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Match Reports

Saturday 11th June 2005
Dulwich 1st XI vs. Malden Wanderers

Surrey Championship: Malden Wanderers (225) defeated Dulwich (194) by 31 runs

Despite giving a much improved all-round performance, Dulwich slipped to a narrow defeat at home to Malden Wanderers last Saturday. Richard Farrow’s side were just nine balls away from a creditable draw when Malden match-winner Brendan O’Connell grabbed the last Dulwich wicket, his eighth of the innings.

The visitors elected to bat first but were soon reeling at 31 for 4 as Dulwich’s new-ball attack struck early blows. Kervin Marc removed O’Connell in the first over of the morning, next Mark Kelly dismissed Ritchie Bann and Stewart Walters, then Dave Burton had Dan Euston caught behind. Malden’s middle order rallied, however, with Reyno Norvall and Jon Albert adding 121 for the fifth wicket before Albert was caught off Darrel Brown for 41.

Norvall then found another useful ally in Sean Byrne and together they took the score to 193 before Norvall was stumped just six runs short of a deserved century. Byrne went on to make 35 before falling victim to left-arm spinner Vikram Banerjee who made short work of the Malden tail and finished with 4-70 from 19.2 overs. Of the other Dulwich bowlers, Brown took 2-41 and Kelly 2-63.

Requiring 226 to win, Dulwich made a slow but steady start before losing skipper Farrow with the total on 24. Anil Mahey and Jack Lusk advanced the score to 84 before left-arm spinner O’Connell struck for the first time, having Mahey caught at slip for 17. Lusk reached his third fifty in six Championship innings, but his dismissal off O’Connell for a fine 55 proved decisive. The very next ball O’Connell claimed the wicket of Steve Hale, returning after injury, and Dulwich were reduced to 97 for 4. Brown (40) and Kelly (23) then steadied the ship and Banerjee, Marc and Adam McDonogh lent support as Dulwich approached their target, although a draw appeared the probable outcome.

O’Connell had other ideas, however, and taking wickets at regular intervals he eventually dismissed McDonogh in the penultimate over to earn Malden a 31-run victory. O’Connell’s final figures were 8 for 69 off 22.3 overs.

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