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Railwaymen derailed in Redcar

The Railwaymen found themselves at a loss against Redcar at the weekend.
The Railwaymen found themselves at a loss against Redcar at the weekend.

On Saturday, 4 June, Shildon Railway Cricket Club visited Redcar in the North Yorks & South Durham Premier Cricket League Division 3 fixture and collapsed to their first defeat of the season. Shildon won the toss and put the home side into bat.

The Railwaymen were under strength, missing Phil Garbutt and Lloyd Horner from their bowling attack, and this showed as Redcar took their score to 185 for 8, in the allotted 40 overs.

In reply, the Shildon innings never really got going as five of the top six batsmen were given out lbw, whilst only two reached double figures and the side slumped to 50 for 7 in only the 14th over.

Redcar raced to victory in the 22nd over as Shildon crashed to 65 all out. The Railwaymen are now in fourth place in the division, fourteen points behind the leaders Bedale. It was a disappointing display from Shildon, who will hope to get their title challenge back on track this weekend when they host Thornaby in the next league match, which is sponsored by Eldon Hope Builders Merchants.

Previously, on 28 May, the then league leaders, Norton, visited the Hackworth Road Ground to face an in-form Shildon Railway side, with the match sponsored by BT Joinery. Shildon, who were again without leading players, including top scorer, Stephen Forster, who is unavailable until mid-August, won the toss and elected to field.

The visitors made steady progress but with the introduction of Lloyd Horner into the bowling attack, things swung dramatically in Shildon’s favour. Lloyd’s 5 for 27 in 9 overs, which included a hat-trick, saw the Norton innings collapse from 131 for 5, to 147 all out.

Shildon looked well set, as openers Matthew Brown (33) and Ellis Horner (21) took the score to 46 without loss. But a batting collapse saw the Railwaymen in trouble at 68 for 5, and the home side needed to really dig in to turn things around. That’s exactly what happened as James Haggaty (38 not out) and Tom Wickins, with a real captain’s innings of 35 not out, steered the side to victory.

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