“What the Papers Say”
Match: 11
/ 238
Lost
by 7 runs
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Team |
Total |
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Isis CC |
116 - 4 |
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J. Hoskins 1 - 12, I. Howarth
1 - 13 |
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FFTMCC |
109 - 8 |
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D. Emerson 21 |
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My job of writing this
match report was made somewhat easier after I found it was reported on in no
fewer than two of the Sunday papers.
If phone-hacking is fine then I see nothing wrong with plagiarism…. The Sunday Sun (Promotional copy –
not for resale) OXFORD CRICKETERS CHEAT WITH ALCOHOL TEN players from an OXFORD cricket team tested positive
for ALCOHOL after a so-called friendly game of cricket.
J.
Hotson (inset). Far from the
MCC captain
J. Hotson, 37, sent an EMAIL to players to meet in a PUB before the game at
an OXFORD UNIVERSITY college. turn to page 38 CRICKETERS DRINK BEER continued from page 7 Oxford
cricket team Far from the MCC
regularly arranged meetings before matches in which the banned substance
alcohol was consumed. These undercover meetings were mostly arranged by
email, sometimes text message. They
also drank beer and cider during games, supplied by local off licences. But
after the debacle last Tuesday, in which TEN players tested positive for
alcohol, university college officials are intent on cracking down,
threatening to sell off grounds to developers if players don’t comply. In
the match in question, Far from the MCC lost. Ha ha
ha! Drink and drugs don’t pay kids, don’t do them.
Action
from the match (inset). The Observer (Colour supplement) Village
Life is Alive … in the City The sun beating down,
the sound of leather on willow: quintessential English village life in the
summer. Or not. If Far from the MCC are to be believed,
you need neither sunshine nor a village, just the spirit of cricket and
generally getting on with anyone and everyone. The team was founded by
Oxford pub landlord Noel Rielly in 1998 after he
decided his pub ought to have a cricket team. Initially recruiting whoever
was in the pub on a Saturday night to play the next day, the team developed a
core of regular players, some of whom remain, though many have moved on to be
replaced by other friends, drinking partners, neighbours, workmates, and even
players from teams they used to compete against.
One of the team’s ridiculous mascots (inset). They are no longer
associated with any particular pub, though the players always meet in a pub
before and after each game. They play friendly games against a mixture of
teams from the city and outlying villages in a now extensive season, with a
squad boasting some 33 players. Their home games are usually played at
university college grounds. The club has a
comprehensive website, with match reports from every game written by various
members, along with scorecards, a complete section of records and averages,
humorous profiles of the players, details of fines for misdemeanours, a
poetry corner, a book review section – the list is endless. This season they have
been mostly playing under overcast skies. We went along to watch them play an
evening 20 over affair against another city based team, Isis CC, who also rent college grounds for matches. (Continued on page 47) Village
Life in the City (continued from page 45) Skipper J. Hotson won
the toss and elected to field, with an initial strategy of giving his bowlers
spells of only one over each, until I. Howarth helped himself to a second
over to bag an early scalp. C. J. Pearson (3-0-28-1)
probably bowled too straight in his second spell, being hit on the leg side
several times, and will have been disappointed that his skipper and
wicketkeeper called for but failed to reach what would have been an easy
caught and bowled, though Hotson made amends a few balls later, stumping
danger man D. Walker (51) from long range. M. Westmoreland
(2-0-9-0) and the returning J. Hoskins (4-0-12-1) then kept things tight in
the latter overs, until Howarth (4-0-13-1) and D. Edwards (2-0-10-0) did
pretty much the same for the last four.
An example of this team’s drug abuse (inset). Chasing 117 to win, Far From the MCC got off to a slow but
steady start, reaching 10 without loss after 4 overs. D. Emerson (21) then
began to hit out with three consecutive boundaries, but succumbed soon after
Pearson (4), who had tried a sweep shot after premeditating not to. Edwards
(16) got off the mark with a six, though soon later also failed to connect
with a sweep, whilst P. Mellor (4) looked out of sorts without the Mongoose
his skipper had suggested he used. Howarth (8) attempted the big one to the
longest part of the ground, but was duly caught by the trap, returning to the
pavilion muttering: “We shouldn’t be in this position.” With an unlikely 39
required off the last 3 overs, Fisher (16) was eventually run out exhausted,
but Westmoreland and Smith kept up the pace to leave 13 needed off the last
over…. Two singles off the
first two balls, but then Smith (15) is caught behind. Applause and handshakes
all round, as the players return to the clubhouse to discuss and chuckle
about the events of the evening over a beer or two, and cast their votes for
Man of the Match and Champagne Moment. Village life at its best. * - Our graphic of the
day (main section, back page) compares Far from the MCC’s progress in their
run chase with the Duckworth/Lewis par score, showing that they were almost
always behind the rate, though never too far.
‘Journo’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Isis CC Played at Queens College, 12 July
2011 Far from the MCC won the toss and
elected to field Isis CC won by 7 runs Far from the MCC debuts: none |
11 / 238 20 over match |
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Team |
Isis CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
D. Walker |
st Hotson b Pearson |
51 |
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4 |
- |
4-93 |
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2 |
P. Jacobs |
lbw b Howarth |
1 |
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- |
- |
1-17 |
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3 |
G. Barker |
st Hotson b Fisher |
14 |
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- |
1 |
2-57 |
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4 |
J. Ponsford |
b Hoskins |
19 |
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1 |
- |
3-93 |
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5 |
K. H. Whiter |
not out |
14 |
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2 |
- |
- |
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6 |
J. Walter |
not out |
5 |
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- |
- |
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7 |
A. Southgate |
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8 |
D. Jacobs |
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9 |
N. Hardy |
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10 |
N. H. R. Wyatt |
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11 |
K. Ponsford * |
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Extras |
(W5, B7) |
12 |
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TOTAL |
(for 4 wickets, 20 overs) |
116 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
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1 |
Hoskins |
4 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
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2 |
Howarth |
4 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
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3 |
Pearson |
3 |
0 |
28 |
1 |
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4 |
Roberts |
2 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
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5 |
Smith |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
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6 |
Fisher |
2 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
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7 |
Westmoreland |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
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8 |
Edwards |
2 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
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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 |
J. W. Pearson |
b K. Ponsford |
4 |
(14) |
- |
- |
1-25 |
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2 |
D. Emerson |
c Walker b J. Ponsford |
21 |
(18) |
4 |
- |
2-25 |
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3 |
P. A. S. Mellor |
run out (Wyatt) |
4 |
(18) |
- |
- |
3-42 |
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4 |
D. M. Edwards |
b Wyatt |
16 |
(14) |
1 |
1 |
4-49 |
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5 |
A. J. Fisher |
run out (J. Ponsford) |
16 |
(23) |
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- |
6-84 |
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6 |
I. Howarth |
c J. Ponsford b Walter |
8 |
(11) |
1 |
- |
5-63 |
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7 |
M. T. Westmoreland |
b J. Ponsford |
16 |
(12) |
2 |
- |
8-109 |
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8 |
T. P. W. Smith |
c P. Jacobs b J. Ponsford |
15 |
(8) |
1 |
1 |
7-106 |
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9 |
C. D. Roberts |
not out |
3 |
(2) |
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- |
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10 |
J. D. Hoskins |
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11 |
J. C. W. Hotson *+ |
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Extras |
(W3, LB1, B2) |
6 |
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TOTAL |
(for 8 wickets, 20 overs) |
109 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
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1 |
Whiter |
4 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
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2 |
K.
Ponsford |
4 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
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3 |
J.
Ponsford |
4 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
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4 |
Wyatt |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
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5 |
Walter |
3 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
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6 |
Hardy |
3 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
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MOTM: A. J. Fisher Champagne Moment: T. P. W. Smith’s huge
six over long on Buffet
Award: J. W. Pearson’s Greek salad
(with extra onions and tomatoes) |
Opposition:
V009 / 06 Ground: G008 / 03 Captain: C012 / 09 |