“Great Team Effort”
Match: 20
/ 528
Lost
by 4 wkts
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Team |
Total |
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FFTMCC |
164 - 7 |
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C. Williams 110* |
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Hampstead Norreys CC |
165 - 6 |
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C. Vermaak 2 - 19, G. Timms
2 - 47 |
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This was latest date in
a calendar year The MAD had ever played, beating the record set just the
previous week, but maybe only the record for a week. The weather was again
beautiful and warm and just as well, as Howarth had forgotten both his shirts
and sweater due to a hangover and only brought a crumpled, off colour T-shirt
to survive. The pretty ground of
Hampstead Norreys is well documented, being candy on the eye and cut into a
small valley of trees. It affords excellent views from the pavilion to the
pitch below, and is but a small journey from the delights of The White Hart
pub, particularly if you avoid the drunken navigations of Howarth, where east
becomes west and a quarter of a mile becomes a round trip to Aldworth and
various other unknown deep south killing fields.
Geoff getting more time out in the middle…
umpiring. Winning the… sorry,
losing the toss, Mr Timms was happy to report HNCC were happy to bowl first,
having also read up on our website that this year’s MAD batting achievements
could be written on the back of a matchstick. They were largely correct, as
eight ninths of those who did venture out to the middle came back soon after whilst
blaming items of kit, an amazing delivery (or catch), or some bullshit about
the artificial track being totally unplayable. Amongst this shitshow was a
John Harris (0) cameo consisting of a ball to the jaw and a couple of
attempts to get himself run out or stumped, Howarth (2) rediscovering the
joys of a meltdown and hurling his bat in the trees and Carter (0) being examined
by a local doctor to see if he actually had a heartbeat. Vermaak and Darley
did not bat, but Andy did venture into the pavilion to come out choking after
realising Howarth had dropped his load in there.
Howarth enjoyed a stellar day. Lest we forget, and
before we move on to the home team’s reply, it is worth noting Mr Williams
was doing okay at the other end, nudging and nurdling a few here and there
and breaking his bat in the process. He managed a reasonable 110 not out in
the end that included all of the boundaries in The MAD innings and all of the
hopes of a pub nation, but a strike rate of less than 100.00 is a significant
cause for concern. Still, the team got over themselves and then it was time
to curse the selfish Mike Reeves, a no show with his Tintin tin and all his
supplementary flapjacks. Fucker.
Having made a minor contribution, Williams leaves
the field of play. 165 was a decent target
for HNCC to chase and despite Vermaak’s ever improving accuracy (7-3-19-2)
with the ball, Darley was wayward and Howarth fucking awful, though Ian did
manage to shag his hand by stopping one that got twatted off his own There was the great
strike from Ramesh (63) that was launched to long on and one bounce into
Howarth’s bollocks. There was Andrew Darley collapsing to the turf in agony
after making the perilous journey from gully to return a stationary ball back
to the bowler, and who can forget the coup de grâce administered by the slow
right arm pies of Homer Turner? Brought on as a sign of increasing
desperation (or was it sympathy?) he decided on bowling a dollopy wide onto an
adjoining track which ended the game. Nothing short of a magnificent village
spectacle as The MAD lost out by 4 wickets.
Mr Ashley discusses the failed Arab buyout of
Newcastle, slagging the Premier League off…. Was this the final game
of a MAD season like no other? Will we play again into the month of October? Will
Howarth recover in body and mind in time to be dropped? And if he does survive
the cull and we do play, will he drive to the correct location? Tune in next
week folks if something does happen, or simply pull up a chair in front of
the television and enjoy the recently released Director’s Cut of Lockdown
2: The Spread of the Oxford Students. If this was it, then it
has been a pleasure as always, gentlemen. Win or lose, crap or simply below
par, we are The MAD and we’ve had a right fucking laugh. For those who
couldn’t make it, you have been missed and always are. May there be many more
days out on the park and may we all survive a plague riddled winter of
alcoholic indulgence and stupefying isolation. ‘T-shirt Boy’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Hampstead
Norreys CC Played at the Dean Field, Hampstead
Norreys, 27 September 2020 Hampstead Norreys CC won the toss and
elected to field Hampstead Norreys won by 4 wkts Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
20 / 528 35 over match |
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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 |
not out |
110 |
(112) |
13 |
2 |
- |
|
2 |
G. Carter |
b Rekhi |
0 |
(10) |
- |
- |
1-3 |
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3 |
R. J. T. Hadfield |
c Rallabhandi b Hill |
6 |
(21) |
- |
- |
2-49 |
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4 |
R. P. Turner |
lbw b Rallabhandi |
8 |
(19) |
- |
- |
3-85 |
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5 |
J. C. W. Hotson |
lbw b Jackman |
2 |
(19) |
- |
- |
4-115 |
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6 |
I. Howarth |
b Dey |
2 |
(7) |
- |
- |
5-118 |
|
7 |
G. J. Timms * |
c Singh b Dey |
2 |
(6) |
- |
- |
6-134 |
|
8 |
J. Harris |
b Dey |
0 |
(9) |
- |
- |
7-138 |
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9 |
M. Bullock † |
not out |
3 |
(9) |
- |
- |
- |
|
10 |
A. Darley |
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|
11 |
C. J. Vermaak |
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Extras |
NB2, W12, LB2, B15 |
31 |
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TOTAL |
(for 7 wickets, 35 overs) |
164 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Nadadilli |
5 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
2.60 |
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2 |
Rekhi |
6 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
3.33 |
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|
3 |
Rallabhandi |
7 |
1 |
31 |
1 |
4.43 |
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|
4 |
Hill |
4 |
0 |
19 |
1 |
4.75 |
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5 |
Jackman |
7 |
1 |
16 |
1 |
2.29 |
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6 |
Dey |
6 |
0 |
48 |
3 |
8.00 |
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Team |
Hampstead Norreys CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
|
1 |
A. Dey * |
lbw b Vermaak |
10 |
|
1 |
- |
1-20 |
|
2 |
R. Riffat |
c Turner b Timms |
25 |
|
4 |
1 |
2-58 |
|
3 |
Ramesh |
st Bullock b Turner |
63 |
|
8 |
2 |
6-158 |
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4 |
I. Singh |
st Bullock b Harris |
12 |
|
- |
2 |
3-70 |
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5 |
R. Rallabhandi |
st Bullock b Timms |
21 |
|
2 |
- |
4-125 |
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6 |
T. Hill |
lbw b Vermaak |
3 |
|
- |
- |
5-146 |
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7 |
C. Nadadilli |
not out |
5 |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
8 |
T. Jackman |
not out |
5 |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
9 |
K. Rekhi |
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10 |
I. Roberts † |
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|
11 |
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Extras |
NB2, W12, LB4, B3 |
21 |
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TOTAL |
(for 6 wickets, 29.5 overs) |
165 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
|
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1 |
Darley |
7 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
4.00 |
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2 |
Vermaak |
7 |
3 |
19 |
2 |
2.71 |
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|
3 |
Howarth |
1 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
13.00 |
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4 |
Timms |
7 |
0 |
47 |
2 |
6.71 |
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5 |
Harris |
6 |
0 |
37 |
1 |
6.17 |
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6 |
Williams |
1 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
8.00 |
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7 |
Turner |
0.5 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
8.40 |
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MOTM: C. T. J. Williams Champagne Moment: M. Bullock’s stumping
of Riffat Buffet Award: I. Howarth’s garlic butter steak with potatoes (mustard sauce) MAD
Moment: I. Howarth fielding on the
boundary using his bollocks |
Opposition:
V099 / 03 Ground: G090 / 03 Captain: C022 / 98 Match No: 35 / 191 |