Game 17 v Doddridge

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Doddridge
Date	:	23 August 2003
Venue	:	Weston Favell Upper School
Result	:	Won by 3 wickets

Innings of: Doddridge

1	P Horne	ct Geddes	Baker	20	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	S Gill	ct Geddes	Baker	2	M Baker	11	2	26	4
3	D Slaymaker	ct Ahearn	Allen	37	D Allen	10	4	32	2
4	R Hobbs	ct Harrison	Kirby	37	I Geddes	8	3	18	0
5	C Higham	ct Collier	Allen	3	T Kirby	12	3	30	2
6	M Lewis	b	Kirby	6	S Cannell	4	0	24	0
7	R Desmond		not out	11
8	S Knight		Baker	5
9	G Beeby	st Ahearn	Baker	1
10	P Higham		not out	1
11	G Robinson
	Overs	45	Extras	17
	Wickets	8	Total	141

Innings of: St Michael's

1	D York	b	Slaymaker	34	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	W Kingston sr	ct Gill	P Higham	1	C Higham	5	0	32	1
3	M Collier	LBW	Robinson	9	P Higham	12	3	23	3
4	W Kingston jr	ct	P Higham	11	G Robinson	8	1	25	1
5	D Allen	ct	P Higham	9	M Lewis	7	0	19	1
6	T Kirby		not out	42	D Slaymaker	8	1	29	1
7	D Harrison	b	Lewis	4
8	I Geddes	b	C Higham	12
9	B Ahearn		not out	4
	Overs	40	Extras	16
	Wickets	7	Total	142

Match report

St Michael's guaranteed fourth place finish in Section One with a hard fought 3 wicket victory over Doddridge. Winning the toss, St Michael's wily skipper Ian Geddes elected to field first, and it was veteran all rounder Martin Baker would made the early inroads, removing Horne and Gill, both to catches by Geddes at mid wicket.

A solid third wicket partnership between Dave Slaymaker and Hobbs seemed to swing the pendulum back towards Doddridge, but a late order collapse saw the final score restricted to 141-8, with Baker (4-28) the pick of the bowlers.

The tea interval was much improved by some of Mrs Mary Harrison's chocolate cake. According to Bill Kingston, the consistency was just right, and so a second helping was not amiss.

In reply, Doddridge crowded the bat, looking to put pressure on the St Michael's reply. And the policy seemed to be working with Bill Kingston and Dave Allen caught close to the wicket. But a quickfire 34 from Danny York, followed by Trev Kirby's steadfast 42 not out saw the home side to victory with 5 overs to spare.