| THORNTON CLEVELEYS Vs JESTERS |
| 1-Innings Match Played At THORNTON CLEVELEYS, 27-Jul-2006, FRIENDLY |
| JESTERS Win by 109 runs |
| Round | 6 |
| Toss won by | JESTERS |
| JESTERS 1st Innings 300/5 Closed (Overs 40) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs |
| McCALLUM,M+ | c BROWN,A | b BASS | 19 |
| BELL,D* | st EADE | b PAL,A | 73 |
| GREY,A | c PAL,G | b ASHWORTH | 49 |
| DOBSON,S | Retired Not Out | 57 | |
| WINTERBOTTOM,D | Retired Not Out | 62 | |
| GILL,A | c& | b ASHWORTH | 11 |
| WAITE,N | b ASHWORTH | 0 | |
| HILL,JIM | not out | 9 | |
| COATES,J | not out | 1 | |
| DOBSON,G | dnb | - | |
| SCOTT,S | dnb | - | |
| extras | (b10 lb3 w4 nb2) | 19 | |
| TOTAL | 5 wickets for | 300 |
| FOW |
| 1-63 2-130 3-190 4-270 5-290 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| CLEMENTS | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| COOPER | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| GREAVES | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| BASS | 4 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| PAL,A | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| THOMAS | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| BROWN,G | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| BROWN,A | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| ASHWORTH | 5 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| EADE | 5 | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| THORNTON CLEVELEYS 1st Innings 191/9 All Out (Overs 36) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs |
| BROWN,G | retired hurt | 48 | |
| BROWN,A | c DOBSON,G | b COATES,J | 4 |
| EADE*+ | c COATES,J | b SCOTT,S | 13 |
| GREAVES | b WAITE,N | 29 | |
| COOPER | c DOBSON,G | b COATES,J | 4 |
| THOMAS | c GREY,A | b SCOTT,S | 5 |
| CLEMENTS | c DOBSON,S | b BELL,D | 38 |
| ASHWORTH | c& | b GILL,A | 27 |
| BASS | c HILL,JIM | b GILL,A | 8 |
| PAL,A | c HILL,JIM | b BELL,D | 0 |
| PAL,G | not out | 0 | |
| extras | (b8 lb5 w2 nb0) | 15 | |
| TOTAL | 9 wickets for | 191 |
| FOW |
| 1-37 2-54 3-85 4-108 5-132 6-179 7-185 8-185 9-191 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| HILL,JIM | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| DOBSON,S | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| COATES,J | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| SCOTT,S | 5 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| WAITE,N | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| DOBSON,G | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| GREY,A | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| GILL,A | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| BELL,D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
report by pod
With a few thick heads and not
enough sleep, breakfast was a long drawn out affair with
Matty McCallum first up
at 6.00 a.m. and the Leptonites barely scaping in on time at 9.29 a.m. There
were also the Dobson twins, helping themselves to the Norbreck’s generosity,
although they weren’t too enamoured by the service and thought of demanding a
word with the chef.
Aimless wandering started at 10.00 with a tram ride to the Pleasure Beach and straight onto the Arabian Derby. Matty took on all contenders and scooped most of the winning tickets which he frittered away on the usual tat. Belly came into his own on the ‘thoroughbread’ equivalent, The Kentucky Derby, but the overall standard was poor.
Highlight of the morning was
Coco on the basketball game. £2 for 2 balls, score a basket. Win a prize. The
second attempt did several laps of honour before
disappearing down the hoop, and
we watched awe-struck as a 7ft orange and black shark was handed over to a
stunned Coco.
The Dobsons were found lining their stomachs and a prompt departure to Thornton Cleveleys followed. A picturesque ground and a bunch of friendly looking cricketers welcomed us. Belly won the toss and after a nanoseconds thought decided we’d have a bat. And bat we did.
Matty and the skipper opened up, Matty falling first, but most of the other batters gorged themselves. Belly rolled back the years to slap his way into the 70’s, before a Chairman’s coughing fit left him high and dry and stumped. Dobby (S) again showed his attacking flair and clean hitting, Andy Grey fell one short on 49 but it was the tourist of the year Dale, who filled his boots, and emptied Belly’s bag of stolen goods, smashing all-comers to all parts.
For the record, Pod again won
the boundary bowls, with Stu putting in an impressive debutantes showing and
Scotty just not having enough in the tank, when it went to the last end.
Moment of the day however went to Coco. We’d have had a nailed on £250 from You’ve Been Framed as, kicking a tennis ball round the boundary, his shorts were suddenly around his ankles. Quick work avoided further embarrassment, you’re all right John, no-one noticed!
Selfless batting let Pod and Coco in for the final flourish and a scampered overthrow, took the total to bang on 300, surely a Jesters first .
Undoubtedly the hosts were not the strongest of XI’s so Pod and Stu each bowled off 5 paces. Coco on as first change got a wicket first ball and Scotty joined the party with the chairman himself clasping a skier to his hirsute chest.
Captain Bell continued to ring
the changes and set attacking fields with only Dale left sunbathing in the
outfield. Dobby put in an impressive spell, despite been
sledged by his namesake
for lack of stamina the previous night. Andy Grey also turned his hand to spin
as Dale harboured thought of turning his own hand to Andy’s mother. With the overs running out Pod strapped on the boards and gave Matty a quick lesson
behind the stumps. A sharp catch off Aidey, perhaps stolen from an expectant 2nd
slip, was followed by an equally good snaffle, stood up to Belly as the skipper
got 2 in 2, after Dobby claimed a dubious catch at slip. The hat-trick ball was
the usual dross.
The innings was closed with Aidey taking a sharp return chance and the socialising commenced with the usual purchases of a few jugs of beer.
Post match – All names have been left out to avoid any repercussions.
If we played our cricket like a one day international, the approach to the night out was more 20/Twenty.
X chased a wide one that he probably should have left alone so early in the night, bringing the quote of the day from Y. ‘It was like shaking hands with Jeremy Beadle’. There was also some nifty footwork on show, and more than once a dance down the track resulted in a play and miss, and rarely a little tickle.
Y and Z had a mix up on the calling, resulting in Z thinking he was home. The replay showed he wasn’t even in the picture.
Y knows all about building an innings, and knew a steady start would reap rewards as the innings neared its close. Never has the phrase ‘bat today, score runs tomorrow’ been more appropriate.
catching competition update:- D.Bell 2 S.Scott 3
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