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Ranston Evening League Div 1 18/07
Shroton 137-9 BRFC 141-1 (Cup Final)
BRFC win 9 wks
[see
report] 11/07
BRFC 113 a/o Shaftesbury Cons. 115-4
Shaftesbury win 6 wks 10/07
BRFC 146-6 Stalbridge 127 a/o (Cup semi)
BRFC win19 runs 27/06
Shillingstone Cancelled - Rain 13/06
Shroton
Cancelled - Rain
05/06
Gillingham 156-6 BRFC 157-5 (Cup) BRFC win 5 wks
04/07
BRFC 104 a/o Gillingham 120-4
Gillingham
win 16 runs 02/05
BRFC 140-7 Shillingstone
138-5
BRFC win by
2 runs 06/06
Shaftesbury Cons. 97-5 BRFC 94-8
Saftesbury win
by 20/06
Buckhorn Weston 186-6 BRFC 96 a/o 5wks Buckhorn
win 90 runs 18/04
BRFC 117-7 Buckhorn
Weston 135-3
B/Weston win by 18 runs 26/04
Shroton 122-3 BRFC
119-2
Shroton win by 7 08/05
Killmington 99-6 BRFC 148-3 (Cup)
BRFC win by 49 runs 16/05
BRFC
v Claysmore
R’heads (Cup)
BRFC walk over
23/05
BRFC 99-8
Stalbridge 100-2
Stalbridge
win by 8 wks 30/05 Gillingham 93-7 BRFC 141-4 BRFC win by 48 runs
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Cricket
Report
Shroton
137-9 lost to Blandford RFC 141-1 by 9 wickets.
Blandfords rugby players
displayed their all round sporting talents by winning the Ranston Knockout Cup
with an emphatic 9 wicket victory over controversial finalists Shroton. In front
of a capacity crowd at the magnificent Shroton Bowl, Blandford skipper Kev
Robbins won the toss and had no hesitation in asking Shroton to bat first on a
damp wicket. His faith was immediately rewarded in the first over, a direct hit
by George Hall running out Edwards to reduce Shroton to 1 for 1. The hosts
continued to struggle against the bowling of Phill Meaden (2-22) and Mike Angel
(3-38). With Meadon removing the dangerous Darren Ball, brother Matt (2-42) then
bowled Stuart Jeans for 18 and Angel snared batting star Matt Pike for 24, it
was left to Simon Giles to hit a powerful 47 not out to raise Shroton up to a
respectable 138-9. Blandford started their reply steadily, before Angel began to
find his range, reaching a rapid 50 off of 31 balls. With the noisy crowd firmly
in favor of the under dog rugby players, Angel and Hall batted sensibly to put
on 100 for the first wicket before Hall fell for a fluent 37. This brought
Meaden to the wicket, who proceeded to wrap the game up with some trademark
brutal shot play, blasting 27 not out off only 11 balls, finishing the game with
a typically huge 6, man of the match Angel was left unbeaten on 63. “It was
great to finish my time in charge with a trophy” commented retiring skipper
Kev Robbins. “We deserved this win, as we were the better team on the night,
everyone did their bit, whether with bat, ball or in the field, and the
atmosphere was brilliant.” In true rugby tradition, Blandfords players
celebrated long and hard in to the night, dancing elegantly to the sounds of
Clive “Elvis” Smith and drinking their vanquished rivals under the table to
record a second victory in a day!