With only 4 players doubling up from the day before the side had a younger look & so you would have thought more enthusiasm but the end of the season seems  to brings an air of apathy whoever is playing.
2 father & son combinations were supposed to be playing but Phil Lines had to drop out for family reasons but he kindly got young Nick Taylor from the Horsforth club to come & make his Jesters debut. The other family members playing were the Winterbottoms & it was a joy to see Dale back after recent ill health.
An inauspicious start to day happened with Lee pulled over by the police on the way to the ground, fortunately for him no charges were forthcoming.
We did however win the toss & so have 1^st use of the wicket on a gloriously hot & sunny late September day. There were useful contributions from Lee Platts & Dan Holah but the main innings came from Dale who tucked into some loose stuff from Peter Bone before the MP for Wellingborough finally dismissed him.  The loss of regular wickets did however prevent us making a no more than par score.
Macca in a rare Jesters opening bowling spell made the early breakthrough & shared a good opening partnership with Alex Lines who is now nearing full recovery from a badly broken leg at the start of the season. The arrival at the wicket of “sensitive” Cambridge Meths no3 batsman N. Twells caused much amusement as he took exception to Dale’s “playful banter” & his over reaction just encouraged Dale to carry on. The 1^st 5 bowlers used all bowled tight, accurate spells & chipped away with wickets to have the home side at 83-7. Nick bowled well & took the prized wicket of ex Jester Steve Bindman, Macca had earlier had an easy opportunity to run him out but felt this would have denied someone the opportunity of an easy wicket!  At this point the skipper thought the game was won & decided it was time to give everyone a bowl but the Olicanians overseas guest player E. Brown had been hanging around, playing himself in & at this moment decided to hit out, slogging everyone to bring up rapidly his own century & his team a victory. James Ford the excellent Beckwithshaw wicket keeper had been nagging me all day for a chance to show off his bowling skills; after seeing a 2 over spell my advise to him is keep concentrating on his wicket keeping!
It would appear that part of Macca’s contract at Blubberhouses is to recruit new players for next year because at the fall of each wicket he was inviting players to join his Nodderdale league club, it was pointed out that there was not much space left there because of the amount of room that his ego was taking up!!!!