Devon Dumplings v Exeter School

Wednesday 27 April 2016 at School

DD 142-8 Exeter 146-2 (35 overs)

 On a chilly but sunny afternoon, a 35 over game was agreed with Dumplings batting first and unfortunately getting off to a bad start, losing 3 wickets for 13 runs, with Ben Hayes taking 2 wickets for the school. Then Richard Pyle and Anthony Bevan came to the rescue with a partnership of 49 before Pyle was caught in the deep for 29. Nigel Ashplant then joined Bevan and pushed the score along to 100 when Bevan was bowled by Harry Collison for a hard earned and vital 38 runs. Joel Murphy and Ashplant kept the score ticking over, before Ashplant holed out for 20 valuable runs. Murphy eventually ended up not out on 26, with the Dumplings totalling 142 for 8 wickets. The wickets were shared fairly evenly by the school bowlers who bowled well, with Hayes and Collison taking 2 each. 

After tea, the school started badly, losing their opener, Jamie Telford in Adrianne Immerman’s first over and after that Jamie Khan and Tom Lammonby batted superbly, hardly giving a chance, taking the score on to 125 before Khan was bowled by Bernie Wilson for 63 which included 2 6’s. Freddie Filor joined Lammonby and they saw the school home with 12 overs to spare, with Lammonby showing his class, finishing with a chanceless 63 not out. 

So a defeat for the Dumplings by 8 wickets, a similar result to last year’s game against the School but I think most Dumplings enjoyed their first outing, despite the cold wind. 

  Devon Dumplings 142 for 8 (A Bevan 38, R Pyle 29, J Murphy 26no, B Hayes 2 for 22, H Collison 2 for 27)

 Exeter School 146 for 2 (T Lammonby 63no, J Khan 63, A Immerman 1 for 27, B Wilson 1 for 17).