A lovely sunny Bank Holiday Sunday morning saw The Taylor Oval host the U15 County Final between Great & Little Tew CC v Horspath CC.

A good crowd gathered to see Tew win the toss and elect to field.

Horspath posted a challenging total of 156 for 7 off 20 overs with Charlie Turner hitting a superb half-century, including partnerships of 49 and 43 for the 4th and 5th wickets with Rayaan Dogar and George Crawford respectively. Turner retired unbeaten on 52, having brought up his fifty in style with a six. Saif Dogar and Josh Richardson chipped in by getting into the teens. The pick of Tew’s bowlers being Henry Nichols with 2-32.

Horspath then produced a disciplined bowling display to restrict a valiant young Tew side to 123 for 4. Turner (1-12) led the way before Richardson (1-14) and Chris Batten (1-15) ensured the hosts were always behind the run rate. Nichols made 40 before being run out by a direct hit by Hadi Ali from the boundary. The Tew opener shared a third-wicket stand of 69 with Henry McDonald, who made an unbeaten 50 with one four and four sixes.

However, it proved in vain as Horspath were crowned Oxfordshire Under 15 League champions with a 33-run victory with Charlie Turner collecting the man-of-the-match award.

The game was played in a superb spirit and thanks goes out to both coaches for umpiring the contest, the scorers and Eric at Tew for preparing the wicket.