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MINOR COUNTIES Cornwall break Berkshire's winning run
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- Created on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 07:42
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 07:49
- Published on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 07:42
Defending champions Berkshire reached their fourth consecutive Minor Counties Championship final despite their run of 12 successive wins coming to an end St Austell where they had to settle for a draw against Cornwall.Middlesex wicketkeeper/batsman Jack Davie again demonstrated his class with an unbeaten 111 out of Berkshire’s 207 for eight declared.
LEAGUE TWO Lowe praises Argyle attitude
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- Created on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 07:00
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 08:04
- Published on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 07:00
- Written by ROSS REID at Home Park
Plymouth Argyle boss Ryan Lowe praised his side’s never-say-die spirit following a 2-2 League Two thriller in front of 11,405 against newcomers Salford City at Home Park.Lowe said: “We will keep going until the end and that shows character because if you can’t get the win you want something from the game – and we got it.”
LEAGUE TWO Plymouth Argyle 2 Salford City 2
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- Created on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 00:23
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 10:47
- Published on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 00:23
- Written by ROSS REID at Home Park
Dom Telford’s 89th minute penalty secured a 2-2 comeback draw for Ryan Lowe’s Plymouth against League Two new boys Salford City at Home Park.Ibou Touray stunned Lowe’s Argyle when he rose at the far post to head home a deep cross from the right in the 79th minute to put City ahead for a second time against the run of play.
SW GOLF Hall, Plumb and Sloman in Walker Cup team
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- Created on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 10:46
- Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 11:03
- Published on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 10:46
- Written by ROSS REID
Five English players - including three amateur aces from the South West - have been included in the Great Britain & Ireland team to face America in this year's Walker Cup at Royal Liverpool on September 7-8. Harry Hall (West Cornwall, Cornwall), Thomas Plumb (Yeovil, Somerset) Tom Sloman (Taunton & Pickeridge, Somerset) Alex Fitzpatrick (Hallamshire, Yorkshire) and Conor Gough (Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire) have been listed in the team while Ben Schmidt (Rotherham, Yorkshire) and Ben Jones (Northamptonshire County, Northamptonshire) have been named as first and second reserves.
MINOR COUNTIES Herefordshire edge past Wiltshire
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- Created on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 08:16
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 11:27
- Published on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 08:16
- Written by PAUL BOLTON Minor Counties cricket correspondent
Herefordshire held their nerve to snatch a dramatic one wicket victory over Wiltshire in a tense Minor Counties Championship Western Division match at Brockhampton.
A match of fluctuating fortunes was decided when Dan Conway scampered a single off off-spinner Joe King to take Herefordshire to a target of 207.
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