Devon Dumplings v UCSOB's

Thursday 30 July 2015 at Instow

DD 328-4 UCSOB 191ao

 On a beautiful sunny day at Instow with just a gentle soft breeze the “toss” resulted in Dumplings batting first in this declaration game. A new opening pairing of debutant Brad Barnes (150) and Niall Leahy (87) put together the biggest partnership of the season with 236 in 36 overs or 146 minutes. Barnes was first out having entertained the crowd with 17 x4s and 8 x6s. He was finally well caught on the long off boundary attempting his 4th 6 off 5 balls! Leahy accompanied him beautifully with a more subtle knock including only 8 x4s. Chris Jelley (54*) took over with style scoring his half-century in only 37 minutes and 34 balls bringing the innings to a declaration at 328 after 48 overs. UCSOBs bowlers had little reward for their efforts with Mark Teznick taking 3-80.

 The Old Boys response started poorly with the loss of both openers by the 3rd over for 8 runs. Only the 5th wicket partnership of 50 looked comfortable including their top scorer, M O’Reilly (76) and D Goldsmith (21). B Bloom with 22 was the only other serious contributor as they subsided to 191 all out in their 47th over with 5.3 overs left of the “last 20”. Richard Tidball Captained the side and took 3-16 with Tom Fogerty assisting with 2-13. 

 D.D. 328 for 4 dec. (48 overs. B Barnes 150, N Leahy 87, C Jelley 54*) BEAT UCSOBs 191 a.o. (46.3 overs. R Tidball 3-16, T Fogerty 2-13) by 137 runs.