NEWSWIRE 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Dates First round Tue May 1 (Reserve Day May 2) May 15 Second round Tue May 15 (Reserve Day May 16) Second Round 2001 Third round Wed June 27 (Reserve Day June 28) Fourth round Wed July 11 (Reserve Day July 12) Amateurs look to Quarter-finals Tue 24 & Wed 25 July First Semi-final Sat 11 August Second Semi-final Sun 12 August mix it with the best Final (Lord’s) Sat 1 September ith the prospect their Northamptonshire of a clash with counterparts and Wprofessional Huntingdonshire will be Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Dates opposition on the looking to press their claim * Due to the increased size of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy the early horizon, the 28 non First- for Minor County status rounds of the 2002 competition will take place at the end of the current season Class teams remaining in against Surrey CB. First round Wed August 29, 2001 the Cheltenham & The Cheltenham & 2002 (Reserve Day August 30) Gloucester Trophy have Gloucester Trophy second Second round Thu September 13, 2001 plenty to play for in the round will again showcase second round. the talents of many fine (Reserve Day September 14) Minor Counties players from around the champions Dorset are one world. of 14 teams competing from West Indian Phil English cricket’s second tier Simmons will again feature alongside an equal number for Wales, South Africa’s of county Cricket Board David Callaghan will take sides. the field for Suffolk and Dorset take on Second Round Draw Match Preview recent New Zealand Bedfordshire at Dean Park debutant Andre Adams Cambridgeshire v Derbyshire CB p3 in what is sure to be an turns out for Herefordshire. Cornwall v Cheshire p3 entertaining affair with the Shane Warne’s Victoria Dorset v Bedfordshire p3 carrot of a home tie against Herefordshire v Gloucestershire CB p4 team-mate Jon Moss will be Yorkshire on offer for the Hertfordshire v Durham CB p4 out to impress with winners. Kent CB v Buckinghamshire p4 ECB 38 County Cup Berkshire and the Durham Middlesex CB v Berkshire p5 champions Herefordshire Cricket Board are boosted Norfolk v Wales p5 will also be hoping to prove by the availability of Northamptonshire CB v Yorkshire CB p5 a point as they take on the Western Australia’s Marcus Suffolk v Essex CB p6 Gloucestershire Board for North. Surrey CB v Huntingdonshire CB p6 the right to play Middlesex. There will be no shortage Sussex CB v Shropshire p6 Of the Board sides, of English ability on display Warwickshire CB v Leicestershire CB p7 Yorkshire drawing from the either with many familiar Worcestershire CB v Cumberland p7 undoubted strength of the faces from the county Other features in the Newswire Bradford and Yorkshire scene in action alongside First Round Review p2 leagues will be hoping to some exciting youth Trophy Results 2000, D/L Method & Playing Conditions p8 progress at the expense of prospects. Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Record Book p9-12 The 56 teams competing for the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Dorset, Derbyshire, Derbyshire CB, Devon, Durham, Durham CB, Essex, Essex CB, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire CB, Glamorgan, Hampshire, Hampshire CB, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Kent CB, Lancashire, Lancashire CB, Leicestershire, Leicestershire CB, 2001 Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Middlesex CB, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire CB, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire CB, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Somerset CB, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Surrey CB, Sussex, Sussex CB, Warwickshire, Warwickshire CB, Wales, Worcestershire, Worcestershire CB, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire CB For cricket/media enquiries contact: Cheltenham & Gloucester Press Association C&G press office Phil Ascough Tel: 01452 373670 Tel: 01430 455673 Fax: 01452 373674 Fax: 0870 124 0815 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] First Round Review p2 England old boys still on song wo former England batsmen Shropshire squeaked through by just proved they are still going strong seven runs in a thriller with Devon at Tas the new Cheltenham & Shrewsbury. Gloucester Trophy swung into life in Former Somerset and Surrey batsman early May. Gareth Townsend scored 60 as the West Wayne Larkins and Bill Athey may have Country side responded well to played in far more illustrious surroundings Shropshire’s 196. But the home attack, but they showed they still have plenty to led well by Gareth Byram, who added 1- offer as they led the Huntingdonshire 16 to his earlier half-century, did just Cricket Board and Suffolk into the second enough to prevail. round respectively. A fine 73 from West Indian Andrew Ex-Northamptonshire and Durham Jackman put the Nottinghamshire Cricket opener Larkins, now 47, was in Board in charge of their tie with magnificent form as he helped the Bedfordshire but 93 from David Clark and country’s smallest cricketing county to a Oliver Clayson’s 56 dashed their hopes. 77-run win over Oxfordshire at East They are joined in round two by the Challow with a well-made 73. Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire Athey, who enjoyed spells at Yorkshire, Cricket Boards, who all made comfortable Bill Athey Gloucestershire and Sussex during a progress. with two wickets apiece. distinguished career, hit a similarly Derbyshire CB crushed Wiltshire by 49 impressive 71 as Suffolk edged a close runs at Chippenham, thanks in the main Jonathan Wright ripped through the encounter with Lincolnshire by four to 61 from James Bernstead and Ian Staffordshire order with 5-21 as wickets. Parkin’s 5-24. Worcestershire CB secured a comfortable Three other Minor Counties also went The Yorkshire recreational side earned eight-wicket win at Wolstanton. through after close victories over county their place with a 77-run thrashing of their The weather washed out the remaining Board sides. trans-Pennine rivals from Lancashire in a two first round matches, bringing the Wales needed to call on all their resolve disappointingly low-scoring game at dreaded bowl-out into play. to see off Somerset CB in a game played Nelson. Kent CB emerged victorious 3-1 over over two days due to poor weather. South African Pieter Swanepoel was their Hampshire counterparts after only The Welshmen were bowled out for just the pick of an impressive Yorkshire attack 10 overs were possible at Maidstone and 159 but produced a superb performance with figures of 3-9 as the Red Rose side Middlesex CB managed to see off in the field as their opponents fell 20 runs crashed to 83 all out. John Carruthers, Northumberland 5-4 in the only action short. Neil Gill and Stephen Foster chipped in seen in two days at Southgate. First Round Results May 1st & 2nd Southgate Wardown Park Middlesex won 3-1 on bowl out Bedfordshire beat Nottinghamshire CB by 3 wickets Middlesex CB v Northumberland - match abandoned Nottinghamshire CB 210 for 8 (50 overs) (A.F.D.Jackman 73, W.E.Sneath 3-44); Bedfordshire 212 for 7 (49.4 overs) (D.R.Clarke 93, O.J.Clayson 56*, J.P.Hart 3-36) The Mote Man of the Match: D R Clarke Kent Board XI won 5-4 on bowl out Shrewsbury Hampshire CB 29 for 2 (10 overs); Shropshire beat Devon by 7 runs Kent Board XI Shropshire 196 for 8 (50 overs) (G.J.Byram 56); Porthill Park Devon 189 for 7 (50 overs) (G.T.J.Townsend 60) Staffordshire lost to Worcestershire CB by 8 wickets Man of the Match: G J Byram Staffordshire 78 (36.3 overs) (J.P.Wright 5-21, M.Hodgkiss 3-16); North Perrott Somerset CB lost to Wales by 20 runs Worcestershire CB 79 for 2 (15.4 overs) Wales 159 for 8 (50 overs) (R.J.Pannell 3-21); Man of the Match: M Hodgkiss Somerset CB 139 (47.1 overs) Nelson Man of the Match: A D Twose Lancashire CB lost to Yorkshire CB by 77 runs Chippenham Yorkshire CB 160 for 6 (50 overs); Wiltshire lost to Derbyshire CB by 49 runs Lancashire CB 83 (42 overs) (P.Swanepoel 3-9) Derbyshire CB 193 for 5 (50 overs) (J.R.Benstead 61, R.J.Bates 3-34); Man of the Match: S J Foster Wiltshire 144 (46.4 overs) (I.C.Parkin 5-24) Man of the Match: I C Parkin Sleaford Challow & Childrey Lincolnshire lost to Suffolk by 4 wickets Oxfordshire lost to Huntingdonshire CB by 77 runs Lincolnshire 223 for 6 (50 overs) (J.C.Harrison 71); Huntingdonshire CB 252 for 5 (50 overs) (W.Larkins 73); Suffolk 227 for 6 (49 overs) (C.W.J.Athey 71) Oxfordshire 175 (46 overs) Man of the Match: I D Graham Man of the Match: W Larkins For a detailed weather forecast check out www.paweathercentre.com or teletext page 151 Second Round Preview p3 Cambridgeshire v Derbyshire CB Venue: March CC, tel: 01354 652029. Contact: Peter Gooden, The Redlands, Oakington Road, Cottenham, Cambs, CB4 8TW. How they did in 2000 Cambridgeshire – R1 bt Hertfordshire by 4 wkts, R2 lost to Cumberland by 9 wkts Derbyshire CB – R1 bye, R2 bt Gloucestershire CB by 50 runs, R3 lost to Derbyshire by 223 runs CAMBRIDGESHIRE welcome the Derbyshire Cricket and one-time England hero Ben Spendlove. Board to March with the tantalising prospect of a It is now three years since a young Spendlove enjoyed his Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy home game with 15 minutes of fame by taking two catches as an England Somerset just around the corner. substitute against South Africa and he will be keen to prove But the Minor Counties outfit will have their work cut out in people wrong after being shown the door by Derbyshire. their first outing of the season as they take on a side who Cambridgeshire have not yet played this season but disposed of Wiltshire by 49 runs in the first round.