Saturday 1s vs Chobham
Author: Lewis Hill
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After last week’s stunning twenty-point victory over Ewhurst, Putney returned to home soil to face league rivals Chobham. Skipper Devon Ebersohn won the toss in a dubious manner, electing to use a €2 coin instead of Sterling. Although, given the pre-match exchange rate, you couldn’t have blamed him for doing so. The infallible opening bowling partnership of Gary Peters and Ben “Surrey” Williamson got proceedings underway. Credit to Chobham’s opening partnership – they applied early pressure and scored runs easily (helped in no small part by my own comical fielding at mid-off). Surrey got the breakthrough, bamboozling the away side’s no. 2 and bowling him clean. Surrey soon removed the second half of opening pair with an away swinger that fell nicely into the hands of Rich Jeffries at slip.Peters soon joined in on the action, dismissing the away side’s no. 4 for a duck after Saad “The Vadger” Hannan held a catch (yes, you read that correctly first time – the Vadger held a catch). Second and third changes Piers Jackson and myself entered the fray soon after. The bowling partnership was a tale of two halves – Jackson was destructive and I was not. Jackson’s ability to move the ball (after the obligatory half a dozen extras in his first few overs) stopped Chobham in their tracks, claiming the wickets of the away side’s no. 3 and 5 within his first five overs. He dismissed the former with a remarkable catch, diving midway through his follow through to pluck the ball out of thin air. It made Surrey’s catch the other week look like your standard run-of-mill wicket. The drinks break was called and buoyed by his fine catch, Jackson retired behind the shed for a well-earned alfresco cigarette (no vape this week, the man was treating himself). I unfortunately was caught up in some nasty business directly after the tea break. Chobham’s no.6 continued to edge my deliveries into his pads, and after enquiring whether his bat possessed a middle, he promptly told me to “fuck off” before launching my next delivery over my head for six. Suffice to say, not my finest hour. Meanwhile, Jackson’s bowling continued to rock Putney CC’s world as he promptly mopped up the away side’s tail with the precision of a smooth criminal. His final figures of 7-23 were a just reward for his magnificent spell of bowling and he deservedly led his teammates off the field for some tea. After the interval, Joe “Pork” Sworder and Jeffries set about chasing down the measly total of 99 (which in fairness, is usually enough against us). Pork continued the Putney tradition of getting out before the rest of his teammates returned from the clubhouse post-tea. But in walked the man of the hour. Together, Jackson and Jeffries put on an unbeaten 100 partnership. The latter particularly impressed, playing several lovely strokes on the off-side, the majority of which sailed through to the boundary. The duo surpassed the opposition’s total in the twentieth over, clinching another twenty points for Putney CC. A few takeaways (yes, I have copied this segment from Andy’s match reports): • The Australian members of the team failed to turn up, much like their professional compatriots in the previous Ashes series (cue a Sam Furber rant). • The Vadger has appalling taste in shoes. His latest pair made him look like an Inglewood pimp. You soon realise he is anything but. • Devon should continue his newfound trend of tossing with foreign currency. I propose he uses a one zloty coin for next week’s match. • Piers’ decision to try lure Chobham’s umpire to Putney CC while a member of their team was standing two feet away from him, was in hindsight, a slight error. • We should never win again. Somehow, the post-match conversation descended into a game of “who would shag Dan Carter the most”. |
Date | Time | Team | Opposition | Location | Putney | Opposition | Result | Scores | Points | Toss |
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01/07/2017 | 1pm | Saturday 1st | Chobham | H | 101/1 | 99/10 | W | 20 |