Theale & Tilehurst vs Ruislip Victoria 3rd July 2004

Report by Chef

Today was a big game. Both at the top of the table with an average of 26. As I stepped out of the car I heard a clang of metal. It turned out to be my golden bollocks, I couldn't put a foot wrong.

We had a new keeper in the shape of Alex Moore. He hasn 't played since last year and when he pulled out dirty whites, we knew they had formed their own species.

I was also a little concerned as Mike and Ian hadn't turned up yet. I found out that they had been on a tour round Ruisliup (you'd assume that's where they played) and various other locations before finally finding us. I was very pleased to see him turn up as Ian is turning into our lucky mascot.

It didn't start off that well, losing the toss. Then losing the two openers early on, things looked bad. However a good recovery from Raj & Alex and finally some lusty blows from Doc, they lead us to 170. One noticeable thing was how poor the fielding was. However one highlight was that there was a very young child, who, whenever he fielded the ball passed it to this big lad who then through it into the keeper. I say threw, more like girly shot putting. Anyway later on in the innings the young lad fielded the ball but the fat lad wasn't about, so like a bullet he threw it to the keeper. To this day, I don't know why the fat lad didn't pass it to the young lad to throw.

So after lunch we came out and struck in the 3rd over. Then Doc picked up a wicket shortly after. Then a ball that was much talked about by all, except me. I came into bowl and the batsman (Wilcox) left the ball, outside off stump, the ball cut back and grazed the off stump. As Doc described it "when a batsmen shoulder arms you and you bowl him, it's better than sex".

Things continued well and every change I made came off, with exception of moving Rags out of 3rd slip and the very next ball would have gone straight down his throat. I even moved Raj out for the miss hit pull from the left hander. The ball went miles into the air and Raj never looked like dropping it, except when he tripped on his hat but fortunately still took it. In fact that was the third bit of outstanding fielding from Raj, not sure what he's been on but I hope he continues to take it.

The skipper then came in at 7 and shut up shop. Fortunately this meant I could crowd the bat. The bowlers did the rest.

So we got 29 points and restricted RV to 5. This puts us clear at the top and gives us a nice little cushion.

It was a fantastic display of teamwork with absolutely everyone chipping in. Great to see.

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD
Home Team		Ruislip Victoria						Away Team		Theale and Tilehurst
Date of Match		3rd July 2004						Played at		Ruislip

		Team						pts	Result	Team				pts
Result		Theale and Tilehurst						29	beat	Ruislip Victoria				5

1st Innings of		Theale and Tilehurst												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	E Ellis	ct						Shaad		-	-	5	1
2	C Coldman	Bowled						Shaad		1	-	4	2
3	R Puri	ct			Wilcox			Wilcox		6	1	40	3
4	A Moore	ct			Wilcox			D'Costa		7	-	46	4
5	Nigel Halliday	LBW						D'Costa		-	-	0	5
6	J Morris	LBW						Behl		-	-	0	6
7	M Mason	Bowled						D'Costa		1	1	13	7
8	N Khan	Not out								-	-	11	8
9	Neill Halliday	Bowled						Wilcox		4	1	32	9
10	I Reeves	Bowled						Wilcox		-	-	0	10
11	S Holmes	Not out								-	-	6	11
							Byes	8					12
							Leg Byes	2					13
							Wides	2					14
							No Balls	1					15
									Extras			13	16
													17
							Wickets	9	Total			170	18
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Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	Shaad		10	1	33	2							21
2	Wilcox		13	2	44	3							22
3	D'Costa		13	3	49	3							23
4	Behl		9	0	34	1							24
5													25
6													26
7													27
8													28
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1	9	2				9							32
2	25	1				16							33
3	75	3				50							34
4	75	5				0							35
5	82	6				7							36
6	111	7				29							37
7	120	4				9							38
8	159	9				39							39
9	159	10				11							40
10													41
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2nd Innings of		Ruislip												Rate Per Over
	Name	How Out			Who			Bowler		4's	6's	Score		Score	W	Bwl
1	S Ansari	Bowled						Neill Halliday				5	1
2	K Gooding	Bowled						Nigel Halliday				0	2
3	L Wilcox	Bowled						Nigel Halliday				17	3
4	A Behl	Ct			R Puri			Nigel Halliday				10	4
5	S Shaad	LBW						S Holmes				18	5
6	M D'Costa	LBW						N Khan				2	6
7	K Dhruv	Bowled						S Holmes				2	7
8	P Gibbons	LBW						M Mason				2	8
9	A Oakley	Bowled						Neill Halliday				3	9
10	H Dhruv	Not out										12	10
11	A Charalambous	Bowled						Nigel Halliday				1	11
							Byes	6					12
							Leg Byes	0					13
							Wides	2					14
							No Balls	0					15
									Extras			8	16
													17
							Wickets	10	Total			80	18
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Bowling			O	M	R	W							20
1	Nigel Halliday		11.5	1	37	4							21
2	Neill Halliday		8	4	13	2							22
3	S Holmes		11	6	14	2							23
4	N Khan		5	1	7	1							24
5	M Mason		3	1	3	1							25
6													26
7													27
8													28
													29
Fall of Wicket													30
	Score	Outgoing Bat				Stand of							31
1													32
2													33
3													34
4													35
5													36
6													37
7													38
8													39
9													40
10													41
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