Dunstall Season by Season Match Diary

Dunstall Cricket Club – THROUGH THE YEARS : MATCH INDEX Page 111 of 345 • Reported 30 June: o Due to the weather there was no play possible in either the U13 nor U15 Divisions, which was met with dismay as the short season was rapidly drawing to a close. There was a concern this would affect Divisional outcomes, that would affect the U13 team, who still sat atop of it’s Division ahead of second placed Lullington. • Reported 7 July: o Under 15 Division - game washed out o Under 13 Division v Winshill – match cancelled due to weather conditions, despite an attempt to swich venues, Dunstall remained top of the table, now 2 points ahead of nearest challengers Elford, who were able to play their scheduled fixture. • Reported 14 July: o Under 15 Division ended with a complete washout of the entire programme, meaning Dunstall’s record as played 7 with 2 wins and 3 losses. 2 games were abandoned o Under 13 Division v Lullington – Dunstall 80-7 (E Sloane 39, D Gough 2-5, S Ball 2-18) lost to Lullington 81-5 (G Chapman 44*) by 5 Wickets. The highest praise in this pivotal game is due to E Sloane (39) and George Chapman (44*) for their impressive innings. Dunstall were given a good start by Sloane and Eddie Chapman (16) but were unable to accelerate through the later overs. For Lullington, Chapman held the innings together as they made slow and steady progress to the target. S Challiner conceded only 5 runs in his 4 overs, but a stand of 29 with Adam Poynton for the fifth wicket, enabled Chapman to score the winning runs. This result saw Lullington take over the leadership of the Division. • Reported 21 July: o Under 13 Division v Barton – Dunstall 72-1 (S Challiner 37*) defeated Barton 71-5 (Rogers 37* S Challiner 2-3, A Fern 3-15) by 9 wickets. Simon Challiner with an unbeaten 37 shared 48 runs for the first wicket wth Eddie Chapman (17) and went on to steer his team home by 9 wickets. Barton’s opener A Rogers had previously carried his bat for 37 but with little support from his colleagues as Barton were restricted to 71-5. Dunstall remained in second place as Lullington Park maintained their lead with a 7 wicket win against Ind Coope. • Reported July 28: o Under 13 Division v Ind Coope – Dunstall maintained their challenge at the top of the table with a win over Ind Coope by 8 wickets. The home side had no answer to Adam Fern (5-10) giving wicket keeper E Sloane 5 victims, including 4 stumpings. With Simon Challiner (3-15) equally difficult to score off, Ind Coope reached only 36 in 12.5 Overs. Dunstall raced to victory in only 6 overs. • Reported August 4: o Under 13 Division v Tutbury – Dunstall returned to top of the league, as Lullington were defeated by Elford. Dunstall complied a score of 118-3 with Eddie Sloane scoring 44 and Eddie Chapman 46, as they shared a second wicket partnership of 90. After Adam Fern (2-3) and James Stevenson (2-4) had reduced Tutbury to 8-5, only some late resistance enabled them to reach 43-6, still 75 runs adrift. Two scheduled matches left to play. • Reported August 11: o Under 15 Division v Rolleston (Ace sports U15 Cup Semi Final) – Rolleston posted a score of 128-2. Darren Yeomans and Mark James set the foundation with an opening partnership of 56 nd then Danny Lynch and Matthew Tipper carried on the work. Dunstall conceded 27 extras to the total too, Although opener Rom Suggatt (40) batted sensibly he lost partners and Dunstall found the task beyond them in falling 22 runs short at the close of their innings. o Under 13 Division v Alrewas – Dunstall maintained intent at the top of the Division against Alrewas. Dunstall bowled out their opponents for 45 in 13.4 overs, with only Rob Vickers (14) able to offer resistance. In one over from Tom Baker he took three wickets to remove any chance of a late revival. Mathew Benstead (20*) and Eddie Sloan (208) raced to victory in only 4.3 overs to collect the points and leave Dunstall needing to win their final match to be sure of the championship, • Reported August 18: o Under 13 Division v Trentside – Trentside 75-5 (Kashif 29*, M Benstead 2-9) lost to Dunstall 77-1(J Stevenson 45*) by 9 Wickets. Dunstall clinched the Under 13 Division championship in defeating Trentside, batting first, suffered a knock when home skipper Matthew Benstead removed Chris Salt without scoring, were unable to recover and reached 75-5. After a careful start, Dunstall raced to their target