11th July 2009

Treeton’s first team lost their unbeaten league record at the hands of rivals Wickersley at Northfield Lane after a poor batting display led to the home side recording a victory by 45 runs.

Wickersley elected to bat first and Treeton started well as Gary Montgomery picked up a wicket with the first delivery of the match and the wickets didn’t stop there as the hosts were restricted to 53 for 5 and latterly 109 for 8 but Greg Norton struck 73 to add some respectability to the Wickersley innings to propel them to a modest 174 all out.

Treeton’s batsmen struggled to cope with the pace and accuracy of Wickersley’s John Davies as he collected four wickets in an over including a hat-trick and Danny Kemp (47) and Ross Turner (24) were the only players to make contributions of note as Treeton were back in the shed for a meagre 129 all out and defeated for the first time in the league this season in their twelth outing.

The 3rd XI were well beaten at home against Shardlows having been set 143 for 8 by the visitors (David Laing 3 for 37, George Bluff 3 for 33) Treeton crumbled to just 89 all out (David Laing 23) and to a loss by 54 runs.

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