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Played 17: Won 3, Lost 6, Drawn 7, Abandoned 1.
Saturday May 1 v Emmanuel College at Cambridge - Lost by 3 wickets
This was a close fought game played on a beautiful wicket but, alas, we never had enough runs to bowl against. Hughes played well but the rest of our batting was rather brittle. Although we bowled and fielded keenly, the more experienced Emmanuel batsmen saw them home with time to spare. Sunday May 2 v Magdalene College at Cambridge - Won by 9 wickets After a night of revelling it was fortunate for some that we did not start until noon though a disaster that we lost the toss and had to field. Kennedy, markedly slower than the previous day, and Gould opened the bowling, with Hardie claiming a ricked back. It was another good wicket and it required the skill of Lytle and some luck to dismiss Magdalene for 168. Their bowling was not of a very high standard and Rowe and Wingfield Digby put on 120 for the first wicket. Gould joined Rowe and the remaining runs were knocked off easily. Sunday May 16 v Bradfield Waifs at Warnford - Lost by 80 runs The Waifs won the toss and on a cold May day batted competently without any fireworks. Our innings never got going and, although Mence bowled well, the main stumbling block was lack of practice. Sunday May 30 - Cricketer Cup first round v Uppingham Rovers at Uppingham - No result We won the toss and made a slow start scoring 27 for the loss of one wicket in the first 20 overs. Wingfield Digby and Hughes put on 46 for the second wicket but with the score at 69 Everatt started a collapse. Rain caused an extended lunch interval of 100 minutes but on the resumption Everatt bowled steadily in the damp conditions. It was not until Kennedy joined Gould with the total 95-7 that our batting improved and they put on 45 together. Gould batted well, with excellent running between the wickets, and Kennedy was responsible for two towering sixes, the second of which deposited the ball in a thick hedge outside the ground. Uppingham made a brisk start and were 51-1 after 14 overs with Purves going well. He was out to the first ball of the 19th over, and two balls later another wicket fell (R W J Hardie 2-9). At this point the rain started in earnest and the match had to be abandoned. If we had bowled 20 overs the match would have been decided on run rate. Our rate was 3.07 so Uppingham required two runs in nine balls. We were saved from this delicate problem and a replay was arranged for the next Sunday at Sherborne. Sunday June 6 - Cricketer Cup first round replay v Uppingham Rovers at Sherborne - Lost by 3 wickets We won the toss and were given a flying start by Hughes and Wingfield Digby with 57 runs in the first 20 overs. Wingfield Digby was out in the 25th over after an excellent opening stand of 78 and Hughes followed soon after to a magnificent catch at cover. At lunch we were 92-3 after 35 overs, with only 11 runs coming in the last eight overs. This slower scoring rate continued after the interval, with occasional bursts of action, and at the end of our 55 overs we had scrambled to the disappointing total of 192-9. Uppingham made a cautious reply and at tea were 38-1 after 15 overs. Four chances were put down in this period and after tea we paid for our errors when Watson and Leppington put on 71 for the second wicket. Leppington was out in the 32nd over with the score 100-2. Uppingham were now on top, but in the next 16 overs the match swung our way as we captured four wickets for 45 runs. 145-6 with seven overs left put the result very much in the balance, but three expensive overs wrecked our chances and Uppingham were home with two overs to spare. Sunday June 27 v Radley Rangers at Radley - Lost by 1 wicket On the usual good Radley wicket 500 runs looked likely for the day's play, but events proved otherwise. Richard Hughes was out to the first, and possibly the worst, ball of the innings and Rowe found little support from the other early batsmen. Our tail fared better and managed to support Sutton, a Radley 2nd XI player whom we had to borrow on the morning of the match owing to a late cry-off. He batted very sensibly for a valuable 43 and this meant that our total was not too meagre. In the end this was proved as the match was not lost until the last ball of the final over when, with a ring of fielders placed to prevent a single, the ball trickled to short fine leg while a run was scrambled. We must mention our substitute again as he held four fine catches. Saturday July 10 v The School at Sherborne - Drawn The School won the toss and after losing their openers for 30 were helped by some good batting from Hume and Fursdon who put on 71 for the third wicket. Rowe was in good form but our innings never got going. A rather tame draw which was not helped by the short playing hours. Friday July 16 v Old Sedberghians at Sherborne - Drawn Sedbergh won the toss but made a poor showing before lunch when they were 98-6. Smith, who was dropped at 18, found support from the tail and, although he scored slowly, it was a valuable innings. We were left with 70 minutes less batting time but good knocks from Walker and Constant put us in a reasonable position. The third wicket fell at 140 with 45 minutes left and with two more going soon after the innings lost momentum. If only we had held our catches in the morning. Saturday July 17 v Canford Cygnets at Canford - Drawn Canford won the toss and on a warm day batted for three and a half hours leaving us two hours to get the runs. Proctor started off in great form hitting Shackleton for several fours in the early overs, but when he decided to run himself out we fell behind the stiff run rate, and several wickets were lost through careless strokes. It was not a very inspiring day's cricket. Sunday July 18 v Sherborne Town at Sherborne - Drawn We won the toss and made a slow and disastrous start. Hodgson bowled 24 overs unchanged and at one stage had the impressive figures of 11-9-4-2. After 32 overs we were 64-6 but Brearley came to the rescue and put on 56 for the next wicket with Carey (16) in 30 minutes. The final flourish came from Walker who, in 18 minutes, made 32 of the 47 runs scored. The Town's innings was made up of an early reverse followed by a good recovery which took them to 103-4. Wickets then fell in quick succession and they were happy to escape with a draw. Monday July 19 v Somerset Stragglers at Sherborne - Won by 107 runs We won the toss and batted first on a worn Upper wicket. The bounce was uneven and the first five batsmen thought it was too difficult and contributed 66 scratchy runs. Lough and O'Hanlon set about putting things straight and helped to steady the innings. O'Hanlon left soon after lunch but Lough battled on and was last out. An excellent innings in none too easy conditions. The Stragglers never got going after the initial break from Geddes and found our spinners turning it too much. Tuesday July 20 v Dorset Rangers at Sherborne - Drawn We won the toss and after losing two early wickets Rowe and Gould put on 124 in under two hours. When Rowe was out Gould went steadily on keeping the run rate going with well taken singles and the occasional four. He was sixth out at 238 having batted for three hours. The Rangers made a convincing reply with all their batsmen making useful scores. Hunter was responsible for guiding the innings, and with half an hour left the Rangers were in a very strong position, needing only 42 runs with seven wickets in hand. At this point our bowling tightened up and, although Hunter completed a fine century in the last over, the Rangers were left stranded four runs short. Wednesday July 21 v Old Cliftonians at Sherborne - Won by 2 wickets Clifton won the toss and elected to bat on a dampish wicket. They made a good start with 28 for the first wicket in half an hour, but then the rot set in and some undistinguished strokes brought their innings to an end soon after lunch. 94 to win appeared easy and with 21 up for the first wicket there were few clouds on the horizon. Two terrible hours later we were 77-8 and all set to lose, but Gould (25*) and Geddes (13*) put their heads down and we scrambled home. It was a long and frustrating day for so few runs, but a good fight. Sunday July 25 v Old Tonbridgians at Tonbridge - Drawn After considerable difficulties in beating the bad weather and raising a side, we lost the toss and fielded with only ten men, and two of them outsiders. The attack was not very penetrating, especially with a wet ball, and the OT's were able to move the score along with reasonable ease, eventually declaring at tea. With ample time to get the runs, we started off well, Rowe and O'Hanlon putting on 42 for the first wicket before O'Hanlon was bowled for 16; Rowe was out soon after. Proctor played well, but when he was out there was plenty of time for the OT's to get the last three wickets; it required stout resistance from Devitt to deny them. Saturday August 7 v Bluemantles at Tunbridge Wells - Drawn The Bluemantles won the toss and, with some ominous looking clouds on the horizon, decided to bat. Heroys, coming in first wicket down with the score on ten, took full advantage of some varied Pilgrims bowling and was particularly severe on anything short. He made 102 out of the 116 scored while he was at the wicket before falling to Lytle, who had just held a magnificent caught and bowled from a full blooded drive by Rylands. The rain, which had been threatening for some time, finally gained the upper hand and by tea the square was under water. Saturday August 28 v Hampshire Hogs at Warnford - Lost by 6 wickets We won the toss and after one over had scored 13 runs all from Proctor's broad bat. This was too good to last. From 19-2 we recovered to 58-2 with some sensible strokes from Proctor (28) and Walker but from here the innings fell apart. The Hogs had plenty of time, and taking some quiet batting practice, coasted home with twenty minutes to spare. Sunday August 29 v Esher at Esher - Lost by 23 runs Esher won the toss and, after a late start, had 72 up for the first wicket in even time. Our bowling and fielding were distinctly lethargic, but the fall of the wicket seemed to wake us up, and we got down to the task of bowling Esher out. We made a poor start losing our first three wickets for 22. Watney and Lytle (24) they put on 63, but when Watney was unluckily run out wickets fell at regular intervals, and our attempts at a draw were beaten by five minutes. |