Historic derby for teams

WITH both of their senior sides’ Bristol & District League fixtures being washed out on Saturday, Chilcompton Sports were able to make use of the better weather on Sunday to face Hampset in the North Somerset League.

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‘The young Development side were put into bat and got off to a rough start with a lot of early wickets lost to a disciplined bowling attack. At 51-6, Billy Penny was holding up an end without much support despite a couple of handy cameos from under-15 players Barnaby Rees-Davies and Tom Warner.

Eventually Penny fell for a well-made 55 from 49 balls, which included ten boundaries. Dan Gloudemans and Brad Hancock defended the bad ball and took runs where possible to pull Chili up to a low-looking 107 all out.

Hancock and Cory Hawkins pegged Hampset back with some tight, disciplined bowling alongside some impressive fielding which yielded a wicket for the former via a Penny catch in the covers. Despite the low total, Purchase rang the bowling changes and kept Hampset under pressure.

Rees-Davies and, on senior debut, Warner, both managed to pick up a wicket, while Dan Rogers took a sharp one-handed catch in the slips. Hampset though chased the target relatively easily with only four wickets down.

Match-ball sponsor: Steve Davis Builders.

i Having lost their first game of the season last time out, Chilcompton’s under-15 Heat side travelled to local rivals Midsomer Norton and suffered a similar fate by 37 runs.