Match Reports 21 May 2022
Posted 6th June 2022
RUNS IN SHORT SUPPLY: Canterbury successfully chase 71 - just!
Old Wilsonians 1st XI 71. Canterbury 1st XI 72 for 7 - Canterbury win by 3 wicketrs
Wickets tumbled alarmingly in this First Division game between Old Wilsonians and Canterbury - 17 of them, in fact, for just 143 runs in a game which lasted a mere 50 overs. Batting first the OWs lost an early wicket but Matt Abbett (21) and Jon Rodda (6) then put on 31 for the second wicket which, disturbingly, proved to be by far the best partnership of the day but, 39 runs later they were all out, James Lysaught. 5 for 25. Alex Beck, 3 for 25 and Ben Rutherford, 2 for 4, doing all of the damage. Defending 71 was not going to be easy but when Canterbury slumped to 36 for 5, the OWs were declaring that they did not regard the game simply as a day out, and although they took a further two wickets, Lloyd Pope (15 n.o) steadied the ship and Canterbury eventually crawled over the finishing line, OW bowlers Ishmail September, 4 for 39, and Dave Ellicott-White, 2 for 12, ending on the losing side despite their heroic efforts.View scorecard
COMFORTABLE VICTORY FOR CATFORD & CYPHERS: Old Wilsonians top order blown away
Old Wilsonians 2nd Xl 149, Catford & Cyphers 2nd Xl 151 for 5 - Catford win by 5 wickets!
Despite a sixth wicket stand of 95 between Elliot Bettridge (61) and Kevin Carruthers (30), Catford & Cyphers dismissed Old Wilsonians for 149 in 37.3 overs and then knocked off 'the runs required' in just 27 to record a comfortable victory. Kasun Ekanayake, 3 for 25 and Hamza Tahir, 2 for 28, had inflicted the initial damage and when Enrique Drew caught and bowled Bettridge he joined the party to finish with 3 for 14. And it was opening bat Drew (64) who laid the foundations when it was the visitors' turn to bat before Sam Purcell (41 n,o) finished the job for their side, Robbie Adams, 2 for 30, being the most potent of the OW bowlers.View scorecard
DULWICH NO MATCH FOR OLD WILSONIANS Comfortable victory for home side
Dulwich 6th Xl 61 Old Wilsonians 4th Xl 65 for 0 - Old Wilsonians win by 10 wickets!
Having bowled Dulwich out for 61, Old Wilsonians then proceeded to make batting look easy and eased to a 10 wicket victory with 15 overs to spareThe Dulwich innings had bee an insipid affair and but for Abid Stanikzai (32) - more than half their runs - they would have been in even more trouble as OW bowlers Lawrence Wilson, 3 for 24, Paul Jenkins, 3 for 24 and Karim Mir, the 'Green Top Wizard' put them to the sword. The Dulwich bowlers, by contrast, failed to trouble openers Barrie Frampton (31 n.o) and Richard Castle (29 n,o), who enjoyed some batting practice on the road to a comfortable victory.View scorecard
