THE PRESIDENT'S XI
CRICKET CLUB

v. LONDON BOOKSELLERS
29 SEPTEMBER 1990

LOST BY SIX RUNS
A HOME GAME AT HAYDONS ROAD

A match of twists, turns and surprises - impossible to judge the outcome until the final over. Laurence Worms, Robert Frew and Brian Lake play, by custom and precedent (in what used to be an annual match), with their colleagues from the book trade.

Difficult to say who is the more incredulous - Guy on being asked to open the bowling - or Laurence at having to face him. Laurence swats the second ball for four and decides it's his afternoon. He tries to repeat the shot off a ball far too full and duly perishes. One up to Guy. At the other end Robert opens with two - four - four - four off his first four balls - Jerry Williams' figures for the afternoon already spoiled. 18-1 after two overs to the Booksellers. A wicket-maiden from Guy and it's 18-2. A passage of singles and Guy strikes again - he's 3-7 off three overs and it's 24-3.

A maiden to Jerry. Just two off the next. Ten overs soon gone and it's 37-3. Andrew Otterson replaces Guy and is no less successful - a wicket in his first over and his last in a spell of seven overs for just nine runs. At fifteen overs, it's just 51-4. But the Presidents are beginning to leak runs at the other end - and Nick Potter and Peter Ellis begin to build. At twenty overs it's 80-4 - and the partnership realises fifty-four before Potter departs with the score on ninety-one.

Runs are coming more freely now - and Brian and Martin Kemp help the watchful Peter Ellis put on seventy off the last twelve overs. It's 162-6 as the innings ends. A goodish score - but not impossible.

At 20-4 - the top order blown away - the Presidents revise their view. Tony Gilbert is metronomic in taking 4-15. But Jerry Williams is in the mood - and with help from Martin Spence and Andrew Otterson we recover to 89-6 after twenty-five overs. But over seven an over needed. Alan Pitcher joins the fray and, with the Booksellers exploring their wider bowling options, at thirty overs it's 134-6 - twenty-nine needed off thirty balls.

A maiden changes the calculation - but eight off the next - and eight off the next. Jerry falls for a fine 66 - but with two overs to go just 13 are needed. Harum-scarum. Two desperate run-outs - Alan Pitcher marooned on 21 not out - we fall just six short.

One of the great afternoons - some great bowling - some dogged batting - some real determination - and all the best of friends as we adjourn to the pub.

LONDON BOOKSELLERS

LAURENCE WORMS

ct.

b. GUY MARTIN

4

ROBERT FREW

...

b. GUY MARTIN

17

JOHNSTON

...

b. GUY MARTIN

0

SAWYER

ct. JERRY WILLIAMS

b. ANDREW OTTERSON

12

POTTER

ct. ROB RAEBURN

b. ANDREW OTTERSON

32

ELLIS

...

not out

47

BRIAN LAKE

...

run out

23

KEMP

...

not out

10

MACKENZIE

did not bat

...

-

GILBERT

did not bat

...

-

CLEMENTS

did not bat

...

-

EXTRAS

...

...

17

TOTAL 162-6 (35 OVERS)

GUY MARTIN

7

1

16

3

JERRY WILLIAMS

7

1

37

0

ANDREW OTTERSON

7

1

9

2

ALAN PITCHER

7

0

48

0

ROB RAEBURN

7

0

42

0

PRESIDENT'S XI

GUY MARTIN

...

b. POTTER

10

JOE MARTIN

ct.

b. KEMP

3

SIMON WHITWORTH

...

b. GILBERT

0

CLIVE LEWIS

ct.

b. GILBERT

0

JERRY WILLIAMS

...

b. GILBERT

66

MARTIN SPENCE

...

b. GILBERT

7

ANDREW OTTERSON

ct.

b. JOHNSTON

17

ALAN PITCHER

...

not out

21

ROB RAEBURN

...

run out

5

EDDIE DONNELLY

...

run out

1

EXTRAS

...

...

26

TOTAL 156 ALL OUT (35 OVERS)

POTTER

6

1

13

1

ELLIS

4

0

6

0

GILBERT

7

4

15

4

KEMP

5

0

28

1

BRIAN LAKE

3

0

15

0

JOHNSTON

4

0

17

1

ROBERT FREW

3

0

24

0

MACKENZIE

2

0

16

0

LAURENCE WORMS

1

0

4

0

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