Author: Barry Aitken

Victors over the Army Masters

-
0

On a bright afternoon at the beautiful, vast expanse of the Tidworth cricket ground, a well balanced, fairly youthful Wiltshire Queries took on an energetic, confident Army Masters team in a reduced 35 overs match. Under blue skies and on a decent looking pitch, the Masters had no hesitation in

Gunners Gain the Upper Hand

-
0

Queries lost out in an entertaining run chase at Larkhill. Having opted to bowl first, we were delighted when Moses Onyuro picked up an early wicket, as our seam attack caused real problems. Christian Syms grabbed the second with a return catch and Alex Farquhar was unlucky to finish his

Our Introduction to T10 at Chilmark

-
0

Wiltshire Queries v Chilmark Sunday 7th July 2024. A youthful side assembled, in the nick of time, and all raring to go. The forecast was less than bright but Chilmark insisted “definitely game on”. On arrival, rain was falling and continued to do so for a while. MM Geoff Ramsey thought

Rain, rain go away !

-
0

The Free Foresters fixture on 5th July was cancelled by the weather - a huge pity as it is such an important fixture. Two days later, at Chilmark, the match was reduced to a 10 overs a side game as the match organisers tried to fit a some play

A Win at Potterne

-
0

Jack Bramwell led his team of 10 to a resounding victory in a 35 over match against Potterne CC yesterday. Put in the field, Christian Syms and Freddie Higton took the new ball and at 5 overs for 42 and 3 overs 1 for 22 got us onto the score

A Winning Draw for the King’s Bruton XI

-
0

Report by Nick Bunday.Match drawn. King's 246 for 9 from 53 overs. Sam Waters was the pick of the 8 bowlers used (9 overs, 3 for 30), supported by Christian Syms (9 overs 2 for 50), Jake Bunday (10 overs 2 for 56) and Joe Dorgan (8 overs 1 for

We Came Second Again

-
0

Queries vs Marlborough College Sadly we came second again! A match report will doubtless follow, however suffice to say it was a cracking good day out at the College, we were looked after fantastically, had a good game with lots to be pleased about, and all enjoyed the spirit of the

Queries lose at South Wilts

-
0

The Queries came second best to a strong South Wilts side this evening. We posted 122 for 5 and South Wilts chased it down in 13 overs with 6 wickets down. Our top five made steady but slow progress against some fine seam bowling, with Adam Batisson’s 30 being the

A Wet Start to the First Week

-
0

Having scraped a 3 wicket win in the initial 20 over game against Erlestoke, there was an element of anticipation building for the next week when we had two more 20 over fixtures against Devizes CC and South Wilts CC. Sadly the weather then intervened and both games were