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Theale & Tilehurst vs Mortimer 24th August 2003

Report by Fingers

The final millennium league game of the season saw us at Mortimer.  Having posted 340 at Mortimer West End the week before it was no surprise that Mortimer elected to bat first on winning the toss.  At the start of their innings it looked like they were going to try and beat this as Seward and Bartman put on 79 for the first wicket inside 9 overs.  The dismissal of Seward by Osman checked the run rate but the runs kept flowing from Bartman's bat.   It was the dismissal of Bartman in Dave Cumming's first over and Dave's spell that checked the innings and kept it down to under 200 when far more than that had looked likely.  Dave was ably supported by two excellent stumpings by Alex when both Price and Witts looked like they might get going. On a ground with small boundaries 192 was within reach even if the pitch did have a few tricks up its sleeve.  Rog started off like he had an early table booked for dinner but his dismissal prefaced something of a collapse with several players out to shots they would no doubt rather forget.   From a perilous 87-6 a fifty partnership between James and Osman threatened to get T&T back in contention but unfortunately both went in quick succession to catches at square leg.  Dave and Fingers then came together and again threatened to take T&T to victory but with 19 runs needed a ball from Price shot along the ground and in to the stumps to end the partnership.  The final wicket fell to the next ball to give Mortimer victory. The first 12 overs of each innings had been decisive, at that point Mortimer had been 93-1 compared to T&T's 65-5.
FRIENDLY SCORECARD      
Home Team Mortimer Away Team Theale and Tilehurst      
Date of Match 24 August 2003 Played at Mortimer      
   
  Team pts Result Team pts    
Result Mortimer   beat Theale and Tilehurst   by 19 runs
                                   
1st Innings of Mortimer               Rate Per Over
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score     Score W Bwl
1 J Seward ct B Cooper O Mahmood 7 2 44   1 0 0 1
2 G Bartman ct B Cooper D Cumming 7 2 66   2 16 0 2
3 P Chandler ct D Cumming B Cooper 0 0 3   3 25 0 1
4 R Chandler ct D Cumming M Mason 0 0 1   4 35 0 2
5 S Price stumped A Moore D Cumming 2 2 24   5 41 0 1
6 S Bliss bowled   B Cooper 0 0 3   6 56 0 2
7 A Keep ct M Mason D Cumming 1 0 8   7 62 0 1
8 C Witts stumped A Moore D Cumming 5 0 23   8 72 0 3
9 D Woodcraft bowled   O Mahmood 0 0 2   9 79 1 1
10 R Hetherington ct J Codd R Williams 0 0 1   10 87 1 3
11 I Bliss not out     0 0 1   11 91 1 1
            Byes 1           12 93 1 3
            Leg Byes 8           13 94 2 4
            Wides 7           14 108 2 3
            No Balls 0           15 112 2 4
                Extras     16   16 116 2 3
                          17 120 2 4
            Wickets 10 Total     192   18 128 3 3
                          19 134 3 4
Bowling O M R W               20 136 4 5
1 O Mahmood 8 2 36 2               21 151 4 4
2 R Williams 3.2 0 40 1               22 156 4 5
3 M Mason 6 0 45 1               23 160 5 4
4 B Cooper 8 0 45 2               24 167 5 5
5 D Cumming 7 1 23 4               25 170 5 4
6                         26 170 6 5
7                         27 178 7 4
8                         28 180 7 5
                          29 184 7 1
Fall of Wicket                         30 189 8 5
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31 189 9 1
1 79 1 79             32 191 9 5
2 94 3 15             33 192 10 2
3 120 4 26             34      
4 135 2 15             35      
5 152 5 17             36      
6 156 6 4             37      
7 170 7 14             38      
8 189 8 19             39      
9 189 9 0             40      
10 192 10 3             41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45      
2nd 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 S Bliss D Woodcroft 11 1 72   1 2 0 1
2 R Puri bowled   J Seward 4 0 25   2 9 0 2
3 A Moore ct G Bartman R Hetherington 0 0 2   3 19 0 1
4 E Choules ct S Price J Seward 0 0 0   4 24 0 2
5 M Mason ct P Chandler J Seward 0 0 1   5 31 0 1
6 J Morris ct A Keep D Woodcroft 0 0 0   6 37 0 2
7 I Mahmood ct A Keep D Woodcroft 1 1 11   7 38 1 1
8 O Mahmood ct S Bliss A Keep 1 0 9   8 40 2 2
9 D Cumming ct S Price R Hetherington 5 0 26   9 45 3 1
10 B Cooper bowled   S Price 2 0 11   10 55 3 2
11 R Williams not out     0 0 0   11 65 4 1
            Byes 1           12 65 5 3
            Leg Byes 2           13 71 5 1
            Wides 14           14 75 5 3
            No Balls 0           15 80 5 1
                Extras     17   16 87 6 3
                          17 91 6 4
            Wickets 10 Total     174   18 93 6 3
                          19 94 6 4
Bowling O M R W               20 97 6 3
1 J Seward 8 1 44 3               21 101 6 4
2 R Hetherington 6.1 1 30 2               22 106 6 3
3 D Woodcraft 8 1 29 3               23 122 6 4
4 R Chandler 4 0 24 0               24 125 6 3
5 S Price 6 1 29 1               25 130 6 5
6 A Keep 3 1 14 1               26 136 7 3
7                         27 137 7 5
8                         28 137 8 6
                          29 145 8 5
Fall of Wicket                         30 149 8 6
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31 155 8 5
1 37 2 37             32 165 8 6
2 40 3 3             33 165 8 5
3 45 4 5             34 165 8 2
4 55 5 10             35 174 9 5
5 65 6 10             36 174 10 2
6 86 7 21             37      
7 136 1 50             38      
8 137 8 1             39      
9 174 10 37             40      
10 174 9 0             41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45