Chris Towler followed up his very successful first year with the Northants Disability Team with another great season.
On Friday 19 th July a very healthy contingent from Cogenhoe Cricket Club turned up at the County Ground to support our very own Chris Towler who was playing for the Northants Disability Team against a Help for Heroes XI. We were extremely proud to sponsor Chris and his team mate Craig Fowler on what turned out to be a cracking evening.
Malcolm Browning, Alex Towler,Charlie Bryant, Chris, Roy Quennell and Jason Roberts
Batting first Northants lost a couple of quick wickets before finally getting to grips with the Help for Heroes attack. Eventually the moment we had all been waiting for when Chris made his way to the middle.
With Dad David pacing around like an expectant father, Chris coolly went about his business scoring 17 out of a total of 163 all out.
The Help for Heroes team got off to a dreadful start and at one point were 11-6 but they did manage to gain some respectability to the score finishing on 109 giving Northants victory by 54 runs.
Everyone from our club who attended was impressed with the passion, commitment and skill shown by both teams and we all had a superb evening and we have pledged our support for Chris and Craig for next years match.
All the money raised on the evening went to the Help for Heroes charity which benefitted to the tune of £2 500 , money raised by an entrance fee and a raffle where the signed Sachin Tendulkar bat went to a certain Louise Towler which rounded off a perfect evening for them.
Roy Quennell with Craig Fowler.
Recently Chris took part in a tournament at Lords and below is his report
