Dodgers v Clapham CC photo gallery

At long last here is the photo gallery for the match for Clapham CC at Chiswick on Sunday 27 July 2008.

4DAs Sports Day 2008

With trepidation, a hardy half dozen Dodgers set out for Chiswick to take part in the 4DAs 6-A-Side Cricket Tournament on Friday 5 September. Much to everyone's amazement it wasn't already tipping it down when we arrived at the ground. However, at 10:30 play still hadn't started, despite the 10am start time so our first game v Night Riders didn't start until gone 11:30.

Dodgers' batting line-up of Taylor, Hilary, Priest, Fox, Cooper (10*) and Matthews put on 54. I don't know anyone else's scores because apparently only the total runs were being recorded. Rumours that the Science Museum were in the scorer's hut were unfounded.

Given that Agricola also scored around 54 v Night Riders we thought that this was a pretty good score and set out to defend it. Unfortunately it was all over within 2.5 overs as Night Riders overhauled the target with ease, mainly due to some erratic no-balling by Mr Taylor. He was not totally disgraced though and didn't manage to break the 34 in one over conceded by Matt Leach at SPARTA Sports Day in the dim and distant past.

With our total surpassed the umpires decided that as it was raining that the match was complete enough. And that turned out to be the last action of the day. The Tournament was called off for good a couple of hours later.

Dodgers v Buckhurst Hill

Buckhurst Hill (Roding Lane)
1pm

Match cancelled at 10am due to waterlogged pitch.

Dodgers v Superstars

Chiswick
14:00 (actual start 14:12)
35 overs
No retirement rule
Dodgers won the toss and elected to bat

Superstars (123 for 5, Vadgama 7-0-23-2, Cooper 7-2-8-0) beat Dodgers (122 for 8) Vadgama 34, Taylor 19) by 5 wickets

Scorecard

Innings of Dodgers
:
Taylor     c Gaught    b Tate      19
Dollin                 b Kumar     13
Priest                 b Kumar      1
McBarron   c Walker    b Harish     9
Westhead   st Walker   b Tate       9
Vadgama                b Taylor    34
Hilary                 b Dyett      2
Fox        not out                 11
Cooper                 b Mountain   0
Matthews   not out                  0
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Sub-total                          98
Extras (3b, 4lb, 18w)              24
Total (for 8 wickets)             122
:
FoW: 1-23, 2-28, 3-45, 4-55, 5-87,
6-91, 7-115, 8-119
:
Bowling of Superstars
Kumar 7-4-4-2
Taylor 6-0-29-1 
Harish 7-1-15-1
Tate 7-0-31-2
Dyett 6-0-20-1
Mountain 2-0-11-1
:
Innings of Superstars
:
Gaught    c Cooper    b Vadgama    51
Meyler    c Matthews  b Hilary      0
Walker    c Taylor    b McBarron   27
Williams  c Westhead  b Fox        12
Mountain          c & b Vadgama     1
Kumar     not out                  12
Taylor    not out                   0
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Sub-total                         103
Extras (3b, 2lb, 14w, 1nb)         20
Total (for 8 wickets)             123
:
FoW: 1-5, 2-87, 3-93
:
Bowling of Dodgers
Hilary 7-1-26-1
Cooper 7-2-8-0
Fox 5-0-32-1
Vadgama 7-0-23-2
McBarron 5-0-29-1

Dodgers v Clapham CC

Match cancelled due to rain.

Dodgers v Energy Exiles

Chiswick
13:30
40 overs
No retirement rule
Weather: Overcast, dry
Umpires: Fox, Pope, Lee
Scorer: Cooper

Dodgers won the toss and elected to field

Energy Exiles 241 all out (Taylor 3.5-0-27-3, Cooper 7-0-20-2) beat Dodgers 172 for 6 (McBarron 76*, Fox 26) by 69 runs

Man of the Match: McBarron - 7, Cooper - 1 (1 vote to come)

Scorecard

Innings of Energy Exiles
:
Kerrison                 b Fox        3
Phillips                 b Cooper     5
Tither      c Matthews+  b Fox        3
Peters      c Taylor     b McBarron  76
Gauntlett   c Westhead   b Cooper   106
Wingfield   c Westhead   b Taylor    48
Thomas                   b Taylor     1
Ling                 c & b Taylor     7
Patel       not out                   4
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Sub-total                           230
Extras (2b, 5w, 4nb)                 11
Total                               241
:
FoW: 1-6, 2-12, 3-18, 4-103, 5-205, 6-211
:
Bowling of Dodgers
:
Cooper 7-0-20-2
Fox 8-0-34-2
Lee 2-0-32-0
Carr 4-0-30-0
McBarron 8-1-42-1
Pope 5-0-53-0
Taylor 3.5-0-27-3
:
Innings of Dodgers
:
Taylor    c Peters    b Wingfield     6 (22)
Matthews+             b Wingfield     1 (17)
McBarron  not out                    76 (93)
Lee       c ?         b Gauntlett    20 (34)
Westhead              b Tither        4 (26)
Carr*     lbw         b Ling         15 (26)
Fox       run out                    26 (18)
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Sub-total                           148
Extras (1b, 4lb, 17w, 2nb)           24
Total                               172
:
Dnb: Cooper, Pope
:
FoW
:
1-9 (Matthews, 17:34, 6.2 overs)
2-12 (Taylor, 17:37, 6.4)
3-56 (Lee, 18:17, 18.6)
4-73 (Westhead, 18:41, 27.1)
5-107 (Carr, 19:06, 34.5)
6-172 (Fox, 19:26, 39.6)
:
Bowling of Energy Exiles
:
Wingfield 5-2-5-2
Patel 5-1-7-0
Gauntlett 5-0-20-1
Thomas 6-0-37-0
Ling 8-2-25-1
Tither 5-1-5-1
Phillips 5-0-47-0
Kerrison 1-0-20-0

Ministry of Justice v Dodgers

Chiswick
17:45 start
20 overs (Wides / No balls 2 runs, no extra run, except in last over)
1st 10 overs bowled from one end, 2nd 10 overs bowled from the other end
Retire at 25
Weather: Gloomy

Dodgers (119 for 6, Priest 25*, Radcliffe 22) beat Ministry of Justice (116 for 6, Hilary 4-0-18-2, Cooper 4-0-21-1) by 3 runs

Man of the Match: Cooper - 5, Carr - 3, Hilary - 1, Priest - 1, Radcliffe - 1

Scorecard

Innings of Dodgers
:
Priest      retired not out             25 (23)
Radcliffe   c ?          b Connor       22 (30)
Marr                     b Hallchurch    0 (1)
McBarron    c ?          b Connor       17 (22)
Cooper      c wkt        b Mahid        18 (19)
Qureshi                  b Nixon         2 (5)
Carr                     b Smith         3 (4)
Lee         not out                      7 (3)
Hilary      not out                      6 (2)
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Sub-total                              100
Extras                                  19
Total (for 6 wickets)                  119
:
Dnb: Fox, Lowe
:
FoW (selected): 2-70, 3-84
:
Bowling
:
Goodwin 2-0-15-0
Hallchurch 4-0-16-1
Smith 4-0-19-1
Hoare 1-0-10-0
Connor 4-0-13-2
Mahid 3-0-26-1
Nixon 2-0-15-1
:
Innings of MoJ
:
Smith       not out                     46
Pascoe      not out                     36
Hoare       run out                      0
Goodwin              c & b Hilary        1
Hallchurch  run out                      7
Crawforth   c Radcliffe  b Cooper        0
Connah                   b Hilary        1
Jeeran      run out                      2
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Sub-total                               93
Extras                                  23
Total (for 6 wickets)                  116
:
Bowling of Dodgers
:
Lowe 4-0-24-0
Fox 4-0-25-0
Hilary 4-0-18-2
Cooper 4-0-21-1
McBarron 2-0-18-0
Carr 2-0-12-0

ATOC v Dodgers

Hampstead Heath extension
Start 18:00 (actual start 18:10)
20 overs
2 for wide/no ball no extra ball (except in last over)
Retire at 30

ATOC CC Innings
:
M Dollin           c & b Cousins   4 (10)
P Jain       not out              43 (26)
R Joseph               b Cooper    0 (5)
A Tolley     not out              29 (28)
K De Silva             b Fox      24 (22)
P Greensitt  c Fox     b Roberts   6 (13)
J Law                  b Roberts   6 (9)
J Sibley     run out               2 (7)
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Sub-total                        114
Extras  (w-8, nb-2, b-6, lb-5)    21
Total                            135 for 6
:       
DfT Dodgers Bowling
:
Cousins 4-1-16-1   
Cooper 3-0-23-1  
Fox 4-1-23-1   
Lee 4-0-27-0   
Roberts 3-0-29-2   
Carr 2-6-0-3   
: 
Innings of Dodgers
:
Priest       not out               4
Radcliffe    not out               0
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Sub-total                          4
Extras                             0
Total                              4
:
Bowling of ATOC
:
TBC

Match abandoned after the second over of the second innings due to rain, thunder, lightning and hail

Dodgers v Bel Air Corinthians

Chiswick
18:00 (actual start 18:15, finish 21:00)
20 overs
Retire at 30

Corinthians 109-8 (Raj 4-0-19-2, Harvey 4-0-21-2) beat Dodgers 108-5 (Priest 31 no, Roberts 20) by 1 wicket

MoM: Matthews - 8, Priest - 2, Raj - 1

Full scorecard to follow

Dodgers v Sir Guy Westhead OBE XI

Chiswick
6pm
20/20
Retire at 25
Weather: Dry, sunny

Dodgers won the toss and elected to bat

Innings of Dodgers
:
Taylor          c & b McManus          0
Radcliffe    retired not out          27
Priest       retired not out          25
Marr         retired not out          25
McBarron     not out                   8
Roberts      not out                  17
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Sub-total                            102
Extras                                28
Total                                130
:
Dnb: Raj, Paterson, Cousins, Cooper, Matthews
:
FoW: 1-0
:
Bowling of Westhead XI
:
McManus 4-0-20-1
Bennett 3-0-17-0
Snook 4-0-18-0
Peacock 2-0-21-0
Hope 3-0-29-0
Fitzgerald 3-0-8-0
Letts 1-0-7-0
:
Innings of Westhead XI
:
Sitou        c Raj        b Paterson   0 (1)
Bennett                   b Cousins    1
Fitzgerald                b Cooper    25 (22)
Qureshi      lbw          b Paterson   1
Letts        lbw          b McBarron  20
Lowe         c Radcliffe  b Cooper     5
Westhead     not out                   6
Snook                                  0
Hope                                   0
McManus      run out (Priest/Cooper)   0
Peacock                                0
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Sub-total                             59
Extras                                 5
Total                                 64
:
Bowling of Dodgers
:
Paterson 4-0-9-2
Cousins 4-0-12-1
Cooper 4-0-18-2
Raj 1-0-17-0
McBarron 2-0-3-4

Dodgers v Clapham CC

Chiswick
2pm
35 overs
Weather: Sunny

Clapham won the toss and elected to bat

Clapham 168 all out. Dodgers 169-7 won by 3 wickets.

Photo Gallery

Scorecard

Innings of Dodgers
:
Taylor      c ?         b Newmark  22
Lee         lbw         b Shirley  11
Westhead                b O'Keefe   3
McBarron    c ?         b Howe     43
Roberts                 b Moor     19
Lowe        run out                 6
Paterson    c O'Keefe   b Nicholls  3
Hilary      not out                15
Fox         not out                 6
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Sub-total                         128
Extras                             40
Total                             168
:
Dnb: Cooper, Matthews
:
FoW: 1-35, 2-40, 3-55, 4-112, 5-123, 6-141, 7-151
:
Innings of Clapham
:
Jamie       c McBarron  b Paterson  0
Nicholls    c Paterson  b Hilary   46
Moor                    b Paterson 10
Howe                    b Hilary   49
Andy H                  b McBarron 25
Andy B      hit wicket  b Hilary    2
O'Keefe     c Hilary    b McBarron  0
Shirley                 b Lowe      0
Bird        c Matthews  b Lowe      0
Newmark     not out                 1
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Sub-total                         145
Extras                             19
Total                             164
:
FoW: 1-0, 2-15, 4-126, 6-140

Bowling of Dodgers
:
Paterson 7-0-42-2
Lowe 4.4-0-20-2
Cooper 4-0-28-0
Hilary 4-0-12-3
Roberts 3-0-17-0
McBarron 4-0-14-2
Fox 3-0-30-0

Dodgers v Energy Exiles

Chiswick
6pm
20/20
Weather: fine and sunny

Dodgers won the toss and elected to bat

Dodgers 118 for 2 (Taylor 38, Marr 43) lost by 1 wicket to Exiles (121 for 9, Lowe 4-0-17-4). Man of the Match: Dave Lowe (6), Taylor (2), ? - (2)

Match report by Matt Taylor

10-man Dodgers lost a nail-biting last-ball thriller to Energy Exiles at Chiswick, the scene of their strong performances in the six-a-side tournament 5 days earlier.

On a hot and sunny evening, Captain Carr won the toss and elected to bat. Openers Taylor and Radcliffe, playing for the Weekenders on Sunday, had been allowed to bat twice for their weakened side by a sporting opposition skipper, but knew that they would receive no such charity from the Energy Exiles. They set about business with some lusty blows but Radcliffe soon skied a leading edge to the legside and Marr came to the crease. Taylor settled in and cleared the infield with expansive cover drives that drew chunks of willow from his ancient Kookaburra, as Marr was pinned down by an excellent spell of left-arm round from Wingfield. With 30 off 6 overs Dodgers ticked along well, but despite a straight six from Taylor and 7 wides in one over from the Exiles' only weak bowler, the total only reached 65 from 14 overs and acceleration was required. Cue Marr finding his form with a series of great cricket shots, and Dodgers had 99 from 17, with Taylor run out for 38 having wandered too far from his crease in threat of a second run to third man.

The return of the opening bowlers made life difficult for new batsman McBarron, but with a sweetly-timed pull to the boundary from the final ball Dodgers reached 118, with Marr left unbeaten on 43. A defendable total, but was it ten runs short against a strong Exiles side?

It seemed so as the opening batsmen took singles and struck boundaries early on. However Dodgers knew they had to take wickets and in the fourth over they did as Phillips tried one uppish drive too many and hit straight down Taylor's throat at cover. A strong finish from Paterson (maiden, wicket maiden) slowed the run-rate and removed Johnstone, then Dave Lowe entered the fray, trapping the remaining opener. At the other end Thody tried to smash Lee through the covers and was dropped by Taylor diving full length to his right, but the Lowe Show continued where it had left off and Thody's second life was his last as another straight delivery thudded into the pads and cheers went up from the Dodgers.

Exiles were keeping up with the run-rate and still had their best batsmen to come in, but when Lowe removed 5 and 6 with solid catches from Paterson and McBarron, they realised they were in with a chance. The Exiles' wicket-keeper has taken apart Dodger's attacks in the past, but this time he looked nervous, and when he was bowled swinging at a straight one from Lee, the Dodgers were suddenly favourites. The Exiles had 90 off 17 overs with new batsmen at the crease, but they were able to accelerate, despite losing another wicket as Cousins amazing throw from third man hit the stumps with Gauntlett realising he hadn't run fast enough. Lee was disappointed with his 19th over, but really it was the manpower shortage in the field that saw 2 boundaries made from shots that would have been stopped.

Now it was impossible to call. Exiles 110-9 needing 9 to win from 6 balls, with McBarron bowling. A single from the first ball and 3 from the second made the pendulum of fate swing into Exile, but two dot balls followed and it was 5 off 2. A wicket would win it for the Dodgers, a boundary would level the scores. McBarron floated a good delivery outside off stump, but a great shot from the number 11 beat the covers and Taylor threw his cap to the floor in frustration as he failed in a sprint across the boundary from long-off. It was the last ball of the game. The field closed in, knowing they had to prevent a single for the tie, but the batsman worked the ball off his hips for four and the Exiles claimed victory.

Disappointment for the Dodgers, but a rip-roaring rollercoaster of a tie, the late evening sunshine and an iridescent salmon sunset made the post-match beer taste sweet and cold.

Dodgers Innings
:
Taylor     Run Out                          38 (46)
Radcliffe  c Farrington-Douglas  b Gauntlet  6 (3)
Marr       Not Out                          43 (58)
McBarron   Not Out                          10 (9)
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Sub-total                                   97
Extras                                      21
Total                                      118/2
:
116 balls   
:
dnb: Lee, Carr, Paterson, Cousins, Lowe, Matthews
:
Bowling of Exiles
:
1 4-0-10-0
2 4-0-35-1
3 4-1-18-0
4 4-0-17-0
5 3-0-19-0
6 1-0-14-0
:
Innings of Exiles
:
Almond     lbw         b Lowe       16 (25)
Phillips   c Taylor    b Cousins    14 (13)
Johnstone              b Paterson    1 (8)
Thody      lbw         b Lowe       19 (22)
Lamarecht  c Paterson  b Lowe        9 (8)
F-Douglas  c McBarron  b Lowe       10 (12)
Peters                 b Lee         8 (9)
Gauntlett   Run Out (Cousins)        1 (1)
Wingfield   Not Out                 19 (13)
Chamberlain            b McBarron    2 (2)
Thomas M    Not Out                 11 (7)
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Sub-total                          110
Extras                              11
Total                              121
:
120 balls
:
Bowling of Dodgers
:
Paterson 4-2-10-1
Cousins 4-0-22-1
Lowe 4-0-17-4
Lee 4-0-38-1
McBarron 4-0-30-1

Dodgers v ATOC

Regent's Park
6pm
20/20

Dodgers won by six wickets. More details soon.

Dodgers v Science Museum

South Park
6pm
20 overs

Dodgers (Priest 43*, Qureshi 26) lost to Science Museum (bowling figures missing). Details and scorecard to follow.

KAI Dragons v Dodgers

Chiswick
20/20
6pm
Retire at 25 rule

Dodgers Batting
--
Priest      ct ?    b Miller       18 (36 balls)
Radcliffe   ct ?    b Dhami         7 (14)
McBarron    Ret Not Out            25 (25)
Carr                b Mayo          5 (19)
Westhead    b Lovell                2 (2)
Roberts     Not Out                16 (20)
Raj         ct ?    b Pearson       0 (1)
Fox         Not Out                 2 (1)
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Sub-total                          75
Extras                              9
Total                              84/5
--
dnb - Lowe, Paterson , Matthews
--
KAI Batting
--
Johal      lbw     b Paterson       9
Mayo       Ret Not Out             25
Radford    Not Out                 16
Miller     Not Out                 25
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Sub-total                          75
Extras                             10
Total                              85/1 (15 overs)
--
Dodgers Bowling
--
Paterson 4-20-1
Fox 4-22-0
Lowe 4-21-0
Raj 3-21-0

Result - KAI won by 9 wickets

Science Museum v Dodgers

South Park
20/20
6pm

Match report by Mike Dollin

Dodgers won the toss and chose to bat on what was a traditional "sporting" wicket at South PArk. This mix of shooters and poppers undid Tawhid (lbw 1), Priest (ct fine leg from a bouncer 4) and Westhead (ct and bowled from a mistimed pull 0). Dollin survived the odd scare to help rebuild the innings with Carr, Jc playing on manfully after a horrible beamer struck him on the forearm. At the half way point Dodgers were just hanging on at 34-3.

First change bowlers offered some relief but it was plain that Science had recruited well in the off season as the bowling remained tight* and the fielding disciplined. And they reaped their rewards as attempted acceleration saw off Carr (bowled trying to off drive 5), and Hillary (bowled from an absolute grubber 5). Dollin and Fox carried Dodgers towards 100, helped as ever by the generous spirit of Science museum's skipper who started with pace, but when one shot past the batsman's head from a length, switched to offspin. Dollin was bowled trying to work a good length ball to third man (missing the only top of off stump ball all game 35), which left the conclusion of the innings to the power hitting of Fox (16 n.o) and Lowe which carried Dodgers to 107, with Lowe unluckily run out from a direct hit off the last ball (6).

The weather turned for the reply- grey clouds closed out the sun, and the first stabs of the rain appeared, but Science got off to a solid start and were doing all they could do on that pitch- dig in for the good balls, punish the odd bad one and put the inside edges, leading edges into space and wicked variations in bounce out of their minds. After the strike bowlers of Fox and Hillary had been seen off wicketless, Science were handily placed- up with the rate and wickets in hand.

Lowe was unable to force the breakthrough off his inital two, nor Streatfield. But when Roberts came on and induced Science's skipper to edge to Cat (he walked straight away as gentlemen do- 15) Science started to lose their way. Next over Will was struck over cover for an imposing 4, but Humphries tried to repeat it next ball off a faster flatter delivery and was bowled through the gate (36). Vic "Wally" hustled to a fast paced and well timed 15, but was given out in mysterious circumstances - perhaps ct behind (though Kim hadn't held it) perhaps lbw. In any event he left shaking his head and despite offers of recall he did not return.

But while Will picked up another wicket to finish with a very useful 3, Science were still well placed going into the last 4 overs needing just under a run a ball. They kept in touching distance -17 off 3, and then 11 from 2. Brendan bowled a fantastic penultimate over conceding just 2, leaving David to bowl the last defending 9. A nerveless last over was going about honours even when, needing 5 from 2 balls-Tombling hit a skier to cover and Brendan never looked like missing it. Though somehow he did and it left Science a good chance with 2 for the tie and a 3 for the win off the last ball. With nerves finally kicking in, as Dave confessed afterwards, Mr Lowe bowled another good block hole ball, Tombling could only force to cover and he was run out- Dodgers home by 2.

A great encounter with a very decent oppo, and I'm sure they'll be looking forward to the return encounter in a few weeks to try again for the victory they should have had last night. For ourselves it was a hard fought scrape that arrests the recent run of defeats, and is perhaps all the more pleasing as for almost the entire game it looked as if we would were heading for another defeat, but clung on and managed to nick it.

If bowling stats seem a tad light in the above report, it's because SM strengths don't stretch to full scoring - as last year there will need to be some run allocation emails amongst the bowlers to arrive at figures.

* When on the wicket. SM conceded 30 extras in the innings and then were very generous with their calls of wides at the start of our defence. This was possibly the difference between the sides.

Dodgers Batting
--
Dollin           b Tomlin      35 (44 balls)
Qureshi    lbw   b Wooley       1 (7)
Priest     ct ?  b Sanderson    4 (8)
Westhead   ct ?  b Sanderson    0 (4)
Carr             b Nolan        5 (15)
Roberts          b Travis       4 (4)
Hilary           b Nolan        5 (8)
Fox        Not Out             16 (16)
Lowe       Run Out              6 (7)
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Sub-total                      76
Extras                         31
Total                         107/8

dnb Streatfield, Matthews

Science Batting - 105/5 (Levett 36, Dodgers bowling figures not available but 3 wickets for Streatfield and 1 each for Lowe and Roberts). 2 catches for Matthews, 1 for Hilary.

Dodgers bowling*

Streatfeild 4-0-21-3
Lowe 4-0-21-1
Fox 4-0-21-0
Roberts 4-0-21-1
Hilary 4-0-21-0

* - estimated runs (total runs scored divided by 5 for each bowler)

Result - Dodgers won by 2 runs

English Heritage v Dodgers

Venue: Chiswick
Start: 6pm
Format: 20/20
Notes: Retire at 50 rule

Result - EH won by 55 runs

EH Batting
--
Cowburn     Ret NO                   52
Vernon                  b Cousins     6 
Hashmi      Ret NO                   51
Cormack     Not Out                  11
Gould                   b Lowe        0
Griffiths   c Harvey    b Raj         1
Memon       Not Out                   0  
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Sub-total                           124
Extras                               10
Total                               134/3
--
Dodgers bowling
Cousins 4-14-1
Hilary 4-23-0
Pope 3-34-0
Streatfield 3-30-0
Lowe 3-17-1
Raj 3-15-1
--
Dodgers Batting
--
Priest                  b Dawood      4 (24 balls)
Harvey                  b Dawood      5 (9)
Roberts                 b Dawood      0 (2)
McBarron     c Ireson   b Hudswell   31 (34)
Hilary                  b Ireson      1 (4)
Raj          lbw        b Ireson      8 (8)
Lowe         st wicky   b Griffiths   1 (4)
Streatfield  Run Out                  5 (12)
Cousins      Not Out                  5 (8)
Matthews                b Hudswell    0 (7)
Pope                    b Hudswell    0 (3)
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Sub-total                            60
Extras                               19
Total                                79 all out

Dodgers v Bel Air Corinthians

Venue: Bel Air Park, West Dulwich
Start: 6pm
Format: 20/20

Dodgers lost by 11 runs

Bel Air - 158/6 (Hayes 59, Featherstone 36)

Dodgers Bowling
Paterson 4-14-3
Hilary 2-19-0
Lowe 4-35-0
Streatfield 4-28-1
Pope 4-35-2
McBarron 3-15-0

Dodgers Batting
--
Taylor        Retired Hurt           33 (28 balls)
Hilary        ct ?        b Hayes    32 (16)
McBarron      ct ?        b Peretz   30 (26)
Westhead      Run Out                 1 (1)
Carr          lbw         b Barker   16 (29)
Radcliffe     lbw         b Peretz    0 (1)
Lowe                      b Barker    3 (5)
Streatfield               b Barker    0 (1)
Paterson      c ?         b Barker    2 (7)
Matthews      Not Out                 1 (3)
Pope          Not Out                 4 (1) - boundary!
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Sub-total                           122
Extras                               25
Total                               147-8

Dodgers v GWRCC

Venue: Trailfinders Sports Club, Castle Bar Park
Start: 6pm
Format: 20/20

Dodgers lost a very one-sided encounter. Full scorecard as yet unavailable.

Dodgers v LSE

Match cancelled because the opposition could not raise a team.

Dodgers v New Barbarian Weasels

Chiswick
3.30pm
30 overs
Weather: dry, sunny

Weasels 163 for 5 (Michaels 76, Paterson 6-0-25-2), Dodgers 164 for 1 (Dollin 79*, Priest 72*)

Dodgers won by 9 wickets

Scorecard

Innings of Weasels
--
Michaels    c Paterson     b Fox     76
Hurley                   b Paterson   3
Woodhead                 b Paterson   9
McCourt     not out                  55
Sampson     run out (Westhead)        1
Dyer        run out (Matthews)        3
Owen        not out                   3
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Sub-total                           150
Extras                               13
Total (for 5)                       163
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Bowling
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Paterson 6-0-25-2
Fox 6-0-33-1
Cooper 6-0-30-0
Sitou 4-0-26-0
McBarron 6-0-25-0
Priest 2-0-14-0
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Innings of Dodgers
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McBarron              b Dyer          4 (20)
Dollin       not out                 79 (94)
Priest       not out                 72 (60)
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Sub-total                           155
Extras                                9
Total (for 1)                       164
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dnb: Westhead, Carr, Fox, Paterson,
Sitou, Matthews, Cooper, Fox
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Bowling
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Owen 6-2-12-0
Dyer 6-0-39-1
Alam 5-0-42-0
McCourt 6-0-37-0
Hagan 4-0-25-0
Patel 1-0-6-0
Duff 0.5-0-3-0

Notes: 145 partnership for the second wicket (Dollin/Priest) is #2 on the All-Time list.

Man of the Match: Dollin - 6, Paterson - 2, Priest - 2

Dodgers v HM Treasury

Match cancelled due to rain.

Dodgers v Motley Crew

Chiswick
6pm
20 overs
Retire at 25

Dodgers 94-3 (Marr 27 ret not out, Priest 20)
Motley Crew 95-6 (Fox 4-1-8-2, Raj 3.3-0-21-2)

Motley Crew won by 4 wickets

MoM: Fox (6), Taylor (3), Marr (2)

Dodgers v EHCC

Chiswick
6pm
Weather: Dry, sunny
20 overs
Retire at 25
English Heritage won the toss and elected to bat

EH - 199 for 1
Dodgers - 106 for 7

MoM - Raj

Dodgers v Ministry of Justice

Chiswick
6pm
Weather: Dry, sunny
20 overs
Retire at 25
MoJ won the toss and elected to field

Match report

On an unfeasibly sunny spring evening, a strong Dodgers team finally took the field for the belated first game of the season, Superstars having avoided their inevitable and richly deserved thrashing the previous week by dint of the miserable weather. No such worries this time round though, as the Dodgers players slapped on sun block, borrowed head gear to cover their modestly hirsute heads and prepared to face down the might of MoJ.

Justice did indeed prove blind when their captain, fresh from a victorious toss, chose to offer Dodgers first use of a decent pitch, a firm outfield and rapidly vanishing daylight. His judgement was almost immediately called into question as Dollin set about MoJ’s religiously monikered Hallchurch with gusto, unleashing firm drives and withering cuts to good effect. At the other end, Taylor, the lesser-spotted Dodgers cack-hander, bedded in and watched the carnage.

Sadly, it was short-lived as Dollin went for one expansive, lofted drive too many and was snaffled athletically at long off. Qureshi came to the crease and was immediately into his stride, involving himself in a couple of early run out chances that reminded us all about the need to exercise care when entering the TQ zone. Hallchurch, who by this time had switched from donkey-droppers to a variety of slow leg breaks, picked up his second victim when Qureshi went for an expansive drive was bowled.

In came Priest to complete a delightful nomenclature pas-de-deux with the lanky opening bowler. He immediately was granted a life when the keeper missed a straight-forward chance low to his left, and cashed in with some spanking shots. The run rate was a pleasing 6 an over, and the received wisdom was that 120 would be a handy score.

A change of bowling bought a change of fortune as Priest went for one drive too many and was bowled by Murray. Taylor completed his 27 and retired, having batted solidly for 30 odd balls. This bought the 2007 winner of the player, batsman, bowler, fielder, pipe-smoker, PFA Young Player, rear and train operating company of the year awards to the crease. However, clearly intent on giving the rest of the team a chance this year, Fox began the 2008 season by bunting a slow full toss straight to midwicket for a golden blob. Suddenly, at 4 down, Justice could sense momentum shifting back to them.

The big Mo was rapidly snatched back via a feisty partnership between McBarron and Lee. With McB staying solid at one end, Lee put last season’s batting disappointments behind him by thrashing the MoJ attack to all parts (well, the agriculturally-named ones anyway). McB completed yet another red inker 25 in the last over, and Lee spanked the last ball of the innings for 4 to finish 25 not out. With five batters getting to double figures, this was a solid team innings of 133, a total that most observers felt would present a challenge.

The glacial pace of MoJ’s bowling of their overs meant that that sun was already setting when Dodgers took the field. The Cat, positively sprightly in his 86th season for the club and resplendent in his new gloves (their antique predecessors having being flogged for £250 on Cash in the Attic) took his place behind the stumps and was immediately in business as Paterson charged in from the top end and beat the bat. At the other end, Hilary took some early season tap as the MoJ top order began the task of chasing a tough target at 6.5 an over.

Justice was not what the openers got as chances went begging and wickets failed to fall. Paterson was replaced by Cooper who bowled a solid initial spell. However, with the MoJ’s Steve McManaman look-a-like playing some particularly expansive shots, the scoring rate climbed up to 6 an over and stayed there.

Hilary completed his spell and was replaced by Lee, who proceeded to entertain the crowd with one of his more variable spells that was such a feature of his early Dodgers career. The top three were soon retired with 25 each to their names and things looking good for keepers of the constitution.

When the going gets tough for Dodgers, there is only one man they can call upon. Fresh from his first ball quack quack and his pre-bowling bout of pilates, Fox quickly got back into the groove, bowling the appropriately named Flury and cutting Bigham down to size. Paterson weighed in with a wicket, doing Hutchinson for pace and completing an excellent spell of 4-0-14-1. With the remainder of MoJ’s tail-end looking encouragingly floppy-eared, the game appeared to be slipping away from them, a view reinforced when Bowman was run out by half a pitch via Taylor’s quick work in the covers.

With MoJ running out of batsmen, and their opening trio slavering hungrily on the boundary rope, Priest was faced with a tricky conundrum. He opted to re-introduce Lee in the hope that his wild inaccuracy would see the game out. Sadly, whilst the inaccuracy remained, the ability of the Justice batsmen to succumb to it was a whole new factor. Hallchurch, after a spectacularly hooked four off a head-high full toss, fell to a catch from Cooper and Connah to McBarron. In between, the run out of Hoare ensured a tricky finish. With 2 overs left, 22 were needed.

Some sparky running and hitting garnered 11 from Fox’s last over, and by some dint of creative maths, this left Dodgers needing to defend ten off the last over. Lee (3 overs for 23) was tasked with closing it out in the gathering gloom. He immediately snared Pascoe caught behind, and with three balls left the equation was 7 runs or one wicket. Nerves got the better of him and he dropped his delivery short and on the leg stump. Smith swivelled and pulled and looked towards the boundary. However, Priest snaffled a stunning catch at short midwicket to win the match and the champagne moment.

So a close fought victory for Dodgers, played in an excellent spirit by two strong teams. Lee was man of the match for his good batting and stupendously jammy bowling.

Scorecard

Innings of Dodgers

Dollin     c (mid off)   b Hallchurch    16
Taylor     not out                       27
Qureshi                  b Hallchurch     4
Priest                   b Murray        16
McBarron   not out                       25
Fox        c ?           b Murray         0
Lee        not out                       25
Hilary     not out                        1
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Sub-total                               114
Extras (2b, 1lb, 14w, 2nb)               19
Total                                   133

dnb: Paterson, Cooper, Matthews

Bowling

Olsen 4-0-14-0
Hallchurch 4-0-28-2
Connah 4-0-26-0
Murray 3-0-29-2
Smith 4-0-18-0
Hoare 1-0-15-0

Innings of MoJ

Smith       c Priest     b Lee           26
Pascoe      c Matthews   b Lee           36
Olsen       not out                      29
Flury                    b Fox            4
Bigham                   b Fox            6
Hutchinson               b Paterson       0
Bowman      run out                       2
Hallchurch  c Cooper     b Lee           12
Hoare       run out                       0
Connah      c McBarron   b Lee            4
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Sub-total                               119
Extras                                    8
Total                                   127

Bowling

Paterson 4-0-14-1
Hilary 4-0-27-0
Cooper 4-0-26-0
Lee 4-0-26-4
Fox 4-0-26-2

Notes

Umpires: Fox, Hilary, Dollin
Scorer: Cooper
Taylor retired on 27 at 19:09
1 run short (Lee) 14.4 ovs
McBarron retired 25 at 19:31

Man of the Match: Lee (10), McBarron (1)