Templepatrick's maiden season in the top flight turned into a bit of a nightmare as they won only one of 15 matches to finish well clear at the bottom of the Premiership.

They found the step up too challenging and their lack of depth and quality in the ranks was brutally exposed.

You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to see where it all went wrong when you look at the statistics for the batting and even more so the bowling.

Charlie Swart topped the batting scoring 609 runs at 32.05 and was one of three players to score five half centuries. Unfortunately his talent attracted suitors and he will be plying his trade next year at CIYMS.

Skipper Ross Bryans made 514 runs at 27.05 (5 fifties), while Sri Lankan overseas professional Sandun Weerakkody hit 489 runs at 32.60.

There was quite a gap then to Patrick Tice - also off to pastures new at Woodvale - who made 240 runs at 17.14, while the only senior hundred was made by temporary professional Neil Brand, whose two innings were 144 and 30.

None of the bowling unit managed to hit the 20-wicket mark, with Evan Carlisle leading the way taking 18 wickets at 33.28, ahead of Ross Bryans whose 16 wickets came at 33.38.

Spinner Michael Stewart opened the bowling on occasions and took 13 wickets at 40.46, while Charlie Swart was next in line with just nine wickets.

Templepatrick have solid foundations with an excellent youth structure in place that will ensure their lomg-term future is rosy. They will definitely find life in Section One more comfortable, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see them challenging for promotion once again.

TEMPLEPATRICK BATTING

# Name Club Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 C Swart T'Patri 21 21 2 609 78 32.05 1025 59.41 - 5 101 14
2 R Bryans T'Patri 20 19 - 514 89 27.05 681 75.48 - 5 49 8
3 Sandun Weerakkody T'Patri 16 16 1 489 65 32.60 452 108.19 - 5 70 14
4 P Tice T'Patri 16 15 1 240 52 17.14 362 66.30 - 1 22 12
5 Jack Smyth T'Patri 18 18 - 184 30 10.22 309 59.55 - - 18 2
6 N Brand T'Patri 2 2 - 174 144 87.00 147 118.37 1 - 21 3
7 R Smith T'Patri 5 5 - 161 65 32.20 204 78.92 - 2 20 1
8 Ben Cave T'Patri 15 14 - 157 33 11.21 197 79.70 - - 12 4
9 Mark Thompson T'Patri 16 13 - 133 30 10.23 167 79.64 - - 13 1
10 L Cave T'Patri 14 14 3 131 28* 11.91 229 57.21 - - 8 4
11 Ewan Wilson T'Patri 8 7 - 119 33 17.00 149 79.87 - - 14 3
12 M Stewart T'Patri 16 14 2 62 12 5.17 144 43.06 - - 6 -
13 E Carlisle T'Patri 19 15 9 46 14 7.67 150 30.67 - - 3 -
14 N Kane T'Patri 12 11 3 43 12* 5.38 78 55.13 - - 3 1
15 R Greer T'Patri 7 6 1 42 27 8.40 289 14.53 - - 3 -
16 J Busby T'Patri 6 5 4 32 13* 32.00 80 40.00 - - 3 -
17 L Jenkins T'Patri 1 1 - 20 20 20.00 26 76.92 - - 3 -
18 B McCallan T'Patri 6 5 3 11 7* 5.50 33 33.33 - - 1 -
19 M Thompson T'Patri 1 1 - 8 8 8.00 12 66.67 - - 1 -
20 E Wilson T'Patri 1 1 - 4 4 4.00 8 50.00 - - - -
21 F McCarthy T'Patri 2 2 - 2 2 1.00 16 12.50 - - - -
22 J Carlisle T'Patri 1 1 - 1 1 1.00 14 7.14 - - - -
 

TEMPLEPATRICK BOWLING

# Name Club Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 E Carlisle T'Patri 19 88 1 599 18 3-28 33.28 6.81 29.33 - 54 5
2 R Bryans T'Patri 20 88 5 534 16 4-50 33.38 6.07 33.00 - 35 8
3 M Stewart T'Patri 16 108 4 526 13 3-49 40.46 4.87 49.85 - 3 1
4 C Swart T'Patri 21 81.1 3 564 9 2-24 62.67 6.95 54.11 - 19 2
5 Sandun Weerakkody T'Patri 16 82.4 4 459 7 2-29 65.57 5.55 70.86 - 10 1
6 D Kane T'Patri 5 33 - 166 5 2-43 33.20 5.03 39.60 - 3 -
7 Ewan Wilson T'Patri 8 45 3 245 5 3-17 49.00 5.44 54.00 - 18 -
8 B McCallan T'Patri 6 10.2 - 87 4 3-17 21.75 8.42 15.50 - 5 1
9 L Cave T'Patri 14 36.3 2 245 4 1-25 61.25 6.71 54.75 - 7 -
10 N Brand T'Patri 2 16 1 95 3 2-32 31.67 5.94 32.00 - 4 -
11 Ben Cave T'Patri 15 19 - 152 3 2-20 50.67 8.00 38.00 - 2 -
12 B Lowry T'Patri 1 2 - 17 1 1-17 17.00 8.50 12.00 - 2 -
13 R Smith T'Patri 5 15.1 - 100 1 1-29 100.00 6.59 91.00 - 3 1
14 J Busby T'Patri 6 16 2 105 1 1-32 105.00 6.56 96.00 - - 1
15 J Carlisle T'Patri 1 5 - 26 - 0-26 - 5.20 - - 1 -
16 E Wilson T'Patri 1 3 - 30 - 0-30 - 10.00 - - 2 -
17 C Courtney T'Patri 1 7 - 40 - 0-40 - 5.71 - - 2 -
18 Jack Smyth T'Patri 18 7.1 - 60 - 0-4 - 8.37 - - 4 -