A MAGNIFICENT 147 run partnership between Jamie Nussbaumer and Kris Moherndl led Guernsey to victory over Jersey in the U19 cricket inter-insular at the KGV yesterday.

Captain Nussbaumer hit a stunning 91, while Moherndl notched up a technically delightful 68 to help post Guernsey’s formidable total of 257.

In response, Jersey were all out for 164, falling short by 93 runs.

It was the first time the U19 fixture has been played since 1992.

Guernsey were without Tim Ravenscroft, Ben Ferbrache and Peter Le Hegerat and having won the toss and deciding to bat, they found themselves plodding along at 95 for 3 in the 28th over.

The introduction of Moherndl to join his Cobo team mate Nussbaumer at the crease, when the third wicket went down, sparked things into life.

Nussbaumer standing tall in the crease hit the ball very hard.

He played a chanceless innings except for when he was nearly run out by Sharma in the 50s.

If the lanky seamer had the hit when he shied at the stumps it would have been game over for Nussbaumer.

Into the last ten overs and nearing 200, the pair who represent the senior island side in next week’s European Division II Championships in Glasgow, started to put their foot down.

This proved to be Nussbaumer’s undoing when four overs from the end he went for a large swipe at Sharma and was caught by the substitute fielder at mid wicket.

Off spinner Hamish Machlalan got some reward when he bowled Nussbaumer’s younger brother Luke for a golden duck.

Then he got the vital wicket of Moherndl who had a rush of blood to the head and danced down the wicket to be stumped by Matt Hanley.

Moherndl’s 68 had come off 66 balls.

This slight wobble was completed when Tom Kimber was run out and the Sarnians failed to capitalise on the last overs to get above 260.

With the bat Jersey had real difficulties dealing with Guernsey’s opening attack of Warr and Chris Dravers.

It was like watching cricket in days gone by as two old-fashioned away swing medium pacers, bowled a tight line and length on off stump.

Hanley went in the first over bowled by Warr, while Dravers got Jersey’s captain, Sam Dewhurst, lbw with a full pitch delivery that the right-hander tried to flick through leg.

It was plumb.

Tom Wherry and Machlalan started to get to grips with the situation to put on 32 runs before Moherndl came on.

With his extra pace, he soon picked up both their wickets.

The introduction of some slower stuff then proved to be successful for the Sarnians.

Leg spinner Luke Nussbaumer bowled left hander Will Golder with one that bit in the rough outside off stump in his first over.

He was later on a hat-trick when he dismissed Lee Meloy and Simon Warren with consecutive deliveries, but Matt Seymour saw the danger out.

Number 10 Seymour, with Dan Lundy, then proceeded to delay the inevitable for their team as they put up some resistance.

Seymour especially was not afraid to give it a go as batting partner was content in tucking the ball about.

In fact they might have been possibly starting to worry Jamie Nussbaumer who resorted to bringing back Moherndl.

Seymour, after getting a run a ball 43, must have been kicking himself when he hit a gift of a full toss from Luke Nussbaumer straight down Warr’s throat at square leg.

Moherndl cleaned up Lundy six balls later to wrap Jersey’s innings up.

‘It’s obviously disappointing to lose,’ said Jersey’s coach Ryan Driver.

‘Guernsey batted very well, taking the singles.

They kept wickets in hand, capitalised on this and scored quick runs at the end.

‘When we batted it’s always difficult when you lose quick early wickets especially in the top order.

No one really got in and no one contributed in a big way with a large 50 or a 100.’