Saturday 2s vs Staines & Laleham
Author: Alex 'Blockwell' Ockwell
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For the second time in as many weeks, Putney travelled to a club they had never played before in their 148 year history. After this experience, let’s hope we won’t have to visit Staines again. We took to the field a number of players short and delayed the first ball by asking for dog mess to be removed. Doug finally arrived, clearly blindsided by the 12.30pm start after asking for directions from a local, ‘once you pass the Bumblebees day nursery, just before you get to the mini-roundabout, you know, on Elder Gardens, then you is in da West Side’. Mark and Brian opened as usual, and bowled well, but some draconian umpiring saw Staines rumble to 80-1 off 12 overs. However, Tom Seaman, Rolf and Tush bowled with great control, and quickly they were reduced to 127 all out, extras close to top scorer. Special mention for Amogh with two good catches and Rolf for crowbaring Seaman and Staines into a joke. The teas were not ready, so we were out immediately and keen to make short work of the chase. Matt nicked off first ball and was given a send off from a little man who showed no R-E-S-T-E-C-P. Doug however batted with calm class, fitting for a man doing so wearing a Rolex. After falling for 44, it was left to Tush and his ‘Julie’ Amogh to score excellent 20s each and the points were secured. The drama didn’t end there however, with an over zealous Uber driver refusing to take us to the train station on grounds of having bags. Having made the train by seconds we shared a carriage with friends of Gus ‘Carnage’ Carnegie-Brown who regaled us with stories that do not seem possible for our easy going Barrista. I then managed to deeply offend a young lady with my derrière and we were relieved to arrive back for a few beers at the Jolly G’s. The Saturday 2’s continue their merry charge towards the top of the table with two games remaining. Booyakasha! |
Date | Time | Team | Opposition | Location | Putney | Opposition | Result | Scores | Points | Toss |
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18/08/2018 | 1pm | Saturday 2nd | Staines & Laleham | A | 129/4 | 127/10 | W | 20 |