York Senior League
Premier Division
Stamford Bridge (12pts) drew
with Beverley Town (25pts)
Beverley Town 164
Stamford Bridge 131-8
The start to the 2006 season saw Beverley CC travel to newly promoted Stamford Bridge, a team widely seen as the league's relegation favourites.
After losing the toss, Beverley struggled on a worn pitch with a wicket lost off the second ball of the game; this continued steadily as wickets fell at regular intervals on a pitch showing variable bounce and seam movement. Stephenson was holding the innings together as he amassed 34 on his return to the side after a season long break. But he departed, followed by a further wicket as Peter Parnaby joined Ali Brumfield at the crease. They began to steadily increase the scoring as singles were seemingly taken at will. They …

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