“Webster Scoops Champagne
With Sensational Boundary That Nobody Can
Remember”
Match: 23
/ 595
Lost
by 10 wkts
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Team |
Total |
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FFTMCC |
112 - 3 |
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A. Darley
35*, J. Webster 30* |
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OUP |
114 - 0 |
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Having eventually navigated
through the blocked arteries of Oxford City’s hopeless road networks, players
and bags dutifully started to arrive at Jordan Hill. A ground used forever by
the OUP and a ground owned forever by the OUP, but now with a new scorebox a
small distance from the clubhouse that reads Oxford CC. It transpires that if
you throw enough money in certain directions, you can do anything you want
these days (who’d have thought?), and then quietly plant your flag and call
it all your own. Then you can have your new (established) neighbours have you
beg for windows of opportunity (to play) and all but nudge you into obscurity,
waving goodbye as your team disappears to occasionally resurface on the
History Channel.
Mr
Bagot (with helmet) becoming MAD player #165. Jordan hill sits adjacent to the
decent North Oxford golf course too, open to the public it’s been around for
110 years for anyone who fancies thrashing around the trees and undergrowth, having
a beer or six, a good fucking moan and pissing on a
few weeds, but not for much longer. You see this lovely, historical piece of
greenery and fun has recently been sold to property developers on the sly
(for a couple of mil) and pretty soon you’ll have a bunch of quickly thrown
together houses with paper walls (1,180 count them), fuck all in the way of
new schools, services or infrastructure and just a bunch more roundabouts,
red lights and disillusioned Oxfordian’s stuck in the miserable shitting
traffic screaming for God’s intervention. Okay, away from the ills of living
“in” the city and its wanky, onerous politics…. Now for the good bit: Howarth
won the toss. Now for more shit bits. He then decided to bat and open up, smack a
boundary first ball and then get clean bowled off
Lawrence’s (4-1-23-2) next delivery. That’s your evening done then, Ian … congratulations.
Timms was marginally more successful in not getting bowled, although he did miss
a straight one that crashed into his pads a ball later. Four balls in total
to have Stokes and McCallum salivating if they were ever unlucky enough to
break down and rock up to the ground for a chance pint and free viewing.
Thereafter, not much happened, so they’d have left….
Webster
and Turner stare aimlessly around at some stuff. But that would be unfair to
Messrs Darley (35*) and Webster (30*) who clicked perfectly before retiring
to sate their thirst on what was an extremely warm
summer evening. Turner (20*) was stoic and unbreakable, but
didn’t find the gearbox operable to slip out of first. Cartwright (1) offered
a way to actually get dismissed courtesy of running two in the time it would
take to drive to South Wales, and debutant Paul Bagot (6*) inspired hope that
he could at least score something useful using Ian’s bat. But that was it to
be quite frank, no MAD acceleration towards the end, no real MAD dramas, no
MAD… like anything really, just the 20 overs elapsed
and Bob and Geoff stood with their pads on by the scoreboard scratching their
bollocks. Reeves and Rundle had a kip (though not together I might add). In reply, OUP almost lost a
wicket but didn’t, and to be honest, I really can’t remember if they nearly did or they simply just didn’t. A succession of guys
walked out to the middle, twatted it about like they
were chasing a bigger target, sometimes retiring and then that was that.
Nobody batted great, nobody bowled that bad and the fielding was pretty tidy
throughout. It was just game over before the 17th over and all very very forgettable, save for Bob booting one over the
boundary and Gary just… erm, running into the boundary chasing a ball…. A bizarre game then, where if
you turned up late you missed all the “action” and [melo]drama in the first
five minutes.
I have to report a keen wit
and spirit out in the field, and with this being one of our oldest
adversaries, the bond seems as good as it should be. We look forward to
reversing the result in the longer form of the game in July, winning the toss
and maybe losing the odd wicket in pursuit of posting 300. If not, let’s at
least take a fucking wicket. ’Jordan Still’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far From the MCC versus Oxford
University Press CC Played at Jordan Hill, 14 June 2023 Far From the MCC won the toss and
elected to bat Oxford University Press CC won by 10 wkts
Far from the MCC debuts: Paul
Alexander John Bagot (165) |
23 / 595 20 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 |
I.
Howarth * |
b Lawrence |
4 |
(2) |
2 |
- |
1-4 |
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2 |
J. vdG.
Webster |
retired |
30 |
(33) |
4 |
- |
2-4 |
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3 |
G. J.
Timms |
lbw b Lawrence |
0 |
(2) |
- |
- |
3-95 |
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4 |
A.
Darley |
retired |
35 |
(19) |
5 |
- |
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5 |
R. P.
Turner |
not out |
18 |
(42) |
- |
- |
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6 |
J. A.
Cartwright |
run out |
1 |
(8) |
- |
- |
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7 |
P.A. J.
Bagot |
not out |
6 |
(18) |
- |
- |
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8 |
G.
Carter † |
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9 |
C. D.
Roberts |
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10 |
M. K.
Reeves |
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11 |
M. S.
Rundle |
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Extras |
NB4, W7, LB2, B5 |
18 |
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TOTAL |
(for 3 wickets, 20 overs) |
112 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Lawrence |
4 |
1 |
23 |
2 |
5.75 |
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2 |
Jackson |
2 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
13.50 |
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3 |
Sharif |
4 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
4.50 |
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4 |
Elliott |
3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
2.33 |
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5 |
Paul |
4 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
5.25 |
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6 |
Kanchan |
3 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
2.67 |
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Note: A. Darley retired on 51-2 (5.0 overs); J. vdG. Webster
retired on 93-2 (13.0 overs) |
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Team |
OUP |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
S.
Gibson |
retired |
31 |
(23) |
4 |
- |
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2 |
A.
Beaumont † |
retired |
32 |
(28) |
4 |
- |
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3 |
A.
Sharif |
retired |
36 |
(35) |
4 |
- |
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4 |
B. Coney |
not out |
7 |
(12) |
- |
- |
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5 |
J. Paul |
not out |
0 |
(0) |
- |
- |
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6 |
S.
Holford * |
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7 |
R.
Jackson |
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8 |
C.
Elliott |
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9 |
S.
Lawrence |
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10 |
A. Reddy |
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11 |
A.
Kanchan |
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Extras |
W6, B2 |
8 |
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TOTAL |
(for 0 wickets, 16.2 overs) |
114 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Reeves |
3 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
8.33 |
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2 |
Rundle |
3 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
7.33 |
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3 |
Roberts |
4 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
6.50 |
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4 |
Darley |
3 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
6.33 |
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5 |
Timms |
2 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
6.00 |
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6 |
Bagot |
1.2 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
6.00 |
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Note: S. Gibson retired on 47-0 (6.0 overs); A. Beaumont
retired on 93-0 (13.0 overs); A.
Sharif retired on 112-0 (16.0 overs) |
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MOTM: A. Darley Champagne Moment: J. vdG. Webster hitting
a boundary…. Buffet Award: M. K. Reeves’ burnt and crisp flapjacks MAD
Moment: G. Carter injuring his ribs
fielding a throw down before fielding |
Opposition:
V019 / 031 Ground: G013 / 028 Captain: C007 / 073 Match No: 20 / 176 |