Cricket returned at the Hill for 2022 on Saturday afternoon (9th April), as we hosted Tynemouth in a pre season friendly. It was an entertaining game for those hardy souls who were brave enough to endure the chilly weather, with Tynemouth prevailing by 3 runs. It was a memorable start to the season for youngster Matthew Lockey who took 6 wickets for 21 runs in 7.3 overs. There was also useful runs for Rory Hanley (43) and Pete Halliday (30). A copy of the scorecard is below:
BENWELL HILL v TYNEMOUTH
Result : Tynemouth won by 3 runs
TYNEMOUTH INNINGS:
D Thorburn b Harding 3 (6 balls),
B Stewart c Nadella b Hanley 13 (45),
P Hallam b Kilpatrick 0 (4),
E Raham retired 47 (68),
*+M Brown retired 34 (33),
J Snowdon lbw b Lockey 6 (19),
J Koen b Nadella 49 (49),
+R Bowman b Lockey 7 (16),
A Davison b Lockey 0 (2),
C Beever c Aatif b Malik 2 (6),
O Gourley lbw b Lockey 0 (5),
A Williams c Malik b Lockey 3 (7),
M Pollard not out 8 (5),
R Hay b Lockey 0 (2),
Extras 9, Total 181.
BENWELL HILL BOWLING:
Harding 4-1-6-1,
Kilpatrick 5-1-9-1,
Hanley 5-1-12-1,
Moody 6-0-30-0,
Malik 6-0-32-1,
Ahsan Diip 9-1-42-0,
Lockey 7.3-1-21-6,
Nadella 2-0-22-1.
BENWELL HILL INNINGS:
P Nicholson c Gourley b Bennett 19 (63),
A Guy c Brown b Gourley 0 (2),
R Aatif c Brown b Gourley 0 (17),
J Graham run out (Raham) 15 (24),
P Nadella c Gourley b Hay 25 (45),
*+P Halliday lbw b Pollard 30 (24),
R Hanley c Brown b Koen 43 (52),
B Moody c Raham b Williams 0 (5),
M Lockey c Davison b Koen 19 (29),
J Kilpatrick c Snowdon b Koen 1 (2),
S Ahsan Diip not out 3 (3),
H Malik not out 3 (4),
Extras 20, Total 178.
TYNEMOUTH BOWLING:
Raham 4-1-3-0,
Gourley 6-2-15-2,
Stewart 3-0-13-0,
Pollard 7-2-27-1,
Bennett 5-1-17-1,
Hay 5-0-21-1,
Williams 5-1-13-1,
Davison 3-0-15-0,
Koen 4-0-20-3,
Hallam 3-0-21-0.
