Game 14 v Bold Dragoon

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Bold Dragoon
Date	:	2 August 2003
Venue	:	Weston Favell Upper School
Result	:	Won by 7 wickets

Innings of: Bold Dragoon

1	M Pettit	ct Ahearn	Baker	11	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	R Davies	ct Geddes	Baker	7	M Lowe	7	2	12	1
3	C Davies	b	Lowe	6	M Baker	6	0	14	2
4	R Sparling	ct Ahearn	Swann	7	M Swann	11	6	11	5
5	A Davies	ct W Kingston jr	Swann	15	T Marlow	10	1	20	2
6	J O'Dell	b	Marlow	1
7	R Hirst	b	Swann	1
8	J Billingham	ct York	Swann	1
9	N Page	ct Kirby	Marlow	0
10	M Chew	LBW	Swann	4
11	G Welsh		not out	2
	Overs	34	Extras	4
	Wickets	10	Total	59

Innings of: St Michael's

1	D York	ct Chew	J O'Dell	8	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	M Collier	ct Page	J O'Dell	8	J O'Dell	11	2	19	2
3	T Kirby	ct C Davies	Sparling	0	R Sparling	6	1	15	1
4	W Kingston jr		not out	25	G Welsh	3	1	11	0
5	M Swann		not out	11	R Davies	2	0	10	0

	Overs	22	Extras	11
	Wickets	3	Total	63

Match report

St Michael's recent good form continued with a well deserved 7 wicket victory against old friends and rivals Bold Dragoon on Saturday.

St Michael's skipper Ian Geddes won the toss and asked the visitors to bat first. A tight opening spell by Martin Baker and Mick Lowe saw runs at a premium. However so were wickets, and it wasn't until the eighth over that the first one fell. Baker put in a short delivery which Martin Pettit glanced with his glove to keeper Brian Ahearn, Pettit sportingly walking to avoid

The pitch then started to deteriorate, with good length balls rising up sharply. The Bold batters were uncomfortable with the pitch's sudden change of character, with veteran Malc Swann in particular exploiting the conditions to the full. He bagged a season's best 5 for 11, with Tom Marlow picking up 2 for 20 along the way. The final score of 59 was certainly below par, but would not be easy to get on a pitch that was showing increasing signs of uneven bounce.

The St Michael's reply started well, with Danny York and Matt Collier both looking for the bad ball and quick runs. York was unsettled when a delivery from Jimmy O'Dell rose up off a good length and struck him on the head. He was soon out for 8, and was joined quickly afterwards by Trev Kirby for a duck. At 18 for 2, the Bold's tails were up. But a typically robust innings by Will Kingston soon wrestled the initiative back towards St Michael's and he guided the home side to victory with a confident 25 not out.