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Match ReportsDulwich 3rd XI v Sanderstead 3rd XI (away) 30th August
2003 Dulwich concluded their promotion-winning season with a comfortable victory over bottom-of-the-table Sanderstead on a very damp wicket. Skipper Stewart Harmer yet again won the toss and asked Sanderstead to bat. Ian Marshall took two early wickets, the first thanks to an excellent catch by Clive Saunders in the covers. Along with Tony Cable, he has been the star in the field this year. Fellow opener Glen Bowley then took the next two wickets and after 14 overs Sanderstead had reached an impressive 8 for 4. Wickets became harder to come by, and the runs failed to flow - half way through the innings they had reached 24 for 6, and attention began to wander among the fielders as nothing much happened. Naveem Saleem, Tony Cable and the captain all tried their luck as bowlers, with Cable and Harmer both learning one part of a bowler's frustration, as catches went down. But Cable did manage to take a wicket. With Marshall having joined David Woods as the season's leading wicket-taker, the senior pro wasn't going to let go off the opportunity that came his way to regain the lead, and his three wickets ensured that he would finish on top. Eventually, after 55 overs, we were all put out of our misery as the innings was closed, with Sanderstead having reached 90 for 9 - one of only five occasions all season when the bowlers had failed to dismiss the opposition. In reply Peter Rice and John Acland-Hood were dismissed early on to take the score to 34 for 2 in eight overs. Meanwhile, Cable was striking the ball well, though on one occasion the ball hit back. Then came one of the most astonishing dropped catches of the season, as Cable looped a ball very gently up to the keeper, who dropped it. He needed no further encouragement and went on to reach his fifty in 55 balls (1 six and 7 fours), given fine support by Sunil Mahey (28 not out). Sadly Old Wimbledonians had also won, which meant that Dulwich missed out on the title by a single point. But the side returned to Dulwich to celebrate a terrific season that had been completed undefeated. Now for the Premiership in 2004...
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