1979 Village Cup final – East Bierley v Ynysygerwn

Venue Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood on 25th August 1979 (40-over match)
Balls per over 6
Toss Ynysygerwn won the toss and decided to field
Result East Bierley won by 92 runs
Umpires NH Birch, S Gale
Scorers J Atkinson, T Hopkins

East Bierley innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s
R Sanderson run out 32 68 94 1 –
B Nurse b James 16 32 36 1 1
ME Walwyn lbw b Watkins 19 17 22 1 1
C Defoe c GD Williams b Curtis 61 60 60 7 1
J Decent not out 45 38 52 4 2
F Jones not out 30 29 26 2 2
*P Taylor did not bat
G Fisher did not bat
+A Wilson did not bat
A Pickersgill did not bat
P Topp did not bat
Extras (3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) 13
Total (4 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs) 216
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Nurse), 2-55 (Walwyn), 3-112 (Sanderson), 4-152 (Defoe)
Ynysygerwn bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls
Watkins 9 1 32 1 – –
James 9 0 43 1 – 2
GD Williams 9 0 53 0 – –
Curtis 9 1 46 1 1 –
Evans 4 0 29 0 1 –

Ynysygerwn innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s
A Geogheghan b Topp 9 30 45 – –
C McKay b Pickersgill 10 10 11 2 –
+M Davies b Defoe 26 44 35 2 –
R Williams b Pickersgill 25 46 56 – –
*GD Williams b Taylor 13 19 15 2 –
DW Thomas c and b Walwyn 24 38 37 1 1
D Evans c Jones b Taylor 6 9 19 – –
J Curtis run out 3 5 5 – –
W Rees b Walwyn 0 4 6 – –
R Watkins not out 1 4 7 – –
B James b Taylor 0 2 3 – –
Extras (1 b, 5 lb, 1 w) 7
Total (all out, 130 minutes, 35.4 overs) 124
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (McKay), 2-43 (Geogheghan), 3-49 (Davies), 4-68 (GD Williams), 5-105 (R Williams), 6-118 (Thomas), 7-122 (Curtis), 8-122 (Rees), 9-123 (Evans), 10-124 (James, 35.4 ov)
East Bierley bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls
Topp 9 0 27 1 – –
Pickersgill 9 0 33 2 1 –
Defoe 7 0 25 1 – –
Taylor 6.4 0 23 3 – –
Walwyn 4 1 9 2 – –