After braving the rain for club photograph morning, the weather cleared and the 1s were set for a delayed start against winless Seaton. Choules won the toss and elected to field in the 44 over affair.
Thors lined up with: Chilcott, Fielder, Diamond, Van der Meulen, Robbins, H. Choules, Daldorph, Hopper, Slaviero, Jopling, J. Choules, Broom (12th man).
Slaviero and Daldorph were handed the new ball and got to work by immediately hitting the desired areas. Daldorph striking twice in the first 10 overs as the score reached 21-2.
The Thorverton bowling kept it tight but the Seaton batters never looked to take the game to Thorverton. Robbins and Hooper toiled hard and both bowled 9 over spells with figures of 3-15 and 1-12 respectively.
With the 6th wicket falling with the score on just 46, Jopling and Van Def Meulen were introduced as Jason began his return from a back niggle that had stopped him bowling for the last 3 weeks.
Both picked up a wicket before Slaverio was reintroduced to get the 9th and the skipper brought himself on to get wicket number 10, smartly stumped by brother Harry who finished the innings with 5 dismissals. Seaton were all out for 82 in the 42nd over.
A stupendous Jopling / Whiteley tea was enjoyed by the home side and officials before Chilcott and Fielder strode out to the crease.
The Seaton bowlers toiled with Australian Bilston the most difficult bowler to get away but the pair rotated the strike well and found the boundary frequently enough. Fielder fell thanks to a sharp grab in the gulley for 23 with the total on 69.
Diamond joined Chilcott to ensure the chase finished without a further hiccup and Thors knocked off the total in the 22nd over. Chilcott finishing on 44 not out.
On the 20 point win, the skipper said:
“Firstly a huge thank you to the ground team for getting the game on, we couldn’t have played or got the win without them. We bowled and fielded superbly and I think this season is the best I’ve seen Chilly bat in a Thorvy shirt”
At the halfway point in the season we move up to 6th in the table with Torquay the visitors at Station Ground next round. Thors narrowingly losing by 1 wicket in the return fixture.
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