Lord Gnomes Xl 2003
23-Aug 1st XI vs Lemmings
 


                               
Type of Match     Friendly                        
                               
                               
Ref/Round     2003/18                        
                               
                               
Venue     Away                        
                               
                               
Ground     Queens College                        
                               
                               
Toss Won By     Lord Gnomes Xl                        
      who batted first                        
                               
                               
Result     Won - 96 runs                        
                               
                               
      Lord Gnomes Xl   193 a/o in 42.3 ov                  
                               
      Name   Score How Out 6s 4s              
  1 J Dunthorne C 4 Bowled                  
  2 O Dunthorne   49 L.B.W.   8              
  3 E Sellwood   21 Caught   4              
  4 T Godfrey W 4 Run Out   1              
  5 M Cannon   18 Bowled   3              
  6 M Feltham   0 Caught                  
  7 M Ferney   28 Run Out   3              
  8 A Finneran   14 Caught   2              
  9 B Clargo   32 L.B.W. 1 4              
  10 F Ramsahoye   5 Caught   1              
  11 J Rhoades   0*                    
                               
      Extras (6B, 6LB, 5W, 1NB)   18                    
                               
      Fall of Wickets Wkt   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
      Score   56 83 83 95 95 131 149 158 189 193  
      Outgoing Batsman   1 2 3 4 6 5 7 8 10 9  
                               
                               
      Lemmings   97 a/o in 35 ov                  
                               
      Extras (2B, 1LB)   3                    
                               
      Bowling/Fielding                        
                               
      Name   Ov Mdn Runs Wkts W N B Ct Wk Ct St Byes R O
    J Dunthorne C                      
    O Dunthorne                        
    E Sellwood   8 2 15 2     2        
    T Godfrey W                   2  
    M Cannon   4 0 11 1     1        
    M Feltham                        
    M Ferney                        
    A Finneran   9 0 38 4              
    B Clargo                        
    F Ramsahoye   5 1 8 2              
    J Rhoades   9 4 22 1              
                               
                               

'RATTLED RODENTS IN RETREAT"

Lord Gnome avenged last year's defeat against Lemmings at Queen's College Oxford on Saturday.

Batting first on a dry hard wicket after winning the toss Gnomes innings went very much in 'fits and starts'. 56-0 after 9 overs became 95-5 after 21 with 49 of Gnome's runs coming from an aggressive innings by Ollie Dunthorne.

Curious incidents abounded:

Matt Cannon struck a ball which spun back to hit the middle stump quite hard but failed to dislodge the bails, Lemming players claiming (falsely) that Matt had used loam from the wicket to secure the bail when marking his guard.

As usual when Tom Godfrey's fan club turn up there is bound to be disappointment:

Matt Cannon: errr…. (pause)…. Come One

Tom Godfrey: errr…. (pause).. (followed by sound of stampeding buffalo)

(much shouting…clatter of stumps…roar of joy from fielding side)

MC: Sorry Tom!!

TG: ……….!!!!!!

Gnome recovered well to reach 193 all out. This was largely due to the 'Tent Boys' - Ollie (49) Barney Clargo (32) and their protégé Max Fernie (28). They proved conclusively the old adage that camping, lager and curry is still the best way to get the runs on tour!

A cameo from Anton consisted of 'Driving Range Practice' ie trying to hit the ball in precisely the same place without moving the feet. This arrangement suited Lemmings as after four attempts they had positioned their best fielder in the place that Anton was now reaching with some consistency - 3 yards inside the boundary.

The Lemming innings started dramatically with Anton getting the opener Myers LBW in the first over. Showing their new found competitive spirit ( courtesy of South Africa ) Gnomes moved in for the kill. With support from Fenton and Matt Lemmings were reduced to 28 for 5 in the tenth over - stunning slip catches from Twigs (yes, the famous shirt designer) and Matt 'soft hands' Cannon ( rumour has it that he got these doing washing up adverts ).

Tight bowling from Justin Rhodes ( 9ov 4m 22r 1w ) and the
Shirt Man ( 8ov 2m 15r 2w ) effectively tied the game up as Lemmings slipped quietly away for 97 all out - M Baker achieving a fine 45 thanks to the manual dexterity of Dunthornes Senior and Junior.

Gnomes and Lemmings enjoyed a convivial chat and beer in the evening sunshine. Groundsman Martin was congratulated for creating a good wicket and his wife for producing magnificent lunch and tea.