Dunnington Cricket Club

The Club's participation in the 2008 Charity cups ended with this defeat to Stillington. After the 1st team conceded their Senior Charity Cup match to Acomb the 2nd team couldn't defend a total of 135 in a rain affected match.

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The 2nd team started the season with a customary defeat. Batting first on a typical early season sticky wicket, openers Andy Chipps 36 & Dave Wilson 38 reached 76 without loss. however once they had gone the team quickly lost wickets to finish on 144-10. Only Neil Wilson 24 and Adam Sutcliffe 12 got into double figures. Malton only reached their target in the last over, supporting the feeling that the Dunnington score was about 30 below par.

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The second’s bad start to the campaign continued at Stamford Bridge where a losing draw left them 19 points adrift at the bottom of Division 4A. Stamford made a brisk start before being pegged bag to finish on 164-8. Adam Sutcliffe returned his second consecutive 5 wicket haul. Gary Andrew & Dave Wilson gave the team a solid if slow start to their innings, but the batting never caught fire. Andy Chipps made 25* at the end of the innings and batted out the final overs with last man Tom Wilson making a vital contribution, 93-9 meant that no batting bonus points were gained.

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The 2nds season finally started with a good win against a weakened Hornsea side. With several players at Wembley watching Hull win the playoffs Hornsea only arrived with 10 men. Showing no mercy the Dunnington bowlers dispatched them for 110 and the batters knocked them off for just 3 wickets. Steve Young 38* & Josh Tattersall 42* were rarely troubled.

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Pickering reached 197-8 on a damp pitch. Steve Young was the leading bowler with 4-18. In reply Dunnington faltered and ended up clinging on for the last 2 overs to salvage a draw. They finished on 137-9 with Steve Wilson top scorer with 34.

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This match was inevitably lost to rain. Both teams turned up just as the rain started spotting. The forecast was for heavy rain & it duely arrived in the 10th over. Dunnington were 27-0, Andy Chipps 14* & Dave Wilson 8*. All other matches were similarly affected so nothing was lost in league position.

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This match was abandoned without starting

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Dunnington hung on for a draw in a very late finish at Bubwith. The home side had posted 214-5 in the first innnings when the heavens opened and play was delayed for an hour. Upon resumption Dunnington, batting without skipper Dave Wilson who had to leave to attend a Golden wedding anniversary, reached 166-7. Steve Wilson got 48 & Grant Bulmer 49.

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For the 2nd time in the weekend, the 2nds lost heavily, increasing the threat of relegation. Batting first on a tricky wicket they were only able to post a total of 92. Grant Bulmer top scored with a quick fire 18. In reply Welton scored 93-2, both wickets being taken by Josh Tattersall.

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Another match called off, this one on Friday as the ground was so wet

The second team pulled off a fine win against a team two divisions above them. A tight bowling & fielding performance restricted Stillington to just 90 off their 12 overs. Adam Sutcliffe took 3 fine catches & Gerard Camplejohn took 4 wickets. In reply contributions from Andy Chipps (21) & Josh Tattersall (25) set up a tight finish. Mike Shaw, rapidly becoming a veteran of these situations hit 4 from the last ball to win the match.

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Mike Shaw was the hero of the hour in a very tense conclusion at the Costcutter Cricket Ground. Set 203 for victory, the target was achieved but with only one wicket to spare. Andy Chipps 48, Josh Tattersall 45, Andy Milne 30 & Dave Wilson 25 all contributed valuable runs, but novice No.11 Tom Richards had to survive one ball with the score two short of victory & one short of a tie, before Mike Shaw was able to hit the winning runs. Rob Chipps was the pick of the bowlers with 3-47.

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After waiting until 3.30 following a heavy shower just as the match was about to commence, the Dunnington batsmen made up for lost time. The 50 mark was passed in 5 overs, mainly thanks to a stunning innings from Andy Milne (55) who reached his own 50 in just 25 balls. Further agressive batting by Josh Tattersall (59) and Andy Chipps (53) and some late hitting from youngsters Rob Chipps and Adam Sutcliffe took the total to an impressive 211 from 30 overs. Early wickets from Rob Chipps (3-27) effectively killed off any chance of a Selby win. The biggest threat became the dark thunder clouds circling the ground. Racing through the remaining overs proved to be a wise decision by stand in skipper Gary Andrew. 5 minutes after the result was sealed the heavens opened once again.

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The match was called off by Yapham due to the state of the ground after recent flooding.

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In contrast to the first team pitch, conditions at the Magnet Sports Club were bone dry. Unfortunately the pitch didn't play too well, most balls tending to stay very low. Asked to bat by Dunnington Skipper Mike Noble the home side looked unsure on the pitch and dropped anchor, struggling to 118-10. Noble lead the way with figures of 3-16.
In reply Dunnington got a good start through openers Dave Wilson & Andy Chipps before youngsters Josh Tattersall & Robert Chipps accelerated matters, taking the team past it's target with 13 overs and 7 wickets to spare.

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Mike Noble's record breaking spell against Bolton Percy will long be remembered by all those who witnessed it. His overall figures of 9-10 tell only half the story. After Bolton Percy's opening bat had edged the first ball of the innings to Josh Tattersall behind the stumps, Noble proceeded to hit the wickets 8 times, five of these in one over, including his first ever hat trick. Bolton Percy were bowled out for just 25 runs. Earlier Gary Andrew (103) & Josh Tattersall (47) had set the foundation for a big first innings score of 269-8. Noble had himself scored 38* aided & abetted in his quick fire big hitting by Steve Wilson (30). The match was notable for a hundred partnership, a 244 run margin of victory, but most of all for a remarkable spell of bowling by Noble.

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A disappointing weekend for the team started on Friday when skipper Mike Noble cried off. In the true spirit of cricket, stand-in skipper Gary Andrew, refused the chance to to claim the toss when Thirsk turned up 15 minutes after the official start time. The cricketing gods , however, did not repay this act of kindness, Thirsk duly won the toss & asked Dunnington to bat. Openers Andrew & Andy Chipps started cautiously but went on to establish a strong position. Following their dismissal, only Neil Wilson with 35 showed much sign of making an impact. 163 was never going to be enough, but wayward early bowling & some shoddy fielding made this one of the teams poorest performance of the year so far. Thirsk reached their target with 7 wickets and plenty of overs to spare.

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In a fantastic game of cricket Rowntree failed to get the 4 off the last ball that they needed to tie the match. A return to form for Dunnington's batsmen saw them post a respectable total of 201-5 and claim maximum batting points. However Rowntree were never out of the match and scored at the required rate throughout their innings, leaving themselves just 8 to win from the last over. Dunnington's innings was based on a stand between Dave wilson (72) & Mike Shaw (48), with Steve Wilson scoring a quick fire 27 at the end. In reply the bowlers couldn't make much impact and continued to concede runs throughout. Josh Tattersall was best bowler (2-30) after keeping wicket for the first half of the match.

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The 2nd XI's chance of winning the league is probably over after this defeat at Cawood. Batting first, a collapse left the team stuggling at 46-6, however Steve Wilson with 77, (71 runs through the leg side!) and Adam Sutcliffe (43) appeared to have changed the match, setting Cawood a challenging total of 195 for victory. Jonny Andrew's late cameo of 14 included an immaculately timed 6 over midwicket. In reply Cawood mirrored the Dunnington innings, at one stage they were 40-4 before mounting a fightback, reaching their target in the 41st over. Rob Chipps (3-47) & Gerard Camplejohn (3-28) bowled well in vain.

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With nothing riding on the result and many front line players unavailable, the team took the chance to give debuts to several U13 players. Steven Dodsworth, Tom Wilson, Adam Dyson & Simon Wilson batted at 4, 5, 7 & 8 respectively and all bar Simon got to bowl. The champagne moment came from a Whitkirk fielding error which gave Adam Dyson 7 runs from a solid leg side drive. Batting first Dunnington, under stand in skipper Neil Wilson, started well through Andy Chipps (66) & Mike Shaw (26). Gerrard Camplejohn batting unusually high at No.3 scored 13 & Adam Sutcliffe (30) scored some late innings runs. Neil Wilson (5) batting at No.11 prevented a Wilson clean sweep as all three Wilsons batting before him got ducks. Whitkirk struggled in reply but ground out a victory in the 44th over. Andy Chipps (3-28) & Steve Wilson (3-15) were the best bowlers on the day. The team dropped one place to 5th in the final league table but achieved the main priority of a top half finish to avoid relegation in the reshuffle.