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Match Reports Saturday 17 July 2004 Dulwich 279-7 wickets declared had a winning draw with Sunbury 228-8 wickets. Second placed Dulwich were unable to force victory against third placed Sunbury and had to settle for a winning draw in their top of the table clash in the Surrey Championship Division One. Put into bat, Dulwich lost their first wicket with the score on 8. Steve Hale was then joined by Mike George in a stand of 158 for the second wicket. The pair scored steadily at 5 an over as Dulwich reached 50 in the tenth over, 100 in the 2oth and 150 in the thirtieth. Hale was dismissed for 73 made off only 94 balls in his first appearance of the season for the first team. Soon after George reached his fourth 50 of the campaign and finally made 82 off 114. The Aussie school teacher has so far scored 389 runs at an average of over 47. After the dismissal of Mike George, the Dulwich tempo slowed with just 17 runs off eight overs before a rousing stand of 46 in nine overs between Lusk and Ferguson . Jack Lusk departed with 38, Stuart Ferguson 17 and Adam McDonagh added a blistering 31 not out off 18 balls. Skipper Farrow was able to declare at 279 for seven wickets off sixty overs challenging Sunbury to score at five and a half to win! Openers Richard Gould and Neil Farnsworth were unable to force the pace against a testing opening spell from Mark Kelly and Adam McDonagh and the pair took until the fifteenth over to reach 50. Their stand was worth 84before Tanuj Sud had Farnsworth lbw for 38. Acceleration was provided by New Zealander, Mark Gillespie who joined Gould in a third wicket stand of 65 in ten overs taking Sunbury to 163. Sud was able to account for both of them, dismissing Gould for 69 and Gillespie for a hard hitting 52 off 47 balls. Stuart Ferguson picked up the fifth wicket but Sunbury had progressed to 209 before Kelly returned to take two wickets in successive overs. Sud took his fifth wicket to leave Sunbury precariously placed on 212 for 8. Sunbury skipper, Mark Todd and John Irons then batted out the last eight overs making no effort to reach 242 and the winning draw. The Sunbury innings closed on 228 -8. Sud finished with five wickets for 73 – his second five wicket haul for the season as he reached a total of twenty wickets for the season. Dulwich’s winning draw extended their lead over third placed Sunbury to twenty six points and next Saturday Dulwich entertain the Bank of England in the First Division of the Surrey Championship sponsored by Castle Lager.
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