OWCC Match reports 6th July 2024
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Bromley Common 277 for 7, Old Wilsonians 219Bromley Common enhanced their promotion ambitions, and dealt a blow to the survival hopes of neighbours Old Wilsonians with this 58 run victory at the Grove
The Common's innings revolved around opener Oliver Hickford (102), with useful contributions from Dilivio Ridgard (28), Joe Wheal (34) and Rajat Sharma (29) with only Ed Castle, 3 for 51, shining with the ball for the OWs
The visitors' reply started disastrously as they lost their first wicket with only one run on the board, but a second wicket partnership of 135 between Tariq Holmes Dennis (75) and Velsen Devarajula (69) improved their chances, but once they had departed their innings fell apart, Amogh Bhat, 3 for 13 and Jack Kirby, 3 for 41 being the main beneficiaries
The Hayes based club are desperately in need of a win to save their seasoOld Roan 1st Xl 211 for 8, Old Wilsonians 2nd Xl 201
This was a game that ebbed and flowed and with Old Wilsonians on 201 for 7, chasing 211, the odds were very much stacked in their favour. However, two wickets by Ben Pearce, and the fact that Nick Morley injured himself whilst fielding and was not able to bat, contributed to Old Roan securing a 10 run victory
A number of players, namely Louis Crowley (37), Ben Pearce (40), Joe Randle (42), Charlie Neave (24) and Lemuel English (22 n.o) for Roan and Harry Williams (49), Ali Hasan Butt (59), Harley Tucker (26) and Kenny Maxwell (25) for OWs all got in but failed to make a big score on a wicket conducive to batting but which failed to help the bowlers, with the ubiquitous Williams doing well to finish with 4 for 39 for the OWsOrpington 3rd Xl 256 for 6, Old Wilsonians 146
Orpington posted an impressive 256 for 6 from their 40 overs before bowling Old Wilsonians out in 35.2 overs to achieve a 110 run victory
The home side's innings was dominated by Sean Van Der Merwe, who hit an unbeaten 113, and he was given able support by Said Reddy (40), Jon Marie (23) and Luke Constable (22), with Nick Herbert, 3 for 64, doing his best to stem the flow of runs
But it was the Orpington bowlers who had the best of the afternoon, Robin Husain, 3 for 24 and Andy Alcock, 2 for 32 in particular as, apart from Jason James (43) and a stoic 31 from skipper Howard Abbett, the OWs were dismissed with little fussOld Dartfordians 2nd Xl 42, Old Wilsonians 43 for 2
With their score standing on 8 for 5, Dartfordians did well to recover to 42 all out, with Rasmus (11) making it to the dizzy heights of 11, at which point he was given emergency oxygen, Simon Doherty, 4 for 9, and Lawrence Wilson, 2 for 2, inflicting the early damage
Old Wilsonians had little difficulty in scoring the 43 runs required for victory, young prospect, Derek Birmingham (17), leading the wayCatford Wanderers 2nd Xl 284 for 3, Old Wilsonians 2nd Xl 142 for 6
An unbeaten fourth wicket stand of 166 between Vidal Crandon (173 n.o) and Dhillon Selveratnam (54 n.o) enabled Catford Wanderers to hit an impressive 284 for 3 against Old Wilsonians in a game reduced to 30 overs a side due to the inclement conditions
Facing such an imposing total , the OWs had little option than to aim for maximum batting points, which they achieved, Ali Hasan Butt top scoring with 41 and Steve Blunt hitting a stoic 26 not outOld Wilsonians 3rd Xl 66 for 9, Sahrudaya Royals 69 for 1
As was the case for many games on this wet Saturday, this fixture was reduced to 30 overs a side, and although Old Wilsonians used each and every one of the 180 balls available to them, they gleaned only 66 runs from them , and but for Extras (23) and Howard Abbett (16) it would have been a lot worse
As a consequence there were some impressive bowling figures, namely Fabin Juse, 3 for 8, Bobby Mathew, 2 for 15 and Athul Sagar Mathew, 2 for 14
By contrast the Sahrudaya innings lasted just 49 balls, as Bobby Mathew (23) and Bernard Sales (34 n.o) led them to a nine wicket victory
