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DRAW Maidwell lost the toss and were sent in to bat in this timed game. Playing on a grass pitch for the first time this season, the innings got off to a faltering start; at one point we were 18 for 3. An excellent partnership between Tom Henderson 26, and Rufus Hall 17 not out, arrested the slide and the final total of 147 was a very respectable score to defend. Our bowling was once again, too inconsistent to cause the Bilton batsmen enough problems and on a fast bouncy pitch we bowled too many deliveries outside offstump that allowed the batsmen to leave them alone. The match ground to a draw with Bilton reaching 106 for 4 wickets. Charlie Chamberlayne was the only bowler to consistently trouble the batsmen finishing with 3 for 18. |