On a hot, sunny afternoon and after a long coach journey, we met our final opponents of the season, Grace Dieu.
Fielding first, Gace Dieu batted well and achieved 7.5 rounders. The ball ran quickly over the dry grass and a steep bank to down to the tennis courts proved difficult to field. We tried hard and Georgia R made a good catch. Going into bat Georgina T, Clare T and Emily H all scored full rounders and with half rounders, our total was only 5.5, not a situation we are used to.
In the second innings we fielded much more tightly, but a couple of errors on our part allowed Grace Dieu to score 6 more rounders, bringing their total to 13.5. Batting, we needed 8.5 runs meaning each girl batting needed to achieve half a rounder per ball. We tried very hard to get to this total, almost too hard with a number of girls being stumped out as they sprinted to second post to get the half rounder. Lulu J and Clare T were two players who did manage to score full rounders.
It was a flat finish to what has been an excellent season. Moving forward, we have the hockey season to look forward to!
AJW
Posted on
Wed, June 23, 2010
by MAC