Sunday June 8 v Esher at Esher - Lost by 31 runs
Esher 217-7 dec (P G Wreford 102); Sherborne Pilgrims 186 (J M S Broadley 69, C R J Eglington 57; A T W Blair 5-67, G Morgan 4-62)

Saturday June 21 v The School at Sherborne - Drawn
Sherborne School 173-9 dec (M C Brookes 55; M Maley 4-45, S P Tindall 4-47); Sherborne Pilgrims 122-6 (J D F Tucker 50*)
Saturday August 2 v Canford Cygnets at Sherborne - Won by 59 runs
Sherborne Pilgrims 187-4 dec (J B Blackshaw 100*); Canford Cygnets 128 (J A D Curtis 4-22, D C P R Jowett 4-37)
Sunday August 3 v Sherborne Town at Sherborne (Terrace) - Drawn
Sherborne Pilgrims 175-9 dec (C R Dawnay 88; D C P R Jowett 4-40); Sherborne Town 43-1 - Rain
Monday August 4 v Somerset Stragglers at Sherborne - Lost by 19 runs
Somerset Stragglers 164 (P Harvey 62; D C P R Jowett 4-44, J A D Curtis 4-46); Sherborne Pilgrims 145 (J Luff 6-52)
Tuesday August 5 v Dorset Rangers at Sherborne - Won by 5 wickets
Dorset Rangers 133-7 dec; Sherborne Pilgrims 134-5 (P M Lewis 73*)
Wednesday August 6 and Thursday August 7 v Charterhouse Friars at Winchester - Drawn
Charterhouse Friars 309-4 dec (E O Jackson 105, T R Jakobson 73, M E I A Wells 61) and 128-4 dec; Sherborne Pilgrims 203 (J B Blackshaw 53; M D Livock 4-53) and 162-8 (C R Dawnay 70; Jakobson 5-19)
Friday August 8 v Hampshire Hogs at St Cross - Won by 16 runs
Sherborne Pilgrims 178-7 dec; Hampshire Hogs 162 (B H Lock 5-55)
Saturday August 9 v Old Wykehamists at Winchester - Lost by 78 runs
Old Wykehamists 183; Sherborne Pilgrims 105 (R P S MacNutt 7-33)
Sunday August 10 v Old Tonbridgians at Tonbridge - Lost by 41 runs
Old Tonbridgians 205 (M Maley 5-74); Sherborne Pilgrims 164 (M C Brookes 50; A B E Hudson 5-77, S J B Langdale 4-57)

As far as the manager was concerned, cricket this year gave more cause for optimism than had been the case for several years. Difficulties in raising sides vanished, and the problem was generally whom to leave out. Even so, it should be borne in mind that we are still lamentably short of bowlers who can keep an end going with any economy, and it is a moot point where we should have been without Mark Maley, who bowled 160 overs, nearly four times as many as any other person, bowler, batsman or captain.

The Esher match proved the greatest fun, and although we lost by 30 runs through a batting collapse we were quickly revived by a mammoth party in the pavilion: for this we are much indebted to the Eglington family. Commem. was indecisive, but the four matches at Sherborne brought us two wins. John Blackshaw scored a good hundred on the first day and this, coupled with David Jowett, was too much for the Cygnets. Next, Chris Dawnay made short work of the Town bowling, but unfortunately the match was abandoned just after tea. The Stragglers gained a long awaited victory, partly through our feeble batting, but the Rangers match, which we were lucky to play with so much rain about, was won with very little time to spare after fine innings by Peter Lewis and Hugh Carey.

The match with the Friars underlined our shortage of bowing as we were only able to dismiss eight Carthusians in the two days, but we managed to draw the match with two wickets left; the next day we beat the Hogs by a narrow margin, largely due to the bowling of Lock, whose only match on the tour this was. Against the Wykehamists and Tonbridgians we were not quite so lucky, as in both cases we lost the toss and were let down by our batting when aiming at moderate totals.