Match Reports 11 and 12 June 2022
Posted 1st July 2022
ST LAWRENCE & HIGHLAND COURT DEFEATED FOR FIRST TIME: Sweet taste of victory for old Wilsonians
St Lawrence & Highland Court 1st XI 178, Old Wilsonians 1st XI 181 for 5 - Old Wilsonians 1st XI win by 5 wickets!
League leaders St Lawrence & Highland Court suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of Old Wilsonians who, in turn, recorded their first victory since being promoted to the First Division. Some steady bowling by the home side restricted the visitors, with Dave Ellicott-White taking three wickets and Ishmail September, Matt Golding and Michael Mitchell all capturing a brace each. Charley Nash (39), Oliver Curtiss (38), Michael Hales (27) and Michael Edwards (20) all played themselves in but the OWs took their respective wickets at important times. In reply the hosts timed their reply to almost perfection, with Michael Mitchell (46), Louis Pryor (31). and Matt Golding (23) laying a solid foundation before the ebullient Matt Abbett (35 n.o) completed the job with a flourish. The opening three St Lawrence bowlers took the five wickets to fall between them, all conceding 34 runs each.View scorecard
CATFORD WANDERERS AND OLD WILSONIANS SHARE 509 RUNS: Not a day to be a bowler
Catford Wanderers 2nd Xl 254, Old Wilsonians 2nd Xl 255 for 5 - Old Wilsonians win by 5 wickets!
It was a case of runs galore - 509 of them to be precise - as Catford Wanderers entertained Old Wllsonians with the home side indebted to Ajay Reddy (54) and Antony Benedict (83) putting on 103 for the sixth wicket after Siva Ranjan, who finished with 4 for 37, had made the early breakthrough. The visitors were not daunted by the large total with opener John Fornear (71) leading the way but Catford Wanderers then reduced them to 171 for 5 to put them back on the game. But the OW sixth wicket pair, Wayne Crossland (52 n.o) and Joshua Merchant (33 n..o) held their nerve to see their side safely home.View scorecard
COMFORTABLE VICTORY FOR SIDCUP: Old Wilsonians fail to post an adequate total:
Old Wilsonians 3rd Xl 160 fot 9. Sidcup 3rd Xl 163 for 2 - Sidcup win by 8 wickets!
This was a comfortable victory for Sidcup 3rd Xl, the highlight of their innings being a second wicket partnership of 111 between Adrian Crust (63 n,o) ad Tanuj Banerjee (59), with Nathanael Hitch (23) also scoring well, Tom Sullivan, 2 for 39, taking the only two wickets to fall. Earlier Old Wilsonians failed to make the most of their 40 overs with only Grahame Nelson (35), Kevin Carruthers (23) and Chethan Kamat (20) scoring to any degree as Michael Martin, 4 for 27 and Sreedhar Muppirir 2 for 15m bowled with economy and penetration thereby allowing their batsmen to chase a gettable total; and so it proved.View scorecard
OLD WILSONIANS TAKE THE SPOILS : Youngsters show their potential
Old Wilsonians 4th Xl 212 for 6, Old Roan 3rd Xl 142 for 9 - Old Wilsonians win by
This game was dominated by 14 year-old Louis Grace who hit a magnificent 108 and there was nothing that the seven bowlers Old Roan used could do to stop him. And another 14 year old, Eoin Matthews, who hit 22, helped him add 71 for the sixth wicket which enabled Old Wilsonians to finish on 212 for 6 from their 40 oversIn reply the visitors were indebted to Siddharth Sah (42), Qadir Aziz (26), and Sarab Sah (29) for the majority of their runs but none of them could cope with the guile of spinner Neil Teacher, who finished with 6 for 32, the two aforesaid youngsters helping him in his demolition job with Matthews holding two catches and Grace one.View scorecard
THE BAT IN CONTROL IN SUNDAY FRIENDLY: Both sides sport century makers
Old Wilsonians 256 for 7, Carlton Sports 259 for 1
This was not a day on which to be a bowler as 515 runs were scored for the loss of just eight wickets. However, and initially, this did not seem likely as Old Wilsonians slumped to 74 for 5 only to be rescued by a sixth wicket partnership of 169 between Tyrell Duberry (106) and Kelp Raval (46), only for this impressive performance to be surpassed by a second wicket stand of 219 between J. Stone (55 n.o) and K. Stone 149 (n.o) to give Carlton Sports a comfortable 9 wicket victory in this Sunday friendly fixture.View scorecard
