Friday June 8 and Saturday June 9 v The School at Sherborne - Drawn
Sherborne School 175-8 dec (K A O'Connor 53*) and 209-5 dec (D I Gillespie 77); Sherborne Pilgrims 177-7 dec and 128-7

Sunday July 8 v Esher at Esher - Lost by 137 runs
Esher 333-9 dec (R D Jupp 167, B N S Kidson 81); Sherborne Pilgrims 196 (W S Blackshaw 83, G Morgan 6-58)
Saturday August 4 v Canford Cygnets at Canford - Won by 8 wickets
Canford Cygnets 92 (J H Pennock 58; P H Wakely 5-23, B H Lock 4-26); Sherborne Pilgrims 96-2 (Lock 51*)
Sunday August 5 v Sherborne Town at Sherborne (Terrace) - Abandoned
Monday August 6 v Somerset Stragglers at Sherborne - Drawn
Somerset Stragglers 95-1 (B E Collingwood 56*) - Rain
Tuesday August 7 v Dorset Rangers at Sherborne - Lost by 25 runs
Dorset Rangers 131; Sherborne Pilgrims 106
Wednesday August 8 and Thursday August 9 v Marlborough Blues at Sherborne - Drawn
Sherborne Pilgrims 248-8 dec (R F S Chignell 75, W S Blackshaw 73) and 142-9 dec; Marlborough Blues 241 (G E S Woodhouse 58; P H Wakely 6-35) and 142-7 (M R G Earls-Davis 5-39)
Friday August 10 v Old Cliftonians at Sherborne - Drawn
Old Cliftonians 234-7 dec (A R Mutter 80, N Gibbs 62); Sherborne Pilgrims 164-8
Saturday August 11 v Hampshire Hogs at St Cross - Abandoned
Sunday August 12 v Old Tonbridgians at Tonbridge - Lost by 60 runs
Old Tonbridgians 216-7 dec (C H Knott 100*); Sherborne Pilgrims 156 (Knott 6-62)

This was certainly a less successful year for Pilgrims cricket than 1950. Partly this was due to the weather, partly to the inability of successive captains to win the toss, but mainly because for the first time since the War the side found runs difficult to get. Only once, in the first innings against the Marlborough Blues, did the batting seem secure; for the rest the side always found it difficult to score runs against time on soft wickets. It was a great disappointment to all that rain caused the first match against Sherborne Town to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. It is hoped that this game, on the Terrace, may become a regular annual fixture.