Match Reports 23 and 24 July
Posted 1st August 2022
NARROW VICTORY FOR CANTERBURY: Old Wilsonians again succumb in final over
Canterbury 1st XI 255 for 9, Old Wilsonians 1st XI 251 for 6 - Canterbury win by 4 runs!
This game was in complete contrast to the earlier encounter this season between these two sides when 17 wickets fell for just 143 runs, this time the bat being in control with 508 runs on the board and 15 wickets falling. The OWs did well to reduce Canterbury to 176 for 6 but some purposeful batting by Jarryd Taig (105 n.o), with assistance from Jarred Lysaught (33) and Ewan Munday (20) helped supplement the earlier endeavours of Jack Wheeler (33) and Fred Snarp (34), Ishmail September finishing with 3 for 60 for the OWs. The hosts lost two early wickets but Syd Sherlock (44) and Matt Golding (112) seemed to have put them in a winning position, but the capture of Golding's wicket was the tonic Canterbury wanted and they were victorious by just two runs , Jarred Lysaught finishing with 3 for 47. This is the second successive week in which the OWs have lost narrowly in the very last over as they continue to make their presence felt in their inaugural season in Division One.View scorecard
OLD WILSONIANS WIN ENTERTAINIG GAME: Catford and Cyphers fight back after losing early wickets
Old Wilsonians 2nd Xl 240, Catford and Cyphers 2nd Xl 228 for 9 - Old Wilsonians 2nd XI win by 12 runs!
At 59 for 5 it seemed "all over bar the shouting" as Catford and Cyphers strove to overcome the Old Wilsonians total of 240, but thanks to Bill Perera (52 n.o,) Wilfred Brooke (38) and Tom Purcell (22) they finished just 13 runs short pf their winning target. The OWs innings had been dominated by a fourth wicket partnership of 83 between Dan Nichols (50) and Chris Scott (42) before Andrew Pomerng hit a quick-fire 54 to see them finish on 240 despite losing four wickets for three runs in a desperate attempt to increase their total even further, AlfieTtizzard-Adams being the main beneficiary as he finished with 3 for 19.View scorecard
ORPINGTON IN CONTROL: Old Wilsonians well beaten
Orpington 3rd Xl 257 for 6. Old Wilsonians 3rd Xl 155 - Orpington win by 102 runs
Orpington scored at over six runs an over in this friendly fixture against Old Wilsonians, Harry Board (96 n.o), Mike Reade (47), Daniel Berry (28) and Andy Kernward (24) being responsible for the majority of their runs, with Joe Kendrick taking 3 for 64 for Old Wilsonians. The OW reply started well enough with Richard Castle (36) and Alex Forbes (22) sharing in a promising opening stand, but after them only Kevin Carruthers (27) batted with any real purpose as Aaron Sandu, Andy Alcock, Ben Seaton and Bobby Jones all took 2 wickets apiece to bowl their side to a 102 run victory.View scorecard
TEN WICKET VICTORY FOR OLD WILSONIANS: Beckenham fail to post a defendable total
Beckenham 6th Xl 162, Old Wilsonians 4th Xl 164 for 0 - Old Wilsonians 4th XI win by 10 wickets!
Only Chase McCulloch (75) and, latterly, George Judson (20) caused the Old Wilsonian bowlers any trouble as Paul Jenkins, 3 for 21, Eoin Matthews, 3 for 26 and Neil Treacher, 2 for 38, demonstrated their respective skills with the ball to give their batsmen a moderate total to chase. However, only two of them took advantage of this opportunity as openers Seth Clifford (98 n,o) and Nigel Thomas (52 n.o) raced beyond the required total in 25 overs.View scorecard
MARGO'S BIG DAY CELEBRATED IN STYLE: A feast of runs at Old Wilsonians
Bromley Common 254 for 8. Old Wilsonians 255 for 5 - Old Wilsonians win by 5 wickets!
Bromley Common and Old Wilsonians hit an impressive 509 runs between them in this T20 encounter staged to celebrate OW President's day, with the President herself, Margo Lawrence, looking on with awe and admiration. The Common batted first with Jay Mannall (34) Hayden Burke (24), Clayton Pather (54 n,o),. Jack Gallagher (31 n.o) and Nick Greenwood (27 n.o) all finding the OW bowling to their liking. Undaunted at the thought of scoring at 12.75 runs an over, the OWs began their reply with honest intent , with Ishmail September (55) and Josh Lawrence (30) leading the way, and then Dan Nichols (53 n.o), Shehan Sivaranjan (31) and Michael Mitchell (23) putting them into a winning position with the grand finale of Joe Jukes hitting a six of the last ball of the game to win it for Old Wilsonians.View scorecard
