“Hoodwinked”
Match: 25
/ 649
Lost by 14 runs
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Team |
Total |
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Headington Quarry CC |
140 - 8 |
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M. Rundle 2 - 10, I. Howarth
2 - 15 |
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FFTMCC |
126 - 9 |
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I. Howarth 38* |
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Cricket matches can be
neatly summed by using the adjectives won, lost, drawn, tied, abandoned or
simply cancelled. Particular to village cricket and Sundayism (doff of the
cap to Mr Mann), is the other outcome which can be more expanded to read ‘totally
cocked it up and fucking lost the bastard game.’ This particular ending to a
match can leave the losing team feeling rather introspective, whingy and to a
certain degree, pissed off. Such was this Sunday gone and completely The MAD’s
own fault.
Always a joy to decamp
at Brasenose for the first home game of the season. It is only then that the
cricket season feels like it has truly got underway, sat back on those
striped deckchairs watching some less than average cricket and Salter’s
Steamers meandering past on the Thames in the background. There were a few
new additions to observe, such as an inventive wooden staircase connecting to
Queens College next door and also a concrete expanse in front of the pavilion
for the scoreboard. Of course, the scoreboard comes with a wooden trough for
the numbers, and can you imagine the distress to anyone suffering from OCD to
find that one particular section of the trough wasn’t accommodating its
numbers (the 9s) in an orderly way? Step forth builder Shorten and house
flipper Vermaak with drills, screws and hammers to sort the situation out.
Phew! Once the numbers were aligned correctly, the match could eventually
begin.
The Quarry’s innings
would be largely held together by the ageing glue which is Frederick (41),
mixing stout defence with the occasional punch to off and leg. He watched
opener Jeffries (37) clump some errant MAD bowling about and then a few handy
little cameos down the order. The bowling was unspectacular as it went
through the motions to an opposition noted as being short on familiar faces
and very probably weak in strength (I mean why would you roll them over – it’s
a friendly match, right?) Pick of the undercooked flan lobbing was Rundle
(5-1-10-2), who has started the season in that oh-so very understated manner
of his to very great effect.
NG1. Teas were made in
Nottingham and shipped by Reeves Enterprises to the ground and very nice they
were too. It is always very much appreciated when someone goes that extra
mile to actually do teas, so don't worry about the exacting details of the
contents or whether the odd picky fucker doesn't quite get a spread that fits
his/her delicate palette. Remember y’all how crap Covid BYO grub/forgotten
grub was a few years ago (and still refuses to totally go away from the
game....) With HQ suffering from a
dearth of apparent bowling options, The MAD could afford to mix up their
batting lineup a tad and let Williams and Ainsworth venture out and clobber
the usual large portion of the required run chase (141 required).
Williams swats a quick short one to a waiting
square leg. Oh, we forgot Sreenath
was a more than tidy medium pacer, and oh, that dude at the far end is a bit
handy as well! Ambling in, the young fella (Heath) suddenly explodes at the
popping crease and zips it through a bit. Oh, Chris (1) is out from shock
value and oh, look like he's done for Lee (14) to boot. Never mind, see these
two opening bowls off and it’s a nice walk in a very pleasant, manicured park
with a paucity of bumpy lumpy things to worry about. Having appropriated the
above intentions, Shorten (15) duly swung across the line to be followed by a
string of other dismal MAD efforts as the Quarry darts of the Wily Warner
(3-29) and Barman Davis (3-18) dulled the reply and essentially stamped on
any pre-match arrogance. It was insipid at best.
Heath throwing down some rather quick stuff. Howarth (38*) appears to
have finally awoken from his underachieving coma of recent times, but even
his late foray failed to apply much polish to what really was a turd of an
innings. It was pretty dreadful in summation, with most of everyone left
flummoxed as to how the team had contrived to lose so comfortably to ten men
who included a raft of late call ups and apparent corpses from the pub
gutter. HQ the deserved winners. I leave you with this
resonating quote from the famed, literary critic Edgar Allan Poe: “Believe
only half of what you see, and nothing that you hear.” ’Poe E. Justice’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far From the MCC versus Headington
Quarry CC Played at Brasenose College, 8 June
2025 Headington Quarry CC won the toss and
elected to bat Headington Quarry CC won by 14 runs Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
25 / 649 35 over match |
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Team |
Harwell International CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
A. Heath |
b Nickel |
3 |
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- |
- |
1-16 |
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2 |
J.
Jeffries |
c Vermaak b Rundle |
37 |
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7 |
- |
2-17 |
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3 |
M. Goble |
c Williams b Reeves |
0 |
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- |
- |
3-54 |
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4 |
J.
Frederick † |
b Shorten |
41 |
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4 |
- |
4-74 |
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5 |
K.
Davies |
b Rundle |
14 |
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2 |
- |
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6 |
A.
Thatcher |
c Shorten b Vermaak |
5 |
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- |
- |
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7 |
Sreenath |
b Howarth |
10 |
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2 |
- |
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8 |
A.
Matthews |
b Howarth |
2 |
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- |
- |
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9 |
S. Warner
* |
not out |
3 |
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- |
- |
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10 |
S.
Matthews |
not out |
0 |
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- |
- |
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11 |
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Extras |
W18, LB7 |
25 |
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TOTAL |
(for 8 wickets, 35 overs) |
140 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Reeves |
4 |
0 |
21 |
1 |
5.25 |
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2 |
Nickel |
4 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
3.00 |
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3 |
Timms |
7 |
1 |
29 |
0 |
4.14 |
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4 |
Rundle |
5 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
2.00 |
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5 |
Turner |
4 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
4.25 |
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6 |
Vermaak |
5 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
3.00 |
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7 |
Howarth |
4 |
0 |
15 |
2 |
3.75 |
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8 |
Shorten |
2 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
3.00 |
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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 |
C. T. J.
Williams |
c Warner b Heath |
1 |
(2) |
- |
- |
1-1 |
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2 |
D.
Shorten |
b Warner |
15 |
(53) |
- |
- |
2-25 |
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3 |
L. G.
Ainsworth |
c Heath b Heath |
14 |
(19) |
2 |
- |
3-42 |
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4 |
M. K.
Reeves |
c unknown b Davies |
1 |
(20) |
- |
- |
4-52 |
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5 |
R. P.
Turner * |
b Warner |
11 |
(25) |
1 |
- |
5-61 |
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6 |
G. J.
Timms |
b Davies |
5 |
(14) |
1 |
- |
6-66 |
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7 |
C. J.
Vermaak |
b Warner |
4 |
(7) |
- |
- |
7-71 |
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8 |
M. S.
Rundle |
b Davies |
7 |
(13) |
1 |
- |
8-85 |
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9 |
I.
Howarth |
not out |
38 |
(27) |
5 |
- |
9-119 |
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10 |
J. C. W.
Hotson † |
b Goble |
5 |
(27) |
- |
- |
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11 |
J. E.
Nickel |
not out |
2 |
(4) |
- |
- |
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Extras |
NB1, W13, LB5, B4 |
23 |
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TOTAL |
(for 9 wickets, 35 overs) |
126 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Sreenath |
7 |
1 |
13 |
0 |
1.86 |
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2 |
Heath |
7 |
1 |
23 |
2 |
3.29 |
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3 |
Davies |
7 |
1 |
18 |
3 |
2.57 |
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4 |
Warner |
7 |
1 |
29 |
3 |
4.14 |
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5 |
S.
Matthews |
4 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
6.25 |
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6 |
Goble |
3 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
3.33 |
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MOTM: I. Howarth Champagne Moment: C. J. Vermaak’s
regulation catch at mid-on (no drama) Buffet Award: M. K. Reeves’ Nottinghamshire, erm… cricket teas MAD
Moment: D. Shorten and C. J.
Vermaak’s scoring trough DIY project before the match got underway (8s and 9s
rectified) |
Opposition:
V101 / 014 Ground: G040 / 111 Captain: C024 / 106 Match No: 35 / 247 |