Walkington Playing Fields Association

Walkington Cricket Club won its second trophy of the season on Sunday 18th July when it lifted the prestigious Hotham Shield for the first time.

Walkington's opponents were hosts Dalton Holme, in a repeat of the Walkington Sixes final which Walkington won.

Walkington won the toss and chose to bat on a cloudy day.  The decision seemed to be a bad one when a combination of a slow, low pitch and some rash shots had Walkington struggling at 42 for 7, with only Matt Scattergood in the top order getting into double figures.  Fortunately, Walkington's 9, 10 Jack - Craig Ford, Graham Hirst and Carl Skelton - all chipped in with some lusty blows and they took the total to a slightly more respectable 117 all out.

Dalton Holme, however,  found it hard to get their innings going, thanks to fine opening bowling from Graham Hirst and especially man-of-the-match Craig Ford who put in an excellent spell of 6-4-3-2 to go with his top score batting. The other bowlers used all picked up wickets as Dalton Holme struggled to come to terms with the chase and they were all out for 71. Notable contributions came from Carl Skelton with 2 wickets and 3 good catches, and Rob Scattergood who bowled one and a half overs and took 3 wickets for no runs.

The winning team: Rich Lightowler, Carl Skelton, Rob Scattergood, Rich Jobling, Matt Scattergood.

Front Row: Tony Garland, Graham Hirst, Ben Gardiner, Craig Ford, Dean Walton, Ben Watson

Family Tradition:

Matt and Rob Scattergood with their father, Dave, who won the trophy with Bishop Burton twice in the 1980s