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Match Reports Saturday 21st June 2003 Result: Match Drawn Dulwich 218-6 wickets declared and Beddington 197-9 A fine bowling performance by Mark Kelly, who picked up eight wickets, narrowly failed to bring Dulwich victory at Beddington, and they were foced to settle for a losing draw. Despite dropping points for the first time this season, Dulwich remained at the top of Division 2. Put in to bat, Dulwich scored steadily against tight bowling. Stuart Ferguson held the innings together with a patient 60, sharing in stands of 49 with Richard Farrow (17), 46 with Jack Lusk, who scored 32 off 38 balls, and 48 with Mark Kelly, who went on to score 32 off 40 balls. The stage was then set for an onslaught by Ray Tudor, 17 off 16 balls, and Ty Hopes with 25 not out off 18 balls, as 45 runs came off the last four overs to take the score to 218-6 off their 55 overs. Lusk's dismissal was his first for six matches, during which time he has amassed 266 and he now has an average of 95. When Beddington went out to bat, Dulwich got off to the perfect start when Kelly took a wicket with his first ball. Beddington fought back with a second-wicket stand of 51, but three more wickets for Kelly and one for Graeme Hough reduced them to 91-5 in the 26th over. The innings was turned around by a sixth-wicket partnership of 88 in 15 overs by Azmat Ullah and Steve Murphy, which left Beddington needing 40 off the last eight overs. The return of Kelly saw both batsmen dismissed in consecutive balls, and he took two more wickets with the score on 192 to leave the last pair to survive 15 balls and score three runs for the winning draw. The achieved both of these to finish on 197-9. Kelly took 8-75 off 19 overs to take his total for the season to 22 wickets at an average of 15. Top-of-the-table Dulwich play Camberley at home in the Castle Lager Surrey Championship next week.
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