BULWELL
(20) 71 all
out (32.2 overs)
THORESBY COLLIERY II (4) 65 all out (40.3 overs)
On what was truly the worst
wicket most Thoresby players present could ever remember playing on, in some
considerable careers, this result was no gauge to form or end-of-season positions.
We arrived to find three wickets
cut on the square – we could tell which one we were playing on because it
didn’t have motorbike tyre marks all over it. How
thoughtful of the local youths, whom we were able to see in close proximity at
several times during the afternoon, to leave our strip alone. Maybe they’d left
it while they attached their plough to their Yamaha and were coming back on
Saturday night to retrieve their cabbages [thank god you didn’t see it, Chatt]
Anyway, Woody won the toss and
gladly inserted Bulwell. Norm relayed several frantic
text messages to Rich and the ten bold men of Thoresby took the field. We
thought it slightly strange that, as we passed through the tearoom, they were already
laying out the cups and saucers, the plates and cutlery were already in
position and the kettle was on! This was no omen, this
was caterers in a panic.
Stu and Norm opened up and it immediately became
obvious that run scoring was extremely difficult. 6 for 1 after 10 overs tells its own story. Some
loose stuff and a few slogs brought Bulwell to 45 at
20 overs before the next wicket fell to a run out.
Thoresby were by now glad to see Rich arrive – fully clad in his whites, he
chooses some mighty strange clothes to do his gardening in!
When skipper Dean Spencer went
next, caught by Woody off a skier from Phil Steele, it became a procession. By
now Thoresby had worked out what length to bowl on this ‘track’ – just short of
a length and literally anything could happen. Norm was well in the groove and
becoming hard to score off. The innings ended in strange style; three times
wickets fell in consecutive balls.
Speaking of consecutive balls, if
you’re wondering boys …………… tender, aching and a deepening purple.
Remarkably tea wasn’t ready, so
Halfpenny and Garden (R) went out to bat. Dean Spencer knows how to bowl on
this track and it wasn’t long before he was finding his hotspots to make it
leap around alarmingly. Lifters from a length, leg cutters turning two feet,
half-trackers that literally rolled along the floor – this track produced them
all on a random basis. The cultured Thoresby boys were in turmoil as to how to
play. Beyond self-preservation, belting anything anywhere near
you and fiddling for leg-byes seemed to be the solution.
Rich got a lifter that just
flicked his thumb and he was honest enough to walk. Stuart was next in and
after edging his second ball for a couple, went back to a short ball but was
horrified to be cut in half as it hit the stumps six inches up. Halfpenny and
Godfrey made it through to tea with 20-odd on the board.
Afterwards they resumed but it
wasn’t long before Godders got one that pitched 7
yards from him then just shot along the floor to be trapped LBW. To say that
the Bulwell boys were embarrassed was an
understatement – they showed no jubilation at all. Halfpenny finally got the
one with his name on it in the 21st over but by this time Thoresby
were beyond half way. Andy ‘The Bishop’ Bunting was on positive form and wielded
his crook with what seemed like divine guidance. Dave Garden supported well
from the other end – not really scoring runs but showing admirable resistance.
Bunting went at 52, Woods and
Garden took Thoresby on to just 11 short of their target when disaster struck.
Woody was bowled by a fast leggy from Shaw that pitched a foot outside leg and
hit the top of off. Dave went next ball, hitting out and caught at point off
Dean Spencer. Mick and Scott held out for several overs
but the pressure was really on. Scotty got a lifter, Norm fell at deep cover
and Phil was bowled to leave Thoresby an agonising 6
runs short, our last 5 wickets falling for 4 runs.
Apparently 103 is
the best innings score on this ground this season. That’s like scoring 400 at
Thoresby. The Bulwell players are a very pleasant set
of lads and there can be no gripe with them. They know the wicket is an
embarrassment and act accordingly. However this is not fit or safe to play
proper cricket on. They had a couple of youngsters in their side – an opener
who swiped at everything from ball one and a no.11 who
was out first ball not knowing how to play a shot. They will learn nothing on
here. Bulwell also gain a significant advantage over
a season by knowing what and where to bowl on there. The sooner Bassetlaw
introduce a pitch-grading system, the better.
We retired to the
PS How many other games can have
been played with two sets of three brothers (Spencer – Dean, Darren, Daniel;
Garden – Rich, Norm, Dave) in opposition? Answers on a
postcard to the usual address.
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Bulwell |
v Thoresby Colliery II |
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Bulwell |
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BATSMAN |
HOW OUT |
SCORE |
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BOWLING |
O |
M |
R |
W |
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Dean Spencer |
c Woods b Steele |
20 |
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Evans |
10.2 |
5 |
10 |
2 |
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Robinson |
c Steele b Garden |
2 |
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N Garden |
16 |
7 |
35 |
6 |
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Dan Spencer |
Run Out |
17 |
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Woods |
4 |
1 |
14 |
0 |
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Dickens |
b Garden |
7 |
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Steele |
2 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
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Jamson |
Not Out |
4 |
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Harris |
c Halfpenny b Garden |
2 |
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Darren Spencer |
c Halfpenny b Garden |
0 |
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Shaw |
b Garden |
12 |
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Khpalwak |
LBW b Garden |
0 |
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FoW |
1-3 |
2-45 |
3-52 |
4-57 |
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Lem |
LBW b Evans |
0 |
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5-61 |
6-61 |
7-68 |
8-68 |
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AN Other |
c Halfpenny b Evans |
0 |
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9-71 |
10-71 |
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EXTRAS |
8 |
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TOTAL |
71 |
For 10 |
WKTS in 32.2 overs |
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TCCC II |
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BATSMAN |
HOW OUT |
SCORE |
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BOWLING |
O |
M |
R |
W |
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Halfpenny |
c Shaw b Dean Spencer |
18 |
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Dean Spencer |
16 |
8 |
20 |
7 |
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R Garden |
c wkt b Dean Spencer |
3 |
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Darren Spencer |
11.3 |
2 |
16 |
1 |
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S Evans |
b Dean Spencer |
2 |
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Shaw |
9 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
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Godfrey |
LBW b Dean Spencer |
2 |
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Khpalwak |
5 |
1 |
13 |
0 |
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Bunting |
b Shaw |
13 |
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D Garden |
c ? b Dean Spencer |
2 |
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Woods |
b Shaw |
7 |
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Case |
Not Out |
3 |
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Dickens |
c ? b Dean Spencer |
1 |
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FoW |
1-12 |
2-14 |
3-30 |
4-39 |
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N Garden |
C ? b Dean Spencer |
0 |
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5-52 |
6-61 |
7-61 |
8-63 |
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Steele |
b Darren Spencer |
0 |
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9-65 |
10-65 |
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EXTRAS |
14 |
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TOTAL |
65 |
For 10 |
WKTS in 40.3 overs |
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Other results in Division 5 for 25.6.05
At
At
At
At
At Wiseton Hall: WISETON (0) 100 all out, lost to WOODSETTS (20) 105 for 2 by eight wickets.
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Club/Team |
Mch |
W |
W-D |
D |
T |
L-D |
L |
Bat |
Bowl |
Total |
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Clipstone Welfare |
11 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
33 |
36 |
187 |
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11 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
35 |
185 |
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Edwinstowe II |
11 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
33 |
32 |
175 |
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Welbeck Colliery III |
12 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
30 |
33 |
145 |
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Thoresby
Colliery II |
11 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
23 |
34 |
119 |
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Woodsetts |
11 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
29 |
33 |
104 |
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Basford Mill |
11 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
23 |
23 |
102 |
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* Bulwell |
10 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
21 |
26 |
99 |
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Cuckney II |
11 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
24 |
21 |
97 |
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11 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
25 |
92 |
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Wiseton |
11 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
15 |
24 |
83 |
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Notts & Arnold Ams III |
11 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
7 |
21 |
40 |
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* management committee decision pending for unfulfilled fixture