Match Report
| Rodmersham | v | Downham & Bellingham |
| Match Type | Kent League |
| Venue | Bottles Lane |
| Date | Sat 28th June 2003 |
| Result | Rodmersham(13pts) Winning Draw against Downham & Bellingham(6pts) |
Rodmersham were given an excellent start by Piet Botha(64) and Daniel Mason(27) who put on 105 for the 1st wicket. Despite this, the Downham and Bellingham bowlers kept a tight rein on the batsmen and it took a fine knock by Neil Barton (46 from 27 balls) to break this hold and up the tempo. He received good support from Colin Mason(36 from 36 balls) and Andrew Drury(18 from 16 balls) as Rodmersham scored 91 runs from the final 10 overs to close on a challenging 236 for 7. Colin Mendham (5 for 63 from 15 overs) was outstanding for the visitors.
Downham and Bellingham were never up with the scoring rate and with the total at 109 for 6 after 35 overs, Rodmersham harboured thoughts of victory in the remaining 15 overs. Despite considerable juggling of bowling resources Rodmersham failed to press home their advantage and the visitors closed on 188 for 7.
Innings of Rodmersham |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | P Botha | Bowled | Mendham | 64 | S Barnes | 8 | 0 | 53 | 2 | |
| 2 | D Mason | St Powell | Mendham | 27 | S Gritt | 15 | 6 | 37 | 0 | |
| 3 | C Mason | Ct Barnes | Mendham | 36 | C Goddard | 7 | 1 | 35 | 0 | |
| 4 | M Jones | Bowled | Mendham | 2 | C Mendham | 15 | 2 | 63 | 5 | |
| 5 | N Barton | Bowled | Mendham | 46 | N Goddard | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 6 | A Drury | Bowled | Barnes | 18 | ||||||
| 7 | S Morley | Bowled | Barnes | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | L Gregory | Not | Out | 7 | ||||||
| 9 | D Nokes | Not | Out | 1 | ||||||
| 10 | P Roach | DNB | ||||||||
| 11 | C Whitehead | DNB | ||||||||
| Extras | 35 | |||||||||
| Total | 236 | for 7 wkts (Innings Closed) | ||||||||
Innings of Downham & Bellingham |
Bowling Analysis |
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| Batsmen | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Bowler | O | M | R | W | ||
| 1 | C Powell | Ct Crury | Whitehead | 21 | L Gregory | 10 | 3 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2 | M Chesney | Ct M Jones | Gregory | 5 | C Whitehead | 15 | 4 | 43 | 1 | |
| 3 | D Powell | St Jones | Botha | 26 | P Botha | 15 | 5 | 30 | 4 | |
| 4 | C Goddard | Not | Out | 54 | D Nokes | 7 | 0 | 51 | 1 | |
| 5 | P Goddard | Ct Jones | Botha | 12 | D Mason | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 6 | G Hopper | Bowled | Nokes | 3 | ||||||
| 7 | M Cannon | Bowled | Botha | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | N Goddard | Ct Gregory | Botha | 26 | ||||||
| 9 | C Mendham | Not | Out | 16 | ||||||
| 10 | S Barnes | DNB | ||||||||
| 11 | S Gritt | DNB | ||||||||
| Extras | 25 | |||||||||
| Total | 188 | for 7 wkts (Innings Closed) | ||||||||