Wanderers crash to another defeat (From Barry And District News)

Wanderers crash to another defeat

STILL reeling from the humiliating defeat the previous week, the Wanderers went to Caerleon to face top-of-the-league Isca Crows.

Acting skipper Barnes lost the toss and was asked to bat on a disappointing wicket which was wet, slow and grassy.

It wasn't long before the wickets started to tumble and soon the score was 69 for 7, with only Ed Sherriff showing any resistance.

A minor late rally from Jimmy Hassett with 18 and Sherriff showing great patience for 52 not out, the innings closed at 125 all out.

After tea, the bowling mirrored the batting with only Jones successful (1 for 57) and Denning bowling well.

Isca won the game by nine wickets with 15 overs to spare - another comprehensive defeat for Wanderers.

There was some good news on Sunday with a closely-fought 32-run win over a good Porth side. With skipper Fenton winning the toss, he chose to bat on a wicket which kept uncharacteristically slow.

Dave Smith (21 and back from injury) and Andrew Ferguson (38) put on a solid 34 with Paul George contributing 13 at number 3. Tony Swannick and Stuart Jones scored 19, and with Anthony Barrett scoring an excellent 22 the score was ticking along nicely. Thanks to a late cameo by number 11 Ben Collins with an aggressive 17 the innings finished on 194 off 40 overs - an excellent effort.

After tea, Collins and Fenton kept the scoring down with some tight bowling. The latter was first to get a wicket with Paul George catching Davies for 3. Collins got Edwards caught a few overs later.

With Dan Peacey bowling a good variation and picking up two further wickets, the game was finely-balanced at 121 for 6.

However with one of the Porth players off injured, Stuart Jones enjoyed a new lease of life from the Car Park end, he blew the opposition apart taking 4 for 31.

Andrew Ferguson, having taken two fantastic catches earlier on, took the last wicket with a beauty that rolled across the floor, bowling the skipper for 46!

In two midweek games Wanderers thumped their opposition.

Against a poor RAFA side, Paul George batted right through the innings with 56 not out.

Johnson scored 20 plus 37 extras enabled the score to be 137 off 20 overs - a good score on a large pitch.

Then an excellent bowling performance saw RAFA blown away for just 18!

Grant Cole took 5 for 6 off 2 overs and Hassett took 3 for 2 from his 4 overs with Fenton taking the other one. Wanderers won by 117 runs.

The following week saw a the Mayflower (old Fontygary) popping down to Hayes Point. where a collapse saw them all out for just 72.

In reply, Wanderers lost just one wicket losing Tim Sanders for 1. Paul George (25 no), along with Peter Coleman (22 no) scored the remainder in Wanderers comfortable nine-wicket win.