West of England Premier Cricket League Premier Two Bristol/Somerset runners-up Lansdown 1st XI’s hopes of finishing their superb season with a win over third-placed Congresbury 1st XI were dashed by the weather.
Lansdown 1st XI, 2nd XI and 3rd XI all had their matches ruined by the weather on Saturday 30th August
The match at Combe Park on Saturday 30th August was abandoned with Congresbury 132-4 in response to the Down’s 260 all out.
Lansdown opted to bat and found themselves 28-2. But opener George Scott and number four Marc Lezar turned the innings around by compiling a 104-run stand for the third wicket.
Lezar was the man to go, his 58 off 49 balls including a six and 11 fours.
Scott was the next batter to be dismissed, for 59 – with 10 fours – from 43 balls.
The Down’s top-scorer was number six Sam Pearce, who whacked eight sixes in making 78 off only 32 deliveries. He also hit four boundaries.
However, Lansdown lost their final five wickets for only 12 runs and were removed in 28 overs.
Congresbury skipper Justin Yau snaffled 5-36 in six overs.
The North Somerset side tumbled to 77-4 in reply but number three Yau stood firm and was undefeated on 69 – from 55 balls and featuring 16 fours – when the elements curtailed the innings after 15 overs.
William Goymer took 2-25 in three overs for the hosts.
The Down finished the season 38 points adrift of champions Midsomer Norton 1st XI and 43 points ahead of Congresbury.
Rain also cut short Lansdown 2nd XI’s Bristol & District Cricket Association Division One game at Lodway 1st XI, although the hosts had 36 runs on the board from only 3.1 overs when the end came, the Down having posted 214 all out.
Lansdown lost Sam Bowery cheaply but Simon Church and Eddie Steedman put on 71 for the second wicket to take the visitors to 89-2.
Number three Steedman top-scored with 40 and number four Sam Athay contributed 26 but the Down were shot out in 37.1 overs, Caolan Pearce the dominant home bowler with 5-48 from eight overs.
The Pill-based hosts gifted Lansdown 38 extras.
Toby Rice was 23 not out from 12 balls for Lodway, who lost one wicket – Adam Robson ousted by Louis Mancini (1-15 off 1.1 overs) for an eight-delivery 12.
Lansdown 2nd XI finished the season in seventh place.
Derby day was ruined by the weather when Lansdown 3rd XI hosted Hampset 3rd XI in Bristol & District Cricket Association Division Nine East.
The Down elected to field and skittled their neighbours for 92 in 24.1 overs, Hampset having collapsed from 52 without loss.
Opener Sam Taylor-Weekes (32) led the way for the visitors.
Three bowlers shared the wickets. Ollie Humphries grabbed 4-27 in eight overs, Will Harrison snapped up 3-26 off eight overs and Giles Johnson claimed 3-14 from 4.1 overs.
After a pair of wickets fell for one run in the 20s, Lansdown were 31-2 from seven overs at the close, captain Byron Williams making 15.
Lansdown 3rd XI completed their campaign in fourth spot in the table, 41 points behind champions Bristol New Eleven 2nd XI.
