Dunstall Season by Season Match Diary

Dunstall Cricket Club – THROUGH THE YEARS : MATCH INDEX Page 94 of 345 Note : On 14 th May 1995, the Cricket Archive records a Second Round Cup tie in the Alliance and Leicester Giro National Village Championship 1995 between Milford Hall and Dunstall. Dunstall have no further games recorded in this competition and there appears to be a league cup played the same day. It appears Dunstall were no longer eligible as they had a professional player in Danny Spasic. Second XI – DCCL Division 4B Date Home Team Away Team Notes 06/05/1995 Ambergate 112-6 (35) Dunstall 110-7 (42.4) Dunstall Innings : K Nightingale 5-35, F Brown 4-27 Ambergate Innings : Scorecard Reproduced from scorebook 07/05/1995 Butterley 271-7 (46) Dunstall 121-5 (45) Dunstall slumped to 19-5 in reply to Butterley, but Rob Dytham and Richard Clewley rescued what seemed a hopeless position with an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership of 108 in 39 overs of gritty defiance Butterley Innings : M Dance 67, S Lees 40*, R Easter 3-83 Dunstall Innings : R Dytham 52* P Oldcorn 3-20 Scorecard reproduced from scorebook 13/05/1995 Dunstall 131-7 (46) Ticknall 132-4 (29.1) Tail wagged to take Dunstall to 131 but the total was nowhere near enough. Dunstall Innings : P Akhtar 39, Ashmole 3- 59, Symkins 3-36 Ticknall Innings : R Greaves 42, D Marshall 44*, P Akhtar 3-59 Scorecard reproduced from scorebook 14/05/1995 League Cup Dunstall 167-7 (46) Rolls Royce 168-8 (44) Jeff Wardle and Keith Shilton both passed the 50-mark but a score of 167 was again inadequate, Rolls Royce managed to achieve a two-wicket win. Dunstall Innings : J Wardle 50, K Shilton 62, A McAbe 3-24 Rolls Royce Innings : Bhatti 35, M Prince 5- 29 Scorecard Reproduced from scorebook Venue to be confirmed 20/05/1995 Borrowfield 142-5 (31.2) Dunstall 140-10 (46) Dunstall Innings : J Wardle 50, L Parker 4- 28 (good supporting knocks fromDavid Griffiths and Terry Gilleland) Borrowfield Innings : J Mottram 73 Scorecard Reproduced from scorebook 27/05/1995 Dunstall 232-5 (46) Elvaston 231-7 (46) Elvaston Park finished two runs short of victory in a dramatic climax, Dunstall scored 232-5 with opener Geoff Shilton leading the way with a superb 101 before he was forced to retire hurt, includinga partnership of 49 with Jeff Wardle. Elvaston needing five to win off the final over, Abid Ali completed a fine spell of 3- 70 to leave them on 231-7. Dunstall Innings : G Shilton 101 (Retired Hurt), J Wardle 66 Elvaston Innings : I Murray 50, P Akhtar 3- 63, A Ali 3-70 Scorecard Reproduced from scorebook