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“How do The MAD
Like Dem Apples”

 

 

Match:  24 / 620

Won by 28 runs

 

 

Team

 

Total

FFTMCC

129 - 7

D. Shorten  42*,  G. Timms  18*

 

Appleton CC

101 - 8

J. Shaw  3 - 10

 

 

 

 

Following a completely washed-out weekend, a pleasantly balmy evening at Queen’s saw The MAD complete what has been a relatively rare win this season against a keen but slightly understrength Appleton.

 

The MAD made a very handy start, racing to 83-1 off the first 11 overs. Williams slapped a rapid (17) before falling to an excellent catch as he just failed to clear mid-off with a firmly hit lofted drive. This brought in Dave Shorten who has had his eye in for most of this season, compiling his 3rd jug avoiding 40+ (42*) score of the year before retiring. His innings was notable for consistent use of the signature Shorten shot, a slog sweep, usually for 6, in the arc between midwicket and long-on.

 

Then in a turn that was later to be echoed in the Appleton innings, a combination of the retirement of Shorten and the introduction of some slow bowlers slightly derailed The MAD innings. The run rate dropped and wickets started to fall as Webster (16), Bagot (2), Cartwright (0) and Harris (0) all fell within a few overs of each other.

 

 

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Library footage of Timms trying to whack something.

 

 

Fortunately, Timms (18*) and Turner (10) arrested the slide, played some shots and ran well to add another 30 useful runs in the closing overs. James Shaw, our guest player and erstwhile Bod-dude, kicked off a busy evening for himself by slapping his first ball for 4 over midwicket and The MAD closed on 129-6.

 

Appleton started even faster than The MAD as their run rate momentarily stood at 36.00 after Rundle’s first ball was deposited over long on. A quick calculation showed that at this current rate of scoring Appleton could reach their target within 3.2 overs. Things improved, but after 7 overs Appleton were still very much up with the rate at 47-1. The turning points were the retirement of Appleton’s Buswell for a very rapid 30 and the introduction of Harris (1-14) and Vermaak (1-10). These two put the squeeze on so successfully that their first three overs together went for 2 runs, while Harris picked up the wicket of the Appleton skipper, caught by Shaw.

 

From this point on Appleton struggled to score and Shaw, who couldn’t keep out of the action, took three catches and three wickets to deservedly take the Man of the Match award.

 

 

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Mr Shaw.

 

 

For Paul Bagot, it was a night of firsts. Within the space of 7 balls at the end of the innings, he took his first MAD catch – a very decent effort diving forward at cover, for which he earned his first MAD champagne moment – his first MAD wicket (caught by Turner), which then completed his first Mad win after a mere half a dozen games.

 

 

’William Tell’

 

 

 

 

 

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Statto Scorecards

 

 

 

Far From the MCC versus Appleton CC

Played at Queens College, 12 July 2024

 

Appleton CC won the toss and elected to field

Far From the MCC won by 28 runs

 

Far from the MCC debuts:  n/a

 

 

24 / 626

 

 

 

 

 

20 over match

 

 

 

Team

Far from the MCC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Batsman

How Out

Total

Balls

4s

6s

FOW

1

J. vdG. Webster

b Russ

16

(27)

1

-

1-23

2

C. T. J. Williams

c unknown b S. Jones

17

(9)

4

-

2-89

3

D. Shorten

retired

42

(34)

5

2

3-92

4

P. A. J. Bagot

c unknown b Russ

2

(5)

-

-

4-94

5

J. A. Cartwright

c unknown b Allsworth

2

(8)

-

-

5-94

6

J. Harris

lbw b Russ

0

(7)

-

-

6-124

7

G. J. Timms *

not out

18

(19)

2

-

 

8

R. P. Turner †

b Geller

10

(9)

1

-

 

9

J. A. Shaw

not out

4

(2)

1

-

 

10

M. S. Rundle

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

C. J. Vermaak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

W6, LB6, B6

18

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

(for 7 wickets, 20 overs)

129

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Bowler

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

Econ

 

1

Clarke

2

0

13

0

0

 

2

S. Jones

3

0

25

1

1

 

3

Russ jnr

3

0

9

0

0

 

4

Atkinson

3

0

20

0

0

 

5

Allsworth

4

0

26

1

1

 

6

Russ

4

0

21

3

3

 

7

Geller

1

0

5

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:  D. Shorten retired on 83-2 (11.0 overs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

Appleton CC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Batsman

How Out

Total

Balls

4s

6s

FOW

1

T. Buswell

retired

30

 

3

2

1-33

2

R. Allsworth

b Rundle

2

 

-

-

2-48

3

P. Atkinson

c Shaw b Harris

16

 

3

-

3-53

4

C. Jones

c Shaw b Vermaak

3

 

-

-

4-74

5

J. Russ

not out

13

 

-

-

5-86

6

W. Geller *

b Shaw

13

 

2

-

6-88

7

M. Tkaczyk

c Timms

9

 

1

-

7-91

8

G. Clarke

c & b Shaw

2

 

-

-

8-101

9

J. Timmins

c Bagot

1

 

-

-

 

10

J. Russ jnr

c Turner b Bagot

5

 

-

-

 

11

S. Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

W6, LB1

7

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

(for 8 wickets, 20 overs)

101

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

 

Bowler

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wkts

Econ

 

1

Rundle

4

0

29

1

7.25

 

2

Shorten

2

0

13

0

6.50

 

3

Vermaak

4

0

10

1

2.50

 

4

Harris

3

1

14

1

4.67

 

5

Shaw

3

0

10

3

3.33

 

6

Timms

3

0

15

1

5.00

 

7

Bagot

1

0

9

1

9.00

 

 

 

 

 

MOTM:  J. A. Shaw

Champagne Moment:  P. A. J. Bagot’s excellent catch low down

Buffet Award:  P. A. J. Bagot’s haggis and mash (extra liver)

MAD Moment:  R. P. Turner’s anger at not finding his glove (hidden with his pad)

 

 

Opposition:  V051 / 039

Ground:  G008 / 026

Captain:  C022 / 116

Match No:  20 / 186