Paicey Finish sees Harpsden get over the line

Dulverton arrived at Harpsden for the second leg of their Oxfordshire Tour on Saturday, and were off to a good start winning the toss and electing to bat. The Harpsden bowling was tight in the first 30 overs with Miles Hodgkiss and Alfred Cary being particularly effective and picked up 5 wickets between them.

The arrival of the Dulverton skipper swung things in his sides favour as he crashed the ball to the boundary on numerous occasions and was unfortunate to fall on 49 to a catch on the boundary. However Hooper maintain the assault as 95 runs were taken for the last 10 overs.

Harpsden started their response slowly and were well behind the rate at 18 for 1 after 9 overs, but with Paice batting steadily and with Horatio Cary and Hodgkiss swinging from the other end the Harpsden total reached 128-6 with 5 overs remaining. With A.Cary having just arrived at the crease Dulverton were still favourites but were to discover that sometimes the boundaries just aren’t big enough as Cary and Paice started to deposit the ball to all parts. Only 4 was needed from the final over and Paice won the match by striking a boundary with only 1 required off the third ball of the over. This left Paice undefeated on 96 and Harpsden victorious in a very close encounter.

Dulverton
C.Jarrett b Lovelock 1
C.Dubery c&b Hodgkiss 18
M.Heywood ct Paice b Hodgkiss 19
L.Hooper ct Moyle b A.Cary 1
C.Hooper ct Hodgkiss b Lovelock 79
H.Harrison ct W.Stevens b Hodgkiss 4
T.Edworthy b Hodgkiss 0
D.Boyce ct Greenwood b Devile 49
T.Cottrell lbw W.Stevens 0
A.Smith Not Out 0
D.Miles Not Out 1
Extras 6
Total 178

Harpsden
J.Paice Not Out 96
M.Greenwood ct b Jarett 8
H.Cary b Harrison 23
J.Bradley ct b Hooper 6
W.Stevens ct b Hooper 3
M.Hodgkiss b Smith 13
B.Hancock ct b Smith 0
A.Cary Not Out 24
Extras 6
Total 179