Day to remember for Evenwood pair

Durham & North East Cricket League Division Two Bill Quay v Evenwood

It was a day to remember for Evenwood batters Thomas Teesdale and Owen Peddelty, who smashed a 36-year-old record on Saturday.

On June 16, 1990, Clint Yorke and John Longstaff put on 269 for the second wicket for Evenwood in a fixture against Mainsforth. On June 13, 2026, Teesdale and Peddelty broke that record, scoring 272 in a second-wicket stand against Bill Quay.

The pair came together with Evenwood 0-1 after Lewis Leng was bowled for a golden duck by Michael Shiel.

That brought Teesdale and Peddelty together and the pair both went on to score centuries. Teasdale scored a relatively sedate 110 off 145 balls, hitting 16 fours and a six.

Peddelty, however, smashed an unbeaten 141 off 122 balls, a thrilling innings which included five sixes and ten fours.

Evenwood eventually reached 301-2 off 45 overs, a total Bill Quay were never likely to chase down.

Not content with scoring a century, and no doubt buzzing from batting so well, Teesdale took 4-25 with the ball as the hosts were bowled out for 137.

Evenwood 301-2 (45 overs) bt Bill Quay 137 all out (36.4 overs) by 174 runs

Division Six Evenwood II v Tantobie

Not to be outdone by the first team, Evenwood Seconds registered a huge batting partnership of their own in their fixture against Tantobie.

After being reduced to 29-2 when both openers fell cheaply, Daniel Mosley and Adam Martindale put on 198 runs in an unbeaten third-wicket stand.

Mosley scored 86 not out and Martindale scored a century (105 not out).

Tantobie batted out their 40 overs, scoring 164-8. Rory Francis took 3-37 and Matthew Baldock claimed 2-9 off four overs.

Evenwood Seconds 227-2 (40 overs) bt Tantobie 164-8 (40 overs) by 63 runs

Darlington & District Cricket League Division A Cliffe v Barningham

Keeper-batsman Gary Walker smashed 88 off 40 balls – including ten sixes – and Adam Bellwood hit an unbeaten 43 off 27 balls as Barningham scored 239.

The visitors’ bowlers then came to the party with Joe Blackburn taking 4-35 and Ralph Makepeace 3-45 as Cliffe were bowled out for 137.

Barningham 239 all out (36.4overs) bt Cliffe 137 all out (30.4 overs) by 102 runs

Cockerton v Raby Castle

Matthew Dent scored an unbeaten century to help Raby consolidate their position at the top of the Division A table.

Asked to bat first, Raby lost two early wickets before Dent (100 not out) and Sean Heyes (85) controlled the innings as Raby reached a very respectable 238-5.

For a time Cockerton kept up with the required run rate before Joe Beadle had Pratish Thakkar (48) caught behind by Dent, who had swapped his batting gloves for keeping gloves.

The wicket broke a solid batting partnership and Cockerton eventually lost by 82 runs.

The wickets fell to Beadle (2-37), Tom Webb (2-25) and Finlay Kirkup (1-17).

Raby 238-5 (40 overs) bt Cockerton 156-6 (40 overs) by 82 runs

Spennymoor v Aldbrough St John

Aldbrough made Spennymoor pay for asking them to bat, putting on a massive 153 runs for the first wicket.

Matthew Brown finished 159 not out from 129 balls, hitting five sixes and 18 fours, while Matthew Fleming scored 63 in a final total of 283-2.

Spennymoor made a decent fist of their reply with opener Tom Whittaker scoring 99 but they couldn’t keep pace with the run rate and finished on 238-7. Fleming took 3-56.

Aldbrough 283-2 (40 overs) bt Spennymoor (238-7 (40 overs) by 45 runs

Division B Middleton-in-Teesdale v Houghton II

Anthony Coatsworth top-scored with 64 as Middleton posted 189-8 against Houghton Seconds, who were bowled out for 91.

Sam Barnard took 3-14 in four overs while Josh Andrews (2-26) and Ethan Barnard (2-24) also chipped in with vital wickets.

Middleton 189-8 (40 overs) bt Houghton Seconds 91 all out (21.4 overs) by 98 runs

Cliffe II v Northallerton IV

Danny Brown (69) scored a half-century as Cliffe Seconds scored 236-5 against Northallerton Fourths, who were skittled for just 52.

Rich Mallender took 3-12 and Max Zyms 3-15 as Cliffe bowled out the visitors inside 34 overs.

Cliffe Seconds 236-5 (40 overs) bt Northallerton Fourths 52 all out (33.1 overs) by 184 runs

Raby Castle II v Etherley

Raby Seconds were beaten on back-to-back Saturdays for the first time this season.

Electing to field, Raby faced some aggressive batting from the visitors but managed to take nine wickets through Beth Poole (2-67), Sam Webb (3-25), Dylan Gilchrist (2-74) and Annabelle Tiplady (1-13) as Etherley reached 227-9. Jinoy Lona top scored with 98 not out.

If youth leads Raby’s bowling attack it’s experience that dominates the batting. Captain Robert Kirkup posted 48, Kerry Powell 43 and Chris Bird 22 in a total of 170-9.

Etherley 227-9 (40 overs) bt Raby Seconds 170-9 (40 overs) by 57 runs

Division C Etherley II v Aldbrough St John II

Etherley Seconds 140-7 lost to Aldbrough Seconds 145-6 by 4 wickets.