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SOUTH WRAXALL
— batting
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| 1 |
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b Heller |
45 |
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| 2 |
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c Heller |
b Ward |
4 |
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| 3 |
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not out |
|
71 |
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| 4 |
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st Rennell |
b Head |
31 |
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| 5 |
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not out |
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13 |
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| 6 |
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| 7 |
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| 8 |
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| 9 |
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| 10 |
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| 11 |
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| 228 for 3 |
in 40 overs |
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Fall of wickets:
1–87, 2–118, 3–181 |
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LONDON ERRATICS
— bowling |
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Stephenson |
5 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
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Padmore |
7 |
2 |
25 |
0 |
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Heller |
8 |
1 |
40 |
1 |
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Eltringham |
5 |
0 |
42 |
0 |
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Ward |
8 |
1 |
36 |
1 |
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Head |
5 |
0 |
29 |
1 |
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Rivington |
2 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
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| Ten Erratics arrived on a warm, sunny, late summer day — a pleasant change from the squalls of
the last two years. A 40 overs match. South Wraxall won the toss and elected to bat. |
| The home team kindly loaned the Erratics a fielder. Michael Stephenson and Alex
Padmore (Þ)
bowled tidily, and Alex was unlucky with a missed catch behind. It later transpired that Michael had pulled a muscle in his first over
and had soldiered on — without complaint! Richard
Heller (Þ)
and Matthew Eltringham kept up the good work to begin with. Both of them wobbled and conceded runs, but Richard found it
again and finally made the first breakthrough in the 19th over. |
| Tristan Ward immediately gave the batsmen something to think about, and he accounted for the first
of two annoying left-handers with a well-judged catch by Richard. The local skipper, batting at 3 and reported to be in good form,
found Tris particularly perplexing and
might have succumbed if James Rivington had been able to hold on to a running catch at deep mid-on. Jim Head proved to be a useful
spin twin. But the batsmen started to chance their arm, the ball agonisingly eluded the fielders, and the score climbed. Finally, with the
first ball of the 34th over, Tristan bowled the No. 3 — who was then called back because tragically Tristan had already completed
his allocation of eight overs. |
| As the score had increased, so had the number of captains on the field — in the finest tradition
of the Erratics (like nature, they abhor a void). Jim got rid of the second annoying left-hander with the last ball of his 5th over (thanks
to Tremayne Rennell), and
there was general bemusement when (official) skipper Michael Evans took him off in favour of Matthew. The multi-headed beast sought to overturn
this quirky decision, but for once Michael stood firm and there was much muttering. Inevitably Matthew, and Alex too, suffered as 35 runs
were added in the final 4 overs. |
| As they munched their scones and cake, the Erratics knew in their bellies that,
with more than 200 on the board and the draw not possible, the game was already over as a serious contest. |
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