Wrecclesham 1st XI overwhelmed a full strength Tilford 2nd XI side and posted a comfortable 164 run victory in the process.
The Owls recorded a wide margin of victory for the third consecutive week following heavy defeats of Chiddingfold and Elstead respectively.
The Mighty Wreccers, bubble still firmly in tact, now boast a 27 match unbeaten run and are gaining some real momentum at a crucial stage of the season reducing the defecit on league leaders Blackheath to just 5 points.
Skipper Boniface lost the toss, which on the face of it with intermittent showers forecast, was not a drastic situation and the Owls were put into bat.
Chris 'Heir to the Herald fortune' Spooner and Matt 'MB is he on E?' Parkinson started things off and the former was dropped off the very first ball of the innings and then the pair were both dropped in successive deliveries as the away side started well but couldn't take their chances.
However taking full advantage of Tilfords errors the duo took the shine off the new ball well and all in all ensured a frustrating first 10 overs for Tilford whilst ticking the score along at the same time.
However Parkinson soon departed for a resourceful 19, being bowled leg stump by a swinging delivery that despite the initial disappointment became a source of hope to the Wreccers bowling attack.
That merely bought James 'Graham Napier' Wright to the crease who powered his way to 37 in what seemed like no time, playing with his usual abandon before attempting to pull a ball which just wasn't short enough.
Spooner all the meanwhile had been scoring well at the other end and looked more and more assured as the innings went on.
Chris 'the rock' Windeatt joined his old sparring partner Spooner briefly before departing to a 'rip snorter' of a delivery proving that contrary to popular belief he is in fact human.
This merely allowed the Owls to show their strength in depth once again as Henry 'Granny Basher' Bate came to the crease. What followed was a ruthless, consistent display of calculated hard hitting that not only demoralised Tilford but took the game away from the opposition in 15 run filled overs.
Spooner and Bate in particular crashed the ball to all parts of the ground in an unbroken 139 run stand that enabled the Wreccers the luxury of being able to declare on 245-3 from just 38 overs. A fine effort.
It was good to see the WAGS out in force despite the poor conditions and despite the odd rain shower restricting play by 10 overs the weather couldn't dampen the Owls spirits at tea. (bad pun of the day sorry)
Tilford set about their sizeable task well keeping up with the required rate for the first few overs as both openers started in confident fashion.
However Oli 'Ricky Martin' Caston was soon living la vida loco as he removed the dangerous looking Speight with a superb delivery that had echoes of the ball that dismissed Parkinson in the first innings.
From that point onward despite Walker and Crawte getting starts and scoring quickly the visitors lost wickets at regular intervals and the run chase was never on as Tilford struggled against the guile and movement of Spooner (4-27) and the pace and accuracy of Caston (2-33).
The home side were dominant at 40 odd for 3 but knew that given the tight nature of Division III anything less than 10 points could be considered a wasted opportunity.
Skipper Jervis added some vital backbone to the visitors batting display as the away side tried to rebuild their innings and force a draw.
As a result skipper Boniface rang the changes introducing Dan '4 paces' Vasey and Graeme '1000 wickets' Larby and it paid dividends immediately.
Vasey had the watchful Jervis caught at second slip thanks to a sprawling Chris Windeatt effort and proceeded to smash the stumps of his batting partner McDonald in the very next over as Wrecclesham scented victory.
Vasey was denied the chance to add to his tally as Larby struck twice in five balls to end the Tilford innings with a bang and secure 10 valuable points.
The next opponents for Wrecclesham are Fernhurst and the Owls will be desperate to prove a point after an under par display against them last time out.
Afterword by Joe Boniface
An excellent performance, I thought we showed great ability with the bat, Henry that was a joy to watch and Spoons if you keep going the way you are you will get your 1000 runs mate.
Wrighty if you manage to stick around more than about 5 overs you will be scoring big pretty soon too you animal!
The way in which we set about taking their wickets was what pleased me the most, we managed to put them under severe pressure once a couple of wickets were gone and it never looked on for them.
I was particularly pleased with the patience and belief that we showed which is a testament to how confident we feel at the moment, long may it continue.
Spoons, Oli, Larbs and Dan all bowling well and amongst the wickets is good to see and I think we have a great balance to the side in all departments now.. Let's make sure we show that to Fernhurst on Saturday.
Bring it on!
Up the Owls
Twit Twoo
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Awesome match, should have put on a DVD! What's this about being 'vetoed' didn't understand it. Also, why's Henry known as the Granny Basher?
Last summer we were in Gostreys throwing frzbee, Henry threw it and it took a turn towards a hand full of grannies. Unfortunatly, it hit one of them above the eye and blood started gushing. Hence the name, Granny basher Bates.
Twit Twoo owls, lets fucking bash some Fernhurst ass on saturday.
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