National Championship (Five day/First-class)
NATL CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L BP Pts
1 Raithwick Park 10 9 1 0 54 137
2 Folenisa Combined 10 6 0 4 42 96
3 Central Orean 10 4 3 3 48 90
4 Dover 10 4 1 5 46 84
5 Centre of Excellence XI 10 4 0 6 43 79
6 Cyclonesville 10 0 1 9 43 45
*Stats include final
Most runs: GP Goudreau (Folenisa Combined) 1125 at 56.25
Top score: MJ Westley (Central Orean v Dover) 210
Highest batting avg (min 15 inns): APC Gignac 68.00 from 18 inns (5 no)
Most wickets: MC Geach (Dover) 91
BBI: MC Geach (Dover v Raithwick Park) 8/82
Best bowling avg (min 50 wkts): JPK Adams (Raithwick Park) 77 at 12.65
Final: Raithwick Park v Folenisa Combined
Raithwick Park won the toss and elected to bowl
Raithwick Park CC: MA Finney (wkt/capt), CD Pettini, LP Cartwright, AJ Cunningham, DJ Millichip, RC Mawson, OH Kerr, KA Walters, DM Quinn, JPK Adams, DM Aeri
Folenisa Combined CC: NZ Walker, FG Key, GP Goudreau (wkt/capt), SS Sheikh, MW Turner, DR Ryan, PA Onions, JTE Sanderson, H Logan, D Swallow, SC Curnow
DAY ONE (close of play: Folenisa Combined 205, Raithwick Park 54/2)
Raithwick Park, having won the league, were granted home advantage for the Championship final against second placed Folenisa Combined. Captain Max Finney won the toss and in late-season cloudy conditions elected to bowl first.
In seaming conditions, Raithwick Park's attack tore apart the Folenisa batting as the visitors limped to lunch four down for 93. It took less than 10 overs for Raithwick Park to make the breakthrough, with Jonathan Adams bowling Fred Key for 15 (28b, 1x4, 23/1) to bring captain Garland Goudreau to the crease.
With change bowler Ollie Adams on to replace Leo Cartwright, Key's fellow opener Neil Walker perished leg before for 15 (46b, 1x4, 52/2) and his replacement Simon Sheikh added only five (17b, 1x4, 61/3) before he was caught behind off Raithwick Park's off-spinner Daniel Quinn.
All-rounder Mark Turner fell to the same fate eight overs later having scored six (18b, 87/4), with Goudreau at the other end slowly adding to his score. He put on a 50 stand for the fifth wicket with David Ryan in 85 balls after lunch and finally reached his 50 (76b, 6x4).
Ryan fell to Adams for 21 when he was caught by Aeri (59b, 1x4, 143/5) and Folenisa's hopes took a turn for the worse when in Adams' next over he pinned Goudreau on the front foot for a hard-fought 78 (115b, 7x4, 146/6).
Paul Onions (35* 72b, 1x4) and Joe Sanderson added 34 before the latter was adjudged lbw to Quinn in the 60th over for 11 (41b, 180/7) right before tea.
After the restart, Huw Logan could only add six (21b, 196/8) before he was bowled by Adams and Duncan Swallow fell for a golden duck lbw to Adams. Onions and last man Stuart Curnow (3 17b) before Curnow was beaten by a turning one from Quinn and the visitors were all out for 205 in 72.3 overs.
Folenisa Combined 1st inns batting: Walker 15 (lbw b Kerr), Key 15 (b Adams), Goudreau 78 (lbw b Adams), Sheikh 5 (c Finney b Quinn), Turner 6 (c Finney b Quinn), Ryan 21 (c Aeri b Adams), Onions 35*, Sanderson 11 (lbw b Quinn), Logan 6 (b Adams), Swallow 0 (lbw b Adams), Curnow 3 (b Quinn), extras 10
Raithwick Park 1st inns bowling: Cartwright 21-4-58-0, Adams 21-2-47-5, Quinn 19.3-3-62-4, Kerr 11-1-38-1
Fall of wicket (partnership): 1/23 (23), 2/52 (29), 3/61 (9), 4/87 (26), 5/143 (56), 6/146 (3), 7/180 (34), 8/196 (16), 9/196 (0), 10/205 (9)
This left enough time in the day for a minimum of 16 overs (light permitting), and Raithwick Park were sent out to bat. However, they found themselves in early strife when both openers Finney (4 7b 1x4, 7/1) and Chris Pettini (2 16b, 18/2) both fell to Ryan in the first seven overs.
Number three Cartwright and number four man Arthur Cunningham successfully saw Raithwick Park out to the close without further loss as the hosts closed day one on 54/2, trailing by 151.
to be continued