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CRICKET Jake Scarisbrick (Year 12)
A lthough at the time of writing we are only half way through the season, we have already seen a very successful start for the 1st XI, with seven wins from eleven games. We started off with a pre-season game against Reigate Grammar School where, thanks to Josh Simpson taking 2-26 from seven, we managed to restrict the visiting side to 209 from their 35 overs. An opening partnership of 50 and Sam Fetherston scoring a speedy 39 set Dulwich well on their way to a first victory. However, after a flurry of wickets, out came Femi Sofolarin, the self-proclaimed Andre Russell of the team, who struck 62 off 34 including four sixes to take Dulwich home with a couple of overs spare. We then headed down south to play Winchester and King Edwards’ school, where we managed to pick up two wins thanks, notably, to Max Faulkner, who played beautifully to make an essential 75 for the team. During our first Saturday game against Hampton, which for some boys was their first experience of a ‘declaration’ game, we were unable to hold on to a draw, despite 83 from Jake Scarisbrick, and we lost the last wicket with two overs to go. The following Saturday saw the return of the HMC T20 competition, and a win saw us through to the next round against Whitgift. We played Caterham first and, thanks to four wickets from Henry Loynes and 60 from Jake Scarisbrick, we won comfortably by 47 runs and went on to play Eltham in a decider. After a brilliant bowling performance, thanks to the pace of Josh Simpson and accuracy of Hector Pearce, Eltham were restricted to 120, which saw Dulwich chase it down with overs to spare, thanks to 63 from Sam Fetherston and 40 from Lucas Wilson. T20s seemed to be our strength, as we went on to beat KCS by 14 runs, thanks to a reassuring 52 from the ‘fresh back to cricket’ Max Tidmarsh. A loss to Tonbridge was followed by the next round of the HMC T20 competition against the star-studded Whitgift side. We restricted them to 170 in their 20 overs and Dulwich, the underdogs, set about their chase in a swift fashion being 49-0 after five, with Sam Fetherston putting one in the road. However, after a couple of quick wickets, we fell behind the run rate as Sam fell for 43 and, despite a quick 40 from Femi Sofolarin, we just came up short by 16 runs. This was an
extremely pleasing effort against a talented Whitgift side and gave us the confidence to beat Brighton the following day. Dulwich put Brighton in on a slightly damp deck and thanks to a couple of wickets from off-spinner Harry Millet and a devastating 5-32 from quick bowler Josh Simpson, they managed to get to 200. A 140 run opening partnership from Jake Scarisbrick and Sam Fetherston was halted when Sam fell for 64. However, Jake Fetherston and Jake Scarisbrick eased their way to the total with 17 overs to spare, thanks to an unbeaten century from the latter (103*). It has been a pleasing start to the season and thanks go to Mr Shirazi and Mr Athey for their leadership and organisation.
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