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Sheldwich 1st XI v Mersham 1st/2nd XI
Saturday 3rd July 2003

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Sheldwich 1st XI v Chilham
Sunday 4th July 2003

The Sheldwich Sunday XI - or rather Sunday IX - had a thoroughly exciting game at Chilham, and narrowly lost by one wicket in the oddest of circumstances.

John Taylor had struggled hard to raise nine men, including late invitees Danny Ray and David Knight, and when Chilham put us into bat, there were immediate problems - disasters, really - in that we were very soon 20 for 6, and then 30 for 7, with the last pair at the crease. Chilham generously invited any two of our batsmen who had already been dismissed to have another go, to make a game of it - or at least to extend proceedings to teatime. They had a long time to wait because Tony Creed and Knight managed to stop the good ones, nudge and nurdle a few singles, and watch the wides go by, and put on 68 for the eighth (last) wicket. Shane Green and Will Knight batted twice, but only pushed the score up to 113 when the tenth wicket fell.

Chilham got off to a solid start against Will Knight and John Taylor, who gave little away but only made the one breakthrough. The game changed with Shane Green clean bowling the dangerous Piggott and clinging onto a juggled caught and bowled from Tom Meek. Wickets fell regularly, but Sheldwich hung in, taking a number of catches and whittling them out. They had only ten men by the end, and so we claimed a victory when their ninth wicket went down on 108. But, fair's fair, and Charlie Lambie came out again as number 11. We might have won the game again when a catch to cover point was offered - and dropped and they then sneaked in with 114 for 9. Shane Green finished with 4 for 43; David Knight had 4 for 21. We really only scored 98, so we did deserve to lose, but it was a well-fought finale.

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