The boys headed down to Oxfordshire in their search for village cricket. They managed to pick up a Yorkshire Tea Village Cup game. Thank you to www.thisoxfordshire.co.uk for the following post, taken in full from their website.
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Great & Little Tew’s hopes of an extended run through to a final at Lord’s in the Yorkshire Tea Village Cup were ended in decisive fashion yesterday.
The Oxfordshire champions crashed by seven wickets away to Gloucestershire side Apperley in the first national round.
“It’s very disappointing,” said Tew skipper Andy Harris.
“We just didn’t turn up.”
Choosing to bat first on a dry pitch that took spin from the start, Tew were dismissed for for 125 in the last of their 40 overs.
Apart from Dave Powles, who made a brisk 31, the early Tew batsmen failed.
Harris and Ian Bryan had to rebuild the innings against some tidy off-spin from Apperley skipper Rowan Leeke, who conceded only seven runs in his nine overs.
At 96-9, Tew seemed doomed, but an enterprising unbeaten 29 from Liam Manley in a last-wicket stand with Marcus Jeacock, lifted them to 125.
However, this was some 40 runs short of what Tew felt would be competitive.
Despite this, Tew were still in the hunt, when Apperley, who play in the West of England Premier League, slipped to 47-3.
But brothers Hugh and Rowan Leeke saw their side home with ten overs and seven wickets to spare to end Tew’s dream in their first match at this stage for more than 25 years.
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