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Theale & Tilehurst vs London Theatres 17th August 2003

Report by Fingers

On winning the toss James obviously quite fancied a bat himself so wasted no time in putting the pads on.  It was a good job he was so keen on spending time in the middle as wickets fell at the other end to leave T&T precariously placed on 50-3.  The experience in the top order though came together as James and Edward put on 80 for the fourth wicket to leave the team well placed for a charge in the last 45 minutes.   This was not to happen though as the introduction of Bennett and later Cunningham (ably assisted by Toyer the trigger) prompted a further fall of wickets to leave T&T limping to tea at 189-9. Knowing the strength of batting of London Theatres from the year before the feeling was that 189 was not going to be enough.  Early pressure was called for and this was provided by Fingers managing to reel off five maidens to start his spell.  It was Osman, though, that got the first breakthrough bowling Egan.  Chisnal then became the first of two stumping victims for Alex, the second being a superb leg side stumping off Bob.  The brake put on the innings by Fingers and Bob meant that London Theatres were always behind the rate and as the ball got softer it got harder to get it away.  As it was Holmes and Cunningham were able to negotiate the last overs with some ease to end the game as a draw.
 
BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD      
Home Team Theale and Tilehurst Away Team London Theatres      
Date of Match 17 August 2003 Played at Theale      
                                     
  Team pts Result Team pts    
Result     Drawn          
                                   
1st Innings of Theale and Tilehurst               Rate Per Over
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score   Score W Bwl
1 J Codd ct Kustow Bennett 14 0 76   1      
2 A Moore lbw   Lamden 2 0 15   2      
3 M Toyer bowled   Lamden 0 0 0   3      
4 D Withington bowled   Holmes 0 0 1   4      
5 E Choules lbw   Bennett 2 0 21   5      
6 O Mahmood ct - Bennett 0 0 7   6      
7 J Morris ct - Bennett 0 0 1   7      
8 R Puri lbw - Cunningham 2 0 11   8      
9 M Orriss not out     2 0 13   9      
10 B Cooper lbw   Cunningham 1 0 6   10      
11 R Williams not out     0 0 0   11      
            Byes 18           12      
            Leg Byes 12           13      
            Wides 8           14      
            No Balls 1           15      
                Extras     39   16      
                          17      
            Wickets 9 Total     190   18      
                          19      
Bowling O M R W               20      
1 Holmes 9 2 30 1               21      
2 Lamden 9 2 27 2               22      
3 Chisnal 5 1 25 0               23      
4 Bennett 11 3 37 4               24      
5 Mitchell 4 0 25 0               25      
6 Cunningham 3 0 11 2               26      
7                         27      
8                         28      
                          29      
Fall of Wicket                         30      
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31      
1 34 2 34             32      
2 38 3 4             33      
3 50 4 12             34      
4 130 5 80             35      
5 143 6 13             36      
6 147 1 4             37      
7 159 8 12             38      
8 165 7 6             39      
9 180 10 15             40      
10                   41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45      
2nd Innings of London Theatres               Rate Per Over
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score   Score W Bwl
1 Ainley bowled   R Williams     21   1      
2 Egan bowled   O Mahmood     15   2      
3 Chisnal stumped A Moore B Cooper     19   3      
4 Kustow ct D Withington R Williams     12   4      
5 Harvey stumped A Moore R Williams     0   5      
6 Holmes not out         30   6      
7 Bennett bowled   B Cooper     0   7      
8 Mutton bowled   R Williams     17   8      
9 Cunningham not out         7   9      
10 Lamden DNB             10      
11 Mitchell DNB             11      
            Byes 2           12      
            Leg Byes 1           13      
            Wides 3           14      
            No Balls 0           15      
                Extras     6   16      
                          17      
            Wickets 7 Total     127   18      
                          19      
Bowling O M R W               20      
1 O Mahmood 10 0 46 1               21      
2 B Cooper 16 7 33 2               22      
3 R Williams 10 3 32 4               23      
4 R Puri 4 0 14 0               24      
5                         25      
6                         26      
7                         27      
8                         28      
                          29      
Fall of Wicket                         30      
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31      
1     0             32      
2     0             33      
3     0             34      
4     0             35      
5     0             36      
6     0             37      
7     0             38      
8     0             39      
9     0             40      
10     0             41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45