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“Records Tumble as Jude Thrash Somebody”

 

 

Match:  01 / 043

Won by 47 runs

 

 

Team

 

Total

Jude the Obscure

213 - 4

L. Davie  65,  H. Jones  63

 

Marlborough House

166 - 3

A. Mann  2 - 17

 

 

 

 

If the virtue of patience is its own reward then Jude the Obscure C.C. had this victory, the season’s first, coming to them in spades, or bats, as the case may be. The long-awaited result finally brings home to roost the chickens of ambition, who, in the henhouse of one-day games have at last hatched out the eggs of success, just right for the omelette of satisfaction and pride.

 

This was no easy game, at least before it began, but today things went right for The Jude from the moment captain L. Phillips lost the toss. Ordered in to bat on a pitch with unpredictable bounce, it seemed early that the mighty Jude could struggle, but T. Mander (29) and A. Mann (18) crafted an impressive opening stand of 41, and lo! the attack had been blunted. The Marlborough captain made the forgivable mistake of hunting for wickets, but his first-line bowlers could make no dent in the strong Jude line-up, and by the time the assorted twirlers and plinkers were introduced late in the innings, the horse had bolted.

 

The resurgent and consistent H. Jones (61) held the innings together before being caught behind, then stalwart captain L. Phillips (5) went cheaply looking for quick runs, but the best was yet to come. A crowd of seven watched agog as L. Davie (65 n.o.) took the erratic bowling apart with contemptuous ease, striking a boundary from his first delivery and continuing unabated in the same vein. Ably supported by the in-form M. Bullock (9. n.o.), Davie thrashed his 65 from just 26 balls, with the half century coming up in a mere 21. A new 5th wicket record stand of 73 was posted, and no doubt it would have been far greater if the end of the innings had not been signalled. At 213-4, the Jude had recorded their highest ever total.

 

 

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Library footage of L. Davie (left) and A. Mann discussing a rare Jude win.

 

 

Marlborough battled well in reply, but at 6 runs an over, the target was always beyond them, and although wickets were hard to come by, the game petered out into a foregone conclusion well before the final ball was bowled. A. Mann (2-17) toiled frugally if without venom, and L. Davie (0-14) was likewise parsimonious, and unlucky to go wicketless. M. Bullock impressed with a faultless display behind the stumps, and L. Davie and T. Mander took fine catches. And it was good to see a return to the side for S. Pollard, who, on his first day back after a sustained absence, impressed with yet another new idea to add to the expanding catalogue of Jude fielding innovations. Rather than catching a ball, which came straight to him off the bat, Pollard instead shouldered the ball effectively to the ground, soccer-style, thus saving a crucial single when runs were important and wickets meaningless.

 

Jude victorious? Jude victorious! Doubters and nay-sayers, fuck off.

 

Statistician’s Note: This was a historic game for the Jude (at the time), with a huge number of records falling (and being established) – here the cream of them:

 

Highest ever Jude Total of 213-4

Two 50s in one innings for only the second time – L. Davie 65* / H. Jones 61

Record 5th wicket stand – 73 (L. Davie / M. Bullock)

L. Davie reached his 50 in 21 balls

L. Davie scored 65 not out in just 26 balls

L. Davie scored 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6 in 8 consecutive deliveries

A. Morley bowled 13 no balls in 1 over

 

 

‘Blocker’

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

Statto Scorecards

 

 

 

Jude the Obscure versus Marlborough House

Played at Warneford Hospital, 17 June 2001

 

Jude the Obscure won the toss and elected to bat

Jude the Obscure won by 47 runs

 

Far from the MCC debuts:  none

 

 

01 / 043

 

 

 

 

 

35 over match

 

 

 

Team

Jude the Obscure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Batsman

How Out

Total

Balls

4s

6s

FOW

1

A. M. Mander

b Reeves

29

(79)

3

-

2-105

2

A. G. Mann

b Hadfield

18

(31)

2

-

1-41

3

H. Jones

c Carroll b Wilson

63

(56)

8

3

3-134

4

L. Phillips *

b Toms

5

(8)

1

-

4-140

5

L. Davie

not out

65

(26)

12

1

-

6

M. Bullock +

not out

9

(10)

-

-

-

7

B. J. Mander

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

A. Morley

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

E. N. Lester

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

S. Pollard

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

(W14, B9, LB1)

24

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

(for 4 wickets, 35 overs)

213

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Bowler

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

 

1

Hadfield

7

1

30

1

 

2

Toms

7

0

46

1

 

3

Banks

7

1

18

0

 

4

Reeves

7

1

29

1

 

5

Jones

5

0

64

0

 

6

Wilson

2

0

22

1

 

 

 

 

Team

Marlborough House

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Batsman

How Out

Total

Balls

4s

6s

FOW

1

M. K. Reeves

b Mann

9

 

 

 

1-32

2

M. Jones

c A. Mander b Mann

17

 

 

 

2-42

3

S. Hadfield

c Davie b Jones

59

 

 

 

3-123

4

D. Norris

not out

15

 

 

 

-

5

A. Toms

not out

23

 

 

 

-

6

A. Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

J. Carroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

B. Eade

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

(NB13, W30)

43

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

(for 3 wickets, 36 overs)

166

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Bowler

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

 

1

Mann

7

3

17

2

 

2

Jones

7

0

33

1

 

3

Lester

7

0

38

0

 

4

Davie

7

2

14

0

 

5

B. Mander

4

0

31

0

 

6

Pollard

2

0

9

0

 

7

Morley

2

0

28

0

 

 

 

 

 

MOTM:  n/a

Champagne Moment:  n/a

Buffet Award:  A. Morley’s ham and cheese sandwiches (with onion dressing)

 

 

Opposition:  V010 / 06

Ground:  G016 / 01

Captain:  C004 / 03