by the visitors, Knebworth soon had the upper hand as the batting never really got going – the score stumbling to 38/4 and then 72/6, and it looked like a small…
The Fifths suffered a defeat to bottom-of-the-table Hatfield & Crusaders Vs but it could have been a lot worse. On a hot day and with only ten players, Knebworth were asked to bowl first at Aston, always difficult to cover with 11 players, so one short would always be noticeable and, with no recognised keeper,…
The Fifths only had ten men for the visit of Hatfield and Crusaders and, in the end, it probably proved the difference as they slipped to a 71-run defeat. This was despite a fine all-round effort by captain Dave Mantle who took five wickets, two catches and top scored with the bat. MIKE JONES was…
The Fifths lost heavily to St Margaretsbury IIIs on Saturday, after conceding over 200 runs and then the batting collapsing in reply. Losing the toss and being asked to field, the Fifths bowled well in warm conditions and facing some decent batsmen for the opposition. The score rose fairly rapidly, although there were various edges the…
