Lord Gnomes Xl 2003
29-Jun 1st XI vs Harrow St Mary
 


                               
Type of Match     Friendly                        
                               
                               
Ref/Round     2003/10                        
                               
                               
Venue     Away                        
                               
                               
Ground     Harrow St Mary                        
                               
                               
Toss Won By     Lord Gnomes Xl                        
      who batted first                        
                               
                               
Result     Won - 34 runs                        
                               
                               
      Lord Gnomes Xl   247-4 in 35 ov                  
                               
      Name   Score How Out 6s 4s              
  1 T Godfrey C 64 L.B.W. 2 12              
  2 K Khan   7 Bowled   1              
  3 A Ramroop   15 L.B.W.   2              
  4 J Kemball   69*     10              
  5 T Bellew   29 Bowled   5              
  6 E Sellwood   49*   2 3              
  7 N Sims W                      
  8 M Vandrau                        
  9 E Gordon                        
  10 J Bracken                        
  11 P Gillman                        
                               
      Extras (2B, 1LB, 8W, 3NB)   14                    
                               
      Fall of Wickets Wkt   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
      Score   59 77 124 170              
      Outgoing Batsman   2 1 3 5              
                               
                               
      Harrow St Mary   213 a/o in 33.3 ov                  
                               
      Extras (14B, 6LB, 10W)   30                    
                               
      Bowling/Fielding                        
                               
      Name   Ov Mdn Runs Wkts W N B Ct Wk Ct St Byes R O
    T Godfrey C                      
    K Khan                       1
    A Ramroop   1 0 5 1 1            
    J Kemball   6.3 0 30 2     1        
    T Bellew                       1
    E Sellwood   7 4 12 2     1        
    N Sims W                 3 14  
    M Vandrau   7 1 27 1              
    E Gordon   4 0 35 0 7           1
    J Bracken   3 0 41 0              
    P Gillman   5 0 43 1 2            
                               
                               

GNOME TRIUMPH IN HARROW RUN FEAST

Gnome avenged last year's two-wicket defeat at Harrow St Mary in a thrilling match which saw 460 runs scored off just 68 overs.

Gnome were inserted in a 35-over match and scored at a steady rate, reaching 77-2 with Bunty Khan out for 7 and Andrew Ramroop 15. Tom Godfrey, skipper for the day, then pushed the score along with Jezza until Tom was lbw for 64. Jezza batted through the innings with a nifty 69 not out, supported by Banstead guest Ted Bellow (29) and a rapid 49* by Twigs Sellwood, taking the Gnome score to 247 off their 35 overs - and setting Harrow St Mary an ask of just over 7 per over.

Harrow St Mary had a reputation as a strong batting side and Gnome had a weakened attack with the usual openers, Anton and Fenton, both missing. At 94-3 off 16, Harrow were a long way behind the rate but then accelerated, with their number 3, Ray Eisenhammer, playing the core innings.

On 25 overs Harrow were ahead of the game on 175-4, needing 73 off the last ten, but then cracked under Gnome pressure, well marshalled by skipper Tom. The Harrow number 6, Tony Wright, another key batsman, was sharply caught by Jezza off Mike Vandrau for 15. As Twigs Sellwood tightened the screws with his near-unplayable mix of spin, Eisenhammer began to run out of partners. He was finally panicked into running himself out just after notching his
ton. Soon afterwards Harrow St Mary were all out for 210 off 33.3 overs,
bringing Gnome a deserved 37-run victory.

Pick of the Gnome bowlers was Twigs with a devastating 2-12 off his 7 overs. Jezza had 2-30 off 6.3 and there was one wicket each for Mike Vandrau, Pete Gillman, and Andrew - a special victim for him, since he had his son David
stumped for 7. There were 3 run-outs.

A special thanks too to the Ramroop family for their splendid barbecue before the match - it was just a pity that not more Gnome players were able to attend.