Friday 15th July was the last day of the St Peter's School Festival in York. This long standing event has always been one of my favourites with Yorkshire Senior schools hosting five visiting sides over the week. Earlier in the week we learned that the Yorkshire side had beaten Lincolnshire and a Pro-coach XI but lost to both Lancashire and MCC.
St Peter's York on a day when the sun shone.
Today's game was against the Durham Academy who traditionally have a strong side.
Today was no exception as the visitors batted first and posted a formidable total of 275 despite no batsman reaching fifty. Sam Dinning, Luke Henderson and wicket keeper Jason Erskine were all out in the forties and skipper Connor Whitelock made a quick 38 not out at the end against some rather wayward bowling.
Jonathon Donnelly from Silcoates School and Pudsey Congs bowled a good spell of 10 overs to take 2-35 but the best figures went to Jack Dracup from Grammar School at Leeds with 3-27. Another GSAL boy Eitan Litvin, who already keeps wicket for Harrogate's first eleven was very impressive behind the stumps.
The weather closed in towards the end of the first innings but play managed to continue during the afternoon in not very pleasant conditions. The Schools struggled early on and at 73-5 the game looked almost over. However 33 from Siraj Sajid from Kirkburton and 33 from Tom Loten from Dunnington kept them in the game. Finally number eight batsman Jack Hebden from Townville made top score of 34 off only 17 balls to finish the innings with a flourish. The Schools side all out 183 in 38 overs and Durham the winners by the large margin of 112 runs.
Saturday 16th July and the Yorkshire Academy were yet again at home at the Leeds University Ground, Weetwood this time facing Dunnington who are struggling near the foot of the Yorkshire Premier League North. One disappointment was the absence of Dunnington's veteran West Indian Test player Collis King, now well in his sixties, who is normally still a regular in their side. The Academy batted first but took some time to get into their stride against only four bowlers, one of whom was Tom Loton who we had seen in action at York yesterday.
Matthew Waite batting
Wickets fell with regularity and at one stage the Academy were 111-6 and in trouble.
Waite and Thompson who have both been in good form recently put together a rescue act and towards the end skipper Warner, still unable to bowl due to a back injury, joined Thompson in a productive stand of 94. Waite made 39, Thompson an excellent 69 not out and Warner a valuable 39 before he was out in the final over. The Academy innings closed on 216-7 which looked a bit too much for the visitors.
Dunnington man with a famous name
Despite opening the innings with a young man called Sutcliffe, Dunnington were never really in the hunt although fellow opener Tom Loten showed he has ability with the bat as well as the ball with an innings of 28. Once left arm spinner James Logan, who already had forty wickets this season before today, was introduced into the attack wickets began to fall quickly. Wicketkeeper Wilson and Brent did put up some resistance towards the end, Wilson top scoring with 34, but it was very much Logan's day yet again. His final figures were outstanding with 16-7-40-7 so he is now already nearing fifty wickets with the season just over half way.
Hopefully with good weather forecast for the coming week we might have some Minor Counties action to report on.
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