“The Not-so-Great, Non-Memorable Run Chase”
Match: 19
/ 494
Lost
by 28 runs
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Team |
Total |
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Wootton &
Bladon CC |
193 - 8 |
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G. Timms
3 - 50 |
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FFTMCC |
165 |
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M. Reeves
52, G. Timms 26 |
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The rivalry with Wootton
& Bladon aka West Wootton aka The Fat Boys dates back to the Pre-Raphelites, a Brotherhood who would have approved of the
lurid and intense contests of yore, where Doc Mander once threatened to take
both teams off the pitch before a fist fight erupted. Ahh, those were the
days, with Dobner and Poole Snr rolling around the turf whilst smashing each
other’s teeth out with shop-worn bats, Thorn and Howarth drinking to excess
in the outfield and Captain Ed Lester burying his head in his hands and
threatening to emigrate to the greens of New Zealand. He did as it turned
out, shortly after Antony Mann’s book launch descended into a pub-brawl at
the close of that season.
Ed Lester (left) wandering off into oblivion as
Dobner sinks some more Stella before punching some twat. That was a decade and
half ago, the teams have since changed and the silly old fuckers who used to
enjoy the more bellicose side of Sunday cricket have long since mellowed.
Mostly. Today saw the two teams enjoying barbs and witticisms at Brasenose
College Sports Ground, sly grins the unheard narrative of bygone tales from
bygone matches. Captain Timms hasn’t won a coin toss since about that time, even though
he joined the club some six years later and despite the flip of a coin having
only two potential outcomes, he never fails in successfully calling
unsuccessfully. So it was, on a hot and humid day and a flat track to be
taken advantage of that Wootton openers Floyd (57) and A Hambridge (30)
batted unflustered until the drinks interval. The away teams’ innings
never felt like it would explode into a pyrotechnic show, but it did have the
feeling of a slow repetitive beatdown where the lesser boxer keeps getting
punched in the gob but ultimately continues. “Well, done! Stick at it! That’s
the spirit!” came the non-existent cries of support from the non-existent MAD
spectators.
A team of phenomenal eaters – past and present. During this endless
fusillade of bat on ball and false hopes with ball in air, Hoskins (7-1-30-2)
took his first 2-for since the twentieth century whilst Skipper Timms
(7-0-50-3) continues to mine club coffers to pay for his own rising wicket tally.
The guy with the big head (7-0-22-0) was okay, but Howarth (3-0-22-0) and
Williams (4-0-30-0) were wank, with the only uplift in mood being Rundle’s
(7-1-35-1) final over which saw one of those rare pseudo hat-tricks involving
two run outs. A total of 193-8
signalled the beginning of the end of Kate Reeves’ teas, the extended table
of an extended spread now reduced to crumbs and the odd peanut. Wootton have
always been the benchmark for demolishing teas and here they illustrated a
point, perhaps waiting for Round 2 to showcase their true talent. The
flapjacks were the highlight apparently, but since they’d
long since gone when this author jostled in queue, I can’t pass comment.
Gorts
(pink hat) daydreams about doing something far more interesting on a Sunday. There have been a few
fantastic run chases at this ground against this opposition and this wasn’t one of them, with The MAD slipping from 41-1 to
41-4 in the space of just three balls. Williams castled for 25, Howarth
caught behind for a golden and Turner (5) adding to the woe the very first
ball of the next over. The engine room was quiet, The MAD balcony funereal. With Carter (4), Webster
(18) and Walker (4) diluting the already watered down pool of upper order batting
piss, it was with some cheer that the guy with the big head (Reeves) found a
willing accomplice in Timms to add some respectability to proceedings. In
fact, during their enterprising partnership of 73 there were even murmurs of another
memorable run chase during the rounds. You know – it’s
the Fat Boys and they’ve scored what they always do at Brasenose and we
then…. But no, hath no fear.
Mike (52) then fucked up again like he did last week and then so did Gary
(26). That left Hoskins (2) and Rundle (1) to follow suit with Hotson not so
keen on being totally crap and incrementing his seasonal run tally by one magnificent
single undefeated. MAD lose by 28 runs in total non-shocker.
Timms (scoring) attempts to find another 29 runs
from somewhere. Any fucking where. An enjoyable romp with a
team as socially insane and self-depreciating as ourselves (they exist?), who
were only too happy to be duped into buying another three copies of the latest
MAD Book at the pub thereafter. Just don’t tell
Edwards he doesn’t feature in the book despite the worst of our
club-financing pack of lies. We hope to see a bit
more of this lot in 2020 and hopefully sell a few more copies of our book to
the ones already showing signs of Alzheimer’s. ‘#163’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Wootton &
Bladon CC Played at Brasenose College, 21 July
2019 Wootton & Bladon CC won the toss
and elected to bat Wootton & Bladon CC won by 28 runs Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
19 / 494 35 over match |
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Team |
Wootton & Bladon CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
|
1 |
D. Floyd |
b Hoskins |
57 |
|
7 |
1 |
2-106 |
|
2 |
A. Hambridge |
c Reeves b Hoskins |
30 |
|
3 |
- |
1-93 |
|
3 |
T. Valentine |
c Webster b Timms |
29 |
|
3 |
- |
5-153 |
|
4 |
G. Doggett † |
c Rundle b Timms |
7 |
|
1 |
- |
3-122 |
|
5 |
N. Hambridge * |
c Hoskins b Timms |
8 |
|
1 |
- |
4-151 |
|
6 |
S. Poole |
b Rundle |
18 |
|
3 |
- |
6-183 |
|
7 |
A. Collett |
run out (Turner/Rundle) |
10 |
|
1 |
- |
7-183 |
|
8 |
T. Gorton |
run out (Howarth) |
0 |
|
- |
- |
8-183 |
|
9 |
D. De Bono |
not out |
10 |
|
1 |
1 |
- |
|
10 |
J. Janason |
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11 |
J. MacDonough |
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Extras |
NB8, W9, LB6, B1 |
24 |
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TOTAL |
(for 8 wickets, 35 overs) |
193 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Rundle |
7 |
1 |
35 |
1 |
5.00 |
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2 |
Reeves |
7 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
3.14 |
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3 |
Williams |
4 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
7.50 |
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|
4 |
Hoskins |
7 |
1 |
30 |
2 |
4.29 |
|
|
5 |
Timms |
7 |
0 |
50 |
3 |
7.14 |
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6 |
Howarth |
3 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
7.33 |
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Team |
Far from the MCC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
|
1 |
C. T. J. Williams |
b Valentine |
25 |
(23) |
4 |
1 |
2-41 |
|
2 |
G. Carter |
c Poole b Gorton |
4 |
(8) |
- |
- |
1-20 |
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3 |
R. P. Turner |
c Collett b MacDonough |
5 |
(11) |
- |
- |
4-41 |
|
4 |
I. Howarth |
c Doggett b Valentine |
0 |
(1) |
- |
- |
3-41 |
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5 |
J. vdG. Webster |
c De Bono b Edwards |
18 |
(23) |
3 |
- |
6-79 |
|
6 |
B. E. L. Walker |
lbw b Edwards |
4 |
(18) |
1 |
- |
5-53 |
|
7 |
M. K. Reeves |
c A. Hambridge b Poole |
52 |
(58) |
10 |
- |
7-152 |
|
8 |
G. J. Timms * |
b Poole |
26 |
(48) |
1 |
- |
10-165 |
|
9 |
J. D. Hoskins |
b Floyd |
2 |
(3) |
- |
- |
8-154 |
|
10 |
M. S. Rundle |
b Poole |
1 |
(9) |
- |
- |
9-160 |
|
11 |
J. C. W. Hotson † |
not out |
1 |
(5) |
- |
- |
- |
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Extras |
NB1, W19, LB5, B2 |
27 |
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TOTAL |
(all out, 34.2 overs) |
165 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
|
|
1 |
Gorton |
3 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
8.00 |
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2 |
MacDonough |
4 |
0 |
21 |
1 |
5.25 |
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|
3 |
Valentine |
4 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
1.50 |
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4 |
Edwards |
5 |
0 |
21 |
2 |
4.20 |
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5 |
De Bono |
3 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
10.00 |
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|
6 |
Morgan |
4 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
3.75 |
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7 |
Floyd |
7 |
0 |
31 |
1 |
4.43 |
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8 |
Poole |
3.1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
3.16 |
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MOTM: M. K. Reeves Champagne Moment: J. D. Hoskins’ wicket
(bowled) that did something Buffet
Award: C. T. J. Williams’ overly
marinated chicken thighs MAD Moment: R. P. Turner’s football
dribble with cricket ball |
Opposition:
V027 / 28 Ground: G040 / 77 Captain: C022 / 84 Match No: 35 / 176 |