Bicester & North Oxford CC kindly hosted the county U15 Finals Day on Sunday 26 June.

 

With 3 of the clubs unbeaten in the respective pools the competition was wide open.

 

In the first Semi-Final Aston Rowant beat Oxford Downs by 7 wickets.  

Oxford Downs batted first scoring 105 for 7 off their 20 overs with T Dawson 33; H Welch 28 and Finley Little taking 2-14 for Aston Rowant.

In reply, Aston Rowant reached their target for the loss of 3 wickets in the 18th over with Oliver Veal 52ret and A List taking 2-24 for Downs.

 

In the second Semi-Final Challow & Childrey beat Cropredy CC by 32 runs.

Challow & Childrey batted first scoring 125 for 5 off their 20 overs with George Beard 46; Daniel Westmoreland 27no and George Jackson taking 3-24 for Cropredy.

In reply, Cropredy fell short of their target being all out for 93 in the 18th over with Junior Denny 21; Henry Maunder taking 3-5 and Daniel Westmoreland 2-4 for Challow.

 

In the Third / Fourth Place Play Off Cropredy beat Oxford Downs.

 

In the Final Aston Rowant beat Challow & Childrey by 6 wickets to be crowned U15 County Champions.

Challow batted first scoring 104 for 8 in their 20 overs with Murray Gray 28; George Beard 23 and Thomas Healey taking 2-17 for Aston Rowant.

In reply, despite a late wobble Aston Rowant reached their target for the loss of 4 wickets in the 19th over with Oliver Veal 51ret; Conor Rogan 30 and Woody Morgan taking 3-16 for Challow.

 

Chris Mitty from the Oxfordshire Cricket Board of Directors conducted the presentation thanking Bicester Sports Association & Bicester & North Oxford CC for hosting the day, Graham Savin for preparing the ground, the scorers, coaches; parents and finally James Bartrip, Alex Dellar, John Brown and Nick Wilks for officiating the day.

 

Finally, Chris handed out the medals to both teams and the U15 ECB County Cup to Aston Rowant’s captain Jack Veal.