Saturday 1s vs Roehampton
Author: Lewis Hill
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For eagle-eyed readers, you will have noticed that my previous two match reports began with some word play on the first two titles in the original Star Wars trilogy. With Damandeep “Bam Bam” Singh returning to the team after big scores for the 2nd XI, the plan was to continue this trend with Return of the Jedi (Bam Bam). Unfortunately, he got a duck, so this couldn’t happen. In other news, we beat our local rivals by 100 runs. Skipper Devon Ebersohn lost the toss and Roehampton’s skipper elected to bowl first. Richard “Calpol” Jefferies and Skipper Ebersohn opened and did what was asked of them – seeing off the first ten overs and Roehampton’s opening pair, who were using a lively Putney deck to good effect. Shortly after posting their 50 partnership, Calpol’s nine lives were up and he was out caught behind. Oliver Dudman was next in, but was soon run out by Skipper Ebersohn, who had since moved into the 30s with some nice stroke play. Riki Sahi joined Putney’s skipper at the crease, but the latter was soon bowled by Roehampton’s opener, departing with 40 to his name. The Return of Bam Bam (knew I’d sneak it in) was short lived as he was caught off his first attacking shot, returning to the shed with a duck. Fresh from letting everyone he’s ever met know he scored some runs last week, Sam “Mean Aussie” Furber entered the fray. After a couple of lusty blows, Riki was the next to fall and we found ourselves 98-4 with plenty of overs still to come. The Mean Aussie rekindled his partnership with Andy Hyland, steadying the ship and providing the lower order with a platform to bat from later in our innings. Full of braggadocio, the Mean Aussie started milking the away side’s third and fourth change bowlers for boundaries before leaving the field with 33. Enter Gary “GP” Peters. One year on, still furious at batting below Putney’s most bootylicious player, Rolf “Coinpurse” Merchant, our number 8 had a point to prove. And prove it he did. Alongside Andy, GP put on a solid display with the bat, crunching boundaries through the on-side to give our total with a much-needed boost. In the end, the duo put on over 60 runs together and we finished our innings with 183 runs. La comida estaba de categoria, gracias senorita Ebersohn. The Mean Aussie opened up from the Gary Peters End. His relentless pinpointing of the stumps paid dividends as he took two wickets, bowling Roehampton’s number one and three clean. He was backed up by Ben “Surrey” Williamson at the other end who bowled well, despite the odd short bowl, and was once again unlucky not to take a wicket. GP rightfully reclaimed his end from the imposter and took a wicket with his first ball. Roehampton’s number two landed a thick edge, sending a looping ball towards Dudman at gully who had all of five seconds to catch the ball. This gave the rest of us enough time to shout “CATCH” – just to make sure he knew what to do. It worked – Roehampton were now three down. Skipper Ebersohn bowled himself next. Yes, you read that correctly. He bowled himself next. Ahead of both Saad and (more importantly) myself. He took one wicket but bowled eight full tosses and doesn’t merit anymore space in this particular match report. I replaced GP at the Gary Peters End and took two wickets. The rest of the wickets were claimed through runouts as Roehampton’s running turned frantic in a bid to get close to our score. A last minute four ball cameo from Saad “Badger” Hannan saw him claim the final wicket of the day, giving him something to do, and leaving Roehampton all out for 83. Key takeaways: • Rich’s call for some painkillers midway through his innings has given him his long awaited Putney CC nickname. Arise, Richard “Calpol” Jefferies! • The new changing rooms are lovely. But new seating arrangements left many scrambling for a prime spot, not least Surrey. He chose the spot by the door so he could see the entire room, and more importantly, everyone in it. Unfortunately for him, the Mean Aussie chose the one blind split round the corner, denying Surrey the view he so desperately craved. • With half the team off to Yorkshire for this year’s tour, the rest of us headed over to The Jolly Gardeners to watch the Champions League final. Never have I got so much joy from watching the face of plastic Liverpool fan and all round Socceroo addict, Sam Furber, as Mo Salah left the field in tears. “This is our year”, he said. Turns out it wasn’t. Hala Madrid! |
Date | Time | Team | Opposition | Location | Putney | Opposition | Result | Scores | Points | Toss |
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26/05/2018 | 1pm | Saturday 1st | Roehampton | H | 183/6 | 83/10 | W | 20 |