Tetherdown Trundlers Cricket Club

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Cuxham CC v Tetherdown Trundlers Cricket Club on Sun 24 Jun 2012 at 14:00
Tetherdown Trundlers Cricket Club Lost

Match report The Babbling Brook (by The Beast)
Arriving once more ‘cross the babbling brook
Quick journey from London, just an hour it took
The sun shone quite brightly, the strip true and flat
The cows in the field looking happy and fat
The pitch had been covered to keep off the rain
The outfield was spongy which lessened the pain
of a dive here or there for the speeding red ball,
we’d decided together to give it our all
The shirt with the duck was fantastic, good golly!
But now, who would wear it? Perhaps Mr Colley?
Not a chance. It was stuffed, in a flash, out of sight
As the Trundlers got going with a fair bit of bite
Bonfield, the opener, hit by one straighter,
“Si senor” he was thinking, (he had plans for us later)
Gordon, the paceman, with an injured shoulder
Still saw the ball as big as a boulder
Now, in a match such as this, when a cry goes “Howzat!!!”
The umpire’s finger should stay down in his hat
But Gordon forgot this when Freeman was struck
On the back foot, down leg, how ‘bout that for bad luck!
The Trundlers continued their batting of course,
Liam hit some beauties, a real tour de force
Everett and Aylott; some smooth cultured strokes,
Mr Binns, with his glorious pushes and pokes.
Time now for the Trundlers to take to the field
With steely resolve and in no mood to yield
Their hosts, though quite friendly, their cricketing sound
Their figures perhaps, just a little too round.
Binns with a wonderful delivered and caught,
The Cuxham top order were now looking fraught,
The ground shook a little when over he tumbled,
They were edgy and nervous, as Church was quite humbled
Aylott, the wickie, with a glorious snatch,
(Frais had more trouble with a simpler catch),
Morris and Everett, with classical moves,
Buxton with speed and his thundering hooves,
The outfield seemed quicker as now Cuxham were batting
They sprayed them around and they stopped us from napping
Then Kohler, the bowler, dropped some to tease
Their batsman stepped back and dismissed them with ease
We claimed leg before whenever we could
And although none was given, some really should
Olly had one that was dead plum on middle
The umpire’s head? It just shook, (what a riddle!)
Then the Fat Fox, the whisky, the fags and the beer
The food and the footy left us feeling quite queer
We should not forget that on this night as well
England’s Euro campaign ended: footballing hell!
But now back to Bonfield and his Hispanic game
Avoid three and one to stay out of the frame
The trips to the bar, they got bigger and louder
As the dice went around and the tariff got prouder
The barman was puzzled, coz never on his watch
Had he had to deliver a whole pint of scotch.
We sat around late, the chatter quite coarse,
Then suddenly, with a crash, Binns fell flat on his arse
The heaviest fine of the night thinking back
Was when Joe had to send three straight shots down the crack
He took it quite well though his vision was blurred
He necked them in one, and his words were now slurred
Then various guys felt they needed the loo
No convenience was close so we had to make do
The staff didn’t like this and came out to bawl
We were told quite abruptly: “please don’t piss on the wall”
So we floundered once more on the Oxfordshire wicket
We must tell ourselves though, ….it’s not all about cricket
As between us we hit just the solitary four
Let’s look forward with spirit to the Iberian tour.
© 2012 The Beast

N-n-n-n-nineteen. Nineteen (by Joe Kohler)
N-n-n-n-nineteen. Nineteen

They appealled more than any side in history They appealled more than any side in history

In 2012 the match against Cuxham seemed like just another runner. But it wasn't, it was different in many ways. And so were those who did the batting. At Cuxham Binnsy scored n-nineteen.
N-n-n-n-nineteen. Nineteen
N-n-n-n-nineteen. Nineteen
(Nineteen)

Nineteen
N-n-n-n-nineteen. Nineteen
N-n-n-n-nineteen. Good vintage
(Nineteen)

Mexican, tariff, dice, bavette sandwich

But the highest scorer of the Cuxham innings was extras, reaching the dizzy score of 40 runs.

Wasn't really sure what was going on
Wasn't really sure what was going on

In the Cuxham innings the average number of overs each batsman spent at the crease was three, but was exposed to hostile appealling every minute.
It was the "howzat" series.

And now Olly's taking a long run up, he's gone straight into the cow field, he's charging in, and it's another appeal. How many's that? I'd say about nineteen.

All those who've forgotten there is an LBW rule They still remember the team Pad first, pitching in line, ump's decision Getting the guy out is just a dream

It didn't even land on the wicket
It didn't even land on the wicket

What a marvellous day it's been out there today. Trundlers started this morning after a lot of rain. Trigger was first to go for 5, Rob 11. Beast 3. Brought their total up to a miserly nineteen.
N-n-nineteen. Nineteen. N-n-n-n-nineteen. Nineteen.
(Nineteen)
Nineteen

Just as well Liam parked the bus up the order first wicket down. What bus?
Ah yes, it's a number nineteen.
(Nineteen)
I just said that. Who let that pirate in here?

In Tetherdown's innings they scored 107 for five. Which is an average of just over nineteen. Cuxham scored n-n-n-n-109 (which is nineteen with nothing in the middle).

Yeah, and the name of the man who enabled them to cope with a new attack was Rob Murphy, who adopted a new stance S-s-s-s-side on. Side on

None of them received a standing ovation. None of them. None of them None of them received a standing ovation. None of them. None of them N-n-n-n...
I think you've made the point actually.
Well, there was one....
Shut up scorer

And after watching the football, we played a drinking game for whisky shots. How many was it, Joe?
Nineteen
Silly question, really

It's a long, slow, lazy delivery. But it's the best I can do

Liam hit our only four
Adam's was the best drop we've seen
Reduction of the enemy field
Now it's down to nineteen

Bowled
L.B.W
Caught
Run out
Hit wicket
Stumped
Retired hurt
Howzat?

Not out

Tetherdown Trundlers Cricket Club TTCC 1st XI Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
5nb 10w 3b 5lb 
for 5 wickets
23
107		        
Duncan Bonfield b R Murphy 1
Marcus Gordon ct S Murphy 5
Liam Colley Not Out  43
Rob Everett ct A Parker 11
Avi Freeman lbw A Parker 3
Colin Aylott b L Parker 2
Simon Binns Not Out  19
Adam Frais  
Joe Kohler  
Olly Buxton  
Richard Morris  

Cuxham CC Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
R Murphy6.02818.001.33
S Murphy6.0214114.002.33
L Stile6.001800.003.00
A Parker6.0023211.503.83
L Parker3.0013113.004.33
J Atkins3.001300.004.33

Cuxham CC Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
10nb 10w 10b 10lb 
for 5 wickets
40
109 (24.1 overs)		     
Church ct Binns 2
Atkins ct Frais 9
Tarry b Morris 7
R Murphy Not Out  39
L Parker b Buxton 11
T McGahan ct Kohler 3
L Stile Not Out  1
   
   
   
   

Tetherdown Trundlers Cricket Club TTCC 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Olly Buxton6.0210110.001.67
Simon Binns1.00515.005.00
Richard Morris4.1018118.004.32
Adam Frais6.0028128.004.67
Joe Kohler6.0031131.005.17
Duncan Bonfield1.00800.008.00