The
Bovey Tracey team celebrate their cup-final win over Dartington
& Totnes
PETE
Bradley hit an unbeaten half-century as Bovey Tracey lifted
the Aaron Printers Narracott Cup for the first time with
a six-wicket win over Dartington & Totnes.
Wednesday
night's final at Paignton was only decided with one ball
left of Bovey Tracey's 15 eight-ball overs, but the reality
was it was never as close as it seems.
Chasing D&T's 119 for eight – Scott Stevenson
top scoring on 40 – Bovey were 107 for one in reply
before the jitters set in.
Although D&T removed Chris
Bradley and Charlie Carter in successive balls, the target
of nine to win off the last over was passed with ease.
The Dartington & Totnes innings was underpinned by
a stand of 51 in five overs between Stevenson, who only
faced 35 balls compiling his quickfire 40, and Johnny
Marrion (27).
Bovey bowler Ryan Bougard came in for some stick during
the stand as his third and fourth overs cost 22 and 18
runs respectively.
A running catch by Andy Kingdom broke the stand by removing
Marrion to give the miserly Chris Bradley (3-16 off four)
one of his three wickets.
James Mason (1-20) helped keep it tight and the only other
batsman to make much impression for D&T was Ian Bransdon,
who hit 24.
Bovey got away to a 23-run start between Peter Bradley
and Matt Makepeace, who was dismissed for 13 by Bertus
Loots (1-36).
The stand that put Bovey on top was one worth 84 between
Peter Bradley and Kingdom (35) which got the target down
to 13 to win.
Kingdom fell to Ryan Stevenson, whose one for nine off
three overs was the best bowling performance of the night,
followed by Chris Bradley five balls later.
Matt Hickey, who nipped out Bradley, claimed Carter first
ball and left Ben Ayres to defend the hat-trick ball,
which he did.
The calculation was seven to win off five balls which
Ayres and Peter Bradley scrambled between them.
Bradley was subsequently named man of the match and received
the Ted Dickinson Trophy from Bob Dickinson, who is the
nephew of the late Torquay captain, chairman and president.
Dartington & Totnes 119-8 (S Stevenson 40, J Marrion
27, I Bransdon 24; C Bradley 3-16, R Bougard 3-46), Bovey
Tracey 120-4 (P Bradley 53no, A Kingdom 35; M Hickey 2-39).
Bovey Tracey bt Dartington & Totnes by 6 wkts.
