Founded 1974 for recreation and refreshment
Sunday 29 July 1995
London Erratics v Tar Barrow
at Tar Barrow, Cirencester
One of the all-time great games
The Erratics won the toss and elected to bat.
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LONDON ERRATICS — 152 for 8 dec. |
TAR BARROW — 99 all out |
| * | Rivington | bowled | 0 | Kirkham | 11 | 4 | 29 | 3 | ||
| Waller | bowled | 5 | Robotham | 9.3 | 3 | 19 | 3 | |||
| Dunabin | caught | 0 | Cheney | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Poulter | NOT OUT | 74 | Berrigan | 6 | 1 | 17 | 4 | |||
| Kirkham | bowled | 0 | Middleton G | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Bush | lbw | 0 | ||||||||
| Robotham | bowled | 45 | catches: | |||||||
| Berrigan | bowled | 4 | Kirkham, | |||||||
| † | Davie | c & b | 4 | Robotham | ||||||
| Middleton G | NOT OUT | 1 | ||||||||
| Cheney |
Erratics won by 53 runs
| NARRATIVE |
| The day was very hot and sunny, with a slight breeze. |
| The Erratics’ decision to bat was made all the easier by the fact that not everyone was present at the start — notably the Australians who were travelling down together. This shouldn’t in itself have been a problem ... but then the wickets started to fall. In the first four overs, James Rivington saw off two maidens from Rumley, while Robert Waller picked up five runs at the other end. In the fifth over, Rumley removed both Robert and Chris Dunabin; and in the seventh, he dismissed James and Tim Kirkham (first ball). Now there’s panic — is that the Australians arriving? Yes, just in time ... because in the tenth over, Bill Bush is out. The score is 8 runs for 5 wickets (and Rumley has figures of 5 overs, 5 maidens, 0 runs, 4 wickets). Mike Robotham goes out to join Tony Poulter, who has been holding things together at the other end. The first ball of Rumley’s sixth over is spanked for 4 by Tony, and the Erratics innings is under way. Tony’s batting is a wonder to behold — defiant then flamboyant — and he is ably supported by the always combative Mike. The tide was already turning before two overs, from a couple of occasional bowlers, went for a total of 30 runs. When Mike was finally out, the partnership was worth 108. A final flurry, in which wickets were sacrificed, took the score above 150. (Rumley’s figures suffered in his second spell, but he finished with 7-33.) |
| Tar Barrow were a tad indignant because James had kept the innings going a little beyond what they had regarded as a fixed tea; it was agreed that the finish time should be put back. That Tar Barrow might reach the target began to look ominously possible as the opening batsmen began to pile on the runs. But once the No. 1 bat was out for 20, Tim Kirkham and Mike Robotham ripped through the upper order. Then it was Brian Berrigan’s turn to blow away the later batsmen and crush the resistance of the stubborn No. 2, finally out for 38. (Tar Barrow batsmen Nos. 3 to 8 scored 2, 3, 0, 2, 0, 0.) Now it was a race to finish off the innings. Fortunately the extra time that Tar Barrow had insisted on was just enough to allow Mike to return and have Tim pouch the last wicket at silly mid-on in the final over. What a victory! |