“Nice Little Run Around in the Drizzle”
Match: 19
/ 484
Lost
by 3 wkts
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Team |
Total |
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FFTMCC |
126 |
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D. Shorten
31, I. Howarth 24 |
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Wootton & Boars Hill CC |
128 - 7 |
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M. Reeves
2 - 13 |
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Dave Shorten arrived at
the game in high spirits, having thrown some money at the problem of his
batting. Apparently, there’s a bloke with a barn out
near Thame somewhere who for £30 will tell you to plant your back foot and
watch the ball. Well bugger me, it really is that simple, as he opened the
batting with Howarth and was looking good for a swift 30 and retire before
being bowled by King on 31 (heaving across the line).
The match had a curious
start with S Morton flinging down a frightening maiden, whilst at the other
end O Morton was struggling with his radar. Even the ones near the target
were going past the wicket keeper, such that 22 came off the second over.
With the score on 30, only eight runs had come off the bat and extras was looking a shoe in for MOTM. The opening partnership of
75 (Howarth 24) must be a club record for games with a compulsory retirement
at 30. The departure of both
openers introduced a succession of single figures as The MAD slumped from
75-0 to 105-8. Pick of the incompetents was James Pearson running himself out
on zero. Only Bob (13) exited with any dignity after complaining about being
pushed up the order from 11 to 9, he backed up his claim for a higher berth
by ending his brief innings with a very Darleyesque
4, 6, out. The MAD had somehow stumbled to providing exactly 100 runs off the
bat, with a more than useful 26 coming in extras. Towards the end of the
innings, the leaden skies started to emit a light drizzle, which soon turned
in to a heavy drizzle and then proper rain. Being the
proper cricketing idiots we all are, thoughts of Wootton and Bladon circa
2013 were cast aside as the teams continued to trash the strip.
Infant Louis King takes the honours with a 4-for. After a brief interval
and an easing of the rain, W&BH started their response and were pegged
back in the first couple of overs by Reeves (3-1-13-2) and Roberts (3-0-21-0).
Reeves producing a rare MOTM performance for dismissing the two openers. The match changed with
the introduction of Proctor (35 retd) and S Morton
(36 retd), with the latter sending what appeared to
be defensive prods flying over the boundary, such was his timing. During this
carnage Howarth earned The MAD moment for climbing over a gate which was in
fact unlocked. If only it had swung open with him still aboard, in true comic
fashion. Corne earned the Champagne and almost simultaneously The MAD moment
for a truly remarkable stop on the boundary with the back of his ankle. Even
Thorn would have marvelled at that one. One low moment was Bob injuring his
shoulder with an athletic stop in the outfield. We wish you a speedy recovery
fella.
Turner sings from a prayer book thinking it is a
Sunday In the end W&BH
romped to victory with three overs to spare. The MAD had managed 7 wickets
with a damp and swelling ball. Well done W&BH for not being too precious
about the pitch and allowing the game to happen. I’m
off to see a man with a barn. ‘Reevsie’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Wootton &
Boars Hill CC Played at Wootton & Boars Hill, 5
June 2019 Far from the MCC won the toss and
elected to bat Wootton & Boars Hill CC won by 3 wkts Far from the MCC debuts: none |
19 / 484 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 |
I. Howarth |
st N. King b L. King |
24 |
(27) |
5 |
- |
1-75 |
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2 |
D. Shorten |
b L. King |
31 |
(21) |
7 |
- |
2-80 |
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3 |
J. C. W. Hotson |
b L. King |
4 |
(20) |
- |
- |
4-91 |
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4 |
R. P. Turner * |
c J. Fisher b L. King |
1 |
(8) |
- |
- |
3-82 |
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5 |
M. K. Reeves |
b J. Fisher |
7 |
(9) |
1 |
- |
5-91 |
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6 |
J. vdG. Webster |
c A. Fisher b J. Fisher |
7 |
(7) |
1 |
- |
8-105 |
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7 |
J. W. Pearson |
run out |
0 |
(4) |
- |
- |
6-91 |
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8 |
G. J. Timms |
b Bhella |
4 |
(4) |
- |
- |
7-97 |
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9 |
C. D. Roberts |
c Morton b J. Fisher |
13 |
(8) |
1 |
1 |
9-123 |
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10 |
G. Carter † |
not out |
7 |
(8) |
1 |
- |
- |
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11 |
C. J. Vermaak |
c A. Fisher b Bhella |
2 |
(2) |
- |
- |
10-126 |
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Extras |
W11, B15 |
26 |
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TOTAL |
(all out, 19.4 overs) |
126 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
S. Morton |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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2 |
O. Morton |
1 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
13.00 |
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3 |
Hollander |
2 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
13.00 |
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4 |
Proctor |
4 |
1 |
21 |
0 |
5.25 |
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5 |
L. King |
4 |
0 |
11 |
4 |
2.75 |
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6 |
J. Fisher |
4 |
1 |
25 |
3 |
6.25 |
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7 |
Bhella |
2.4 |
0 |
15 |
2 |
5.63 |
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Team |
Wootton & Boars Hill CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
A. Fisher |
b Reeves |
1 |
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- |
- |
1-3 |
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2 |
M. Glover |
b Reeves |
4 |
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- |
- |
2-18 |
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3 |
B. Procter |
retired |
35 |
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5 |
1 |
- |
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4 |
O. Morton |
b Pearson |
17 |
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2 |
1 |
3-70 |
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5 |
S. Morton |
retired |
36 |
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4 |
2 |
- |
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6 |
A. Benson |
b Vermaak |
0 |
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- |
- |
4-71 |
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7 |
L. King |
run out (Carter/Timms) |
3 |
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- |
- |
5-85 |
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8 |
J. Fisher |
b Timms |
1 |
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- |
- |
6-88 |
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9 |
M. Mallender |
c Carter b Howarth |
12 |
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2 |
- |
7-115 |
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10 |
N. King *† |
not out |
12 |
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2 |
- |
- |
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11 |
H. Bhella |
not out |
3 |
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- |
- |
- |
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Extras |
LB2, B2 |
4 |
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TOTAL |
(for 7 wickets, 17.3 overs) |
128 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Roberts |
3 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
7.00 |
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2 |
Reeves |
3 |
1 |
13 |
2 |
4.33 |
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3 |
Pearson |
3 |
0 |
33 |
1 |
11.00 |
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4 |
Vermaak |
4 |
0 |
29 |
1 |
7.25 |
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5 |
Timms |
3 |
0 |
16 |
1 |
5.33 |
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6 |
Howarth |
1.3 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
8.67 |
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MOTM: M. K. Reeves Champagne Moment: C. J. Vermaak’s
marvellous ankle boot stop on the boundary Buffet
Award: J. W. Pearson’s baby food
extravaganza MAD
Moment: I. Howarth climbing over an
open gate for ball |
Opposition:
V039 / 19 Ground: G017 / 15 Captain: C024 / 22 Match No: 20 / 129 |