THORESBY COLLIERY
II (20) 242 for 1
ROSE LEISURE (1) 120 all out
With August upon us and the early
starts under way, there was an eerie feeling about the start of Saturday’s
game. The pounding heat, apparent from mid-morning, forced both homesters and
opposition to wander around the square in a somewhat lethargic way. Add to this
the latecoming of several of the Thoresby team, the no-show of Glenn Keeble and
the enforced absence of Callum Flinton until after
Remarkably Roses won the toss and
invited Thoresby to bat! Surely this could only be a gesture of trepidation on
their part, not feeling confident enough to put a total together.
The Thoresby innings was a story of
three parts.
Firstly, cautious building of the
beginnings of a total; Evans and Halfpenny doing their usual routine of getting
a feel for the bowling, fielding and track. Fisher and, especially, Paige
bowled tightly at this point as the ball and conditions offered a little help.
But then, as the inevitable bowling
changes came, nobody could bowl more than six or seven overs in a spell in that
heat, the runs began to flow. Credit to Roses skipper Barrett who was
determined to let his youngsters have a bowl on this track, not the type of
surface they are used to. But those unable to sustain line and/or length, no
matter how many good balls they bowl, will be punished at this time of year at
And so it was that Evans and
Halfpenny began the acceleration from the twelfth over onwards. As the bowling
side started to understand the nature of the day it was no wonder that they
visibly wilted in the heat. A surprise, then, when Evans was bowled in the 26th
over, playing slightly the wrong line and getting an outside edge onto off
stump. However, this would actually prove beneficial since it allowed Stu to
shower and recover in time for his bowling stint after tea.
Chatster came to the wicket and had
a stroke of fortune immediately, being dropped at point by Parry when still
scoreless. This would prove to be a costly error as the innings moved into its
final stage. For as Halfpenny, by now past his 50, began to tire, Chatterton
took up the cudgel and scored swiftly himself. The pair put on 124 in under 20
overs, only the returning Paige able to do anything about the runrate.
Halfpenny reached his century with a
couple of overs to go but by now, only just short of three hours batting, there
was little left in the legs for the quick single. He was impeded even further
in the final over when the string broke in his trousers and the last few balls
were completed ‘at half mast’! He returned to the dressing room to search for
the receipt in his bag, having only been sold the said trousers in 1995 by
Thankfully Callum had arrived from
work just before the end of the innings, so, after tea, it was he that began
the Thoresby bowling. A good, tight start was essential because Mick Case had
to leave to go on holiday at
The scene changed rapidly, though,
when Flinton had Barrett LBW (perhaps somewhat unluckily as he probably got an
inside edge). This brought youngster Crooks to the crease who despatched the
last three balls of the over to the boundary with stunning timing. Two overs
later he proved it was no fluke as he thundered two more fours. He’d scored a
dangerous 21 in ten balls when he timed a defensive prod off Evans a little too
well! The ball looked to be sailing to the boundary again but Lee Willis took a
really well judged catch high above his head at mid-on. A valuable wicket
indeed!
Woods was, by now, well into his
groove from the bottom end having replaced Flinton. After a succession of
miserly overs he persuaded Brumby to chip one back to him. And Chatterton was
unlucky on a couple of occasions against Spencer, firstly having him caught at
first slip by Case (off Godfrey’s shoulder) but the umpire didn’t hear the
feather of an edge, and then when the same batsman drove the ball onto the top
of his boot to be snaffled by Halfpenny at short leg, the umpire was
unconvinced that the ball hadn’t touched the ground. Both understandable
decisions, but frustrating, nevertheless.
Spencer and Barrett had doubled the
score when the latter misjudged a straight one from Woods and was LBW without
offering a shot. This brought a number of youngsters to briefly join Spencer,
who had taken advantage of the close field and, by this time only nine men,
beefing a smattering of boundaries. But when he finally lost patience and was
caught on the mid wicket boundary off Chatterton (“Come on, don’t let a clown
like this score runs off you!”) it seemed only a matter of time before victory
would come our way.
In the end it took a little longer
than was comfortable, even after Phil Steel had taken a wicket with his first
legitimate ball for Thoresby in league cricket and Chatt had found the back of
Fisher’s bat with a full toss to be well caught at gully by Steel. Leg spinners
in tandem, no less!
Eventually it was Lee Willis who did
the trick with a super little spell, finding the edge of McCloud’s bat for
another slip catch by ‘Sticky Hands’ Chatterton.
Another pleasing result and the
second time this season we’ve beaten Roses with less than a full side. But let’s
not make a virtue of it, eh?
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TCCC II |
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BATSMAN |
HOW OUT |
SCORE |
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BOWLING |
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W |
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Halfpenny |
Not Out |
105 |
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Paige |
14 |
3 |
34 |
0 |
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S Evans |
b McCloud |
44 |
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Fisher |
9 |
2 |
50 |
0 |
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Chatterton |
Not Out |
70 |
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Spencer |
9 |
1 |
56 |
0 |
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Woods |
DNB |
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Crooks |
5 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
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Godfrey |
DNB |
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Larocca |
4 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
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Case |
DNB |
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McCloud |
5 |
0 |
31 |
1 |
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L Willis |
DNB |
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Smith |
DNB |
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Steel |
DNB |
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FoW |
1-118 |
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Flinton |
DNB |
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EXTRAS |
21 |
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TOTAL |
242 |
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WKT in 46 overs |
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ROSE LEISURE |
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BATSMAN |
HOW OUT |
SCORE |
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BOWLING |
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R |
W |
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Barrett |
LBW b Flinton |
11 |
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Flinton |
6 |
3 |
27 |
1 |
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Parry |
LBW b Woods |
8 |
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S Evans |
10 |
5 |
14 |
1 |
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Crooks |
c Willis b Evans |
21 |
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Woods |
10 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
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Brumby |
c&b Woods |
0 |
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Chatterton |
10 |
2 |
33 |
3 |
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Spencer |
c Halfpenny b Chatterton |
43 |
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Steel |
3 |
0 |
18 |
1 |
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Larocca |
LBW b Chatterton |
0 |
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L Willis |
1.4 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
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Redhead |
b Woods |
1 |
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Blood |
c Chatterton b Steel |
1 |
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FoW |
1-12 |
2-34 |
3-36 |
4-71 |
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McCloud |
c Chatterton b Willis |
18 |
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5-84 |
6-89 |
7-89 |
8-91 |
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Fisher |
c Steel b Chatterton |
4 |
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9-98 |
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Paige |
Not Out |
2 |
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EXTRAS |
11 |
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TOTAL |
120 |
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WKTS in 40.4 overs |
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Division 6 |
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Tie |
Draw |
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Bonus |
Pts. |
Total |
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P |
12 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
Bat |
Bowl |
Points |
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16 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
54 |
50 |
260 |
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Thoresby
Colliery II |
17 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
45 |
47 |
230 |
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Bilsthorpe |
16 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
39 |
53 |
224 |
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Killamarsh II |
16 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
43 |
47 |
208 |
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16 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
39 |
45 |
206 |
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Eckington II |
17 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
39 |
46 |
195 |
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Marshalls II |
16 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
31 |
47 |
176 |
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Rose Leisure |
17 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
25 |
53 |
156 |
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Anston II |
17 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
34 |
34 |
156 |
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Thurcroft II |
16 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
23 |
34 |
123 |
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Blidworth II |
16 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
19 |
37 |
96 |
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Ashover II |
16 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
8 |
23 |
61 |
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