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Saturday 4 August 1996
London Erratics v Shambling Derelicts
at Thames TV Sports Ground, Chessington
Shambolic fixture — but a good win
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SHAMBLING DERELICTS — 96 all out |
LONDON ERRATICS — 97 for 4 |
| Kirkham | 8 | 2 | 21 | 1 | Rivington | caught | 20 | ||
| Middleton G | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | Andrews | bowled | 11 | ||
| Berrigan | 12 | 5 | 20 | 7 | Dunabin | run out | 21 | ||
| Heller | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | Parsley M | caught | 0 | ||
| Parsley H | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | † | Rennell | NOT OUT | 21 | |
| Meller | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Kirkham | NOT OUT | 19 | ||
| Rodd | |||||||||
| catches: | Berrigan | ||||||||
| Rennell 2, | Meller | ||||||||
| Meller, | Parsley H | ||||||||
| Rivington, | * | Heller | |||||||
| Rodd | Middleton G | ||||||||
Won by 7 wickets
| NARRATIVE |
| We were originally supposed to play the Financial Times team at the Thames TV ground (all part of the Pearson group). When they couldn’t raise a team, and in order not to waste the pitch booking, their skipper kindly lined us up to play a team called the Shambling Derelicts — who seemed to be bolstered by members of the Evans family more normally seen playing for The Times. |
| Supposedly a twelve-a-side match (though with only eleven in the field) — but R Waller didn’t actually bat for the Shambling Derelicts. The Erratics won the toss and elected to field. |
| James Rodd won an oscar nomination for his reaction slip catch at slip — in the process earning Brian Berrigan one of his 7 wickets (four caught, three bowled). Giles Middleton did good work to run out the Shambling No. 7. |
| The groundsman was a bit peeved at the slightly illegitimate use of the venue, but through him we established contact with the Pearson TV team which also used this nice venue. |