Cricket Match Reports Weekend 24th / 25th June
Posted 28th June 2017
Gravesend 1st XI 201 All Out Versus Old Wilsonians 1st XI 202 for 5 - Old Wilsonians 1st XI win by 5 Wickets!
Old Wilsonians made heavy weather of this, their fourth successive victory as they lost three wickets for two runs, but an unbeaten sixth wicket stand of 47 between Michael Mitchell (37 n.o) and Jordan Thomas (14 n,o) saw them safely home with over eight overs to spare. Earlier Jonathan Rodda (88) and Sanath Dandeniya (19) had got them off to a solid start with an opening stand of 65. The Gravesend innings was dominated by a quick-fire 64 from Aaron Johnson and three somewhat less flamboyant contributions from F. Walker (35), S.Hussein (22) and R, Nash (32), with Jordan Thomas, 3 for 33, Michael Mitchell 2 for 32 and Josh Lawrence 2 for 19 being the most successful of the OW bowlers.View Scorecard
Old Wilsonians 2nd XI 130 All Out Versus Gravesend 2nd XI 130 for 8 - Gravesend 2nd XI win by 2 Wickets!
In a low scoring game Gravesend got the better of Old Wilsoninas to secure a two wicket victory and are now just six points behind the second placed side. Batting first the OWs lost an early wicket before Nick Morley (48) and Hugo Lovelock (15) began to repair the damage but when the latter was dismissed with the score on 41, it precipitated a collapse which saw them reduced to 97 for 8. David Pilgrim (13) and Doug Forbes (23) then began a second repair job but the home side could only reach 130 as Shinder Sidhu, 3 for 21, Anoop Chand 2 for 20 and Luke Hermitage, 2 for 48 all bowled well. In reply Gravesend slumped to 37 for 4 before Sumit Ohri (27), Steve Emberson (27) and Jon Jones (26 n.o) all did enough to see them over the finishing line.View Scorecard
Sidcup 3rd XI 152 for 7 Versus Old Wilsonians 3rd XI 151 for 6 - Sidcup 3rd XI win by 3 Wickets!
Sidcup 3rd Xl won an exciting contest against their Old Wilsonian counterparts by three wickets with just five balls to spare! The OWs batted first and, despite the efforts of Barrie Frampton (35), Amman Sehmi (23) and George Brindley (36), failed to post a competitive score, with Vineel Busireddy, 2 for 19, being the pick of the Sidcup bowlers. The home side were never in any real trouble as Adrian Crust (36), Thomas Patrinos (24), Christopher Webber (36) and the ubiquitous Busireddy (26) performed well with the bat. View scorecard
Old Wilsonians 4th XI 216 for 6 versus Streatham & Marlborough 5th XI 211 All Out - Old Wilsonians 4th XI win by 5 runs!
There were runs-a-plenty in this game, over 400 in fact, as Old Wilsonians ultimately beat Streatham and Marlborough by just five runs with conditions perfectly summarised by the Streatham skipper: "The track was good, nothing in it for the bowlers, the outfield was fast."
The OWs batted first, the highlight of their innings being a third wicket stand of 129 between Neil Treacher (40) and Dan Phillips (92) as they made the Streatham bowlers toil. When it came to their turn to bat the visitors showed that they were not intimidated by the imposing total they had to chase with Jim Hughes (56) and Paul Henly (30) showing the way but, in the end, they fell agonisingly short of the OW’s total. View ScorecardSidcup Sunday Development XI 148 All out Versus Old Wilsonians Sunday League XI 149 for 9 - Old Wilsonians Sunday League XI win by 1 wicket!
In the tightest of finishes Old Wilsonians just managed to get over the line with one wicket and five balls to spare! Batting first Sidcup started well as openers Samuel Lockwood (37) and Dominic Hart (51) dominated , but their dismissals precipitated a dramatic collapse as David Pilgrim, 3 for 30, Stan Sherlock, 2 for 18 and Joe Jukes, 2 for 14 tormented the rest of their order. In contrast the OWs lost early wickets with only opener Josh Lawrence (43) standing firm and had to rely on their later batsmen, Elliott Betteridge (25), Syd Sherlock (21 n.o) and David Pilgrim (13) to achieve that narrow victory as the Sidcup bowlers determined to thwart them.View ScorecardOld Wilsonians Sunday Friendly XI 172 for 8 Versus Sidcup Friendly XI 174 for 7 - Sidcup Friendly XI win by 3 wickets!
Despite an unbeaten 100 from Jordan Thomas, Old Wilsonians’ Sunday Xl were perhaps 30 or so runs short of setting Sidcup a challenging target and the latter secured a three wicket victory with time to spare as no-one stayed around too long to help Jordan in his endeavours. Sidcup, too, were a bit thin as far as batting was concerned and had to rely on Dave Rolls (53) and Andy Patronis (40) for more than half of their runs, but the rest of the side managed to do enough to get them over the line.View Scorecard
