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FRAMLINGHAM COLLEGE 1ST XI V OLD FRAMLINGHAMIANS XI - 24TH JUNE 2021
REPORT BY RICHARD HELDREICH
Framlingham College 1st XI
immediate reward with the wicket of
– 278 a.o. off 39.1 overs
Borges (83) and then a steady stream of
Jayden Borges – 84
dismissals to his nagging left-arm seam.
Henry Bevan – 59
Only Bevan (59) provided any significant
Harry Bureau – 7/38
resistance to the Bureau onslaught of
George Heldreich – 2/20
9-1-38-7. That said, except for Heldreich
and Donsworth, the OF bowling attack
Old Framlinghamians XI
had leaked sufficiently to yield the school a
– 283/8 off 46 overs
challenging 278.
Ben Chapman – 158
James Cowell – 42
The OF openers of Chapman and
Jayden Borges – 3/52
Routledge were parted in the second over
Max Thompson – 2/54
and Bureau followed shortly afterwards
bowled by Bevan. At 8-2, a partnership
This was a thriller!
was needed and Chapman and Cowell
After a complete school season
duly obliged with 95 runs for the 3rd
decimated by Covid-19 in 2020 and most
wicket. Chapman’s partners came and
of this season played behind closed doors,
went but not before adding valuable runs
it was a delight to finally get to see cricket
to the score. Chapman brought up his
on The Back, with parents, students and
100 in the 32nd over and his 150 in the
friends all witnessing a match which had
43rd over with crisply timed boundary
everything. The OFs deliberately included
off Bevan. Borges finally removed him
several of the 2020 leavers who had
for 158 (143 balls, 20 x 4, 2 x 6) with the
missed their last season.
OFs needing just 3. The coup de grâce
was delivered in unlikely fashion by Ben
The school, captained by Henry Bevan,
Swinburn who launched Borges for 6!
won the toss and chose to bat. After the
An OF win by 2 wickets which was duly
early wicket of White, Borges and Francis-
celebrated at The Station Hotel! Thanks
Smith enjoyed a 116-run partnership
to all who played and to the College
before the introduction of 2019 1st XI
for hosting some much needed sporting
captain, Harry Bureau, brought about
entertainment.
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