The Rounders U13 Mount House Girls v Team "old" as they preferred to be called).

The Association team won the toss and put the Mount House girls into bat where they quickly notched up 11.5 rounders off 30 balls. After a promising start from Mrs Malcolm the Association team began to crumble losing 4 wickets for no score after 16 balls. This is when Ella Toynton came into her own (quite literally as she was left to bat on her own once the u13 had taken all their wickets, including one great catch taken by Emily Redman) and scored 2.5 rounders at the tail end taking her side to a 3.5.

 

The second innings was a much closer game now that the Association side had warmed up and familiarised themselves with the rules of the game! Despite gallant efforts from Phoebe and Fern the Mount House girls were restrained to 6 rounders and the Association stumped up with 5.5 thanks to the batting performances of Julia Toynton and Ellie Malcolm. The match thus finished as a 17.5 to 9 victory to the U13 team.

 

Banyard's XI v The MHA "old" ones.

Banyard's XI 115 for 7 (25 overs)

Freddie Jayarajah 32, Rhys Davies 21

Association XI 117 for 5 wickets.

James Mann 37, Chris Redman 22, Jon Elworthy 15 not out.

Result: Mount House Association won by 5 wickets. An exciting game, limited to 25 overs a side due to the average age of the players! Banyard's team began brightly thanks to an excellent partnership of 44 between Freddie and Rhys. After that the scoring rate slowed down as the Association bowlers became more and more confident.
In reply, James Mann and Chris Redman enjoyed an excellent 50 run partnership before Chris Redman generously gave away his wicket. Runs came easily and the Association reached the required total with 27 balls to spare.

The Association Day Cricket and Rounders Matches, with the odd Wanderers' Cricket photo.