Horley first and second XIs make it two wins from two

Sam Remfry starred with the ball for Horley CC 1st XI and Horley CC Hackers this week. Picture courtesy of Katie Field

Horley CC continued their winning start to the Surrey County League Premier Division season, beating Weybridge Vandals CC by seven wickets.

On a day that looked very likely to be interrupted by weather, Horley skipper Charlie Robins elected to field first, and Horley got off to a fantastic start, reducing Weybridge to 9-2 with Robins (4-37) picking up both early wickets.

A couple of chances for further dismissals were missed and Dan Fenton (56) and Amandeep Singh (114*) took advantage and started to up the scoring.

There were two rain delays and after the second, Horley regrouped and Sam Remfry (2-33) claimed the key wicket of Fenton, caught spectacularly by brother Ben.

This slowed the run rate up and put pressure on Singh to score by himself as wickets kept falling the other end.

After one final rain delay, Weybridge got the chance to finish their innings and Singh ended up with an unbeaten century in a total of 216-9 from 45 overs. Matt Gainsford took one wicket and there were two runouts.

Horley were set a revised target of 154 from 26 overs. They lost a couple of early wickets, with both Remfrys being trapped lbw by Jonny Powell (1-18) and Woo Powell (2-39).

With the score at 50-2, Gainsford (50) and Nathan Baily (70*) shared a 50-run partnership to steady the Horley innings and lead them towards the 154 total.

Gainsford fell to Woo Powell and the incoming batsman Ben Davies played second fiddle to Baily as he ended the innings with a flourish by dispatching the Weybridge bowlers to all parts of the ground, getting Horley home with an over to spare.

HORLEY CC 2ND XI

Horley CC 2nd XI made it two wins out of two in the Fuller’s County League 2nd XI Premier Division, beating Southern Railway, Kenley & Selsdon CC by 136 runs, thanks to a great opening partnership, including 85 for Andrew Thomas, followed by six wickets for Chris Cosham.

Horley travelled with a strong team and had a little apprehension regarding the weather and state of the pitch and being put into bat did not seem ideal, with rain threatening.

Openers Thomas and Richard Waddington each survived relatively easy chances in the opening overs, but through diligent and watchful defence, and with the bad balls being dispatched to the boundary, the partnership started to grow.

This, combined with good running between the wickets and the inability of the opposition fielders to hold any catches, saw Thomas and Waddington put together a match-winning partnership of 155 at nearly six an over.

Thomas was first to fall on an excellent 85 with Waddington following soon after with a well-constructed 61.

George Hyde (16), Anthony Puttick (16) and Matt Ware (18*) kept the runs flowing and Horley ended up on a very creditable 222-6 off their 45 overs.