Result: Drawn
Date: Sun 21st Jun 2009 @ 14:30
Ground: Kibworth CC
Type: Friendly
Scoring: Standard
Toss: Tilton & Lowesby - Friendly XI won the toss and decided to bat
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Farnsworth | b Tim Neal | 38 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| M Sharp | LBW | b Arthur Morritt | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J Elliot * | LBW | b Ben Matthew | 80 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| J Lapworth | ct David Collins | b William Jennings | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| P Stimpson | ct Arthur Morritt | b William Jennings | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B Farnsworth + | b Ben Matthew | 36 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Unsure | Not Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P Burton | Not Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K Gill | Did Not Bat | |||||
| R Welch | Did Not Bat | |||||
| Farmer | Did Not Bat | |||||
| Extras | ( 10b 6lb 9w 6nb ) | 31 | ||||
| Total | (5 wickets dec, 40 overs) | 248 | ||||
82-1 J Farnsworth (M Sharp*); 90-2 M Sharp (J Elliot*);
132-3 J Lapworth (J Elliot*); 156-4 P Stimpson (J Elliot*);
245-5 J Elliot (B Farnsworth*); -6 ;
-7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wilkins | 6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Miller | 7 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Neal | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Morritt | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Cooper | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Jennings | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Matthew | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Pole + | b P Burton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Matthew | ct J Elliot | b P Burton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Collins | LBW | b P Burton | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| paul illingworth | ct | b P Burton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Wilkins | b R Welch | 39 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| John Bleby | ct P Stimpson | b M Sharp | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tim Neal | b J Elliot | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Harry Miller | ct P Stimpson | b M Sharp | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| William Jennings * | Not Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Morritt | Not Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Cooper | Did Not Bat | |||||
| Extras | ( 3b 2lb 4w 4nb ) | 13 | ||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 40 overs) | 125 | ||||
2-1 Ben Matthew (Sam Pole*); 14-2 David Collins (Sam Pole*);
15-3 paul illingworth (Sam Pole*); 21-4 Sam Pole (Michael
Wilkins*);
86-5 Michael Wilkins (John Bleby*); 114-6 John Bleby (Tim Neal*);
118-7 Tim Neal (Harry Miller*); 125-8 Harry Miller (William
Jennings*);
-9 ; -10 ;
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P Burton | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Unsure | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Lapworth | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K Gill | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P Stimpson | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R Welch | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J Elliot | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M Sharp | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
This match had something of the Dunkirk feel to it. After being
chased around the park for the last two matches it felt like something
of a hollow success to escape from this one without the coup
de grace being applied. In the aftermath of the beach
evacuation another fat bloke said that you shouldn't treat such
deliverance as a victory, good job really as Tilton in this case would
have been mightily annoyed. The visitors won the toss, batted, and
accumulated 248. The score was probably rather harsh on the home side
who, aside from some episodes of ballet style ball avoidance by the
skipper had bowled and fielded pretty well. Mick Wilkins bowled six
decent overs which Windy followed up with four of his own, mention
should also be made of an encouraging spell from James Cooper who looks
to be finding his feet at the club. Lady Luck though, like a nubile
streaker, was hard to find on this particular afternoon. Pick of
the bowling was Arthur Morritt whose 1-27 from 8 overs probably
deserved greater reward. Realising that the slower bowling could bring
reward the skipper made the decision to bring himself on. Whereas
Arthur got his wicket by subtle variations and accuracy The Bard relies
more on opening the team chequebook and buying his success. Whilst the
tactic brought two fold success the borrowing required threatened to
put the government's overdraft into the category of 'back pocket
change'. Sensing team bankruptcy Mick Wilkins took the opportunity
to loudly remind everyone who was listening that Windy had four overs
left to bowl. To be fair this fact was not lost on the pie chucker who
informed that young Miller would return just as soon as the grenades
had all been launched. “Ok Skip”, grinned the
newcomer,” That will be at the end of this over. Right?”
cue much guffawing in the fielding circle. Windy did well against the
Tilton onslaught but there was still time for Fido to snare a couple of
cheeky end of innings wickets to the delight of his teammates.
Sensing perhaps that the score would prove to be awkward to chase down the instruction was quite precise. Bat your normal game, enjoy yourselves but come what may defeat was simply not an option. With a strengthened batting line up that should been achieved easily enough. Sam Pole and Fido would surely do the job. Fido soon flicked one off his pads and was pouched at square leg. Never mind said I, Dave Collins would do the job. Doh! Three crunching fours later he was LBW. Illo was hit by a beamer before shovelling his next one, a full bunger, up in the air. Sam Pole was then undone by a beaut of a slower ball. 21 for 4 and the headlong gallop down was well under way. Cometh the hour cometh the man. Having opened the bowling Mick was soon back at the middle defending his wicket with all the determination of a patriotic Shrek defending his home land swamp. At the other end John Bleby was showing all his usual grace with the bat but sometimes struggling to get the ball off the square. Whatever they did though the pulled things around and by the time Mick departed Kibworth were out of the woods, albeit at 90 for 5. With the game heading for a draw Cameo's with the bat were very much the order of the day. Tim Neale scored a quick 19 and responded to some harsh slow handclapping by launching a big shot down the ground. The Bard responded to the same treatment by giving it the full Boycott forward defence. A brief bash from Windy left the home side at 124 for 8 when the game ended. Whilst the scoreboard tells a story this was in fact a much better performance than the previous week. No catches were dropped, the fielding was keen and application was shown when the wheels were threatening to come off the Sunday Wagon.We however must finish where we began. If Winston was commenting on the match yesterday he doubtless would have said the following,”Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if The Bard and his team last for a thousand Sundays, men will still say, “They'll win one soon”