Devon Dumplings v ANNUAL REPORT
Games 22 W6 D 3 L 9 Cancelled3 Aban 1
I am pleased to present my first report as Keeper of the Records.
We had a much busier season with 22 fixtures compared to 13 in 2017. It was a mixed season weather-wise with rain early but developing into the finest summer for quite some time. Consequently, rain caused 1 match to be abandoned and 2 matches to be cancelled, as well as 1 being cancelled because the Dumplings were unable to raise a team.
The style of matches was split between 10 time/declaration games and 9 limited overs ones. The 6 wins being shared equally between the two types of matches.
Our fifth Oxford Tour was a great success, particularly, because, although the heatwave of midsummer had passed, the weather behaved itself and, consequently, our 3 matches were completed with 2 victories and 1 draw being recorded. As always, it additionally provided an excellent opportunity to refresh friendships with distant Dumplings who find it difficult to play in Devon.
There was an increase in centuries being scored this year for the Dumplings with 5 recorded but only 1 being scored by our opponents. Additionally, 18 half centuries were scored by Dumplings. The Dumplings centuries were scored by Joel Seward, Oliver West, James Grady, Andrew Donovan and James Horler. Our top run scorer was Charlie Neilson with 261.
No five wicket hauls were achieved this year for the Dumplings but there were 5 examples of 4-fors. These were taken by Bernie Wilson (twice), Charlie Neilson, Dan Fogerty and Paul Berman. The top wicket taker was Bernie Wilson with 17, over twice as many as any other bowler but he did bowl twice as many overs than anybody else.
108 players played for the Dumplings this year, an increase of nearly 100 % over last year. Of these 71 only played in one game but 12 played in 5 or more games. Of the 108 players, 10, who all played in only 1 game, “did not bat”. We had 73 bowlers only 10 of whom bowled 20 or more overs. 26 took no wickets whilst 53 bowled in only one match.
Thank you to our Umpires, Match Managers, other Officers and, particularly, to our Scorers without whose hard work I would have no stats to report
We had a much busier season with 22 fixtures compared to 13 in 2017. It was a mixed season weather-wise with rain early but developing into the finest summer for quite some time. Consequently, rain caused 1 match to be abandoned and 2 matches to be cancelled, as well as 1 being cancelled because the Dumplings were unable to raise a team.
The style of matches was split between 10 time/declaration games and 9 limited overs ones. The 6 wins being shared equally between the two types of matches.
Our fifth Oxford Tour was a great success, particularly, because, although the heatwave of midsummer had passed, the weather behaved itself and, consequently, our 3 matches were completed with 2 victories and 1 draw being recorded. As always, it additionally provided an excellent opportunity to refresh friendships with distant Dumplings who find it difficult to play in Devon.
There was an increase in centuries being scored this year for the Dumplings with 5 recorded but only 1 being scored by our opponents. Additionally, 18 half centuries were scored by Dumplings. The Dumplings centuries were scored by Joel Seward, Oliver West, James Grady, Andrew Donovan and James Horler. Our top run scorer was Charlie Neilson with 261.
No five wicket hauls were achieved this year for the Dumplings but there were 5 examples of 4-fors. These were taken by Bernie Wilson (twice), Charlie Neilson, Dan Fogerty and Paul Berman. The top wicket taker was Bernie Wilson with 17, over twice as many as any other bowler but he did bowl twice as many overs than anybody else.
108 players played for the Dumplings this year, an increase of nearly 100 % over last year. Of these 71 only played in one game but 12 played in 5 or more games. Of the 108 players, 10, who all played in only 1 game, “did not bat”. We had 73 bowlers only 10 of whom bowled 20 or more overs. 26 took no wickets whilst 53 bowled in only one match.
Thank you to our Umpires, Match Managers, other Officers and, particularly, to our Scorers without whose hard work I would have no stats to report