“Bodleian Succumb to New Look MAD Bowling
Attack”
Match: 06 / 129
Won by 9 wkts
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Team |
Total |
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Bodleian |
102 - 8 |
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S.
Parkinson 2 - 14, A. Mann
2 - 17 |
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FFTMCC |
106 - 1 |
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I.
Howarth 63*, S. Dobner
30 |
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Libraries, the last bastion
of quiet, decency and shelving systems named after ducks. Much evolution has
taken place since the days of shush, study and contemplation. Surely the
Mecca amongst them and home to some of the UK’s finest literature is the Bodleian
– a national treasure, with pricelist scriptures and a cricket team…. “So you won’t take
scorebooks, even ones with A. Mann and a very rare J. Hotson five-for?”–
Questioned FFMCC captain I. Howarth, having narrowly escaped the Scillian mafia and desperate to offset his spending on
local apple-based products. “No, that’s eBay you idiot…”
retorted the Bodleian captain. “Anyway my colleagues in Oldham say they are
still waiting for the return of the Hungry Hungry
Caterpillar that you signed out in 1985?” “Tell you what – I’ll let you
win the toss and we’ll forget the whole thing – anyway he turned into a
butterfly and died.”
We can also
kill your wife for Ł1,000. And so it was that under
Oxfordshire skies the Bodleian went out to bat. FFTMCC nemesis, erstwhile
electrician, East Oxfordian and almost-guaranteed fifty-maker Yousef, set out
to the middle arms-wielding, hungry for batsmen-bowler FFTMCC-fodder. Not
long after, he returned, head down, victim lbw to a Stevie P beauty, having
gorged himself briefly on Steve’s traditional loosener for ten. P returning
the impressive figures of 7 overs, 4 maidens, 14 runs and 2 wickets – which
may be a Mad maiden record or may not – you’ll need to ask Matt, or check on
Martin’s new kitchen wall. A. Mann opening from the
other end was unaccustomed to seeing a batsman not having plundered six of
the previous over and able to play him out. Two wickets for the Ant-Mann and
a start of a new opening partnership – Thommo and Lillee,
Wasim and Waqar, or Stan and Laurel – you pays your money and takes your
choice. Spread the word, The MAD has bowlers now.
Kim was
shocked to see Steve holding a baby after his wicketkeeping display. The Bodleian top order
destroyed, the librarians were open for the onslaught of M. Reeves and A.
Small. Adie on debut with a fully-committed four overs, one wicket for
twelve. Reevsie, with a mean spell of three overs, one wicket for nine runs –
support bowling of the Jones / Hoggard kind. Such was the performance of the
attack, that D. Edwards was forced to leave the field in a one-man protest
action against the strength of The MAD bowling – I’ll write that again – Mad
bowling – weird. Captain I. Howarth, aware of
the opportunity to hit the foot holes left by the four horseman, tossed the
ball to his spin attack. The spin tandem of T. Smith (4-1-8-1) and ‘Warnie’
Bullock (4-0-8-0) set out to bamboozle the lower order with their mixture of offies and leggies. Smith extracting exceptional turn
from outside off, including the ball of the game and champagne moment winner
– pitching in the corridor and hitting leg – an absolute jaffa.
Warnie had passed the gloves mid-game to Steve “I’m never keeping for The MAD
again” Dobner who proceeded to demonstrate why Kim doesn’t let him hold the
baby. The Bods sensing discretion was the better part of valour began to dig
in, having played themselves in Kaufmann (30*) and FFMTCC Fantasy Cricket
entrant S. Arnold (23*) shared a backs to the wall 9th wicket
stand of 65*, taking advantage of the errant but tidy Edwards (6-0-11-0) and
debutant bowler and fine-entrapped debutant buffet QC (1-0-6-0). The Bodleian thus hauling
themselves from the mire and giving their bowlers something to go at 102-8
off their 35 overs.
A rare cover
drive during I. Howarth’s agricultural 63 not out. Captain Howarth and batsmen /
keeper / bowler / multifunctional / dysfunctional-cricketer S. Dobner started
the FFTMCC innings – buoyed by Kev’s seafood special, they swashbuckled their way to an excellent start. N. Hebbes
poised to go in three had padded (out of necessity not willing ill on fellow
team mates), netted, partially unpadded, re-padded and then sat. Then did the
scoreboard, then sat, then shouted supporting, and then sat. Howarth peppered
cow corner as Moo boy winced, and Dobner supported ably. The openers
continued accumulating with Howarth reaching a long overdue fifty. Hebbes was
joined in the sitting by QC, fresh-faced, Goose-spectacled, and keen for
batting-action when Dobner fell for a cultured 30, youth was given its chance
and QC sent out for the formalities. Despite little time to impress, QC
showed his signature, sweep / swish / leg paddle for a well-timed four,
finishing on a well-deserved 7*, and Howarth continued making hay to a quick
fire 63* - seeing The MAD home to 106-1 in an impressive 17.4 overs. N. Hebbes unpadded and went
home to find his library books were overdue. ‘Titanick’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Bodleian Played at Pembroke College, 23 July
2006 Bodleian won the toss and elected to
bat Far from the MCC won by 9 wkts Far from the MCC debuts: none |
06 / 129 35 over match |
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Team |
Bodleian |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
D. Yousaf |
lbw b Parkinson |
8 |
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1 |
- |
1-8 |
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2 |
J. O. D. Wilby |
b Parkinson |
5 |
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1 |
- |
4-19 |
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3 |
A. J. MacKinnon |
b Mann |
6 |
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1 |
- |
2-19 |
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4 |
D. Rogers |
b Mann |
0 |
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- |
- |
3-19 |
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5 |
A. J. Hudson |
run out (Cavanagh/Bullock) |
1 |
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- |
- |
5-20 |
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6 |
E. A. Ball |
b Small |
6 |
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1 |
- |
7-33 |
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7 |
S. G. Ackland |
c Howarth b Reeves |
0 |
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- |
- |
6-26 |
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8 |
A. J. Fisher |
b Smith |
3 |
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- |
- |
8-37 |
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9 |
M. R. Kauffmann |
not out |
30 |
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5 |
- |
- |
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10 |
S. V. T. Arnold |
not out |
23 |
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- |
- |
- |
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11 |
D. F. Busby |
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Extras |
(W6, B14) |
20 |
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TOTAL |
(for 8 wickets, 35 overs) |
102 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
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1 |
Parkinson |
7 |
4 |
14 |
2 |
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2 |
Mann |
7 |
0 |
17 |
2 |
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3 |
Reeves |
3 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
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4 |
Small |
3 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
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5 |
Smith |
4 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
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6 |
Bullock |
4 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
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7 |
Cavanagh |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
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8 |
Edwards |
6 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
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Note: M. Bullock kept wicket for
overs 1-14, S. Dobner for overs 15-35 |
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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 * |
not out |
63 |
(52) |
10 |
- |
- |
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2 |
S. L. P. Dobner + |
c and b Hudson |
30 |
(49) |
4 |
- |
1-79 |
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3 |
A. Cavanagh |
not out |
7 |
(6) |
1 |
- |
- |
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4 |
N. J. Hebbes |
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5 |
T. P. W. Smith |
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6 |
M. Bullock + |
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7 |
S. B. Parkinson |
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8 |
D. M. Edwards |
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9 |
A. Small |
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10 |
M. K. Reeves |
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11 |
A. G. Mann |
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Extras |
(NB1, LB5) |
6 |
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TOTAL |
(for 1 wicket, 17.1 overs) |
106 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
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1 |
Ackland |
7 |
2 |
24 |
0 |
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2 |
Wilby |
5 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
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3 |
Hudson |
3.4 |
0 |
37 |
1 |
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4 |
Arnold |
2 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
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MOTM: I. Howarth Champagne Moment: T. P. W. Smith’s ‘Ball
of The Century’ Buffet
Award: A. Cavanagh’s blackberry
crumble pie (with custard) |
Opposition:
V023 / 08 Ground: G011 / 42 Captain: C007 / 15 |