Match Reports 25 and 26 June 2022
Posted 1st July 2022
Linden Park 1st Xl 334 for 8, Old Wilsonians 1st Xl 275 - Linden Park win by 59 runs!
Linden Park made their intentions clear from the start as they raced to 48 for 1 after six overs and thanks to Graeme Francis (123), Sadiq Hassan (79), Roshan Jayatissa (50) and Paul Seldon (30), they finished on a mammoth 334 for 8. Matt Golding took three wickets for the OWs and Ishmail September and Michael Mitchell two each, but all have been advised not to look at the runs conceded column! In reply the visitors were also quick off the blocks being 41 for 1 after 6 overs, with Jon Rodda (60), Michael Mitchell (63), Louis Pryor (27), Andrew Pomering (27) and Syd Sherlock (20) all scoring with good intent, but they fell 60 runs short of the winning target on a day in which 609 runs were scored, James Spear, 3 for 56, Freddie Holbert, 3 for 42 and Max Campbell, 2 for 35, performing well with the ball for Linden Park.View Scorecard
LINDEN PARK WIN CLOSE GAME: A lot of runs but not equally spread around
Linden Park 2nd Xl 268 for 7 , Old Wilsonians 2nd Xl 260 - Linden Park win by 8 runs!
This was a game in which both sides relied on a few players to score most of their runs - there were 13 who contributed just 53 of them.For Linden Park their heroes were Tom Corner (102 n.o), Bobby Braidwood (56), Joe Grand (45) and Oliver Richardson (21 n.o) whilst the OWs were reliant on Cameron Jones (135), Josh Merchant (47) and Dan Nichols (38) From the bowling perspective Andrew Ifill, Dan Simpson and David Pilgrim all took two wickets for the home side and they were matched by Oliver Bone, Tom Gibson and Tom Corner, who also picked up a brace for the visitors, who won a close game by just 8 runs.View scorecard
BECKENHAM IN CONTROL Old Wilsonians fall well short of target
Beckenham 4th Xl 217 for 6, Old Wilsonians 3rd Xl 151 for 9-Beckenham win by 66 runs!
Some positive batting enabled Beckenham 4th Xl to finish on an impressive 217 for 6 from their 40 overs, Nimit Arora (82 n,o) leading the way and receiving valuable support from Soneshkumar Patel (27), Daniel Grice (23) and Ken Hoad (22) As for the OWs, Kevin Carruthers took 3 for 71, only half of which he will be happy withIn reply the hosts could never really get going despite valuable contributions from Barrie Frampton (30), Callum Steel (27) and Jason James (21), with Patel completing a fine all-round performance by taking 3 for 28 for Beckenham.View scorecard
BROMLEY COMMON WIN TIGHT GAME: Extras voted 'Man of the Match'
Old Wilsonians 4th Xl 115 for 9. Bromley Common 5th Xl 116 for 9 - Bromley Common win by 1 wicket!
In a tight game Bromley Common secured a 1 wicket victory over Old Wilsonians but they had to rely on Extras (60) for more than half of their runs with only Richard Butterworth (21) contributing anything of significance with the bat, Paul Jenkins finishing with 4 for 12 with the ball for the visitorsEarlier the OWs had been in all sorts of trouble as they slumped to 34 for 6 but a seventh wicket stand of 66 between father and son Paul Matthews (34) and Eoin Matthews (31) saved them from complete humiliation, with Subhashmuthukumar Subramanian, 2 for 18 and Ewan Butterworth, 3 for 19 inflicting the early damage.View scorecard
WINNING START FOR BEXLEY: Sunday Development side defeat Old Wilsonians
Old Wilsonians 184, Bexley 188 for 7 - Bexley win by 3 wickets!
Bexley started their Sunday Development season with a 3 wicket victory at Old Wilsonians. Batting first the OWs were grateful to Josh Lawrence (75), who was helped by Andrew Pomering (24) and Syd Sherlock (20), with Charlie Hills, Stanley Flockton, Jude Smith and David Crawley all taking 2 wickets for the visitors.Thanks to Anish Patel (44) and Joshua Kearns (19) Bexley got off to a good start, but when they slumped from 71 for 1 to 78 for 4, alarm bells started ringing but Alexander Hill (33) and Stanley Flockton (33 n.o) saw them safely home Ollie Willis, 3 for 16, being the most successful OW bowler.View scorecard
