“Cricket the Only Winner
In Inaugural Tri-Team Tournament:
Part 2”

 

 

Match:  09 / 176

Match Tied

 

 

Team

 

Total

FFTMCC

88

JP Collins  27

 

Wootton & Boars Hill CC

88

D. Shorten  2 - 6,  JP Collins  2 - 11

 

 

 

 

Ding ding, Round 3 as the OU took on W&BH. Wootton included a number of up and coming youngsters, still hungry for success, and they posted an imposing 113 after their 15 overs. Crash again declared this about par, so we were finely balanced (apparently). Ding ding, Round 4 and the OU seemed oddly subdued in their innings, could it have been the dustbin full of alcohol, or the economy sausages that they’d finally unearthed? They fell over 30 runs short of their target in the end. The highlight of the innings was Darley finally connecting with a flighted delivery which soon disappeared over deep backward barbeque for six – and possibly the largest cheer of the day!

 

 

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Dave prepares to watch Geoff bat.

 

 

This set up the main event very nicely, a shootout between The MAD and W&BH. Wootton starting with the distinct advantage of not having spent the previous two hours sitting in the sun methodically working their way through the alcohol dustbin. Ding ding, Round 5 and Moo kept faith with his opening partnership of Reeves and Shorten who handsomely rewarded their skipper with a duck and a duck. Moo (12) and Crash (11) belatedly got the innings under way, bobbing and weaving into double figures (just).

 

Right, hands up who’s pissed? Keep those hands up if you think this is a game of tip and run where you have to charge down the wicket after any contact between bat and ball. Keep them up still if you’d like to form the middle order of The MAD innings. Congratulations Carter (1), Smith (7) and Hoskins (4) you’re next into bat. Hotson, Collins and Clarke, start padding up.

 

Several attempts were made at cobbing, bats were thrown and gloves were kicked, but somehow they just didn’t have the rage, the intensity of a Parkinson or a Howarth. There was just too much joie d’vivre out there.

 

 

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“Yes, we do burgers to go. Burnt, uncooked or spiked?”

 

 

Special mention here to Jake ‘takes it on the chin’ Hotson (2), who only seven days after receiving six stitches during the Milton rumble was back in the ring. Fantastic work by the corner patching up our man and keeping the swelling down to score two precious runs.

 

The MAD innings was teetering on 54 for 8 when in stepped JP Collins and Clarke to push us towards respectability. Maybe it could have been more, but Clarke was hampered and appeared in severe discomfort. Had he been visiting the flesh pots of ‘up north’ without adequate protection? Had he forgotten to disinfect the communal box? Or just possibly for the 50 fucking millionth time was he wearing boxer shorts? Whatever the reason, there was a lot of furtive tinkering going on. JP gave the bowling a severe bashing for a more than handy 27 as Clarke chipped in with a very useful 14. This took the Far from the MCC to 88. Could this be defended? Crash didn’t think so.

 

 

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James (4) returns to his barbeque – post cob.

 

 

A touch of gloves, a look of mutual respect and ding ding we were into the Final Round. D. Shorten got by far the best of the opening encounters, posting a brilliant 3-1-6-2. Collins, Leggate and Hoskins all bowled very tidily, each picking up a brace of wickets. The MAD’s cause was helped enormously when W&BH skipper K. Howkins was retired (train to catch) on 1.

 

With the score on 81 Reeves stepped up to bowl the final over. With nerves jangling all round this was reduced to two to tie, three to win off the final ball. Suddenly everyone wanted to be a captain, but Moo held firm and placed a field to allow one run, but no more. After 7 hours, 90 overs, 165 cans of lager, 18 Mars bars, 2 cases of salmonella, 1 dog and 3 kids, it all came down to this. Reeves bowled, the batsman swished and the ball ran straight to Hotson. A neat pick up and the ball was already on its way to Geoff behind the stumps as the batsmen started back for their second run. All he had to do was remove the bails for a famous victory. This he did and the celebrations began!

 

 

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No, we don’t know who Wolvercote CC are either….

 

 

AHHH, yes, one tiny detail. All he had to do was remove the bails, WHILST HOLDING THE BALL, for a famous victory. Umpire Emerson (correctly) judged that the ball was not in hand when the bails were broken. Well done to Dave for not wavering in his decision despite the protests of his regular team mates.

 

This contest was scored a tie by the judges. A fair result which was celebrated by everyone. So lager, sausages, sunshine, good humour, there was only one winner on this day… J-MO’s burgers.

 

 

‘Reevsie’

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

Statto Scorecards

 

 

 

Far from the MCC versus Wootton & Boars Hill CC

Played at Cutteslowe Park, 5 July 2009

 

Far from the MCC won the toss and elected to bat

Match Tied

 

Far from the MCC debuts:  none

 

 

09 / 176

 

 

 

 

 

15 over match

 

 

 

Team

Far from the MCC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Batsman

How Out

Total

Balls

4s

6s

FOW

1

M. K. Reeves

b Abbott

0

(2)

-

-

1-1

2

D. Shorten

b Mills

0

(2)

-

-

2-10

3

A. J. Fisher

b J. Fisher

11

(19)

-

-

3-23

4

M. T. Westmoreland *

st Howkins b Rogers

12

(14)

1

-

4-35

5

G. Carter +

run out

1

(2)

-

-

5-39

6

T. P. W. Smith

run out

7

(6)

1

-

6-41

7

J. C. W. Hotson

st Howkins b Werrell

2

(3)

-

-

7-46

8

J. D. Hoskins

run out

4

(5)

-

-

8-54

9

J. P. Collins

c b Ali

27

(11)

-

3

10-88

10

M. D. Clarke

c b Ali

14

(8)

2

-

9-84

11

I. C. Leggate

not out

0

(0)

-

-

-

 

Extras

(NB3, W6, LB1)

10

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

(all out, 12 overs)

88

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Bowler

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

 

1

Abbott

2

0

14

1

 

2

Mills

2

0

6

1

 

3

Rogers

2

0

9

0

 

4

J. Fisher

1

0

9

0

 

5

Ali

3

0

28

2

 

6

Werrell

1

0

9

1

 

7

A. B. Fisher

1

0

12

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

Wootton & Boars Hill CC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Batsman

How Out

Total

Balls

4s

6s

FOW

1

J. Werrell

b Collins

1

 

-

-

1-9

2

M. Uttley

b Shorten

6

 

-

-

2-9

3

K. Howkins +

retired

1

 

-

-

-

4

J. Fisher *

b Shorten

3

 

-

-

3-14

5

A. Fisher

b Collins

2

 

-

-

4-17

6

A. B. Fisher

lbw b Hoskins

9

 

2

-

6-47

7

N. Ali

c Westmoreland b Leggate

10

 

2

-

5-37

8

O. Abbott

c Westmoreland b Leggate

12

 

2

-

7-54

9

D. Miles

not out

12

 

-

-

-

10

J. Rogers

not out

21

 

2

-

-

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

(NB3, W3, LB2, B3)

11

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

(for 7 wickets, 15 overs)

88

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Bowler

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

 

1

Shorten

3

1

6

2

 

2

Reeves

3

0

14

0

 

3

Collins

3

0

11

2

 

4

Leggate

3

0

20

2

 

5

Hoskins

3

0

22

1

 

 

 

 

 

MOTM:  JP Collins

Champagne Moment:  JP Collins’ flat six

Buffet Award:  I. C. Leggate’s Welsh rarebit (with spicy Cajon sauce)

 

 

Opposition:  V039 / 05

Ground:  G001 / 27

Captain:  C011 / 09