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Match Reports Saturday 4th June 2005 Farnham (281-8 declared) beat Dulwich (130 all out) by 151 runs. Dulwich crashed to a 151 run defeat away to fellow strugglers Farnham in the Surrey Championship Premier League game on Saturday. The home side won the toss and elected to bat first on a damp pitch where scoring seemed difficult. Openers Alan Thorpe and Tom Caines were subjected to a probing new ball spell by Kervin Marc and Mark Kelly with only 31 runs coming off the first 18 overs. The pair survived and continued their partnership to 70 in 27 overs before Thorpe was dismissed by left arm spinner Richard Beeching. Thorpe had made a pain staking 17 off 82 balls. His partner Caines took 24 balls to make his first run and was dropped early on, went on to make 65 from 122 balls before also falling to Beeching. The lunch break saw the game evenly poised with Farnham 95 -1 but in the afternoon sun the Farnham batsmen prospered. Guy Hicks with 41 off 67 balls and Nick Whitworth with 53 off 65 upped the momentum so that the middle order could dominate. Gary Clapham attacked the Dulwich bowling with 42 off 32 balls, skipper Tom Hicks made 21 off 14 and 17 year old Mark-Anthony Eysele struck 25 off 12 balls. The afternoon onslaught took Farnham to 281 with eight wickets down – Richard Beeching taking a creditable 2-52 after stepping up from the Dulwich 2 nd X1 while Dave Burton never stopped plugging away to return 5-100. In reply the Farnham bowlers exploited a deteriorating pitch with Peter Dickinson and Rupert Kitzinger opening up. Kitzinger made some good `length balls lift alarmingly and aided by some poor shot selection from Dulwich batsmen, the visitors were reduced to 58 -7 at tea. The Dulwich batting had been blown away with only Jack Lusk (19) and Mark Kelly in double figures. The eighth Dulwich wicket fell in the first over after tea and Mark Kelly changed his game. His change of gear to attacking mode saw him score 66 runs in the first 44 balls after tea – taking his score to 77. Kelly was aided by stubborn resistance from keeper, Eugene Strange. In their partnership Kelly scored all 21 runs and then finally he was joined by Beeching who stayed with him as they added 51 together – 45 scored by Kelly. As Dulwich trooped off Farnham could celebrate as Kitzinger ended with 5-39 off 16 overs and Dickinson 3-34 off 11 overs- even more remarkable as he was handicapped by an ankle injury sustained in practice before the game.
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