“Bateman Upstaged by Dance Partner(s)”
Match: 22
/ 580
Won
by 98 runs
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Team |
Total |
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FFTMCC |
235 - 2 |
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C. Williams
138*, R. Hadfield 67* |
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Wootton & Bladon CC |
137 - 8 |
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G. Timms
2 - 17, M. Reeves 2 - 24 |
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Three individuals have
scored all The MAD’s runs this year [to date] and one of them is leaving. He
is making a new life for himself Down Under in a country fat at the weight
with convicts and having a zero policy towards the Chinese Flu. You will be
sorely missed, James … you really will, especially given over to the fact you
are now considered ‘useful’. If it doesn’t quite pan out for you and your
good lady, and you get tired of the recurring three-month lockdowns and
surviving on barbequed roadkill, then you will always be welcomed back ‘home’
to open arms [despite your desertion]. Please note however that subs may very
well have risen with the cost of living [in contrast to our results]. On a blindingly hot day during
a blindingly hot summer, Wootton won the toss and inexplicably decided to
chase some leather in some thirty-four-degree heat. We are unsure whether our
long-standing rivals gravitated over to sadomasochism during the pandemical
years, but this decision was both unfathomable as it was completely
unfathomable. I discussed the decision at length with Poole Snr at the pub
after the game, and after we agreed to completely disagree [which is always heartening],
we shook hands firmly as he told me to “fuck off”.
Following a cricket
guard bat of honour [excluding his skipper who couldn’t be arsed],
James went out to the middle to star and perform in his last Sunday match in
Oxford. Of course, it never completely works out like that, and although he
made a brisk 20, it will be long forgotten because of what happened
thereafter. After Dan Westmoreland got
a good one [were there any others?], James’ dance partners Williams and
Hadfield settled in to gorge on a flattish track and some even flatter
bowling. Chris is always the more flamboyantly aerial, whereas the highly-coached and bespectacled chap going under an
infamous nickname is the more silky on the ground. Together they ran riot as Wootton
hopes and aspirations slowly evaporated into the shit
covered outfield.
Hadfield was in imperious form with the bat
(again). With drink breaks coming
and going and a pitch side gazebo filling up with MAD stars past and present,
Williams’ luck held firm with his pitching wedge, as his driving iron wreaked
the damage. Joy uncontained that he raised his bat on the ton, and with overs
to spare, Gary Littlechild’s MAD high score record suddenly loomed into view.
Chris didn’t just pass it but flatten it into the Brasenose turf with a
wonderful knock of 138 not out. Combining with Hadfield (67*) for a record MAD
third wicket partnership of 162*, the home team totalled 235-2 off their 35
overs as Andrew Darley sat sulking with his pads on most the day.
Williams salutes the hardened MAD pissheads. With several of their
much-lauded stars missing, the Wootton reply never really threatened and with
wickets falling regularly, the required run-worm continue to climb. Mike
(2-24) took a fine reactionary caught and bowled, and with Turner pouching
the dangerous Nick Hambridge (6) off Hoskins (1-29) the writing was very much
on the [Brasenose pavilion] wall. A clearly knackered Mr Bateman even guested
for his old club, but his wasn’t a long stay either. Timms twirled away
(2-17) whilst boasting he had “finally learnt to bowl” and young Joe
Westmoreland (6-0-29-1) produced a peach to get rid of Rudd for 17. When all
was said and done, and Howarth and Turner had avoided TFCs with a few overs
at the death, The MAD won out by 98 runs. A celebratory day and one
ultimately tinged with a fair degree of sadness. All the best, James. Been
great to know you, we hope to see you again [on Tour maybe?]
A quick straw poll on Bateman being a bloody nice
chap (fined for self-celebration). ‘Spam’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far From the MCC versus Wootton &
Bladon CC Played at Brasenose College, 14 August
2022 Wootton & Bladon CC won the toss
and elected to field Far From the MCC won by 98 runs Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
22 / 580 35 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 |
J. C. Bateman |
c Floyd b Edwards |
20 |
(28) |
3 |
- |
1-61 |
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2 |
C. T. J. Williams |
not out |
138 |
(100) |
18 |
3 |
- |
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3 |
D. J. H. Westmoreland † |
b Edwards |
0 |
(7) |
- |
- |
2-63 |
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4 |
R. J. T. Hadfield |
not out |
67 |
(77) |
8 |
- |
- |
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5 |
J. A. H. Westmoreland |
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6 |
A. Darley |
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7 |
R. P. Turner * |
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8 |
I. Howarth |
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9 |
G. J. Timms |
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10 |
J. D. Hoskins |
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11 |
M. K. Reeves |
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Extras |
NB2, W5, B3 |
10 |
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TOTAL |
(for 2 wickets, 35 overs) |
235 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Barber |
7 |
0 |
56 |
0 |
8.00 |
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2 |
Floyd |
7 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
5.57 |
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3 |
Edwards |
7 |
0 |
28 |
2 |
4.00 |
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4 |
A. Hambridge |
5 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
5.80 |
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5 |
De Bono |
4 |
0 |
43 |
0 |
10.75 |
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6 |
Poole |
5 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
7.40 |
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7 |
Barber |
7 |
0 |
56 |
0 |
8.00 |
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Team |
Wootton & Bladon CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
A. Hambridge |
c Hadfield b Reeves |
18 |
(40) |
2 |
- |
3-58 |
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2 |
D. Floyd |
c and b Reeves |
20 |
(32) |
2 |
- |
1-32 |
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3 |
N. Hambridge |
c Turner b Hoskins |
6 |
(5) |
1 |
- |
2-40 |
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4 |
G. Doggett † |
c Hadfield b Timms |
22 |
(28) |
4 |
- |
4-75 |
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5 |
J. Bateman |
c Williams b Timms |
10 |
(20) |
1 |
- |
5-82 |
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6 |
C. Rudd |
b Westmoreland |
17 |
(33) |
2 |
- |
6-104 |
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7 |
J. Bawer |
lbw b Howarth |
14 |
(15) |
2 |
- |
8-117 |
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8 |
D. De Bono |
run out (Williams/D. Westm'land) |
3 |
(7) |
- |
- |
7-114 |
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9 |
J. Barber |
not out |
8 |
(18) |
- |
- |
- |
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10 |
S. Edwards |
not out |
9 |
(13) |
1 |
- |
- |
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11 |
S. Poole * |
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Extras |
NB1, W6, B3 |
10 |
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TOTAL |
(for 8 wickets, 35 overs) |
137 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Darley |
4 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
3.75 |
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2 |
Bateman |
5 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
2.60 |
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3 |
Reeves |
4 |
0 |
24 |
2 |
6.00 |
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4 |
Hoskins |
7 |
0 |
29 |
1 |
4.14 |
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5 |
Timms |
6 |
0 |
17 |
2 |
2.83 |
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6 |
J. Westmoreland |
6 |
0 |
29 |
1 |
4.83 |
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7 |
Howarth |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
2.50 |
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8 |
Turner |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3.00 |
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MOTM: C. T. J. Williams Champagne Moment: M. K. Reeves’ superb
caught and bowled Buffet Award: M. K. Reeves’ smoked pork extravaganza (numerous sides) MAD
Moment: R. P. Turner’s bats of
dishonour (fails to celebrate Bateman send off) |
Opposition:
V027 / 36 Ground: G040 / 94 Captain: C024 / 68 Match No: 35 / 212 |