OWCC Match Reports 25th & 26th August
Posted 5th September 2018
Old Wilsonians 135, Ashford Town 137 for 4
Ashford Town maintained their Second Division status with this six week victory against Old Wllsonians and can now approach their final game of the season at Nonnington with a certain “end of term” feeling knowing that their hosts will almost certainly have to win this fixture to avoid relegation – Whitstable need just one point from their game at Hayes to avoid the drop
In this game they had the OWs in trouble almost from the start, as the latter lost wickets on a regular basis, although they did manage to bat their full 50 overs before the tenth one fell, the bad news being there were only 135 runs on the board at the time
Velson Devarajulu (20), Cameron Jones (21), Josh Holland (25) and Michael Mitchell (25) had all made promising starts but the hosts took wickets at vital times, Darren Cooper finishing with 3 for 15
In reply Liam Tegg (45) then threatened to win the game on his own – he hit ten off the first over - and at the time of his dismissal he had scored all but 11 of his side’s runs. After his departure Jack Richardson (57 n.o) took centre stage to see his side home with more than 11 overs to spare
Old Wilsonians’ 2nd Xl 177, Bexleyheath 178 for 6
Old Wilsonians’ 2nd Xl blew their chances of promotion with this six wicket defeat at the hands of Bexleyheath who themselves need to beat Bickley Park next week and hope that Broadstairs slip-up at Old Colfeians and Sidcup get an inferior result at Orpington – the last game of the season can be somewhat complicated!
Things started well enough for the OWs with Sanath Dandeniya (24) and Siva Ranjan (67) laying a solid foundation, but when Ashoqualiah Sultankilm 3 for 23 and Billy Hally, 4 for 23, found their line and length the innings started to disintegrate, despite a late flurry from Xavier Hussein (18) and Dan Nichols (24)
Bexleyheath lost an early wicket but, after that, their score-card had a measured look to it - Neil Absemgeest (26), Shrenik Chouta (20), Michael Barker (39), Ciran Smyth (38) and Connor Barry (28 n.o) – to see them safely home
HSBC 3rd Xl 116 for 7, Old Wilsonians’ 3rd Xl 119 for 2
This was a comfortable victory for Old Wilsonians’ 3rd Xl against local rivals HSBC, thanks, initially, to some tight bowling, Oliver Willis, 3 for 19 and Howard Abbett, 2 for 23, in particular, and then some competent batting which saw them to an eight wicket victory
Because of that tight bowling HSBC found runs difficult to come by, with Luke Bradley (29 n,o) trying to hold his team’s innings together, Mark Lloyd (21) and Russell Clarke (20) also making useful contributions
But it was the OWs who took the batting honours as Barrie Frampton (33) and Danny Phillips (48 n.o) ensured that only four batsmen made the crease and the HSBC bowlers had an unsatisfactory afternoonv
