· Mason Crane
· James Allen
· Aaron Tugnutt
· Jamie Piper
· Nick Oxley
· Jakob Heryet
· Rob Piper
· George Burgess
· Tom Armstrong
· Karl Sengebusch
· Josh Appleton
· Josh Wood
· Sam Moss
Day 1
Middleton (H)
A home match against Middleton. On a very hot sunny day Mason won the toss and decided to bat, and that’s what he did for 2 hours & 20 minutes with Aaron Tugnutt. Both batsman gave a catching chance each which Middleton failed to take. They both got their 100’s from 107 balls. Aaron first and then Mason 3 over’s later. Aaron 106 no and mason 102 no with a partnership of 243 which Worthing declared on.
It was still very hot when Worthing went out to field. Jamie Piper and Aaron Tugnutt opened the bowling while Josh Wood Kept wicket. They bowled tidily but it wasn’t until the 8th over that Aaron finally made the breakthrough with a nice catch from Jakob Heryet. On came the spin twins Nick Oxley & Mason Crane and in their 11 over spell they took 5 wickets leaving James Allen, Tom Armstrong and Jamie to finish off the tail. Nick finished with figures of 3-16, Mason 2-11 and Tom 2-7. Middleton were all out for 108 in 26.4 over’s.
Worthing Won by 135 runs & Max points gained.
Day 2
Findon (A)
Mason won the toss again and again chose to bat. Worthing changed openers with James Allen and Jakob Heryet. No luck for Jake today brought nick to the wicket. James and Nick batted steadily in the heat before Nick was bowled on 13. Mason took over but was caught on 16.Aaron started where Mason left off and he and James took the score past 100. James got his 50 from 74 balls before he was given out LBW on 71 from 106 balls. Aaron didn’t hang about and with great support from new batsman, George Burgess, he reached his 50 in 36 balls. He top-scored for the second day running on 79, including 13 4s, from 55 balls. Worthing declared on 203 for 7 after 39.2 overs.
Findon went into bat and had no answer for our opening seam attack of Jamie and Aaron. Jamie bowled their number one batsman with his 5th ball. Between them, the two seamers bowled out the top four batsmen by the end of their spell. Jamie with figures of 3 for 18.
Findon showed no resistance; the rest of the wickets fell in quick succession with one for Nick, two for James, two for Jakob and the last wicket for Karl. In total, Findon managed just 66 runs, giving Worthing a victory of 137 runs and maximum points. The early victory gave the team time to make it back to the Manor Ground in order to watch Yolanda’s under 14s win as well.
Day 4
Day three was a chance for all the boys to have a rest as they had no match but day four was an unplanned break; the weather was atrocious and so no play took place.
Day 5
Bognor (A)
Today would decide who would go through to the finals, Worthing or Bognor. Mason won the toss again for the third time this week and decided to bat. He opened alongside Aaron but they both found it hard to get the ball away. Bognor had pitched boundaries in the car park so 4s and 6s were out of the question.
Finally, in the seventh over, Aaron got going when he went after their opener. He tried it again in the ninth over, having hit three 4s in a row but his luck ran out; he was bowled for 22. James Allen then came to the crease and in a joint effort with Mason, put on 95 runs in 30 overs. James was eventually bowled on 47 and Mason was caught two balls later.
Worthing scored 142-4 from 42 overs.
Bognor started slowly, as we had done, due to some tight bowling and some effective fielding from our younger boys Tom, Robson and Jakob as well some very good stops from Callum and Karl. However, it was when the 14 year olds took to the floor that a breakthrough was made. James managed two wickets in two balls in his first over, then, with the help of Aaron’s spectacular, one-handed, diving catch, he got the wicket of Bognor’s county player. This was the decisive moment for Worthing as it began Bognor’s collapse.
Jamie took one wicket, Nick bowled very tidily, James finished with four wickets for 13 runs and Mason took the last three batsmen in his last over, finishing with figures of five wickets for 13 runs.
A fantastic 79 run win for Worthing.
Finals Day
Cuckfield (Away at Eastergate CC)
So the newly formed, one week only, under 14 bowl side made it to the final which was held at Eastergate CC against a very strong Cuckfield side. Unfortunately, the boys would have to go into the match without Jamie, who broke his arm on Friday evening.
Mason won the toss yet again and chose to bowl. Cuckfield did not hang around and got stuck into our openers early on. Both Aaron and James persevered, allowing them to take early wickets; James with the help of a difficult catch from Robson. Nick also bowled beautifully and took two key wickets. Worthing’s bowlers finished with two wickets to Aaron, three to James and two to Mason. Again, the boys showed great concentration in the field, making some good stops and a particularly accurate throw from Sherri got him a great run out. Cuckfield were all out for 157 from 35.1 overs.
We opened with Aaron and Sherri, followed by Mason but all three were out by the third over. Poor batting performances were shown all round; only James Allen managed to make it into double figures. In fact, James stayed for 21 overs before being caught on 48 runs.
Cuckfield won the final by 67runs.
Well done to all the boys who took part in this festival, finishing runners up, you all worked very hard. Thank you also to all the parents who helped the boys and showed their support; we could not have done it without you.
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