“A Tale of Two Johns”
Match: 25
/ 641
Won by 7 wkts
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Total |
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Wootton &
Bladon CC |
157 - 9 |
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M. Reeves
2 - 21,
G. Timms
2 - 23 |
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FFTMCC |
158 - 3 |
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C. Williams
56, J. Harris 51* |
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Following on from the
ignominious season opener against the tight bowling of Enstone, the axe was
wielded as no fewer than seven new faces made their 2025 debuts for the trip
to Cassington. Out went the guys who troubled the scorers (Ainsworth and
Hadfield) and out went the guys who took the wickets (Nickel and Reeves).
Actually, scrub that, Mike kept his place because he sorts out club finances
so you can all shove that in your pipe and smoke it.
Excellent team photo taken by Mr Edwards (mobile
camera spun round by mistake). After the warm and alien
temperatures the week before, it was an absolute
delight to return to standing about on a bone hard bobbly surface wearing as
many tees and jumpers as you could find, dreaming as you did about the
fireplace in Red Lion pub and reclaiming some feeling in your digits. After sticking the Woottoners in, The Financier (2-21) bagged a few up front
whilst Shorten didn't. The home side's innings would continue to splutter and
cough throughout, but was held together by a fine
whack of 65 by D. Wastie, whose only blemish was the run out / non-run out he
was involved in with certifiable Mr De Bono. Did they cross? Did they not
cross? Either way, it was fucking cold and the last
ten/fifteen overs seemed to take an eternity to negotiate. 157-9 all told at
the end, with Timms (2-23) impressing with his twirl, and Hoskins (1-36) with
his bakery and only the one broken roof tile. Vermaak (1-27) would whinge
about his body quite a lot, whilst Bob (2-29) threw down a complete
smorgasbord of stuff to return a couple himself (these included the demise of
Mr Wastie, who for reasons only he could comprehend managed to redirect a
wide ball around his bollocks on to his stumps).
Edwards later to be congratulated on his bowling
milestone. Time for tea and time to
moan like fuck about the windswept field outside the pavilion. However, it
was also a time to marvel at a lovely tea prepped by Mrs Hambridge, who
unlike her two boys, decided on putting a shift in as opposed to galivanting
around some Spanish island whacking golf balls about…. On resumption, opener
Pyrah opted to chauffeur a straight ball on to his pads to give the
indefatigable Mr Edwards his 500th club wicket. It was a wonderful moment for
Steve, but utterly demoralising for John – don't worry, mate, the good times
are just around the corner (hopefully). Also, blame Geoff, as I’m sure he’d
have found an unfathomable reason not to give it out if he was umpiring. Thereon, Williams and
Harris batted for just shy of 20 overs in adding 101. Chris (56) displayed
his trademark biffs down the ground and cuts to gully in managing to get
dropped only the five times, whilst the more circumspect Calypso (51*) would
remind everyone just why he is the King of Cassington - defiant, immovable
and utterly at home on this green splat of land northwest of Oxford. This is
John's castle and don't you forget it!
Shorten giving it the long handle towards the
end. The run-chase would move
through the gears as the match finalised, with Howarth (11) cowing a few off
Poole and Shorten doing pretty much the same but accompanying John to the end
in remaining 21 not out. MAD win out by 7 wickets and a reverse of the
previous week where they didn't win out by 7 wickets. Post-match beers were
conducted in the confines of the pub given ice was still thawing on the
fingers of Hotson (arrived to score the second half of the match and go a
pale shade of blue as he sat hunched over the scorebook in the technical
area). JMO was also an odd bluey colour subsequently,
his mistake being agreeing to do a long stint of umpiring and simply being
forgotten about (or not forgotten about but simply ignored).
Doggett congratulates John on his unbeaten fifty. An excellent team win
then, nice to have some green to offset the red of the website Fixtures Pie
on and always nice to reconnect with our long-established friends in the
Wootton fraternity. Happy days. Just can
someone turn the radiator up next time? ’Spam’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far From the MCC versus Wootton &
Bladon CC Played at Cassington, 4 May 2025 Enstone CC won the toss and elected
to field Enstone won by 7 wkts Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
25 / 641 35 over match |
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TOTAL |
(for 9 wickets, 35 overs) |
157 |
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(for 3 wickets, 31.1 overs) |
158 |
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MOTM: J. Harris Champagne Moment: C. J. Vermaak’s
excellent spiralling catch in deep in cold winds Buffet Award: C. D. Robert’s dodgy vegemite on burnt toast (no butter) MAD
Moment: D. Shorten’s accidental
kneecapping of the square leg umpire (throw) after firstly dropping the ball
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Opposition:
V0 / 0 Ground: G0 / 0 Captain: C0 / 0 Match No: 35 / 242 |