Wimborne 2nd XI win handsomely against Dorchester

Dorchester 2nd XI 183ao lost to Wimborne & Colehill 2nd XI 184-1 by 9 wickets

 

Wimborne & Colehill put on a masterclass as they won by 9 wickets against the county town’s 2nd team and in the process did the double on Dorchester on a cold and windy day thanks to an excellent bowling display well backed up by the three batsmen used.

 

Losing the toss, Wimborne & Colehill were asked to field by the home side and Dorchester nearly lost a wicket in the second over when a difficult catch went down in the slips. A solid start by the Dorchester openers, hitting the odd ball to the boundary but struggling to get a bat on other deliveries, progressed the score to 17 before Neil Tape struck with Collison taking a high catch. The second wicket went down with the score on 34, the experienced Fred Pennell taking a sharp catch stood up to Tape for his 2nd of the day. Tape, and Wimborne’s 3rd wicket of the day then came with the score on 44, opener Legg adjudged lbw for 21. The new batsmen looked confident though and latched onto anything short that the bowlers including Heyes (0-19) bowled. Their partnership of 45 was the highest of the innings, and it was broken when Dunk bowled Chutter for 16. Dunk (2-38) then got the important wicket of the powerful Taylor for 41, Collison taking his second catch of the day. With Tim Bartlett (2-33) into the attack he picked up two wickets in his first five overs, Pennell taking a stumping and Tim’s son George safely holding onto a good catch on the boundary. Tape then returned and took his fourth wicket of the game (bowled) and Dorchester were 129-7. However, a frustrating partnership of 39 was then put together which edged Dorchester up to 183 and Wimborne & Colehill wondered if this was the partnership that was going to take the game away from them. However, with Jones (0-44) returning and Tape still bowling, the final wickets were still there for the taking to take maximum bowling points. Tape (5-42) took his fifth wicket of the day, Collison again getting underneath a catch, to cap an excellent return from injury for the skipper. Dorchester then went for a suicidal second run and Jones calmly gathered the ball to run the no.11 out and Dorchester were 183, Joslin not out for 39.

 

Wimborne & Colehill knew they needed a solid start to the reply, and that was exactly what openers George Bartlett and the promoted Marcus Cook gave them. Seeing off the good balls and latching onto anything short or wide, the youngsters moved the score onto 35 after 10 overs. Cook then started to release his arms a little whenever the bowling was wayward and some excellent clean hitting gave Dorchester much to think about. In particular there was a powerful pull over the fence to the railway line which nearly required a new ball; a situation one of the Dorchester players said “We don’t normally lose balls here!”. Another powerful flat six towards the pavilion soon followed which had the elder statesmen of the team Pennell and Dunk scurrying out of their deckchairs to get out the way as it flew through one half splitting the deckchair cloth. Dunk looked at his chair before deciding it would hold his weight and attempting to sit down in it. With half the Dorchester players still looking in the direction of the deckchairs Dunk sat down and proceeded to split the other half of the cloths and end up bum on the floor with the deckchair all around him and the players of both teams in stiches as he couldn’t get up!

 

The drinks break came and went with the opening partnership still undefeated, and it finally went onto 109 before Cook was finally out, lbw for an excellent 69. Collison then came to the crease and set about making the rest of the chase as short as possible, and with Bartlett playing a sensible anchor innings at the other end, the seven bowlers Dorchester used had no answer. Collison hit a large number of boundaries to take Wimborne & Colehill to the edge of a huge victory, which came when he hit a straight six to both win the game and take him to his maiden 50 of the season, ending 50* and Wimborne & Colehill to 184-1. Bartlett was undefeated on 39*, and all three batsmen who were used played innings that were needed.

 

The nine-wicket victory was the largest of this season (and maybe a few seasons before), and was an excellent performance from everyone that was required. To chase down 184 to win with the loss of just one wicket was tremendous, and Tape’s bowling performance along with the rest of the bowling unit that only gave away four wides meant that Dorchester weren’t given any free rides.  Tape will be hoping that the excellent performance can be carried over into the last two games of the season.

Category: 2nds