Date and place of Match:  Saturday July 21 st,  Away.                                                 League: NSA Saturday Division 1.

 

Scoreboard.         Swanage                                                                  124 - 8

 

                           (M.Nash  54.                                           D.Brockway  4 - 45.)

 

 

                           Blandford                                                                 125 - 7

 

                          ( S.Webb  34,   P.Knight  29.                    P.Holland  3 - 20.)

 

 

Result:               Swanage lost by three wickets.

 

Details:

 

Accurate Blandford bowling on an unreliable pitch made batting a struggle for Swanage throughout their forty five overs. Mike Nash played some fine cut shots as he made 54 out of 89, but even this took him thirty four overs.

 

The Blandford openers attacked the wayward Swanage opening bowlers to such effect that the score raced to 62 - 0 after only ten overs. The introduction of Peter Kirby and Phil Holland into the attack slowed the run rate to a trickle .In excellent spells, they bowled a succession of maidens and then worked their way through the Blandford top order. However, the damage had been done by the openers and Blandford reached their target comfortably with seven overs to spare.

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Date and place of Match:  Sunday July 22 nd,  Away.                                                       League: NSA Saturday Division 3.

 

Scoreboard.         Swanage  First  Eleven                                 116

 

                           (R.Wilcox  32.                                        J.Crassweller  4 - 32,   R.McCoy  3 - 18.)

 

 

                           Bournemouth  Second  Eleven                      117 - 2                                 

 

                          (P.Yerby  75*,   P.Fowler  26.)

 

 

Result:               Swanage lost by 8 wickets.

 

Details:

 

Roger Wilcox played a captain’s innings to shepherd a weak Swanage side to three figures on a good pitch for batting. John Wormold (12*) also batted well later on.

 

After tea, P.Yerby savaged the Swanage opening attack with a series of lofted drives over the bowler’s head for four or six. Jonathan Maidman and Roger Wilcox bowled well for Swanage in the later stages of the game but Yerby stayed to ease Bournemouth to victory in the twenty second over.

 

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Date and place of Match:  Sunday July 22 nd,  at Home.                                                       League: NSA Saturday Division 8.

 

Scoreboard.         Wimborne                                                     257 - 7

 

                           (D.Nutland  83,   A.McRae  79,   R.Moss  36*,   R.Whistle  20*.                P.Kirby  4 - 50.)                                       

 

 

                           Swanage  Second  Eleven                              113                                 

 

                          (D.Haines  47.                      R.Moss  4 - 3.)

 

 

Result:               Swanage lost by 144 runs.

 

Details:

 

Wimborne overwhelmed Swanage at Day’s Park, bringing a stronger side than most  of those encountered in Division 3 by our First Eleven. Nutland and McRae added 119 for the third wicket to set up the big total.

 

Opener David Haines made a distinguished 47 for Swanage. Later, R.Moss ended the Swanage innings by taking four wickets in four balls. This is a prestigious and highly unusual event.