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Dulwich Ladies CricketA brief introduction Dulwich Sports club is steeped in history, the cricket section being formed in at least 1867 and possibly even earlier. Other sports played at the Burbage Road ground are Tennis, Squash and Croquet. It is also the base for Dulwich & Honor Oak Hockey Club. In 2004, the first developments came as a local coach and lady cricketer Lara arranged an exhibition session for lady cricketers at the Burbage Road ground and this appears to be the first recorded mention of lady cricketers at the club. However, it was not until 2006 that a new Ladies cricket section became a reality. A warm welcome was extended to the Ladies section from John Smith, the cricket club president and the initial organisers included Jane Parbury, (a qualified cricket coach), Melissa de Haldevang and Jill Davies began the process of developing the section. Players were recruited from within the club, by word of mouth, through links with local schools and the website. Some players came through the Southwark and Surrey youth development programmes. Many arrived new to the game and some players came with previous cricketing experience. Summer net sessions were held at Burbage Road with coaches Keith Dawkins and Steve Choney and Jane Parbury. In the winter nets were run at the new Dulwich College Preparatory school sports hall under the tutorship of Steve Choney. Offers of more coaching assistance were promised by Surrey CC whilst the Lady Taverners generously donated equipment. During this first historic season for the ladies one match was played being a pairs fixture away at Caterham on Sat 24th September 2006 which was won by Caterham. 2007 saw more games and more players The first ladies match at Burbage Road was a 15 overs an innings fixture on the evening of Thursday 21st June 2007 between the ladies cricket section and the hockey section. The bigger hitting Hockey section, who fielded some players with cricketing experience, won by 44 runs. The season ended in great style with the newly formed ladies team braving the A23 on a Sunday morning en route to Surrey for a 24-over pairs match against Caterham Ladies. A terrific performance by the fledgling side with both bat and ball had the result in the balance right up until the last over; unfortunately, some erratic bowling at the death by the skipper (me!) allowed Caterham to take the honours, victors by six runs.
Planning for 2008 The 2008 season promises much as we will see the club entering both an adult and under 18 team into the recently formed Surrey Trust league. The under 16’s will play their first indoor fixture against Townley Grammar School on Saturday 26th January. Indoor Nets starting now! The club is running indoor nets with Allen Blackford and Steve Choney at Dulwich College Prep School on Wednesday evenings from 7.00-8.30pm. Please click here for further details Joining up New members of all ages welcome. Please contact: Melissa de Haldevang 07957 372548 mdehaldevang@btinternet.com or Gerry Evans 07780 601 912 gerry.e.evans@btinternet.com
Team List for the game on
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