“Years in the Making”
Match: 20
/ 515
Lost
by 6 wkts
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Team |
Total |
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FFTMCC |
110 - 6 |
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I. Howarth
22, G. Timms 21 |
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Appleton CC |
111 - 4 |
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M. Rundle
1 - 6 |
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Injuries? We’ve had a
few. With six games in as
many days and players throwing themselves into everything after three months
of hibernation, it was inevitable the effects of lockdown loafing would
expose the team to a raft of issues. The MAD’s answer to the legendary (West
Indian) Three W’s … Webster (arse), Westmoreland
(leg) and Williams (calf) … had all seen a curtailed season curtailed to the
point where it hardly ever started. Owing to quad rotation
to mitigate any further casualties, two of them would be joined by the best
subs bench in team history, to help get pissed and
watch some cricket. On a lovely summer’s evening by a sewage works and an
abattoir, the match would begin with an orchestra of sheep being led into an
electrified water-bath and end with the punk rock of cows receiving a bolt to
the head. Who says the romance of the English countryside is dead?
No photos of slaughtered animals, but a fine subs
bench. Losing the toss, Russ
had little hesitation in doing what he was told. To bat. Strapping his own pads
on he watched aghast as what used to the great David Shorten attempt
something interplanetary and see his stumps splattered first ball. It would
appear our maverick builder’s fog of the brain may be more Newfoundland than
first thought. Mr Turner was then joined by ex-bowler G. Timms (21), who in a
pleasing partnership of 38 settled a few nerves before Gary unsettled them by
doing a Shorten. Cricket is a complex
game of many idiosyncrasies that only the English can fully understand,
and thus we owe a debt of gratitude to our Anglo-Saxon brethren who invented
it in the first place, during a period of introspection dividing some raping
and looting. It is a sport of infuriating stupidity, with a list of laws as a
long as a supermarket queue during lockdown. It is also a game broken down
into scores of individual games which can be pinpointed to the minutest
details in a scorebook. This epitaph of memories and numbers can linger with
people for years, being both varied in emotions of good and bad. Martin
Westmoreland remembers things, living off former glories and harbouring
grudges that hark back over a decade. One does recall Howarth running him out
going for a three many years ago, with Mooman leaving the field in a fury
shouting “if you’re running to the danger end, then why the f___ have I been
run out?” One forgets the vocabulary thereafter, though one can guess. Fast forward to July 29,
2020, and although Martin was absent through injury, he had set the wheels in
motion for his son Daniel to exact revenge. Replacing the doughty Turner (16)
who found yet another way to get out, Westmoreland Jr watched as Howarth (22)
got into his stride with a fine six down the ground before calling him
through for a silent single. Bemused, Ian started, stopped, reciprocated an
audible nothing and demonstrated a lofty status far above that required for a
desperate dive. Out. He returned to the dugout to find a smirking dad in awe
of his eldest son. Case adjourned.
“So, lads. This is how it’s going down….” With Howarth out the
equation, the Westmoreland Boys then batted with the type of maturity their
elders can only dream about. Daniel (20) holds the man strength over his
little brother (Joe 14), but both are obviously equipped for greater things
in future years, we just hope a percentage of it is for this pub team with no
optics or barrels. 110-6 with Hotson (1*) scampering a single to maintain one
of the best strike rates in the club. Pick of the Appleton bowling was Mr
Alder, but since the guy writing this report has been sledged by him for over
a decade, his figures don’t make it into text (laughs).
Danny W cuts to the boundary. An under-par total was
instantly exposed by some crap from Howarth
(2-0-20-1) and some worse crap from Shorten, our famous builder completing a
stellar evening with four wides in a buffet spread that went for one worse
than Ian. Roberts (2-0-11-0) was decent as his shoulder continues to repair
and young Daniel W again showed the type of control (4-0-30-1) he’s learning
from bowling the full 22 yards. Mr Cartwright (2-0-15-0)
really should have batted up the order, but he enjoyed a few overs that were
nowhere near as bad as the aforementioned crap that
came before. This of course all left Rundle’s miserly heroics in vain
(4-2-6-1), as Appleton won out in the sixteenth over as that Alder chap hit
something that our Sunday skipper chose to tumble over and scoop MAD Moment.
The drama didn’t stop there however, as confusion now held sway concerning
whether the home team has actually hit the winning
runs, as it would appear they were shy in the scorebook. Problem solved.
Despite remembering bitterness of over ten years ago, Mr Westmoreland had
seemingly failed to remember to credit Alder with that bungled boundary at
the death.
Cartwright bowling to buckets on the boundary. Another great evening
then lads and one to celebrate with a couple of beers and sanitiser at The
Plough Inn down the road. Ian and Greg were last seen talking about each
other’s mothers…. ‘V. Ictim’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Appleton CC Played at Appleton, 29 July 2020 Appleton CC won the toss and elected
to field Appleton CC won by 6 wkts Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
20 / 515 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 |
R.P. Turner * |
c Bennett b Alder |
16 |
(18) |
3 |
- |
3-43 |
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2 |
D. Shorten |
b Alder |
0 |
(1) |
- |
- |
1-3 |
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3 |
G. J. Timms |
b Alder |
21 |
(26) |
1 |
- |
2-41 |
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4 |
I. Howarth |
run out |
22 |
(14) |
1 |
1 |
4-73 |
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5 |
D. J. H. Westmoreland |
b Bowler |
20 |
(36) |
1 |
- |
6-110 |
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6 |
J. A. H. Westmoreland |
b Bowler |
14 |
(25) |
- |
- |
5-109 |
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7 |
J. C. W. Hotson |
not out |
1 |
(1) |
- |
- |
- |
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8 |
J. A. Cartwright |
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9 |
M. S. Rundle |
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10 |
C. D. Roberts |
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11 |
G. Carter † |
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Extras |
NB1, W12, LB3 |
16 |
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TOTAL |
(for 6 wickets, 20 overs) |
110 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Jeffreys |
4 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
5.25 |
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2 |
Alder |
4 |
0 |
27 |
3 |
6.75 |
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3 |
Allsworth |
2 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
8.00 |
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4 |
Fox |
4 |
1 |
18 |
0 |
4.50 |
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5 |
Knight |
4 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
4.75 |
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6 |
Bowler |
2 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
4.50 |
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Team |
Appleton CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
J. Bennett * |
c Hotson b Rundle |
16 |
(20) |
2 |
- |
2-37 |
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2 |
A. Mirrington † |
b Howarth |
4 |
(2) |
1 |
- |
1-8 |
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3 |
A. Gilkes |
retired |
33 |
(19) |
2 |
3 |
- |
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4 |
A. Jeffreys |
c D. Westmoreland b Shorten |
0 |
(3) |
- |
- |
3-49 |
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5 |
M. Richards |
not out |
22 |
(31) |
3 |
- |
- |
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6 |
C. Jones |
c Timms b Westmoreland |
5 |
(13) |
- |
- |
4-73 |
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7 |
G. Alder |
not out |
19 |
(9) |
- |
- |
- |
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8 |
O. Fox |
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9 |
H. Knight |
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10 |
L. Bowler |
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11 |
R. Allsworth |
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Extras |
NB1, W6, LB2, B3 |
12 |
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TOTAL |
(for 4 wickets, 16.0 overs) |
111 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Howarth |
2 |
0 |
20 |
1 |
10.00 |
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2 |
Roberts |
2 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
5.50 |
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3 |
Rundle |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
1.50 |
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4 |
Shorten |
2 |
0 |
21 |
1 |
10.50 |
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5 |
Westmoreland |
4 |
0 |
30 |
1 |
7.50 |
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6 |
Cartwright |
2 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
7.50 |
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MOTM: D. J. H. Westmoreland Champagne Moment: I. Howarth straight six
over bowler’s head Buffet
Award: D. Shorten’s rather limp
toast with out-of-date beans MAD
Moment: G. J. Timms capitulation on
the boundary to secure defeat |
Opposition:
V051 / 29 Ground: G042 / 18 Captain: C024 / 35 Match No: 20 / 143 |