“MAD Wilt against Green Invasion”

Match: 03 / 069

Lost by 9 wkts

Team	Total
FFTMCCC	137
I. Howarth 42
Lemmings	138 - 1
S. Dobner 1 - 26

The weather was gorgeous. Absolutely lovely. England had become truly Mediterranean and everybody loved it. As one looked out from the Pembroke pavilion, you could see the stumps shimmering as a sea of clovers popped under the baking sun. 2003 would go down as a real hottie; with this day was surely one of the hottest. Indeed, if it wasn't for the small matter of a game of cricket, one would have imagined the The MAD enjoying so many alternative attractions that Oxford might have offered – namely punts and the myriad of colourful pub beer gardens. No matter, they clambered into their whites, were duly crestfallen with their Skipper losing the toss, and furtherly bewildered when the ubiquitous opposition chose to field. “Field? On a day like today? Are they mad…?”

James contemplates the shambles to come….

Cashing in on the perfect batting conditions, opener N. Hebbes (0) successfully navigated the first ball before failing with the second. His dismissal allowed Mr. Westmoreland to chalk up a resolute 8 and Mr. Mander a dignified 2, as The MAD stumbled in the sunshine to 37-3. Thankfully, things did improve thereafter, with Howarth (42) and T. Smith (18) eking out the boundaries as the scoreboard finally sprung to life. Mad optimism would be short-lived however, with the pair inevitably falling in quick succession – Howarth’s injudicious rake across the line pre-empting Smith to smack one straight to a giggling green Lemming in the outfield. Nice work, guys.

Stalwarts A. Mann (12) and M. Bullock (18) would offer some doughty resistance, but the inability of The MAD lower order to protect their stumps [Dobner 0, Jones 5, Hoskins 1] proved their ultimate undoing, all which left S. Hebbes (7*) protecting his average and The MAD wilting to a less than hydrated 137 all out.

Tea and time to slake ones thirst and recover from the heat and humidity. This The MAD did, before resuming the action at some point and getting a total pasting. The pasting was thorough, though details of it rather less so, as the scorebook somehow became a peripheral item of interest. This is generally the case when (a) you are getting a pasting and (b) you’d rather be doing something [anything] else in the sunshine other than chasing leather. What was recorded other than the fact the Lemmings won, and that Mr. Dobner (1-26) took the sole wicket to fall, was that Mr. A. G. Mann failed to take a wicket and some ginger-haired Lemming slapped a quick fifty before retiring [Mr. Hukins 52*].

But what else do you want to know? The Madding Crowd total was never enough. Never in a million years, especially not at this level, not on a glorious batting track with a lightning quick outfield against a team stuffed full of quality University players who eat village teams for breakfast….

Hmm.

The ending to the contest was all a bit of a blur….

‘Spam’

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Statto Scorecards

Far from The Madding Crowd CC versus Lemmings Played at Pembroke College, 22 June 2003 Lemmings won the toss and elected to bat Lemmings won by 9 wkts Far from the MCC debuts: none

03 / 069 35 over match

Team	Far from The MADding Crowd CC
#	Batsman	How Out	Total	Balls	4s	6s	FOW
1	N. J. Hebbes	b Williams	0	(2)	-	-	1-1
2	I. Howarth	b Goodlad	42	(58)	5	-	4-84
3	M. T. Westmoreland	lbw b Wood	8	(16)	-	-	2-23
4	A. M. Mander	b Widnall	2	(19)	-	-	3-37
5	T. P. W. Smith	c Bell b Goodlad	18	(23)	3	-	5-92
6	A. G. Mann	b Widnall	12	(26)	2	-	6-114
7	M. Bullock +	b Hukins	18	(31)	3	-	7-128
8	S. Hebbes	not out	7	(18)	1	-	-
9	S. L. P. Dobner	b Hukins	0	(1)	-	-	8-128
10	D. L. Jones	b Hukins	5	(9)	-	-	9-136
11	J. D. Hoskins *	b Wood	1	(4)	-	-	10-137
	Extras	(NB3, W14, B7)	24
	TOTAL	(all out, 34.1 overs)	137

#	Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts
1	Williams	5	0	14	1
2	Wood	6.1	0	17	2
3	Widnall	7	0	39	2
4	Goodlad	7	1	16	2
5	Bell	7	0	36	0
6	Huikins	2	0	8	3

Team	Lemmings
#	Batsman	How Out	Total	Balls	4s	6s	FOW
1	J. Baker	c b Dobner	21
2	G. Hukins	retired hurt	52				-
3	G. McKechnie	not out	22				-
4	J. Hull	not out	27				-
5	G. French
6	P. Williams +
7	P. Baker
8	M. Widnall
9	S. Bell
10	S. Wood
11	M. Goodlad
	Extras		16
	TOTAL	(for 1 wicket)	138

#	Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts
1	Mann	5	0	20	0
2	Dobner	6	0	26	1
Note: No other bowling figures recorded

MOTM: n/a Champagne Moment: n/a Buffet Award: n/a

Opposition: V024 / 03 Ground: G011 / 17 Captain: C006 / 07