25/06/2000 v BEXLEY HOSP

lost

Tony Day opened up with Clive, and started brightly. It looked as if he was back to top form, and with Clive digging in at one end, it looked as if Old Dartechs stood a chance of getting the total. However Tony played all round a yorker bringin Neil Priddy to the crease.. Neil had been promoted in the batting order because he had to leave early to visit Faye. Clive and Neil put on a stand of 72, which while it brought Old Dartechs nearer to the total, threatened to put a severe strain on Neil’s marriage.

Clive was the first to depart, just failing to connect properly to a short ball down the leg side. There followed a dreadful collapse as Steve Lawton , Andrew Steene, and Adam Deal went without advancing the score. Neil went on to complete his fifty , but in reality the cause was lost. Neil’s feat of 50 and 5 wickets in the same match has only been done twice before, once by Dave Elliott and once by Robin Dale.