Sun 30th May – U.13 District Cup Prelim Rnd : YCC .v. Dunnington CC – Match Report

A ‘ hard earned ‘ A Team victory yesterday against a much improved Dunnington CC Team enables us to progress to the 1st Rnd proper.

A Team showing 4 changes from Friday’s exciting County Cup win Bowled first and Oli Philips – fresh from his success on Friday, opening with Alfred Massey kept the early pressure on the Visitors – but without any success leaving D CC 25-0 after 10ov.

D CC were ‘ held together ‘ by Britain 30 rtd and Bodil 14 whilst Wickets tumbled around them – with the outstanding YCC performance coming from Ryan Hodgson .. who after a challenging first over (conceding 12 runs) proceeded to bowl his remaining 3 overs with
4 wickets for 1 run ( 4 : 2 M 4 for 13 ) to ‘ rip out ‘ the middle order leaving D CC to finish on 56 – 7, with a wicket each for Henry and Abelard Roberts and very tidy ‘ returns ‘ for Phillips 4ov 0 – 5, Massey 3ov 0 – 6, Henry Ellerker one Maiden, Will Rollo-Gardner 1ov 0 – 2 and Rohan K 2ov 0 -11.

Chasing 57 – seemingly very” getable “ .. the Team made an extremely  ‘ challenging ‘ start with both Openers – Henry and Abelard R dismissed for Ducks 🦆….Yates and Phillips 1 each … Ellerker 5 and Rohan K 4 ….. very fortunately indeed the side were extremely indebted … firstly with 21 from “ Extras ‘ who  ‘ slotted ‘ very well into our Side … together with a very timely 16 from George Armitstead  – which put us within ‘ striking distance ‘, followed by an excellent little ‘’ Cameo “ from Toby ‘ The Look ‘ with 10 no. …. thankfully ‘ dragging ‘ the Team “Over the Line” for a 3 Wicket Win.

Heart murmurs for the Management Team pending …. the Team battled hard and now face Heworth CC, Away next Sunday in the First Round ..