Graveney's ten men were soundly thrashed by Dorking on Saturday. Winning the toss for the first time this season, Nick chose to field first, and when Barry removed the openers, who were soon followed back into the hutch by 2 more batsmen courtesy of John Webster, Graveney looked on top with Dorking 40-4. A good innings of 95 by young Toby Blood, and a lack of penetrative bowling then saw Dorking push on and recover to end up on 204-7 after their 40 overs.

In reply Graveney lost wickets all too regularly, including 2 run outs - both involving the skipper - and never looked like mounting a serious threat. Nick top scored with 16, and the only moments to savour in the batting came from a couple of late cameo innings' by Messer’s McGill (with 13, his highest Graveney score to date) and Tim Bunn (8 not out, and taking his average to a healthy looking 27) before the Judge offered up a final easy catch to put everyone out of their misery.

Man of the match went to Barry, although it was a close run thing with Tim Bunn also taking some votes. Retiring to the pavilion bar after the game Graveney were able to then watch the England women's football team snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in their World Cup penalty shoot-out loss to France, proving that it was not just Graveney's lack of batting that had been predictable!