Match: 24
/ 632
Won
by 3 wkts
Team |
Total |
Timberscombe CC |
160 |
J. Bateman 3 - 18, J. Cartwright 3 - 23 |
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FFTMCC |
161 - 7 |
I. Howarth 49*, L. Ainsworth 30* |
In the rolling fields of
North Somerset, in the village of Timberscombe, a few short miles from
Minehead, there is a horse. A very special horse. Bernard, husband to
Bernadette, father to little Bernard. So, what’s special about
Bernard? Well, he has a lovely black shiny coat and a wonderful gallop. Oh,
and he can fly and climb vertical rocks using his spiderman style sticky
hooves. He runs a mobile pizza van and he communicates telepathically with
Dave Shorten, who can either translate his conversations for the benefit of
Blake, or simply pass them on in the original horse language. The only thing
he can’t do is drive the pizza van, on account of his sticky hooves, so how
do they get about? Bernard pulls the van of course, because he’s a horse. Did
I mention he can fly? Why is all this
relevant? Well, it’s not really, it’s just The MAD were playing cricket in a
field close by, from where they could see Bernard, Bernadette, little Bernard
and some sheep. On a beautiful warm
sunny day, Timberscombe won the toss and chose to bat. Opening the bowling
was a man. A very special man. Dave Shorten, who grew up eating imaginary
bananas and talking to telepathic, sticky hooved, pizza selling, flying
horses. He can also bowl, producing figures of (5-2-11-0) At the other end,
skipper for the day Lee Ainsworth, also bowled well (2-0-5-0). The MAD were
in good spirits after a day off. In some cases, this involved wholesome walks
up river gorges and rounds of pitch and putt. For others it was 13 pints of
fizzy cider and talking rubbish for 8 hours. For all it was a game of
Somerset darts, a curry and fairly early to bed. The standout innings for
Timberscombe was from T Sparks. He was a cut above this level, but graciously
retired at 50. He did launch one into the field adjacent to Bernard who was
amused to watch James Bateman go searching in entirely the wrong place. He was
about to fly over and assist with the search when, more by luck than
judgement, the ball was located. Hadfield punches one through the covers in reply. Pick of the bowlers was
Joe Cartwright, who was nobody’s pick for leading tour wicket taker, but
still produced figures of (4-0-23-3) including the ball of the day which
pitched and turned to remove S Yaw. Mopping up the tail was antipodean
pretender, James Bateman (3-1-18-3). Timberscombe were a
family affair with a brace of players each from families Sparks, Yaw and
Harrison. They reached a more than creditable 160 in their 35 overs. Bernard
watched all this with detached amusement as he galloped around with little
Bernard and told Dave about the time he rescued some people from the snow
just before Christmas. It has to be said that telling stories is not one of
Bernard’s talents. In reply, Lucan (29) had
a decent knock, but others struggled against very good bowling from the
Harrisons and the Yaws. At 72 for 7 in the 19th over, things were looking
very grim, but Bernard wasn’t worried as he made some hay pizzas in his
special horsey pizza oven. Williams pulls one about to crash into his nose. The excitement of the run chase was too much for
some people. With an earlier than
expected trip back up the M5 beckoning, out came skipper Lee (30 n.o) and
cider drinker Howarth (49 n.o.) Ian has fond memories of this ground having
scored 50+ in his two previous innings and famously hitting a telegraph pole
with a massive six that bounced back on to the pitch. Seeing that telegraph
pole several years later gave us a sense of what an incredible shot it must
have been that day. As The MAD edged
(sometimes in the literal sense) towards victory, Timberscombe could have
turned the screw with their best bowlers ready to return. The fact that they
chose not to and instead spread the participation around shows that ‘getting’
Sunday cricket extends from Oxford to just past Minehead. They skilfully
engineered a close finish which The MAD were very pleased to take advantage
of. Howarth hitting the winning runs but narrowly avoiding a 50. Howarth finally does something useful. What’s that Bernard? You
think that Timberscombe were marvellous hosts and that The MAD should return
here sooner rather than later? I agree Bernard, see you soon, I’ll have the
hay feast pizza, thanks. ’Reevsie’
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*
Far From the MCC versus Timberscombe Played at Timberscombe, 4 August 2024 Timberscombe won the toss and elected
to bat Far from the MCC won by 3 wkts Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
24 / 632 35 over match |
Team |
Timberscombe CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
1 |
B. Lang |
c Williams b Howarth |
20 |
(51) |
3 |
- |
1-20 |
2 |
N. Yaw |
b Hoskins |
6 |
(17) |
1 |
- |
2-88 |
3 |
T.
Sparks |
not out |
52 |
(35) |
8 |
1 |
3-101 |
4 |
G.
Whitaker |
c Ainsworth b Hoskins |
4 |
(4) |
1 |
- |
4-102 |
5 |
P.
Sparks |
hit wicket b Cartwright |
6 |
(7) |
1 |
- |
5-106 |
6 |
D.
Pocock |
b Howarth |
0 |
(1) |
- |
- |
6-127 |
7 |
M.
Parker |
c Carter b Cartwright |
12 |
(15) |
2 |
- |
7-128 |
8 |
S. Yaw |
b Cartwright |
12 |
(17) |
2 |
- |
8-144 |
9 |
S.
Pettitt |
b Bateman |
11 |
(11) |
2 |
- |
9-159 |
10 |
C. Payne |
lbw b Bateman |
15 |
(9) |
3 |
- |
10-160 |
11 |
D.
Pocock |
c Williams b Bateman |
5 |
(6) |
1 |
- |
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Extras |
W1, LB4, B12 |
17 |
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TOTAL |
(all out, 28.5 overs) |
160 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Shorten |
5 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
2.20 |
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2 |
Ainsworth |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2.50 |
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3 |
Hoskins |
7 |
0 |
55 |
2 |
7.86 |
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4 |
Howarth |
7 |
1 |
25 |
2 |
3.57 |
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5 |
Cartwright |
4 |
0 |
23 |
3 |
5.75 |
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6 |
Bateman |
3 |
1 |
18 |
3 |
6.00 |
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7 |
Bullock |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7.00 |
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Team |
Far from
the MCC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
1 |
R. J. T.
Hadfield |
c T. Sparks b N. Yaw |
29 |
(38) |
4 |
- |
1-30 |
2 |
C. T. J.
Williams |
c unknown b J. Harrison |
17 |
(14) |
4 |
- |
2-47 |
3 |
J. C. W.
Hotson |
lbw b S. Yaw |
5 |
(15) |
1 |
- |
3-47 |
4 |
M.
Bullock |
b S. Yaw |
0 |
(3) |
- |
- |
4-61 |
5 |
J. C.
Bateman |
b S. Yaw |
4 |
(7) |
1 |
- |
5-61 |
6 |
L. G.
Ainsworth * |
not out |
30 |
(57) |
3 |
- |
6-66 |
7 |
D.
Shorten |
c P. Sparks b N. Yaw |
3 |
(12) |
- |
- |
7-72 |
8 |
J. D.
Hoskins |
c & b N. Yaw |
2 |
(7) |
- |
- |
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9 |
I.
Howarth |
not out |
49 |
(44) |
6 |
- |
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10 |
J. A.
Cartwright |
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11 |
G.
Carter † |
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Extras |
NB3, W15, LB2, B2 |
22 |
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TOTAL |
(for 7 wickets, 32.3 overs) |
161 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
R.
Harrison |
4 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
4.00 |
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2 |
J.
Harrison |
6 |
0 |
44 |
1 |
7.33 |
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3 |
N. Yaw |
6 |
2 |
16 |
3 |
2.67 |
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4 |
S. Yaw |
5 |
1 |
11 |
3 |
2.20 |
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5 |
Whitaker |
4 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
2.50 |
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6 |
Pocock |
4 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
9.75 |
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7 |
Parker |
1 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
12.00 |
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8 |
T.
Sparks |
2.3 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
4.00 |
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MOTM: I. Howarth Champagne Moment: J. A. Cartwright
bowling of S. Yaw (off break) Buffet Award: J. D. Hoskins’ spicy beef pizza deluxe (extra chillies and cheese) MAD
Moment: J. C. Bateman in the wrong
field searching for the ball (six out the ground behind bowler) |
Opposition:
V032 / 004 Ground: G023 / 004 Captain: C026 / 007 Match No: 35 / 235 |