“Alzheimer’s”
Match: 21
/ 537
Lost
by 42 runs
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Team |
Total |
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Sydenham CC |
200 - 8 |
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J. Pearson
3 - 23, M. Rundle 2 - 48 |
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FFTMCC |
158 - 5 |
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I. Howarth 44*,
J. Webster 36 |
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Let me make this clear:
I have almost no memory whatsoever of this game. All I have is a fixture card
and the dimmest recall of Psycho having some kind of spasm
and whanging the ball off the back of a batsman’s head. Beyond that, nada.
After foolishly and casually promising a report of this game, I have been
receiving a steady stream of threats and abuse from Giant Duck and so, under
severe pressure from our club mascot, I will try and piece together a report
from the mere fragments I have to hand. I know for a fact that
Sydenham play at Aston Rowant, from where there is a nice view of the
Chilterns to the east. Gigantic Red Kites circle overhead and pick up snacks
from the field of play, presumably waiting for a bit of cricketing carcass to
become available. I can see why they might favour the MAD as potential buffet
material. A combination of age and propensity for injury would make us an
enticing prospect for our winged brethren. This is why
I generally try and field near Geoff or Bob if possible.
Spam somehow fluked this great shot of a Red Kite
circling over the ground. Darley and Bob opened
the bowling. This, I think, is one of the few games this year where Bob got
off the field without medical treatment being required and the scorecard says
he bowled a couple of maidens but didn’t get a wicket. Darley did, and I
expect it clipped the top of off stump as he got the champagne moment for it.
I bet he also got straight driven for a few fours by that tall Sydenham
opener who likes to give it a bit of a slap. Apparently, we kept them down to
108-6 off about 20 overs, with Pearson (3-23 – why did he get taken off after
only 5 overs – those figures look lovely?) and Psycho (2-48) picking up some
wickets. Jake took a catch as keeper, which makes sense as he did a pretty
good job behind the stumps this year. Spam also took a catch. Somewhere.
Me talking bollocks to
this Renon guy. That’s Jake scoring in the background. It was in this period of
the game that Psycho picked up the MAD moment award. I’ve just realized that
I don’t actually properly remember Psycho’s moment
but just mostly remember reading Jake’s report of it in an email exchange: “Rundle’s exuberant follow-through takes him to silly
mid-on, where he collects the ball, and finds both batters at his end.
Without a moment’s aforethought, in one swift movement, he collects the ball
and launches himself towards the stumps at his end where it's impossible to
run anyone out. Amid cries of “keepers”, he realizes the
heat-of-the-moment mistake, keeps the ball in hand, and, despite now lying on
the ground, readjusts. The rest is history.” I think the ‘history’
bit was the pinging the ball off the back of the retreating batsman’s head.
If I am right, I also think he got the same batsman out the very next ball.
This is actually quite funny. I am now laughing at
the version of it I now have in my head. Ha ha
ha aha ahaha ha ha aha ha.
Here I try and hit the ball off the square, but
probably failed. Geoff might remember (umpiring). Anyway, I think we must
have let things slip a bit because their number 5 scored 50 – probably having
a bit of a swing and a bit of luck, we put down 4 catches apparently, and
they ended up biffing 200-8 off their 35. Spam got an lbw which shows he must
have bowled a straight ball for a change, or the umpire was incompetent.
Either way, they all count. Pops took a caught and bowled too – I think I’m
confusing it with one he took at Harwell and that was a pretty
sharp chance. Maybe this one was too?
Let’s just say it was. Russ was the skipper for
this game, so I could tell before getting to that bit of scorecard that we
didn’t get the runs. Pops (31) and I (36) put
on 57 for the first wicket which looks pretty good (is this game where the
opening bowlers had the biggest disparity in bowling speeds with one of them
bowling subsonic 10 mph pie and the other one hitting at least the mid-60s?),
but then I’ve just seen how many balls I faced and I’m realizing why I might
have blanked out any memory of this game.
Here I am, on the left, watching some guy with a
headband bowl at Pops. Joe (1) and Russ (5)
came and went fairly quickly leaving Spam and Pearson a heavy
duty target of 114 off 12 overs. They didn’t get it but obviously
batted pretty well, putting on 69 at 7 an over. Spam
who remembered how to score runs again this season got 44* and James 34,
including a six. Having seen him bat before I reckon it would have either
been a slog sweep over mid-wicket or a big straight drive. With his three
wickets (why was he taken off?) as well, he had a pretty good day out and got
the man of match award. We lost by 42 runs in
the end. I don’t think it rained. ‘Jan (and Jake excerpt)’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far from the MCC versus Sydenham
CC Played at Aston Rowant, 6 June 2021 Sydenham CC won the toss and elected
to bat Sydenham CC won by 42 runs Far from the MCC debuts: none |
21 / 537 35 over match |
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Team |
Sydenham CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
P. Reynolds |
c Howarth b Rundle |
14 |
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1 |
- |
2-63 |
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2 |
J. Blakeley |
b Darley |
20 |
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3 |
- |
1-28 |
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3 |
C. Logtus |
c Hotson b Pearson |
32 |
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3 |
- |
3-83 |
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4 |
P. Brine |
b Rundle |
3 |
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- |
- |
4-87 |
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5 |
A. Campbell |
b Pearson |
12 |
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2 |
- |
5-100 |
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6 |
C. Jones |
lbw b Howarth |
56 |
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10 |
- |
7-170 |
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7 |
T. Roe |
b Pearson |
0 |
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- |
- |
6-108 |
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8 |
T. Blakeley |
c and b Williams |
21 |
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1 |
- |
8-185 |
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9 |
C. Howlett |
not out |
11 |
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1 |
- |
- |
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10 |
M. Jones * |
not out |
10 |
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- |
- |
- |
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11 |
M. Kermack |
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Extras |
NB1, W10, LB5, B5 |
21 |
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TOTAL |
(for 8 wickets, 35 overs) |
200 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Darley |
7 |
0 |
40 |
1 |
5.71 |
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2 |
Roberts |
7 |
2 |
37 |
0 |
5.29 |
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3 |
Rundle |
7 |
0 |
48 |
2 |
6.86 |
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4 |
Pearson |
5 |
1 |
23 |
3 |
4.60 |
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5 |
Williams |
5 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
4.00 |
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6 |
Howarth |
4 |
0 |
25 |
1 |
6.25 |
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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 |
C. T. J. Williams |
c Rowe b T. Blakeley |
31 |
(43) |
5 |
- |
1-57 |
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2 |
J. vdG. Webster |
c Campbell b Reynolds |
36 |
(61) |
5 |
- |
4-86 |
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3 |
J. A. Cartwright |
b T. Blakeley |
1 |
(4) |
- |
- |
2-63 |
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4 |
R. P. Turner * |
c Brine b T. Blakeley |
5 |
(15) |
- |
- |
3-77 |
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5 |
I. Howarth |
not out |
44 |
(48) |
5 |
- |
- |
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6 |
J. W. Pearson |
lbw b Kermack |
34 |
(31) |
3 |
1 |
5-155 |
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7 |
A. Darley |
not out |
2 |
(8) |
- |
- |
- |
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8 |
G. Carter |
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9 |
M. S. Rundle |
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10 |
C. D. Roberts |
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11 |
J. C. W. Hotson † |
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Extras |
B5 |
5 |
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TOTAL |
(for 5 wickets, 35 overs) |
158 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
C. Jones |
7 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
4.43 |
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2 |
M. Jones |
5 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
3.40 |
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3 |
Howlett |
5 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
2.40 |
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4 |
T. Blakeley |
5 |
0 |
23 |
3 |
4.60 |
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5 |
J. Blakeley |
5 |
1 |
18 |
0 |
3.60 |
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6 |
Reynolds |
5 |
0 |
33 |
1 |
6.60 |
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7 |
Roe |
2 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
8.50 |
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8 |
Kermack |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3.00 |
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MOTM: J. W. Pearson Champagne Moment: A. Darley’s crucial
wicket Buffet
Award: M. S. Rundle’s Portuguese
steak (chips and salad sides) MAD
Moment: M. S. Rundle’s botched run
out attempt as he spins, tumbles and aims ball at
batsman’s head |
Opposition:
V110 / 02 Ground: G102 / 02 Captain: C024 / 44 Match No: 35 / 196 |