Most of the second round ties in the National Club KO competition were completed last Sunday although there are ties at Hanging Heaton this Sunday when Cleethorpes are the visitors and for PCWs in the Oxfordshire area there is an opportunity to see cricket at the very attractive ground at Great and Little Tew who take on Peterborough Town.
On Sunday in Group 1 (North East and North Yorks) holders South Northumberland, led by an unbeaten century from Marcus North, had a comfortable win over Sheriff Hutton Bridge. Nice to see former Ouseburn player Sam Dale in the wickets here. Other winners in this group were Barnard Castle, York and Chester le Street. In Group 2 Barnsley Woolley Miners came out on top v Yeadon and Woodhouse Grange fell short by five runs against Sheffield Collegiate for whom Simon Guy top scored.
Full fixtures and results are available on the ECB National Club Championship website but as well as South North all last season's quarter finalists are still involved although disappointingly two, Ormskirk and Bamford Fieldhouse have reached the third round by virtue of walkovers. Last year's beaten finalists Norfolk outfit Swardeston beat Vauxhall Mallards by 52 runs. Disappointingly there were no ducks for the Mallards. In Group 11 Weybridge crushed Banstead and in Group 12 High Wycombe got home by 8 wickets against Harpenden.
Group 9 featured an all Hampshire clash in which Havant defeated Basingstoke and North Hants by four wickets. Moving to Cheshire, Chester Boughton Hall travelled the 12 miles to Neston and chased down 208 with seven wickets to spare. Looking ahead to Round 3 which will be played on Sunday June 4th it's Durham v Northumberland at Gosforth where the holders entertain Barnard Castle and there is a very attractive fixture at Clifton park where York will host Chester le Street. An interesting tie in Group 3 sees Carrington (Nottingham) at home to Cuckney and in the West Midlands Wolverhampton against Old Hill caught my eye.
A Village Cup roundup will follow in the next day or two.
Great and Little Tew
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