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Doctors beat Taunton Deane Council by 6 wickets TDBC 131
for 5
Doctors 135 for 4
The Council’s innings began in circumspect
fashion as Harry Lee and Robert Seymour were accuracy personified on a dry,
hard Cannington strip. Dill made the
fatal mistake of taking on Lee at backward square leg and was never going to
make it as the fielder swooped and sent in a fast, low throw to keeper
Charles Macadam. Phil Barker took a
smart catch to give Seymour (1-18) a deserved wicket, but then Phil Andrews
and John Pike took command in an excellent 50 partnership, made at a good
rate, which formed a platform from which the middle order could attack. Both batsmen retired on 32 and I.Hoskins
and Kevin Dunn took up the cudgels. Doctors’ bowlers kept plugging away and
Hoskins (13) fell to a catch at extra cover by Lee off Peter Reed (1-40) and
Dunn (11) was lbw to Tom Adcock. Another
fine catch by the ubiquitous Lee, this time at deep cow corner provided a
second victim for Adcock (2-28) although C.Cox (23 n.o.) struck some good
late blows to set a challenging target.
John Bishop and
Richard Budd saw off a good opening spell by Joel Clarkson until the advent
of Pike saw the dismissal of Budd (10).
Peter Weaver was sure that he had found the edge of Charlie Granville’s
bat but the umpire was sure that Granville had hit the ground and he survived
– only to be bowled in the next over by Pike (2-14). Bishop and Lee then played with consummate good
sense in an aggressive but risk-free stand which mirrored the foundations
laid in the Council’s innings. When
Bishop (30 n.o.) retired and Lee was bowled by Dunn there was still work to
be done. Tom Langston rattled off five
boundaries and Phil Barker played an excellent captain’s innings to answer
the challenge. Langston (22) was
caught and bowled by Dunn (2-19) just before the end but Barker (20 n.o.)
shepherded his team to victory with 14 balls to spare. |
