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Match Reports for Saturday 4th X1
Saturday 29th July away to Orpington
Orpington 3rd XI 132 all out in 35.1 overs (D.Woods 4 for 35) Dulwich 4th XI 136 for 2 in 36.5 overs (P.Smith 64 NO) Result: Dulwich (16 points) won by 8 wickets
On a dry uneven track with short boundaries and a fast outfield, fourth-placed Orpington chose to bat first. Seven balls later, fifth-placed Dulwich had them reeling at 4 for 2. Much though Charlie Beer and Ian Marshall would like to claim the credit for this, their wickets each came from long hops that were obligingly steered into the hands of grateful fielders, with Clive Saunders’ catch particularly crucial as it dismissed the league’s top run scorer this season. When David Woods came on, he tried a different method of picking up wickets, his first ball a knee-high full toss that was lobbed up to mid on – most of the Orpington top order had gone.
From then on, most of the bowling was in the hands of Woods and David Begg, who both bowled with great control and began to take deserved wickets. Throughout the innings all the bowlers was superbly supported in the field: six catches were given and six taken, and there wasn’t a single misfield. Begg’s catch off his own bowling was perhaps the highlight, but Paul Smith took three good catches in the deep to ensure that all was set fair when Ashley Yiltay came on for his first bowl. Tidy and skidding the ball through, he bowled a consistent line and length and thoroughly deserved to pick up the last wicket, as Woods indulged in a monumental piece of jug avoidance.
In reply, Dulwich got off to a very slow start, pinned down by some very tight bowling. When Jesse ‘James’ Johnson fell for 10, and Saunders was out soon after to an unplayable delivery, things were looking difficult at 22 for 2. But then Ed Lockett came to join Paul Smith for what was surely a key partnership. Some idea of the pressure exerted can be seen from the fact that Smith made only 7 in the first hour of his innings. But once the opening bowlers came off, the runs began to flow. The 50 partnership took 75 balls, and the next 50 came up in a further 46 balls. Smith took apart the Orpington skipper to accelerate to his 50 (97 balls) and finished on 64 not out (116 balls, 10 fours, 1 six), while Lockett ended up on 40 not out (57 balls, 6 fours). It ended up a comprehensive victory in what was surely Dulwich’s finest all-round performance of the season.
Champagne Moment: Clive Saunders’ one-handed catch in the first over that turned the game. Picked Egg Award: Jesse Johnson’s new method of giving a batsman ‘not out’ that resulted in him walking.
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