The Rovers season kicked off early with the Over 50’s timing their run chase to perfection at Repton last Sunday. The team delivered a very tight bowling and fielding performance against a Repton side that never got out of second gear. Repton managed 182-5 in their 35 overs, with the highlights a superb catch in the covers from Bill Cartledge and miserly bowling from both Spragg J and Chatterton. Then after a steady start from new boys Alastair Macleod-Smith and James Samworth the Rovers accelerated magnificently to reach the target in the 31st over for only four wickets down, with Cartledge again the hero with a man-of-the-match 56 not out, helped by a cameo from skipper Stuart Morgan.
The team comprised the following: Macleod-Smith A, Samworth J, Sharp R, Cartledge W, McAlpine J, Morgan S, Arnold J, Spragg G, Richardson A, Spragg J, Chatterton P.
This is the third season of the Over 50’s Cricketer Cup and the Rovers are looking forward to their next round either at Bradfield or Stowe on 31 May.
