“You Give a Little Love….”
Match: 17
/ 418
Won
by 4 runs
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Team |
Total |
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FFTMCC |
116 – 7 |
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M. Reeves 33, G. Timms
30* |
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Bodleian |
112 - 6 |
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M. Bullock 1 - 4 |
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See, now here’s why we
at FFTMCC love Bodleian CC... “Would you like to play
at the beautifully quaint Cumnor ground just outside Oxford with fully
functioning bar in a T20?” they say. “Hell yeah.” “Would you like the start
time to be pushed back half an hour so you can have a couple more drinks in the
most pleasant Bear and Ragged Staff nearby first?” they enquire. “Oh go on
then.” “Would you like to bat first so you don’t have to bat in the dark?”
“You guys!”... “I tell you what, would you like a 5 run head start too?”
“Seriously gents, this is too much. We’ve only got you a decrepit player who
can just about manage one game a year. This is embarrassing”.
A gaggle of Bod. They just get us, ya
know. I mean yeah we’ve been playing at Cumnor for a few years now and yes
kick off was put back due to a session of the excellent initiative of All
Stars cricket taking place at Cumnor and yes they didn’t mean to bowl the
ball into the abandoned keepers helmet first up but, still.... Generous in
the extreme these fellas. Their captain, Stuey Ackland, even offered to put
his card behind the bar. They don’t take card at Cumnor CC. Remembering that
poor Mike Reeves had let his parents down the year previous, scoring just 1*
and bowling okayish, the Bods are bowling kindly into his arc allowing him to
plunder 33 from 23 balls. Share and share alike mind, Mike delighted to get
out rather than retire. I can only assume messrs
Hill (5), Hotson (golden), and Bullock (1) have been talking way too loud in
the library of late. Timms must have been as a quiet as a mouse. Or even 4
mice. Poor fella, he’s coming off the back of two golden ducks. “Let’s drop
him 3 times” says Ackland. “Great thinking skip” come the replies. Timms’
innings of 4, 7, 15, and 4 combining to leave him on 30*. He’s been quickly
offered a drink by Bodleian’s R Hadfield to celebrate his exploits. Really
lovely fellas. Really lovely. Ooh, that’s a bit mean of them. They’ve only
let Turner get 14 rather than his usual 20. Oh, this is much more like it
though, how beautiful. Polly Moon (on debut) gets to bat with her (now)
husband to be. How do they orchestrate such memorable scripts like this? Oh… Hoskins
(golden)! I’m sure they’ll make up for it later. That’s just not like them.
Momentary lapse. I’m sure even Mother Theresa’s kept a tenner after finding
one at the cash point.
Hoskins attending to his future bride to be. Yep, there you go,
straight away. Bless their hearts. They just refuse to get anyone else out.
Psycho (6) aside, but that’s fair enough. They just won’t let Howarth (4*) or
Moon (1*) throw their wickets away. Some of the crowd are in tears.
This is just how low level sport should be. Here they come. Oh, in
fairness there’s nothing generous about that. Shackleton has just absolutely
smashed that awful half tracker from Howarth (3-0-9-1). No, wait.... Oh, just
smashing. It allows Hill to take an exquisite catch diving low down after
running in off the boundary about 15 yards or so. Hill will be rightly very
proud of that snare but the credit really should go to Shackleton. Well, this
is great to see. MAD skipper Shorten really is feeling the love. He’s dropped
an absolute sitter, and rightly so. The Bods haven’t given him a wicket
though. That seems a touch harsh. I mean they’ve given one to Howarth, Hill
(2-0-12-1), Hoskins (2-0-26-1), Bullock (2-0-4-1), Timms (2-0-8-1), and
Turner (3-0-22-1). They didn’t give one to Mike (2-0-8-0) either, but they
did give him lots of runs so.... Yeah, seems a little unfair on Shorten that.
I mean, Psycho didn’t get one as well, but that’s fair enough.
Timms #3 on his way to contributing 15 to the
Tally o’the Timms. Some nice shots in
amongst all this. They really do know how to put on a show. Especially this
Robinson (32) chap. He’s looking pretty handy out there. Too handy in fact.
Uh, what’s he doing? He’s smashing poor Russ everywhere. He must be a new
recruit not yet versed in the Bods ways. He’s going to win the bloody game for them. This is outrageous. I’ll need to
pen a stern latter to the libra.... Ahhh, he was just ramping up the drama
wasn’t he? Clever sausage. One ball to go, 4 to tie, and he hits it straight
to JMO on the boundary. What a cracking end to a cracking game. These Bods
boys just get it right every single time. Excellent stuff. ‘B. Malone’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Bodleian Played at Park Field, Cumnor, 2 June
2017 Bodleian won the toss and elected to field Far from the MCC won by 4 runs Far from the MCC debuts: Polly
Moon (140) |
17 / 418 20 over match |
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Team |
Far from the MCC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
M. K. Reeves |
c Robinson b Shaw |
33 |
(23) |
5 |
1 |
4-45 |
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2 |
N. S. Hill |
b Shaw |
5 |
(6) |
- |
- |
1-34 |
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3 |
J. C. W. Hotson † |
b McKiernan |
0 |
(1) |
- |
- |
2-35 |
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4 |
M. Bullock |
c Neely b McKiernan |
1 |
(2) |
- |
- |
3-41 |
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5 |
G. J. Timms |
retired |
30 |
(29) |
4 |
- |
- |
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6 |
M. S. Rundle |
c Neely b Robinson |
6 |
(14) |
1 |
- |
5-57 |
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7 |
R. P. Turner |
b Phillipson |
14 |
(20) |
- |
- |
6-108 |
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8 |
P. Moon |
not out |
1 |
(16) |
- |
- |
- |
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9 |
J. D. Hoskins |
b Shackleton |
0 |
(1) |
- |
- |
7-108 |
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10 |
I. Howarth |
not out |
4 |
(8) |
- |
- |
- |
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11 |
D. Shorten * |
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Extras |
W12, LB5, Pen 5 |
22 |
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TOTAL |
(for 7 wickets, 20 overs) |
116 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
McKiernan |
3 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
4.67 |
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2 |
Shaw |
3 |
0 |
26 |
2 |
8.67 |
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3 |
Robinson |
3 |
0 |
20 |
1 |
6.67 |
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4 |
Ackland |
4 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
3.25 |
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5 |
Shackleton |
4 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
6.00 |
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6 |
Phillipson |
3 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
3.00 |
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Note: G. J. Timms retired at 108-6 (16.0 overs) |
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Team |
Bodleian |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
M. D. J. Neely † |
c Reeves b Hill |
13 |
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2 |
- |
2-27 |
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2 |
D. C. E. Shackleton |
c Hill b Howarth |
7 |
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- |
- |
1-18 |
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3 |
J. A. Shaw |
c and b Hoskins |
12 |
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2 |
- |
3-52 |
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4 |
L. J. McKiernan |
b Bullock |
19 |
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3 |
- |
4-69 |
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5 |
G. A. Robinson |
c Hoskins b Turner |
32 |
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3 |
1 |
6-112 |
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6 |
R. Triggs |
b Timms |
10 |
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- |
- |
5-90 |
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7 |
T. Phillipson |
not out |
3 |
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- |
- |
- |
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8 |
G. E. D. Jones |
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9 |
A. Philips |
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10 |
S. G. Ackland * |
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11 |
D. F. Busby |
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Extras |
W8, LB8 |
16 |
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TOTAL |
(for 6 wickets, 20 overs) |
112 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Howarth |
3 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
3.00 |
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2 |
Shorten |
3 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
3.00 |
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3 |
Hill |
2 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
6.00 |
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4 |
Hoskins |
2 |
0 |
26 |
1 |
13.00 |
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5 |
Reeves |
2 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
4.00 |
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6 |
Bullock |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2.00 |
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7 |
Timms |
2 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
4.00 |
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8 |
Turner |
3 |
0 |
22 |
1 |
7.33 |
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9 |
Rundle |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5.00 |
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MOTM: M. K. Reeves Champagne Moment: N. Hill’s deep square
catch low down Buffet
Award: J. D. Hoskins’ baked lemon
chicken with mushroom sauce MAD
Moment: n/a |
Opposition:
V023 / 23 Ground: G069 / 04 Captain: C016 / 23 Match No: 20 / 098 |