Sunday May 20 v Bradfield Waifs at Minley Manor - Won by 5 wickets
Bradfield Waifs 230 (K B H Stevens 93; A D Pickering 4-30, C W Yeldham 4-52); Sherborne Pilgrims 231-5 (A J T Brown 104)

After a slow start the Waifs were 180-2 at lunch but collapsed after the interval against steady off breaks from Pickering and Yeldham. The highlight of our innings was a hard hit century from Brown which enabled the runs to come in two and a quarter hours.

Sunday June 10 v Esher at Esher - Won by 30 runs
Sherborne Pilgrims 132 (D J Bayfield 5-23, G A Cottrell 4-40); Esher 102 (Bayfield 60)

A low scoring game of fluctuating fortunes. We made a steady start but 103-3 turned into 132 all out as a result of the lunch interval, excellent Esher fielding and indifferent batting. Esher made a terrible start and 15-5 soon became 46-9. We then had to endure one of those ghastly last wicket stands when you know you must win but just can't get that vital wicket. Bayfield batted very sensibly and scored 55 of the 56 for the last wicket, the other run being an extra. There was great relief when Anderton finally tempted him to give a catch.

Saturday June 30 v The School at Sherborne - Drawn
Sherborne School 204-4 dec (A J Whiteway 69, T W Marshall 60*); Sherborne Pilgrims 144-6 (J R Norris 69*)

The School started cautiously with 80 coming in the 95 minutes before lunch, but for the loss of only one wicket. Whiteway and Marshall pressed ahead after the interval and this led to a generous declaration. Our innings was in trouble at 18-4, but Norris and Kennedy got their heads down, and with the bowling lacking penetration the match ended in a tame draw.

Saturday July 14 v Hampstead at Hampstead - Abandoned

A new fixture arranged by Bill Morgan and bad luck that rain prevented any play.

Saturday August 4 v Canford Cygnets at Sherborne - Won by 6 wickets
Canford Cygnets 133 (J M S Kennedy 5-54); Sherborne Pilgrims 134-4

This was a slow Upper pudding, and accurate bowling by Kennedy and Collingwood made the Cygnets struggle to reach 133 in 200 minutes. We were well set at 45-3: Chignell and Eglington then put on 76 in an hour and victory was achieved with 15 minutes to spare.

Sunday August 5 v Sherborne Town at Sherborne (Terrace) - Drawn
Sherborne Pilgrims 172; Sherborne Town 160-9

We got off to a cracking start with 72 for the first wicket in 42 minutes, but the scoring slowed to a trickle as the wickets started to fall. The Town were never up with the clock, and in spite of a good effort from the bowlers it was poor catching which prevented a win.

Monday August 6 v Somerset Stragglers at Sherborne - Abandoned

Tuesday August 7 v Dorset Rangers at Sherborne - Drawn
Sherborne Pilgrims 184-4 dec (F M Anderton 83, R M Morgan 79); Dorset Rangers 71-3

After an early lunch the Rangers won the toss and to our surprise elected to field. Anderton and Morgan put on 160 for the first wicket in 110 minutes in spite of a very slow outfield. The declaration left the Rangers two and a quarter hours, but after an hour heavy rain was the winner.

Wednesday August 8 and Thursday August 9 v Charterhouse Friars at Winchester - Won by 9 wickets
Charterhouse Friars 178 (C N H Cain 52; F M Anderton 4-36) and 158; Sherborne Pilgrims 304-9 dec (B H Lock 120, Anderton 60) and 33-1

The Friars won the toss and, after an opening stand of 43, wickets fell at regular intervals to steady bowling. We were faltering at 58-3 (the Friars had been 59-3) but Lock and Anderton dug in and put on a valuable 68. At the close we were 202-4 with Lock on 90. We batted on for 70 minutes on the second morning with Lock completing an excellent century and Tucker scoring 47 in even time. The declaration left the Friars 126 behind with five hours' batting. They were 40-0 at lunch but then wickets started to fall and only Bayfield offered any resistance. The Friars were eventually all out with 75 minutes left. It started to rain as soon as we went out to get the 33 runs required, but the Friars sportingly bowled and fielded through six wet overs.

Friday August 10 v Hampshire Hogs at Winchester - Drawn
Sherborne Pilgrims 185-7 dec; Hampshire Hogs 169-5 (P R le Cras 73; F M Anderton 4-84)

We won the toss and made good progress on a slow wicket until two lbws and a run out altered the picture: 80-5 was a sobering thought at lunch. Sensible batting by the lower order retrieved the position and the declaration left the Hogs 160 minutes' batting. A heavy shower at the start of their innings made bowling difficult and the Hogs openers put on 104 in 113 minutes. Steady bowling by Anderton and Gould slowed the scoring rate, but had the Hogs started chasing the runs earlier they must have won.

Saturday August 11 v Old Wykehamists at Winchester - Lost by 7 wickets
Sherborne Pilgrims 209-9 dec (B D C Shields 65, F M Anderton 51); Old Wykehamists 212-3 (R P S Macnutt 87, R Chester 55)

Anderton and Shields played attractive innings, but with our shortage of bowling we needed more than 209 in three and a quarter hours batting. The Wykehamists batted extremely well, hitting the bowling to all parts of the field. If one or two hard chances had been accepted the flow of runs might have been stemmed: this was not to be, the runs came in two hours and our only defeat of the season.

Sunday August 12 v Old Tonbridgians at Tonbridge - Drawn
Old Tonbridgians 318-5 dec (J R Thompson 177, P J C Canney 90); Sherborne Pilgrims 243-9 (R W Beeney 81)

Our bowling was murdered by the attacking stroke play of Thompson and Canney who put on 221 for the third wicket in 91 minutes. Although several catches were dropped, the ground fielding was good. We were left three and a quarter hours, but made a poor start being 46-3, and then 82-4. Beeney and Maley came to the rescue with a stand of 80, whilst Parker played sensibly and held up the tail. Geddes faced the last three balls with great confidence.