“Diamond Geezer Bob
Has Two to Remember and One to Forget”
Match: 21
/ 538
Lost by
38 runs
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Team |
Total |
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Appleton CC |
119 - 9 |
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C. Roberts
2 - 9, J. Pearson 38 |
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FFTMCC |
81 - |
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R. Turner 21 |
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Do you remember one of
those days where everything just goes right? Everything you try just kind of
comes off, it’s all so easy and almost effortless. No, me neither. Neither it
turns out does Bob, although he did enough here to win the MOTM award by a
country mile. On a beautiful summer
evening The MAD headed off to Appleton minus Howarth and Timms. When was the
last time neither of those two stalwarts were in the line-up? Skipper Russ
won the toss and being just two weeks from mid-Summer decided that this
should be one of those rare occasions to choose to bat second. The following
write up is in accordance with the Appleton scorebook.
Rundle aims one at the back of Jack Bennett’s
head. Darling (4-0-25-0) opened up from the top end and was unlucky not to get an
edge on several occasions as Gilkes and Bennett (37 ret) in particular tried
to cut on a bouncy pitch. He looked more threatening once he had reduced his
run up to a mere three steps. Well bowled as ever Darling. At the other end
it was a different story, Rob (4-2-9-2) bowled a beautiful length removing
Gilkes and Wastie. It’s the best I’ve seen him
bowl, but don’t fall into that trap Bob, as we all have of thinking you can actually play this game, just enjoy it when it comes
along. Reeves (3-0-19-0) got
pasted for a straight six by newcomer and wicky Tussler
whilst Harris (3-0-21-0) also struggled. Seeing Bermaha
(3-0-26-0) bowl, bought to mind a phrase from J Websters excellent Foreward
in the award winning* ‘Never at this Level’. Watching Vermaak is ‘like
watching an octopus in a washing machine’. There’s a lot of moving parts in
his action and when they don’t all sync in harmony, wides and no-balls ensue.
Rundle (3-0-15-1) tidied things up at a time when The Apples were looking to
squeeze a few extra from the final overs. There were also two decent runouts,
both involving Shorten pinging it in and bowlers Harris and Rundle doing the
rest, which was not inconsiderable. Appleton had achieved 119 in their 20
overs, so exactly a run a ball would see us to victory.
Vermaak the octopus…. Turner (21 in 45 balls)
anchored the innings against the excellent young opener Knight. At times it
looked like he would threaten Rundles record from just a week ago of highest
score without a boundary but fell eight runs short. At the other end, a
procession of batters struggled on the bouncy pitch whilst wishing they’d
packed a helmet for once. After his excellence
with the ball, Roberts didn’t face one with the bat, being shorn off for a
diamond. Standing at the same end as Russ as the ball headed up the other, he
did the decent thing and tried to follow it. Records show that he is only the
second MADster, along with Emerson to suffer this
fate on more than one occasion, having done so before, also against Appleton
in 2011. Fair play though for going out to umpire immediately and turning
down the opportunity to dismiss Russ stumped to a decent shout. You’re a
better man than I am Gunga Din. Relative newcomer
‘Swiss’ Dan Gerber showed that his favourite shot is the reverse sweep before
succumbing LBW for 7. Please everyone, don’t try to follow his lead, it will
only end in hilarious disaster and a place in the EBI section of the website.
Hotson facing under the watchful gaze of AJ. At 50 for 4 in 13 overs,
the game was effectively up, and Appleton could give a few overs to a number of their side. The MAD finally crawled to 81. Congratulations
Appleton. A couple of years ago they appeared to be in trouble, but are now a
more than decent village team, mixing youth and experience, newcomers and old hands, with a vocal support from the
sidelines. This fixture, along with a trip to the Eight Bells afterwards
should long continue. * Most (indeed only)
read book by anyone in the MAD, 2018 - 2020. ‘Reevsie’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Appleton CC Played at Appleton, 9 Jun 2021 Far from the MCC won the toss and
elected to field Appleton CC won by 38 runs Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
21 / 538 20 over match |
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Team |
Appleton CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
A. Gilkes |
b Roberts |
6 |
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2 |
J. Bennett |
retired |
37 |
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3 |
R. Wastie |
b Roberts |
15 |
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4 |
N. Tussler |
run out (Shorten/Harris) |
21 |
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5 |
C. Jones |
b Rundle |
5 |
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6 |
A. J. Jeffreys |
not out |
13 |
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7 |
H. Blomerus * |
run out (Shorten/Rundle) |
7 |
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8 |
J. Cullham |
not out |
5 |
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9 |
R. Allsworth |
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10 |
H. Knight |
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11 |
M. Blake |
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Extras |
NB4, W5, B1 |
10 |
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TOTAL |
(for 6 wickets, 20 overs) |
119 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Darley |
4 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
6.25 |
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2 |
Roberts |
4 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
2.25 |
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3 |
Reeves |
3 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
6.33 |
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4 |
Harris |
3 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
7.00 |
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5 |
Vermaak |
3 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
8.67 |
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6 |
Rundle |
3 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
5.00 |
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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 Unknown b Cullham |
21 |
(49) |
- |
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6-62 |
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2 |
C. T. J. Williams |
b Allsworth |
4 |
(4) |
1 |
- |
1-7 |
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3 |
D. Shorten |
lbw b Allsworth |
5 |
(9) |
- |
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2-18 |
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4 |
C. D. Roberts |
run out |
0 |
(0) |
- |
- |
3-19 |
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5 |
D. Gerber |
lbw b Cullham |
7 |
(23) |
- |
- |
4-48 |
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6 |
J. C. W. Hotson † |
b Cullham |
3 |
(11) |
- |
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5-56 |
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7 |
M. K. Reeves |
not out |
5 |
(14) |
- |
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- |
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8 |
A. Darley |
c Unknown b Wastie |
6 |
(7) |
1 |
- |
7-74 |
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9 |
J. Harris |
not out |
5 |
(4) |
1 |
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- |
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10 |
M. S. Rundle |
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11 |
C. J. Vermaak |
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Extras |
NB1, W17, LB1, B6 |
25 |
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TOTAL |
(for 7 wickets, 20 overs) |
81 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Knight |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
2.00 |
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2 |
Allsworth |
3 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
4.67 |
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3 |
Blomerus |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3.00 |
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4 |
Brake |
3 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
3.00 |
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5 |
Cullham |
4 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
3.75 |
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6 |
Jones |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4.00 |
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7 |
Jeffreys |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
3.50 |
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8 |
Wastie |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
5.00 |
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9 |
Gilkes |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7.00 |
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MOTM: C. D. Roberts Champagne Moment: D. Shorten & J. Harris’ run out Buffet Award: C. J. Vermaak’s octopus, chorizo and pickled purple carrots MAD
Moment: J. C. W. Hotson’s scramble to
get back in his crease |
Opposition:
V051 / 31 Ground: G042 / 21 Captain: C024 / 45 Match No: 20 / 151 |