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Match report 2

Match versus Colliton

Tuesday 31 July 07

Champions!!

A wonderfully hot sunny evening was a rare sight as Charlton Down and Colliton played their rescheduled match at the beautifully set CDCC ground. With no doubts of it raining, snowing or flooding, Charlton Down emerged from the changing room looking to seal their tenth straight win that would see them clinch the Dorchester Evening League Division 3 title.

Colliton won the toss and duly elected to bat first. Coates-Dale was of course promoted to open the bowling, it has to be said this decision was based purely on merit and nothing to do with Fagence & Mitchell not being there from the start!! (put this way as his mum & dad read the report!!). It was alas, and not for the first time that Mark Homewood collected the first couple of wickets with his accurate left arm boomerang bowling. He finished up with three wickets taking him to 20 wickets for the second league season in a row. With both opening bowlers restricting Colliton to a meagre 26 runs from the first 12 overs it was left to Chris Towndrow and the now present James Mitchell to wrap things up taking the last 6 wickets for a paltry 7 runs, Colliton being dismissed for 34 on the last ball of their allotted 18 overs, their top scorer only managing 6 runs.

With such a low score to chase the captain made the decision that there would be at least one century in the match, opening the batting with the youthful and effervescent talents of Andy Smith & Mike Lingham (a combined age of over 100!!). To cut what would be a long story (if Lingham talked you through it) short; they got the runs in a little over 4 overs. If remembered correctly I think there is something about Lingham hitting a 6 to seal victory and the title in his score of 27, but let’s not go there!!

A soaked but exuberant captain said after the match that he would like to extend his gratitude to all club members and players for their continuing support over the winter summer. With 2 games left CDCC will be looking to go the season undefeated when they play Frampton and BAE. The captain has said he will pick two different teams in an effort to get more players involved as the league title is now secure. With such an in-depth and talented squad to choose from you can be rest assured Charlton Down will be playing to win whilst continuing their excellent format of having fun.

 

Match report 1:

A night to remember

Mike 'exocet' Lingham managed an astounding 4 records during the match against Colliton. Obviously the team did feature but the deadly Mike impressed with his prowess both on and off the pitch.

He was awarded the following accolades:

  •  Best six ever seen at the ground

  •  Oldest slapper in town

  •  Best looking batsman

  •  Best kisser (as vouched for by the chairman) sorry Simon the chairman rated yours as second best!