Last
update: Wednesday 14 May 2008
22:05 BST
This weekend's Teams
Team selections for this weekend can be found here. Please remember that anyone who has been selected but is unavailable should inform the respective team captain as soon as possible.
Guisborough concede Cockspur tie
The Hill will now play Sunderland in the second round of the ECB Cockspur Cup after Guisborough conceded the first round tie. The second round tie against the Wearsiders will take place at Denton Bank this Sunday (18 May) at 1.00 pm.
Smithson Cup tie re-arranged
The tie against Kirkley in the Smithson Northumberland County Cup will now take place on Thursday 15 May at Kirkley starting at 6.00 pm.
Weekend Round-up
In a very low-scoring game at Denton Bank the first eleven went down to Chester-le-Street by two wickets. Batting first against a swinging ball the Hill lost wickets regularly and only professional Rob Frylinck offered any major resistance scoring 36 in an all out total of 101.
Frylinck then exploited the conditions with a fine spell of bowling taking six Chester-le-Street wickets for 33 in 14 overs as the Hill fought back, but the visitors claimed the victory with two wickets in hand.
The second eleven went down by seven wickets at Ropery Lane, the batting once again the major cause for concern. Only skipper David Haxon (40) and Robbie Sarginson (24) made any real impression on the Cestrian attack as the Hill were bowled out for 143, and despite taking a wicket with the first ball of the Chester-le-Street innings the Hill were well beaten.
A weakened third elven lost by 125 runs at Allendale and on Sunday the third eleven lost to Sunderland by nine wickets in the Banks Cup.
This weekend's Teams
Team selections for this weekend can be found here. Anyone who has been selected but is unavailable should inform the respective team captain as soon as possible.
Cockspur Cup - New Date
A new date for the 1st round Cockspur Cup tie with Guisborough has been agreed. The tie will now take place on Wednesday 14 May at Denton Bank at 6.00 pm.
Just Sport Trophy
Stockton travel up from Teesside to provide opposition in the preliminary round of the Just Sport Trophy on Thursday evening. The Hill, who beat Stockton on the opening day of the new season, once again go in with a strong side. The team is:
ML Pollard
AJ Maiden
TJ Cant
MAP Dale
JJ Moore
DNG Myers
PJ Nicholson
G Race
JW Welch
MP Wright
R Frylinck
The game starts at 6.00pm with a trip to either Shotley Bridge or Chester-le-Street awaiting the winners.
Hill slump to defeat at Tynemouth
The Hill suffered a 19 run defeat at Tynemouth as they collapsed from 135 for 3 to 173 all out with skipper Martin Pollard the last man out to the penultimate ball of the game. The Hill won the toss and chose to field. The hosts progress was slow and they eventually posted a score of 192 for 6 in 65 overs. The game looked evenly poised until the Hill's middle-order collapse.
There was no play at all at Denton Bank where the second eleven were due to entertain Tynemouth.
The rain also forced the cancellation of Sunday's Cockspur Cup tie against Guisborough.
Kirkley cup tie off!
Thursday night's Smithson Northumberland County Cup tie at Kirkley has been cancelled due to an unfit pitch. The game will be played at a later date.
First eleven at Kirkley
The first eleven begin the defence of the Smithson Northumberland County Cup at Kirkley on Thursday evening. The Hill who beat Newcastle City in last season's final take a strong team to Ponteland to face the Northumberland and Tyneside League side. The team is:
ML Pollard
TJ Cant
MAP Dale
F Frisken
J Kilpatrick
JJ Moore
DNG Myers
PJ Nicholson
G Race
JW Welch
R Frylinck
Lingarde tie washed out
The under 18's scheduled Lingarde Cup tie against Ashington was cancelled due rain. The two sides expect to try again at Denton Bank on Monday 12 May at 6.00pm.
The Hill get off to a perfect start
The first eleven got their season off to a perfect start with a seven wicket win over Stockton at Denton Bank. The visitors were put in by Martin Pollard and were soon in trouble as Graeme Race had Darwin lbw for nine. New professional Rob Frylinck claimed his first wicket for the Hill when he bowled the dangerous Richard Waite for three. Stockton continued to lose wickets regularly and were bowled out for 104 in the 37th over. Frylinck added a further three wickets to give him figures of 4 for 18 off 10.2 overs on debut. Skipper Pollard also claimed four wickets for 31 runs with Race picking up the other two.
In reply the Hill were never in any real danger and reached their target in 33rd over as David Myers lead from the front with 55 not out, his fourth consecutive score of fifty or more. The day's other debutante, Uzair Mahomed, contributed a classy 28 at almost a run-a-ball.
The second eleven? Well, the second eleven produced another typical second eleven performance. They produced a great performance in the field as they bowled out Stockton for a paltry 88 in 43 overs of which 19 were maidens. Leading the way with the ball was Paul Askell who returned the magnificent figures of 15-9-21-2 and was given great support by Joe Kilpatrick 3-27, Sharaz Khan 4-24 and Jeff Mason 1-9. In reply we saw the other side of the second eleven as only skipper David Haxon and Paul Askell reached double figures as the Hill meekly succumbed to the Stockton attack to be bowled out for just 68.
The third eleven lost heavily to Wylam. Batting first the Hill were all out for 70. Wylam lost only one wicket in reaching their target. All the weekend's scorecards can be found here.
Sunday's Banks Cup tie at Norton was cancelled due to the weather as was the under 13 game at Tynedale.
Weather holds up start to the season
The continuing wet weather forced the cancellation of last night's Northumberland C Division game against South Northumberland at Denton Bank. Parts of the outfield were judged to be wet to allow the game to go ahead.
Attention now turns to tomorrow's North East Premier League opening game against Stockton. The game is due to start at 11.00am - weather permitting! Both sides are at full strength with new professional, Rob Frylinck, set to make his debut for The Hill. Elsewhere, David Haxon takes his second eleven the long journey south to Stockton, whilst the third eleven, under the stewardship of Geoff Chambers, visit Wylam in the West Tyne League.
Norton is the venue for the Barry Pearson's third eleven on Sunday in the opening round of games in the Banks Cup and the Under 13 eleven travel to Tynedale in the ECB Spirit of Cricket competition.
Team selections for the first games of 2008
The selection committee have met for the first time in 2008 and the results of their deliberations can be found here. Anyone who has been selected but is unavailable should inform the respective team captain as soon as possible.
Pre-Season Friendlies fall foul to the weather
As with last Sunday's scheduled game against Bury St. Edmunds, the game at Whitburn, arranged for Saturday (19 April) has been cancelled due to the continuing wet weather.
Smithson Northumberland County Cup
The draw for the 2008 Smithson Northumberland County Cup has taken place and the 2007 winners, Benwell Hill, have been drawn away to newcomers Kirkly in the preliminary round with a trip to Ashington awaiting the winners. The full draw can be found here.
Pre-Season Friendly
The 2008 season finally gets underway this Sunday (13 April) with a pre-season friendly against Bury St. Edmunds. The Suffolk side, who are on a short pre-season tour of the north east, travel to the Hill for a 1.30pm start.
The Hill have another pre-season game the following Saturday (19 April) when they travel to Durham Senior League side, Whitburn.
Your club needs You!
This coming weekend is NatWest CricketForce 2008 and once again Benwell Hill Cricket Club are offering players and members the opportunity to take part.
NatWest CricketForce encourages players and members to give something back to their cricket club by volunteering to undertake minor repairs to the clubhouse and the ground.
Anyone interested should report to the ground at 10.00 am on Saturday 5 April.
Hill sign South African Frylinck
Benwell Hill Cricket Club have signed South African Rob Frylinck as their professional for 2008. The 23 year-old all-rounder, who hails from Durban, plays his First Class cricket for Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Dolphins in South Africa.
First team skipper Martin Pollard said: “He is an exciting signing who will bring both cutting edge with the new ball and powerful hitting to the middle-order.”
His 16 match First Class career began in 2005 and he has amassed over 500 runs, including a century at a strike-rate of over 90 and has also taken 48 wickets in that time. He has also played 22 OD and seven 20/20 matches.
In 2007 he played in Norwich for Vauxhall Mallards in East Anglian Premier League, so is comfortable with English conditions. Rob is welcomed to The Hill and is due to arrive in time to join in with the squad for the pre-season fixture at Whitburn on Saturday 19 April.
Durham contracted players allocated
The Hill's allocated Durham CCC contracted players for 2008 are Paul Wiseman (pictured below left) and Uzair Mahomad (pictured below right).
Wiseman is an experienced spinner, who has played 25 Tests and 15 ODIs for New Zealand. He joined Durham at the end
of the 2006 season as a non-overseas player following his decision to play his cricket in England. He was contracted to Newcastle in 2007.
Uzair Mahomed is a graduate of the Durham Cricket Academy having spent the last three seasons with the academicals. He captained them on a regular basis in 2007 and like Paul is a Off-spinner. Uzi is also a promising middle-order batsman, who made 611 NEPL runs last season. Both players are likely to add to the balance of Martin Pollard's side which is beginning to shape up nicely as the season approaches.
Matchball Sponsorship - Update
Following a fantastic response from members and players we have now received matchball sponsorship for every first and second eleven game in the North East Premier League for the coming season. Added to this, we have also been offered matchball sponsorship for two cup-ties. As a result of this wonderful response, Benwell Hill Cricket Club would like thank all of those who have pledged their support together with those who have offered sponsorship in other areas. A full list of Matchball Sponsors can be found here.
The Club still have a number of sponsorship opportunities available, particularly with coloured clothing required for the inaugural Twenty/20 competition (see below). If you are interested or require more information please contact us at: bhcc@blueyonder.co.uk
Twenty/20 Cricket comes to the Hill
Twenty/20 Cricket is coming to the Hill in the form of the Cricket First sponsored North East Premier League Twenty/20 competition. The Hill have been grouped with Blaydon and Gateshead Fell with the winners advancing to Finals Day, together with the other three qualifying teams, which will be held on Sunday 27 July. It is hoped that Durham's Riverside ground will be available to host Finals Day.
The draw for the sequence of the group matches will take place on Thursday 27 March. It's hoped that all teams will wear coloured clothing throughout the competition.
Matchball Sponsorship in 2008
Benwell Hill Cricket Club are offering Players, Members and Supporters of the club, the opportunity of sponsoring the matchballs used in all first and second eleven North East Premier League games held at Denton Bank this season.
£25 will secure your sponsorship of the matchball in a game of your choice. Your name or your company's name will feature in the matchday programme, here on the club's web site and featured throughout the clubhouse on matchday's.
This is just one of a number of sponsorship opportunities available at Benwell Hill Cricket Club. If you are interested or require more information please contact us at: bhcc@blueyonder.co.uk
Can you help?
Through the sterling work of Benwell Hill's David McKay you can now access every North East Premier League 1st XI result and scorecard for seasons 2001-2007 on CricketArchive.com.
Unfortunately David doesn't have access to the full details for 2000, the NEPL's inaugural season.
If any of the clubs concerned would be prepared to loan their scorebook for that season, David would be very grateful. Please contact this web-site at bhcc@blueyonder.co.uk if you can help, the message will then be forwarded to David
125 Cricket Week 2008
A provisional timetable for the 125 Cricket Week celebrations has been announced, and whilst it's possible that some times and dates may change, most events are expected to go ahead as listed below.
Sunday 20 July
20/20 Competition
This will involve Benwell Hill, Benwell & Walbottle, Blaydon
and Ashington.
10.00am start
Monday 21 July
BHCC Junior XI v. Northumberland U17s
11.00 am start
Tuesday 22 July
BHCC Select XI v. Northumberland Over 50s
1.00am start
Wednesday 23 July
BHCC XI v. North East XI
11.00am start
Thursday 24 July
BHCC XI v. West Tyne League
1.00pm start
Friday 25 July
Single Wicket Competition
11.00am start
Saturday 26 July
1st XI v. South Northumberland
The reigning Champions visit Denton Bank in the North East Premier League.
11.30am start
Sunday 27 July
BHCC XI v. President's XI
1.00pm start
Information regarding social events during the cricket week will appear here soon.
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