“Oxford
University Wayfarers Humbled
By a
Resurgent Far from the Marlborough Offices”
Match: 10
/ 198
Won
by 50 runs
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Team |
Total |
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FFTMCC |
159 – 6 |
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D. Shorten 32*, J. Pearson
31* |
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Oxford University Offices |
109 |
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D. Edwards 3 - 11, I. Leggate
3 - 38 |
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Unlike the Ukrainian
Klitschko brothers who own portions of heavyweight boxing’s world crowns, the
OU Offices and the Far from the MCC are
prepared to duel against each other. But very similar to those towering East
European behemoths, the Offices and The MAD enjoy an almost brotherly
relationship. During the off season, many of their number will drink and play
poker together – and at the turn of each year, both sets of players will be
found netting and drinking together.
D. Edwards weighs up the merits of The Goose. When the Office Sunday
Bandwagon folded in 2007, many of their number were plucked from the seas and
hauled onto the Goodship Mad. They are very intertwined;
two very similar sets of players, with very similar sets of ideals on cricket
and life. It’s not that they don’t bicker; on the contrary, the guys from
both teams will happily spout eulogies about each other’s mothers and fathers
and goad each other into doing something rather ridiculous – they’re still
rivals after all. But what makes these evening encounters so very different
to many a game of cricket, is that you’re usually, quite genuinely, happy
when your opponent does well. He’s your brother after all. Kind of. And I
guess it’s even funnier when he does shit. Which is genuinely quite often.
A right bunch of MAD
watch the action. Since young Daniel
Westmoreland’s strange disappearance at Jordan Hill a few weeks ago, his
father couldn’t win a coin toss against Jonah. Happily for The Mad, a rather
generous Office skipper, A. Darley, invited his regular Sunday outfit to have
first crack on a lovingly prepared Jesus College pitch. It was perhaps the wrong
call, as opening MAD batsmen I. Howarth (26) and D. Shorten enjoyed a bright
and breezy start as they propelled the score to 44 in less than 6 overs, before
Howarth fell to a top-edge to fine leg. A 30 run retirement rule
put paid to Shorten’s (31*) ambitions of notching his first Mad fifty, but it
played no part in T. Smith’s (4) groggy quadrupling of his highest score of
the season, or J. Hoskins’ (10) dot-filled Goosathon.
Nor did it prevent D. Emerson (26) from putting the sword to his former bankrollers.
Though it did wrench glory from J. Pearson (31*), whose enterprising gorging
of pie may have done enough to impress The Mad selectors that this guy can
actually bat. Well, he can bash, even if he can’t bat; but we think that he
can bat, and bash – so that’s a
pretty good combination. It’s a far superior combination than missing with a bash and being bowled (I.
Leggate – 1), or bashing and running like a dick (J. Hotson run out 1).
J. Hotson was inspired until he started running
between the wickets. The FFTMCC total finally
realised an imposing 159-6 off their allotted overs, with M. Westmoreland
(10*) and M. Reeves (0*) protecting their averages, and former Marlborough Housite, D. Edwards, sat with his pads on having not been
required (nor did he mind. Much). Time for tea, if there were tea, but since
it was just a T20, there were no teas, so players just faffed about drinking
booze and utilising the toilet facilities. In
reply, Wayfarers import, C. Williams (31*), retired after a timely and
elegant knock, whilst J. Pearson (3-0-25-1) did for Mr. Rundle (15) with an
excellent catch off his own bowling – skidding on his kneecaps as he clung on
at mid-off. Ex-Marlborough boy, M. Reeves (3-1-11-1), kept it tight, whilst
J. Hoskins (2-0-10-0) did less so. None
of this wetted the appetite of course, until The MAD wheeled out their
exquisitely cooked and prepared buffet surprise. I. Leggate (4-0-38-3) ripped
through the Office middle order with his egg flan and cheese canapés, with
only N. Bailes (19) and A. Hallsworth
(27) resisting the treats. They were far more enticed by D. Edwards’
(4-0-21-3) assorted chips and dips however, as he finished his spell with 2
wickets in 2 balls (making a hat-trick with his next bowl an enticing
possibility).
A right bunch of Office Wayfaring Madsters. Any
lingering hopes of an Office victory were finally curtailed when an addled T.
Smith was handed the ball. With Stella Artois tripping a wire in his
mainframe, Thornton (0.5-0-2-2) threw
down five unplayable deliveries – two of which ripped out opposition batsmen,
and none of which were legal. Alas, friendly cricket being what it is, the
umpiring is often less than clueless at times, and so a dejected A. Darley
(3) was left rueing a ball which had been thrown
at his stumps and trudged mournfully off the field. It was fine though,
because Mr. Smith was quick to apologise after the game, and Mr. Darley was
even quicker to tell him he wouldn’t knock his front teeth out – not yet
anyway.
Skippers Westmoreland and Darley argue about who
nicked who for the game…. So,
The MAD had triumphed in the season’s first T20 to the tune of 50 runs, but
cricket was real winner here; twenty plus friends enjoying a sunny evening’s
fare at the end of a tiring working week. Tiring if you work for a living
that is…. ‘Spam’
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Statto
Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Oxford
University Offices Played at Jesus College, 4 June 2010 Oxford University Offices won the
toss and elected to field Far from the MCC won by 50 runs Far from the MCC debuts:
none |
10 / 198 20 over match |
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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 |
c Hallsworth
b Abeywickrama |
26 |
(22) |
4 |
- |
1-44 |
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2 |
D. Shorten |
retired |
32 |
(17) |
4 |
1 |
- |
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3 |
D. Emerson |
c Abeywickramab
Manning |
26 |
(24) |
3 |
- |
4-132 |
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4 |
T. P. W. Smith |
b Newman |
4 |
(8) |
- |
- |
2-82 |
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5 |
J. D. Hoskins |
c Malloy b Fleet |
10 |
(16) |
1 |
- |
3-101 |
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6 |
J. W. Pearson |
retired |
31 |
(21) |
4 |
1 |
- |
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7 |
I. C. Leggate |
b Manning |
1 |
(3) |
- |
- |
5-147 |
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8 |
M. T. Westmoreland * |
not out |
10 |
(7) |
1 |
- |
- |
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9 |
J. C. W. Hotson + |
run out (Darley) |
1 |
(3) |
- |
- |
6-152 |
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10 |
M. K. Reeves |
not out |
0 |
(0) |
- |
- |
- |
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11 |
D. M. Edwards |
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Extras |
(NB8, W6, B4) |
18 |
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TOTAL |
(for 6 wickets, 20 overs) |
159 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
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1 |
Darley |
3 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
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2 |
Abeywickrama |
3 |
0 |
37 |
1 |
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3 |
Hallsworth |
3 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
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4 |
Newman-Robson |
3 |
0 |
25 |
1 |
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5 |
Roberts |
2 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
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6 |
Fleet |
2 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
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7 |
Manning |
2 |
0 |
24 |
2 |
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8 |
Rundle |
2 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
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Team |
Oxford
University Offices |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
C. T. J. Williams |
not out |
31 |
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- |
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2 |
M. S. Rundle |
c and b Pearson |
15 |
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1-44 |
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3 |
T. Malloy |
c Reeves b Leggate |
3 |
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2-47 |
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4 |
C. Manning |
b Reeves |
0 |
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3-50 |
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5 |
C. D. Roberts |
b Edwards |
0 |
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4-50 |
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6 |
N. Bailes |
c and b Leggate |
19 |
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5-88 |
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7 |
A. Hallsworth |
b Smith |
27 |
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9-107 |
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8 |
M. Fleet |
b Edwards |
3 |
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6-98 |
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9 |
T. Abeywickrama |
b Edwards |
0 |
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7-98 |
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10 |
J. Newman-Robson |
c Howarth b Leggate |
0 |
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8-99 |
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11 |
A. Darley * |
b Smith |
3 |
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10-109 |
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Extras |
(NB2, W4, B2) |
8 |
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TOTAL |
(all out, 16.5 overs) |
109 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
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1 |
Hoskins |
2 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
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2 |
Reeves |
3 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
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3 |
Pearson |
3 |
0 |
25 |
1 |
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4 |
Edwards |
4 |
0 |
21 |
3 |
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5 |
Leggate |
4 |
0 |
38 |
3 |
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6 |
Smith |
0.5 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Note: C. T. J. Williams did
retire around the 30 mark and return, but no details recorded |
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MOTM: J. W. Pearson Champagne Moment: M. K. Reeves’ catch at
mid-wicket Buffet
Award: I. C. Leggate’s Irish hotpot
(with salad sides) |
Opposition:
V035 / 10 Ground: G019 / 05 Captain: C011 / 27 |