Bridestowe 1XI vs. Dartington and Totnes 1XI - 30/06/18

Post date: Jul 2, 2018 1:01:39 PM

Bridestowe were beaten by 4 runs by Dartington and Totnes in a high scoring game at Millaton.

D&T raced to 39 before Ryan Dennis (2-27) removed Matt Sevior (12). James Howrihane (23) was the only other top order batsman to get going as D&T slipped to 59-4. Alex Hartridge (54) and Ian Brandon (75) remained on the attack and were helped by several dropped catches. Alex Jopling (2-41) and Mark Butler (2-44) picked up late wickets to restrict D&T to 241-9.

The Bridestowe chase started well through Gary Sizmur (57) and James Ewen (26) whose opening stand again passed fifty. Tyler Walton (2-67) eventually removed them both to bring D&T back into the game. Phil Hatton (25) and Ryan Dennis (42) kept the runs flowing but after they departed the hosts lost regular wickets. By the time last pair Mark Fogerty (10) and Tom Boother (2 no) got together, Bridestowe needed 21 runs to win from the last 3 overs. They got it down to 5 runs to win from the last 4 balls, but then Fogerty edged Howrihane (2-41) behind to claim the win for D&T.

Scorecard: https://bridestowe.play-cricket.com/website/results/3234346