“Cricket the Only Winner
In Inaugural Tri-Team Tournament:
Part 1”

 

 

Match:  09 / 175

Won by 5 wkts

 

 

Team

 

Total

Oxford University Offices

117 - 7

J. Hoskins  3 - 25

 

FFTMCC

118 - 5

M. Reeves  31*,  M. Westmoreland  30*

 

 

 

 

Lllllaaaaaddddddiiiieeeessss aaaannnndddd Gggeennntttlllleemmmmeeennnnnnnn. Welcome to Cutteslowe top wicket and today’s fight, a competition over 15 rounds (overs.) In the blue corner we have the OU Offices, a bunch of journeymen professionals, struggling to make the weight at the end of their annual tour. In the red corner we have the Far from the MCC, a well organised outfit although bloodied from some recent bouts. In the, err, …other red corner we have Wootton and Boars Hill - the undisputed prize fighters and favourites of the competition. This is a tri-team tournament organised by OU Offices and the FFTMCC as part of the Offices annual tour.

 

 

2009Jul5e

 

Barbeque-tastic weather was in evidence for the day.

 

That must have been an interesting Offices committee meeting….

“Well I think we’ve got this year’s tour sorted out. The venue is a University town. The nightlife is pretty good, beer’s a bit pricey, it’s not too rough, transport shouldn’t be a problem or accommodation”.

“Sounds perfect, where are we off to, somewhere exotic we hope?”

“Just one little downside.”

“Yes”

“We um, live there….”

“Not exactly Penguins Stopped Play is it?”

 

The format for the day was three, fifteen over matches. First up was the OU Offices, led by Andrew ‘bomber’ Darley and featuring Dave ‘the diamond’ Emerson against FFTMCC led by Martin ‘raging cow’ Westmoreland. Ding ding, Round 1. The OU opening partnership had something to prove. Could they score more runs against The MAD in one innings than they’d scored for them all season? After a series of speculative jabs (dot, dot, dot), Darley (0) could contain himself no more and launched a haymaker against D. Shorten. Howarth dancing round the boundary took a splendid catch and their skipper was KO’d. That’s the champagne sorted then. A boxer’s professional career is short, they must retire at 30. Thus it was that Emerson was curtailed, although many say he was never the same after the Milton rumble….

 

 

2009Jul5a

 

A stray dog finds the beer dustbin.

 

 

OU finalised 117 in their allotted 15 overs. Adie ‘the crash’ Fisher declared this a par score. He is never ever wrong and therefore the game was finely in the balance. Ding ding, Round 2. For the FFTMCC out stepped southpaw Mike ‘Lance Armstrong’ Reeves and the more orthodox Dave ‘the honeypot’ Shorten. Darley had his revenge on Shorten (4), getting up off the canvas to catch our man. Reeves was joined by Captain Cow and together they launched a vicious barrage against the OU sluggers. Both reached 30 in good time and both retired hurt, Moo pausing only briefly on his way to run out I. Leggate for zero. Diving, but ultimately also ducking were T. Smith (golden) and J. Hoskins.

 

Still 50 runs short of the target in stepped Mike ‘the truth’ Clarke (20*) having been mysteriously ‘up north’ for the early part of the season. He was soon joined by Adie ‘the fist’ Fisher (13*). Together they bobbed and weaved and brought The MAD home with just four balls to spare. A thrilling encounter, the FFTMCC narrowly winning on points.

 

 

 

Near to where the aircraft came down at Cutteslowe….

 

 

Back on the boundary the main event was warming up as James lit the barbeque. Burgers, sausages, baps, sauces; yes these were all things the OU had apparently forgotten to bring…. James was offering two types of burger, ordinary and ‘special’. The specials had a strange effect on those eating them – they actually made you more hungry. At least one MAD player had to visit the shops immediately after for Mars Bars, strange….

 

 

‘Reevsie’

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

Statto Scorecards

 

 

 

Far from the MCC versus Oxford University Offices

Played at Cutteslowe Park, 5 July 2009

 

Milton CC won the toss and elected to bat

Milton CC won by 5 wkts

 

Far from the MCC debuts:  none

 

 

09 / 175

 

 

 

 

 

15 over match

 

 

 

Team

Oxford University Offices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Batsman

How Out

Total

Balls

4s

6s

FOW

1

A. Darley *

c Howarth b Shorten

0

 

-

-

1-4

2

D. Emerson

retired

32

 

5

-

-

3

J. Sula

run out

1

 

-

-

2-7

4

C. T. J. Williams

retired

30

 

6

-

-

5

Z. Khan

c Reeves b Hoskins

9

 

-

1

3-87

6

C. Wroth

c Collins b Hoskins

2

 

-

-

4-91

7

S. Kelly

c Collins b Howarth

3

 

-

-

5-92

8

J. Nickel

not out

11

 

1

-

-

9

T. Malloy

c Howarth b Hoskins

4

 

1

-

6-96

10

G. Davies

run out (Westmoreland/ Carter)

6

 

-

-

7-113

11

C. Manning

not out

1

 

-

-

-

 

Extras

(W10, LB1, B7)

18

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

(for 7 wickets, 15 overs)

117

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Bowler

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

 

1

Shorten

3

0

17

1

 

2

Reeves

3

0

18

0

 

3

Collins

3

0

36

0

 

4

Hoskins

3

0

25

3

 

5

Howarth

3

0

13

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

Far from the MCC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Batsman

How Out

Total

Balls

4s

6s

FOW

1

M. K. Reeves

retired

31

(21)

7

-

-

2

D. Shorten

c Darley b Kelly

4

(5)

1

-

1-7

3

T. P. W. Smith

lbw b Khan

0

(1)

-

-

2-7

4

M. T. Westmoreland *

retired

30

(22)

4

-

-

5

I. C. Leggate

run out

0

(1)

-

-

3-62

6

M. D. Clarke

not out

20

(20)

1

-

-

7

J. D. Hoskins

c Darley b Nickel

0

(6)

-

-

4-84

8

J. P. Collins

c Darley b Nickel

4

(6)

-

-

5-96

9

A. J. Fisher

not out

13

(6)

3

-

-

10

G. Carter +

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

I. Howarth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

(NB2, W7, LB2, B5)

16

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

(for 5 wickets, 14.2 overs)

118

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Bowler

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

 

1

Kelly

2

0

17

1

 

2

Khan

3

0

32

1

 

3

Darley

3

0

15

0

 

4

Nickel

3

0

21

2

 

5

Emerson

2.2

0

18

0

 

6

Williams

1

0

8

0

 

 

 

 

 

MOTM:  M. K. Reeves

Champagne Moment:  I. Howarth’s catch on the boundary to dismiss Darley

Buffet Award:  JP Collins’ overcooked Aussie burgers (with relish)

 

 

Opposition:  V035 / 08

Ground:  G001 / 26

Captain:  C011 / 08