Yorkshire 'old boy' has the Academy in a spin

Richard Wilkinson: 6-55 against his old squad

Former Yorkshire off-spinner Richard Wilkinson, pictured, created havoc with his old squad when he took 6-55 as Barnsley beat the Academy by two wickets in the Solly Sports ECB Yorkshire County Premier League.

Hosts Barnsley won the toss, and Oliver Hannon-Dalby made quick inroads: he trapped George Ross lbw in the opening over, and in his seventh over he clean bowled the other opener, Alex Lees. Jack Leaning and Jonathan Tattersall pulled things round with a stand of 30, but it was not enough as Wilkinson caused many problems for the middle-order, which once more failed to take control.

Only Tattersall and Henry Chadwick batted with confidence, and their stand of 57 was the only one of note. As has happened throughout the season the middle-order did not perform well. The openers were dismissed quickly, and the Academy had no total to build on. From 96-7 thanks to Chadwick and Tattersall they progressed to 166-9, preventing Barnsley from taking all eight points. Would it be enough?

Matthew Wilson and Simon Widdup opened up for Barnsley with 36 as the Academy
pace attack failed to make the much-needed early breakthrough. The introduction of spin saw left-armer Leyshon bowl Widdup, and then Tattersall's leg-spin accounted for Wilson – whose 66 contained eight fours and a six.

Tattersall had Nuttall caught by the diving Lees at first slip, and Ross bowled Barnsley captain Jason Booth for 15. Leyshon sent back Wilkinson, thanks to David Girling’s superb diving catch at long-off, and with Barnsley at 150-6 one began to wonder if the Academy could win.

Leyshon's third victim was wicket-keeper Luke Bullingham, stumped by Chadwick, but Ben O’Brien stood firm with 12 needed for victory in three overs. Hannon-Dalby went to a silly run-out, but a huge six by O’Brien over mid-wicket eased Barnsley’s furrowed brows, and victory was gained with two balls to spare.

The Academy spinners could be pleased with their performance, but 10 or more runs could have seen the Academy to victory. Barnsley were indebted to spinner Wilkinson
and opening batsman Wilson.

Premier League Barnsley CC 1st XI v Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Saturday, June 25 2011 (12:00) at Shaw Lane, Barnsley

Barnsley CC 1st XI Won By 2 wickets

Points: Barnsley CC 1st XI: 0 Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI: 0

Barnsley CC 1st XI won toss and decided to field

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI	Barnsley CC 1st XI
166 for 9 (55.0 overs)	172 for 8 (54.4 overs)
3 Hours, 1 Minutes.	3 Hours, 21 Minutes.

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Alex Lees		b O Hannon-Dalby	8	37	49	1	0	21.62
George Ross	lbw	b O Hannon-Dalby	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Jack Leaning	st L Bullingham	b R Wilkinson	35	66	80	3	1	53.03
Jonathan Tattersall	c and b	R Wilkinson	61	111	124	4	0	54.95
Edward Wilson	c S Widdup	b R Wilkinson	8	12	12	1	0	66.67
William Rhodes		b X Coomber	12	23	21	2	0	52.17
Dave Girling	lbw	b R Wilkinson	1	11	10	0	0	9.09
Henry Chadwick+	c J Booth	b R Wilkinson	29	47	38	2	0	61.70
John Blain*	c O Hannon-Dalby	b R Wilkinson	1	6	6	0	0	16.67
Ben Coad	not out		6	7	9	0	0	85.71
Alex Leyshon	not out		2	8	6	0	0	25.00
Extras	0b 3lb 0w 0nb 0pen		3
Provisional Score For Innings			166
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			166	for 9

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	13.0	4	34	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	39.00	2.62
Henri Londt	9.0	4	19	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.11
Richard Macey (J)	6.0	0	23	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.83
Richard Wilkinson	18.0	2	55	6	0 (0)	0 (0)	18.00	3.06
Xander Coomber	6.0	0	22	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	36.00	3.67
Simon Widdup	3.0	0	10	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.33

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
George Ross	1-1	1	George Ross (0) Alex Lees (0)	0.6
Alex Lees	2-26	25	Alex Lees (8) Jack Leaning (16)	12.4
Jack Leaning	3-56	30	Jack Leaning (19) Jonathan Tattersall (11)	23.5
Edward Wilson	4-66	10	Edward Wilson (8) Jonathan Tattersall (2)	27.3
William Rhodes	5-91	25	William Rhodes (12) Jonathan Tattersall (12)	34.5
Dave Girling	6-96	5	Dave Girling (1) Jonathan Tattersall (4)	37.6
Henry Chadwick	7-153	57	Henry Chadwick (29) Jonathan Tattersall (28)	50.3
John Blain	8-156	3	John Blain (1) Jonathan Tattersall (2)	52.1
Jonathan Tattersall	9-159	3	Jonathan Tattersall (2) Ben Coad (1)	52.6

Barnsley CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Matthew Wilson	st H Chadwick	b J Tattersall	66	126	137	8	1	52.38
Simon Widdup		b A Leyshon	17	38	56	2	0	44.74
Steven Nuttall	c A Lees	b J Tattersall	9	31	58	0	0	29.03
Jason Booth*		b G Ross	15	32	28	1	0	46.88
Henri Londt		b J Tattersall	12	30	35	0	0	40.00
Benjamin O'Brien (J)	not out		37	44	58	3	2	84.09
Richard Wilkinson	c D Girling	b A Leyshon	7	14	11	1	0	50.00
Luke Bullingham+	st H Chadwick	b A Leyshon	2	7	7	0	0	28.57
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	run out (J Blain)		1	2	3	0	0	50.00
Xander Coomber	not out		1	4	6	0	0	25.00
Richard Macey (J)
Extras	0b 5lb 0w 0nb 0pen		5
Provisional Score For Innings			172
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			172	for 8

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
John Blain	8.0	1	29	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.63
Ben Coad	6.0	3	12	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.00
Alex Leyshon	12.4	1	34	3	0 (0)	0 (0)	25.33	2.68
Dave Girling	6.0	0	21	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.50
Jonathan Tattersall	14.0	2	36	3	0 (0)	0 (0)	28.00	2.57
George Ross	8.0	1	35	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	48.00	4.38

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
Simon Widdup	1-36	36	Simon Widdup (17) Matthew Wilson (18)	13.2
Steven Nuttall	2-84	48	Steven Nuttall (9) Matthew Wilson (39)	29.1
Matthew Wilson	3-109	25	Matthew Wilson (9) Jason Booth (15)	37.1
Jason Booth	4-111	2	Jason Booth (0) Henri Londt (1)	38.4
Henri Londt	5-141	30	Henri Londt (11) Benjamin O'Brien (J) (19)	47.3
Richard Wilkinson	6-150	9	Richard Wilkinson (7) Benjamin O'Brien (J) (1)	50.1
Luke Bullingham	7-155	5	Luke Bullingham (2) Benjamin O'Brien (J) (3)	52.1
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	8-156	1	Oliver Hannon-Dalby (1) Benjamin O'Brien (J) (0)	52.5