DODGERS V SCIENCE MUSEUM

4 JULY 2002
CHISWICK

DODGERS WON BY 39 RUNS

Dodgers: 87-2, 20 Overs (Priest 36 no; McBarron 31) Science Museum: 48 all out, 16.2 Overs (Hilary 3-7; Benn 3-11; Whitrod 2-16)

Match Report: John Carr

Yet another loss of the toss and we were inserted (fortunate as we only had 7 players at the start of the game – later supplemented by Tony Whitrod and Barry Gigg who kindly joined us from an afternoon Superstars match on an adjacent pitch). On a difficult wicket we probably got a par – although potentially beatable – score. But after the opening spells from Neil Benn and John Hilary, the Science Museum innings was in disarray and we secured a very comfortable win.

On another low and slow Chiswick wicket, batting was never an easy proposition. And our opening partnership of Phil McBarron and Neil Priest found it difficult to score freely. Indeed, after 10 overs their partnership had only reached 33. But by the time Phil was dismissed in the 17th over (partnership 70) they had managed to increase the strike rate to more than four. A few lusty blows in the last three overs (and more wides bringing the total to 15!) saw us reach 87. Mooney (4-0-7-0) was the pick of the Science Museum’s attack.

Science Museum’s reply got off to a terrible start with Neil Benn opening up with a double wicket maiden. And, unfortunately for them, things never got much better. After 8 overs, they found themselves 19 for 6 with Neil Benn having the excellent figures of 4-1-11-3 and John Hilary the even better 4-0-7-3. The change bowling of the rusty John Adey and guest Tony Whitrod accelerated the scoring a little but wickets continued to fall and after 16 overs Science Museum had reached 48-9. The game ended when Barry Gigg had Griffiths (the only Museum batsman to reach double figures) caught by Neil Priest (who did an excellent job behind the stumps in Kim’s absence).

Man of the Match: John Hilary

DODGERS V SCIENCE MUSEUM - 4 JULY 2002, CHISWICK - DODGERS WON BY 39 RUNS

Dodgers Innings

McBarron b Tomlin 31
Priest not out 36
Carr b Fearon 5
Benn not out 0
Extras (w15) 15
Total 87 for 2
dnb: Hilary, Adey, Whitrod, Gigg


Bowling
O M R W
Mooney 4 0 7 0
Conn 4 0 19 1
Jones 2 0 15 0
Woodhouse 3 1 8 0
Morley 2 0 14 0
Fearon 3 0 16 1
Tomlin 2 0 11 1


Science Museum Innings

Barker lbw b Benn 0
Butler b Hilary 5
Fearon c&b Benn 0
Morley b Benn 6
Tomlin b Hilary 4
Woodhouse b Hilary 0
Mooney b Whitrod 5
Griffiths c Priest b Gigg 14
Conn c McBarron b Adey 9
Jones c&b Whitrod 1
Crampton D not out 0
Extras (b1, lb1, w2) 4
Total 48 all out


Bowling
O M R W
Benn 4 1 11 3
Hilary 4 0 7 3
Adey 4 1 14 1
Whitrod 4 1 16 2
Gigg 0.2 0 0 1

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