THE PRESIDENT'S XI
CRICKET CLUB |
v. ROGER MARSH'S XI
22 JULY 1989 |
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WON BY TWENTY-FOUR RUNS
GUY MARTIN'S FIVE-FOR
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Presidents to bat first against Roger Marsh's occasionals - some of whom were rather better than that. A slow and cautious start - Laurence Worms and David Doyle inch along to 24 off the first seven overs - Laurence then falls in the eighth. Roger Marsh comes on and has David caught behind first ball - 24-2. Chris Townsend doesn't trouble the scorer - 27-3. And when Keith Willison falls cheaply it's 35-4 - and thirteen overs gone.
Tedder tightens the screw. Big hitters Rob Johnston and Martin Spence depart to successive balls - 41-6. Guy Martin falls for six to new bowler Burrows - 52-7. It's looking bleak - but we are not yet done - Simon Morecroft and Rob Wright start to rebuild.
At twenty-five overs they have put on forty-one and it's 93-7. Two runs from the next over. But then a wicket-maiden from Tedder - Rob Wright goes - 95-8. Simon decides to hit out - nine from the next over - nine from the next - for the loss of Dave Sawtell. When Simon finally departs for a valiant 38 we have rather more than we had dared hope for - 117 all out - but are going to have to bowl exceptionally well.
A wicket third ball to Rob Johnston - another in his second over - 6-2 after three overs - and it's game on. Another wicket to Johnstone - 15-3. But Tedder is proving obdurate - and the score starts to mount - at 42-3 with plenty of time left the game looks to be moving away from us.
Guy Martin is summoned to bowl the thirteenth over - unlucky for some. McDonald surrenders to his first ball - "terrible shot" the scorer felt compelled to note. Tedder caught off the fifth ball - the partnership doubly broken - 44-5.
David Doyle wheels away economically at the other end - a spell that began with two maidens. But the opposition rally - Cunningham starts to gain momentum - and at 75-5 it's beginning to slip away once more. Two wickets from David in five balls - one from Guy at the other end - 78-8.
But David is now bowled out - can we finish it off? Guy moves in for the kill. Two wickets in his last nine balls and it's all over - he's seen the Presidents home with twenty-four runs in hand.
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PRESIDENT'S XI |
LAURENCE WORMS |
... |
b. SYDENHAM |
7 |
DAVID DOYLE |
ct. |
b. ROGER MARSH |
15 |
KEITH WILLISON |
ct. |
b. ROGER MARSH |
2 |
CHRIS TOWNSEND |
ct. |
b. TEDDER |
0 |
ROB JOHNSTON |
ct. |
b. TEDDER |
7 |
MARTIN SPENCE |
... |
b. TEDDER |
1 |
SIMON MORECROFT |
ct. |
b. CUNNINGHAM |
38 |
GUY MARTIN |
... |
b. BURROWS |
6 |
ROB WRIGHT |
ct. & |
b. TEDDER |
16 |
DAVE SAWTELL |
... |
b. CUNNINGHAM |
1 |
ROB RAEBURN |
not out |
... |
0 |
EXTRAS |
... |
... |
24 |
TOTAL 117 ALL OUT (31.5 OVERS) |
CUNNINGHAM |
6.5 |
1 |
22 |
2 |
SYDENHAM |
7 |
2 |
14 |
1 |
ROGER MARSH |
5 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
TEDDER |
7 |
2 |
16 |
4 |
BURROWS |
3 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
McDONALD |
3 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
ROGER MARSH'S XI |
TUNALEY |
ct. GUY MARTIN |
b. ROB JOHNSTON |
4 |
ASKHAM |
... |
b. ROB JOHNSTON |
0 |
TEDDER |
ct. MARTIN SPENCE |
b. GUY MARTIN |
15 |
SYDENHAM |
... |
b. ROB JOHNSTON |
6 |
McDONALD |
ct. ROB JOHNSTON |
b. GUY MARTIN |
8 |
CUNNINGHAM |
ct. LAURENCE WORMS |
b. DAVID DOYLE |
24 |
NICHOLAS MARSH |
ct. ROB WRIGHT |
b. DAVID DOYLE |
8 |
PIERCE |
ct. LAURENCE WORMS |
b. GUY MARTIN |
0 |
BURROWS |
... |
b. GUY MARTIN |
3 |
ROGER MARSH |
ct. ROB JOHNSTON |
b. GUY MARTIN |
4 |
MACDONALD |
not out |
... |
9 |
EXTRAS |
... |
... |
13 |
TOTAL 93 ALL OUT (25.5 OVERS) |
ROB JOHNSTON |
5 |
1 |
11 |
3 |
LAURENCE WORMS |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
DAVE SAWTELL |
3 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
DAVID DOYLE |
7 |
2 |
18 |
2 |
GUY MARTIN |
6.5 |
0 |
23 |
5 |
ROB RAEBURN |
1 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
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