Bovey Tracey
Nigel told us, “Bovey Tracey Cricket Club is looking
forward to the 2019 season. Indoor nets and training
have been well attended. The Zimbabwean Test opener
Brian Chari is our Overseas player. Brian also bowls off
spin. Two players have joined us. Ashley Treeby and
Freddie Ford have both switched from C Division West
side Kingsbridge. Ford, who went through the Devon
youth system, hit two tons and two more half-centuries
on his way to 691 league runs last season at an average
of 43.19. Ford’s change bowling earned 14 wickets in the
mid-20s.
Ashley Treeby, who has a decade of 1st XI experience
under his belt, averaged a fraction under 50 for
Kingsbridge last season. His tally of 549 league runs
include six 50s and a top score of 85 against Lewdown.”
“Freddie and Ashley are good additions to the club
who will add depth to the senior squad,” says 1st XI
Captain Toby Codd.
Nigel continued, “Medium pacer Ryan Bougourd
has returned from nearby Shaldon Optimists Cricket
Club. Ryan’s experience will prove invaluable as will the
return of paceman Hugo Whitlock.
Whitlock, 22, was enjoying a breakthrough season in
2017 for club and county when he suffered a severe side
strain. Bovey Tracey got eight Premier Division games
out of Whitlock between injury breaks last season, in
which he took nine wickets at around 16 runs each.
Bovey missed Whitlock and so did Devon, for whom
he had been bowling well in 2017.”
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