“Epilogue”
Match: 26
/ 638
Lost
by 6 wkts
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Team |
Total |
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FFTMCC |
137 - 9 |
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M. Rundle
24, R. Turner 17* |
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Wootton & Bladon CC |
139 - 4 |
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M. Reeves 1 - 26 |
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The final chapter of
2024’s epic Wootton Chronicles would end on the first day of September in
Cassington, the very same venue as the previous week and that of the first
chapter of this cricketing odyssey played out back on Sunday 5th May.
Aware of the doomsayers
and depressing weather predictions as advertised by app, Captain Turner took
the unusual step of actually winning a toss this weekend gone and the even
more unusual decision to bat first. This masterstroke would offset needing to
field later in the deluge that never materialised, and to mitigate only
having ten men (or ten breathing bodies dressed in white). With the early loss of
Williams to the ageless A Walker (7-3-11-2), The MAD looked to solidify,
consolidate and build towards a defendable target. Howarth (12) on the other
decided in his infinite wisdom to crash a good length ball off stalwart
Edwards airily to deep long off. Standing on the boundary’s edge, utterly immobile
and utterly steadfast in his recent decision to move nowhere for nobody, Mr
Poole (or ‘Pool-ee’ to his teammates) cupped his
hands like an Australian and clasped the ball like someone had thrown a
doughnut to his mouth. It was rumoured to be his first catch in over a decade
and certainly one his teammates couldn’t stop laughing about. Spam simply
grumbled off the pitch cursing his bat manufacturer.
Cartwright notices a ball hovering in the air. Village cricket will always
feature a few ludicrous dismissals you would never witness on TV, and that of
Cartwright (17) and Rundle (24) would probably stumble half-cocked into this
category. Joe would pirouette on the spot to a Poole flan before belting the
ball onto his own timber, whereas Mark simply went through a thousand
computations of where to twat it before simply lobbing some pastry back to
the gut of a giggling mid-off. With the innings
petering out to its inevitable, doleful conclusion, Turner (17*) added some late
steel to an otherwise flimsy 137, with Reeves, Kaito and Bob all hitting a
few things and then failing to hit some other straighter things. Hoskins also
whacked a few. Time for tea and time to honour another Cassington Feast with
this weekend’s star turn being another bonafide quiche classic fit for a
king. Mrs Hambridge, you are spoiling us!
Hoskins gives it some umpty as Shit Ash watches
on. In previous matches,
Shit Ash*
(Hambridge) has provided the anchor for Wootton’s Good Ash (Horne) or Arun
White to smash us about the park, but after a pre-game agreement between
skippers to retire at 50, Good Ash duly left the stage unbeaten but without a
ton. It mattered little in the grand shake up, with Mr Barber clouting the
winning runs at the death with over 6 overs to spare. One cherished episode
during this routine rutting, was that of a bewildered Poole Snr being ran out,
nay sacrificed, by Shit Ash for no apparent reason other than to himself (read
a brainfart similar to that of Howarth at the start of the day). We would later sign off
at the Red Lion over a few beers and ciders as our Wootton counterparts would
go through their own autopsy of the day. Needless to say, a run out may just
have cropped up in their conflab.
A gaggle of Wootters. Gentleman, it has been a
trilogy of trilogies, but now it must be put to bed. For this year anyway.
Wootton, we look forward to duelling with you next year and giving you a
damned good thrashing. * - Amusing nickname bestowed upon Ash by his own teammates. ‘Brian Dead’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far From the MCC versus Wootton &
Bladon CC Played at Cassington, 1 September 2024 Far From the MCC won the toss and
elected to bat Wootton & Bladon CC won by 6 wkts Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
26 / 638 35 over match |
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Team |
Far From the MCC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
|
1 |
C. T. J.
Williams |
b Walker |
4 |
(7) |
- |
- |
1-5 |
|
2 |
J.
Harris |
b Walker |
5 |
(20) |
- |
- |
2-28 |
|
3 |
I.
Howarth |
c Poole |
12 |
(15) |
2 |
- |
3-30 |
|
4 |
J. A.
Cartwright |
b Poole |
17 |
(46) |
1 |
- |
4-64 |
|
5 |
M. S.
Rundle |
c Barber b Poole |
24 |
(40) |
3 |
- |
5-89 |
|
6 |
M. K.
Reeves |
b Barber |
15 |
(30) |
1 |
- |
6-100 |
|
7 |
K.
Kawada-Williams |
b De Bono |
9 |
(5) |
2 |
- |
7-118 |
|
8 |
R. P.
Turner *† |
not out |
17 |
(22) |
1 |
- |
8-127 |
|
9 |
J. D.
Hoskins |
c Barber b Dale |
8 |
(9) |
2 |
- |
9-137 |
|
10 |
C. D.
Roberts |
b Dale |
6 |
(8) |
1 |
- |
|
|
11 |
|
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Extras |
NB2, W3, LB5, B10 |
20 |
|
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TOTAL |
(all out, 33.2 overs) |
137 |
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|
# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
|
|
1 |
Edwards |
7 |
1 |
27 |
1 |
3.86 |
|
|
2 |
Walker |
7 |
3 |
11 |
2 |
1.57 |
|
|
3 |
Poole |
7 |
0 |
24 |
2 |
3.43 |
|
|
4 |
De Bono |
5 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
7.20 |
|
|
5 |
Dale |
4.2 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
2.08 |
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|
6 |
Barber |
3 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
5.00 |
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Team |
Wootton & Bladon CC |
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|
# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
|
1 |
A.
Hambridge |
not out |
49 |
|
6 |
- |
1-19 |
|
2 |
J. J.
Bouwer |
c Williams b Reeves |
3 |
|
- |
- |
2-30 |
|
3 |
N.
Haywood |
c Harris b Rundle |
6 |
|
1 |
- |
3-115 |
|
4 |
A. White |
retired |
50 |
|
4 |
2 |
4-123 |
|
5 |
D. De
Bono |
b Harris |
6 |
|
1 |
- |
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|
6 |
S. Poole |
run out (Reeves/Turner) |
8 |
|
2 |
- |
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|
7 |
J.
Barber * |
not out |
11 |
|
2 |
- |
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|
8 |
G.
Doggett † |
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|
9 |
W. Dale |
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10 |
A.
Walker |
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|
11 |
S.
Edwards |
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Extras |
NB1, W2, B3 |
6 |
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TOTAL |
(for 4 wickets, 28.2 overs) |
139 |
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|
# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
|
|
1 |
Roberts |
2 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
7.50 |
|
|
2 |
Reeves |
7 |
0 |
26 |
1 |
3.71 |
|
|
3 |
Rundle |
5 |
0 |
27 |
1 |
5.40 |
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|
4 |
Hoskins |
7 |
1 |
21 |
0 |
3.00 |
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|
5 |
Harris |
7 |
0 |
42 |
1 |
6.00 |
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|
6 |
Williams |
0.2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
12.00 |
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MOTM: M. S. Rundle Champagne Moment: J. D. Hoskins’ pull thing
for four Buffet Award: C. D. Roberts’ wayward strawberry trifle (sloppy cream side) MAD
Moment: ‘Circus Ball’ featuring absent fielding by Rundle and C. Williams and
young Kaito having to run a marathon to tidy things up in the cover region |
Opposition:
V025 / 043 Ground: G067 / 014 Captain: C024 / 098 Match No: 35 / 239 |