WCC v Oxford Emeriti at Balliol College 4th July

WCC won by 3 wickets.

'I'm sure this dressing room's got smaller' opined Dunne, one of the shrewdest brains in Weekenders history as he stripped off to prepare for this long-standing encounter. Various causes were suggested, some of them frankly puerile. The true reason was that we were twelve strong, whittled down from an unbelievable seventeen who had made themselves available for selection. The hosts failed to assert themselves against some steady Weekenders bowling and, in response, our top order led by a lordly lashing from Maloney got us ahead of the clock and the target was reached well inside the final twenty overs.  Splendid to have our Founder and Marcy in attendance.

(12 a side)

Emeriti 156 - 7 off 42 overs

Head 46, Thwaite 18, Skinner 1, Leppard  4, Gardner 10, Terry 25, Norman 0, Booth 26, Barker 16.

Douglas 11-3-31-2; Orwell 10- 4-37-1; Dibley 8-2-29-2; Dunne 11-3-35-1, Hudson 3-0-19-1

Catches Hogben 1, Lyons 1.

WCC   158-7 off 32.2 overs

Hogben 10, McDonald 33, Maloney 61, De Silva 13, Hudson 2, PJ Harvey 0, Lyons 8, Dunne 10*, Dibley 5*.

DNB: Douglas, Orwell, d’Inverno

Booth 8-0-47-0; Gwyn 8-0-27-1; Owen 8.2-0-46-3; Barker 8-1-29-3

Catches: Thwaite 1, 1 at slip and 1 at cover.