Match Reports
Sat 31st May 2003
Dulwich 2nd XI vs. Dorking
Result: Dulwich Win
Dorking 133 all out and Dulwich 134-3 Blink and you might well have
missed most of the action in this game. Quite aptly let down
by the trains, Richard Beeching arrived
15 minutes after the start and found Dorking 14-3. Whilst changing
into his whites, Dulwich claimed a fourth, and after standing
around in the gully for a few more overs, Dorking were 20-7. The
most
impressive opening spell of the season so far had left David
Gritton and Mohammed Hadi with 3 wickets a piece and the outcome
never
in doubt. The home team's eventual total of 133 was purely down
to one knock of 85 that was eventually terminated by a stunning
catch in the covers from Steve Hale. Having dismissed every team
they've bowled at in this campaign, Dulwich are rampant with
the ball.
They're not too bad with the bat either.
It took a mere 24 overs
to reach the target, with the only blemishes being the loss of
all three of the major run scorers who sealed
the victory in style. Steve
Hale (35), John Acland-Hood (47) and Dan Calquhoun (40) all played with an
assured fluency on a track almost as true as the A24 most of
the team travelled down
on a gloriously sunny day. A trip to 4th placed Leatherhead next week could
well be the toughest test of their title crudentials to date,
but now with 5 wins
out of 5 (including a win against their nearest rivals Chessington), Dulwich
will only have victory on their minds.
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