Lord Gnomes Xl 2003
07-Sep 1st XI vs Oz House
 


                               
Type of Match     Friendly                        
                               
                               
Ref/Round     2003/21                        
                               
                               
Venue     Neutral                        
                               
                               
Ground     Queens College                        
                               
                               
Toss Won By     Oz House                        
      who batted first                        
                               
                               
Result     Lost - 2 runs                        
                               
                               
      Lord Gnomes Xl   215 a/o in 44.4 ov                  
                               
      Name   Score How Out 6s 4s              
  1 T Godfrey W 14 Caught   2              
  2 O Dunthorne   19 Caught   3              
  3 M Cannon   38 Caught   5              
  4 B Mason   23 Bowled   5              
  5 N Sims   7 Bowled   1              
  6 C Gill   0 Bowled                  
  7 E Sellwood   18 Caught   4              
  8 B Clargo   43 Caught   5              
  9 J Dunthorne C 2 Caught                  
  10 M Feltham   32 Caught   2              
  11 F Ramsahoye   1*                    
                               
      Extras (6B, 9LB, 3W)   18                    
                               
      Fall of Wickets Wkt   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
      Score   28 56 100 107 107 114 200 208 210 215  
      Outgoing Batsman   1 2 3 4 6 5 7 9 10 8  
                               
                               
      Oz House   217-6 in 45 ov                  
                               
      Extras (5B, 16LB, 4W, 3NB)   28                    
                               
      Bowling/Fielding                        
                               
      Name   Ov Mdn Runs Wkts W N B Ct Wk Ct St Byes R O
    T Godfrey W                   5  
    O Dunthorne               2        
    M Cannon   8 1 42 1              
    B Mason   9 3 32 2 2 3          
    N Sims                        
    C Gill               1        
    E Sellwood   9 3 19 1              
    B Clargo   3 0 18 0 1            
    J Dunthorne C                      
    M Feltham   7 0 45 1              
    F Ramsahoye   9 1 40 1 1            
                               
                               

Last Over Drama at Queens
Lord Gnomes and Australia House enjoyed a fine competitive 45 over match at Queens on Sunday which was decided dramatically in the last over.
Winning an important toss Oz House captain Matt Zillman elected to bat on a hard dry wicket with a very fast outfield. Fenton and Buddy Mason opened the bowling for Gnomes and immediately put the openers under pressure with Fenton bowling OBrien for a duck in the third over. When Buddy bowled Middleton and Dickenson with consecutive balls Gnomes were in the driving seat. However Paul Varney, one of our oldest Oz adversaries, showed the virtues of doggedness mixed with a dash of aggressiveness and kept the score ticking over till lunch.
As so often at Queens, lunch was our undoing. Varney cut and carved his way to a battling 88 before being brilliantly caught by Gill, in a clear act of redemption for an earlier miss. With Gnomes short of a specialist bowler Thomas, Berger and Zillman chipped in to set a total of 217 for 6 in the 45 overs.

Gnomes started their innings brightly with crisply struck fours by Tom Godfrey and Ollie Dunthorne. Unfortunately this was to be a day when Gnome batsmen were determined to keep the ball in the air- Tom chasing a wide to the keeper and Ollie pulling a long hop to mid-on the last ball before tea. After tea Buddy and Matt set out about the Oz House bowling and in six overs put on 40 runs to get Gnomes right back into the game. 100 for 2 in 22 overs declined to 114 for 6 in 28 with a came o appearance of 'Golden Gill' who announced after the match that he has accepted DCUK clothing sponsorship at Checkendon next week.

Twig Sellwood in the absence of Anton now took the aerial route to get the score moving and with Barney the 150 came up in the 34th over leaving a manageable 6 an over to win. At this point Gnome again lost the 'roadmap', first Twig and then your correspondent departing to lame catches. 164 for 8 in the 38th over.

The match moved to its dramatic climax. Mark Feltham and Barney set about the bowling in brilliant fashion. Scores of 9, 9, 10 and 8 came from successive overs once more bringing Gnomes in sight of victory. Sadly Mark was out for a sparkling 32 in the 43rd over with 15 runs still needed from the last two overs. Hitting to all parts of the ground Barney was now leading the charge. The last over started with Gnomes needing 8 runs to win and Matt Zillman the Oz opening bowler steaming in in fading light. Single off the first ball gave Barney strike. The second ball Barney despatched for 4 with the most delicate of late cuts, 3 needed off four balls - advantage Gnomes. Unfortunately our hero's second late cut, destined for the boundary, was gloved by the keeper.
Victory to Oz House by 2 runs.

PS After the match the Antipodeans reluctantly admitted that their star bowler Muir who took 4 for 45 (including CG's prized wicket) actually comes from…… (you wont believe this)…. from Yorkshire! This important information will be remembered when the teams meet at Lords and at Queens next year!