Greenock certs for wooden spoon

William Dick • Published 9 Aug 2010 14:00 0 Comments

GREENOCK are almost certainly doomed to finish the season with the wooden spoon after going down to second bottom West of Scotland in a hard-fought contest at Glenpark on Saturday.

The home side went into this clash with high hopes of adding to their earlier success against West back in June.

However, their failure to put a substantial total on the board once again proved their undoing.

There was no repeat of the batting collapses that three times have seen Greenock fail to reach three figures this term.

However, their inability to put together meaningful partnerships restricted them to 177-9.

In the event it was left to skipper Kevin McLaren to hold things together with a battling half-century.

The visiting bowlers, meanwhile, were rewarded for no more than producing a good line and length.

The Partick side's batsmen were given a helping hand by the home side who, having reduced their rivals to 77-5, were unable to press home their advantage.

Greenock have three difficult fixtures left against Forfarshire, Dunfermline and Uddingston.

GREENOCK

S Prabhu lbw b McNulty 10

W Rowan c&b Cran 24

K McLaren c Watson b McNulty 59

C Bellwood run out 8

C Kruger b Cran 5

A Hislop st Young b Leggett 0

A Baum run out 20

R Begley b Cran 17

J Hempsey b McNulty 1

R Kelso not out 0

R Wylie not out 1

Extras 32

Total (for nine, 50 overs) 177

Fall: 1-18 2-62 3-105 4-132 5-132 6-141 7-168 8-170 9-176

Bowling: Thomson 10-1-28-0 McNulty 10-2-22-3 Kashif 10-1-42-0 Cran 10-0-41-3 Leggett 10-0-32-1

McCREA FS WEST

J Singh run out 9

I Young c Baum b Bellwood 1

G Watson run out 0

A Luthra c Hislop b McLaren 37

M Kashif c Bellwood b Hemspey 54

R Brown lbw b McLaren 4

N Bisman run out 47

D McNulty not out 5

S Leggett not out 0

Extras 21

Total (for seven, 47.5 overs) 178

Fall: 1-3 2-4 3-55 4-56 5-72 6-164 7-174

Bowling: Rowan 10-2-33-0 Bellwood 10-3-38-1 McLaren 10-1-25-2 Wylie 10-1-33-0 Hempsey 6.5-0-36-1 Kelso 1-0-6-0

Greenock Cricket Club is grateful for the support of the following:

Presidential Suite - Blair & Bryden Solicitors

Match Sponsor - Derek MacFeate

Ball Sponsor - Charles Briggs

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This article appeared in Greenock Telegraph 09 Aug 10

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