Match: 10
/ 208
Won
by 2 wkts
Team |
Total |
Oxford University
Offices |
122 - 9 |
D. Edwards 3 - 6, T. Smith
2 - 19 |
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FFTMCC |
124 - 8 |
D. Edwards 30*, D. Emerson
22 |
Everyone thought it
was a rivalry that had lasted ten years, surely it seemed that long? But
looking back through the record books the first recorded match between OU
Offices and Far from the MCC (under the subtly different former name of 'Far from
the Madding Crowd CC') was indeed only
six years ago. Look in the book and you will see the first wicket to be taken
was that of OPENER J. Hotson b.3 Malik – how things have changed. Partnered
by I. Howarth b.38 by someone by the name of Darley – some things never
change. Darley would be the lynchpin of the OU Offices side for years to
come, enjoying having Howarth as his bunny as well as being the bunny of one
A. Mann. Six years later, eleven matches and 2,977 runs later, the teams
would meet for one more T20 experience at Jesus College for what might be the
last game between the two sides. Guard
of Honour for the OU Offices…. OU Offices fielded a
side with no less than three regular MADsters,
captained by Darley himself, who won the toss and elected to bat. Getting off to a
battering start, P. Mellor (29) flayed the ball to all corners of the
circular boundary before being caught and bowled by T. Smith, partnered by
Williams (6) the run rate was kept high for the first five overs.
Westmoreland provided the breakthrough (4-0-20-1) and J. Pearson (4-0-20-1)
mirrored his performance admirably. Psycho (14) entered
the fray with intent to clear the boundary with every stroke before being
tempted with one too many of Hoskins (3-0-34-2) pies - looping it straight
into the safe hands of Moo at cow. The potentially joyous double of Psycho
and Darley in consecutive balls however was thwarted by an expensive drop at
mid-off, and Darley tried to make best use of his good fortune by knocking
some splendid shots over the long on Boundary rope. Farenga
(0) was next to go for a duck bowled regretfully by Thornton (3-0-19-2).
Regretfully being the word, because, as the game was being played in such
good fashion with banter from either side, it seemed as though everyone wanted
everyone to have a good game. Darley continued to spray the ball around with
the bat however his downfall was marked upon claiming a "Shallow like
over" which did nothing but motivate Hoskins to bowl a scintillating
over of pace culminating in an attempted reverse sweep by Darley (20) which
saw his off-stump cartwheel (yes cartwheel) out of the ground. Psycho
watches on as J. Pearson and D. Edwards help steer The MAD home. Malloy (14), Timms
(7) and Fleet (14) had more in common than their scores being divisible by
seven - despite keeping the run rate ticking over at a steady six an over for
the Offices, they fell to the canny flighted deliveries of D. Edwards
producing the wizardry figures of (3-0-6-3). Leggate's pies failed to tempt
this game producing some rather familiar 14 related figures of (2-0-28-0 at
an avg. of 14 runs per over) Fourteen is cropping up a lot in Leggate's life
just lately – what can this possibly mean? Our very own T. B.
Roberts (4) and Coleman (1) steered the Offices home to a total of 122...
maybe enough, maybe not. A quick turnaround
was required as the light was dropping, and an unfamiliar opening partnership
of an inform Traitor,
D. Emerson (22), carts his old mates about Jesus College. Cameos and no more
were played out by J. Hoskins (7) and M. Bullock (6) who didn't waste any
balls but wickets kept falling thick and fast with T. Smith (1) also falling
cheaply. With just two wickets
remaining and the light failing, The MAD still needed 20 runs off the last
three overs with Westmoreland (5*) and Pearson in at the death. Tension
mounted with a rally of dot balls to Pearson before finally being reminded to
"stop batting like a Public Schoolboy" by umpire Emerson to produce
a rally of boundaries and twos to bring us needing 2 runs off the final ball
to tie the match. Fitting then it was
for Darley (3-0-17-0) to bowl the final ball full and good line, only to be
cover driven by Pearson to a waiting fielder at long off. Fortunately for The MAD, Pearson picked the right fielder out, as the ball
somehow dematerialised through the fielder and went on to the boundary to
notch an unlikely victory for The MAD. The
sun signals the end of an era… maybe. And so it ends – maybe. For the Offices side may not exist
next Season, at least not in their current form. A fitting match to end an
era of good banter, good nets, good matches and great friendships. Let's see
what the new era brings.... ‘Hoskers’
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*
Far from the MCC versus Oxford
University Offices Played at Jesus College, 23 July 2010 Oxford University Offices won the
toss and elected to bat Far from the MCC won by 2 wkts Far from the MCC debuts:
none |
10 / 208 20 over match |
Team |
Oxford University Offices |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
1 |
P. A. S. Mellor |
c and b Smith |
29 |
(38) |
3 |
- |
4-70 |
2 |
C. T. J. Williams |
b Westmoreland |
6 |
(8) |
1 |
- |
1-14 |
3 |
M. Zolkiewicz |
c Edwards b Pearson |
0 |
(4) |
- |
- |
2-21 |
4 |
M. S. Rundle |
c Westmoreland b Hoskins |
14 |
(11) |
2 |
- |
3-41 |
5 |
A. Darley * |
b Hoskins |
20 |
(18) |
2 |
1 |
6-79 |
6 |
S. Faranga
+ |
b Smith |
0 |
(1) |
- |
- |
5-70 |
7 |
T. Malloy |
b Edwards |
14 |
(20) |
2 |
- |
7-98 |
8 |
G. J. Timms |
c Reeves b Edwards |
7 |
(6) |
1 |
- |
8-113 |
9 |
M. Fleet |
b Edwards |
14 |
(19) |
1 |
- |
9-120 |
10 |
C. D. Roberts |
not out |
4 |
(9) |
- |
- |
- |
11 |
H. Coleman |
not out |
1 |
(3) |
- |
- |
- |
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Extras |
(NB2, W10, B1) |
13 |
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TOTAL |
(for 9 wickets 20 overs) |
122 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
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1 |
Pearson |
4 |
0 |
20 |
1 |
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2 |
Westmoreland |
4 |
0 |
20 |
1 |
|
3 |
Hoskins |
3 |
0 |
24 |
2 |
|
4 |
Smith |
3 |
0 |
19 |
2 |
|
5 |
Leggate |
2 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
|
6 |
Edwards |
3 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
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7 |
Hebbes |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
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Team |
Far from
the MCC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
1 |
D. Emerson |
c Zolkiewicz
b Coleman |
22 |
(16) |
3 |
1 |
2-36 |
2 |
M. K. Reeves |
c Mellor b Timms |
8 |
(13) |
1 |
- |
1-31 |
3 |
I. C. Leggate |
c Farenga b
Timms |
0 |
(1) |
- |
- |
4-36 |
4 |
N. J. Hebbes |
lbw b Coleman |
0 |
(2) |
- |
- |
3-36 |
5 |
D. M. Edwards |
retired |
30 |
(38) |
3 |
- |
- |
6 |
J. C. W. Hotson |
b Rundle |
5 |
(11) |
1 |
- |
5-55 |
7 |
J. D. Hoskins |
c Fleet b Rundle |
7 |
(4) |
1 |
- |
6-65 |
8 |
T. P. W. Smith |
b Fleet |
1 |
(4) |
- |
- |
7-67 |
9 |
M. Bullock + |
b Fleet |
6 |
(12) |
1 |
- |
8-78 |
10 |
J. W. Pearson |
not out |
16 |
(13) |
2 |
- |
- |
11 |
M. T. Westmoreland * |
not out |
5 |
(9) |
1 |
- |
- |
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Extras |
(NB3, W9, B12) |
24 |
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TOTAL |
(for 8 wickets 20 overs) |
124 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
|
1 |
Coleman |
3 |
0 |
20 |
2 |
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2 |
Timms |
3 |
0 |
21 |
2 |
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3 |
Roberts |
3 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
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4 |
Rundle |
3 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
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5 |
Fleet |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
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6 |
Darley |
3 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
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7 |
Malloy |
2 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
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8 |
Mellor |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
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MOTM: D. M. Edwards Champagne Moment: D. Emerson’s maximum Buffet
Award: I. C. Leggate’s marinated
chicken breasts (with plum sauce) |
Opposition:
V035 / 11 Ground: G019 / 06 Captain: C011 / 36 |