Theale & Tilehurst Friendly XI vs Purley 17th April 2005

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Report by Fingers

The first Sunday game of the season is the short trip to Purley. In what was agreed as a straight 40 over game Alan Schofield won the toss for Purley and elected to bat.

Barry Hall and Patrick Allen opened the batting for Purley with Chris and Bob opening the bowling. The first blow was struck by Chris when Hall got a thin edge and was taken by Ed behind the stumps. This brought Tony Brown to the crease and a more rigorous approach to batting. After a few lusty blows he too got an edge and was well taken by Ed stood up to the stumps to Bob's bowling.

Allen and Mark Nash then added 105 for the third wicket, partly thanks to some wayward bowling both in terms of line and length but mainly due to good batting. The partnership was finally broken when Nash bottom edged a full toss from Fingers on to his stumps. This prompted a flurry of wickets (thanks to some good catches from James, Meady and Stephen) as what looked like a total of over 200 was reigned back in. It was some clean late hitting from Jeff Hinds that bolstered the total up to 194.

For the last few overs of the Purley innings rain, as forecast, had started to fall. This continued during the tea interval but was light enough for the T&T innings to start. After his patient vigil on Saturday Micky went early with an inside edge on to his stumps. James and Meady were in the process of building a good partnership for the 2nd wicket but with the rain getting heavier and increasingly icy the teams agreed to abandon the game as a draw (this may have been partly due to Micky arriving in the middle for a spell of umpiring and setting up what looked like an Everest base camp at square leg he took out that much clothing with him).

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE SCORECARD      
Home Team Purley Away Team Theale and Tilehurst      
Date of Match 17th April 2005 Played at Purley      
                                     
  Team pts Result Team pts    
Result Match abandoned as a draw              
                                   
1st Innings of Purley               Rate Per Over
Name How Out Who Bowler 4's 6's Score     Score W Bwl
1 B Hall ct E Choules C Lemm - - 2   1      
2 P Allen ct J Codd B Cooper - - 68   2      
3 T Brown ct E Choules R Williams - - 20   3      
4 M Nash bowled   B Cooper - - 36   4      
5 A Schofield ct P Mead B Cooper - - 11   5      
6 N Holman  ct S Wallace C Coldman - - 3   6      
7 D Peddle bowled   R Puri - - 0   7      
8 J Hinds not out     - - 24   8      
9 G Buck run out     - - 2   9      
10 C Cox run out     - - 2   10      
11 P Mattingley not out     - - 0   11      
            Byes 3           12      
            Leg Byes 6           13      
            Wides 15           14      
            No Balls 2           15      
                Extras     26   16      
                          17      
            Wickets 9 Total     194   18      
                          19      
Bowling O M R W               20      
1 C Lemm 8 2 23 1               21      
2 R Williams 8 4 31 1               22      
3 A Ahmed 6 0 30 0               23      
4 B Cooper 8 0 40 3               24      
5 R Puri 6 0 34 1               25      
6 C Coldman 4 0 23 1               26      
7                         27      
8                         28      
                          29      
Fall of Wicket                         30      
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31      
1 2 1 2             32      
2 30 3 28             33      
3 135 4 105             34      
4 154 2 19             35      
5 154 5 0             36      
6 154 7 0             37      
7 159 6 5             38      
8 182 9 23             39      
9 185 10 3             40      
10                   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 not out     1 0 20   1      
2 M Mehta bowled   N Holman 0 0 0   2      
3 P Mead not out     0 0 10   3      
4 E Choules DNB             4      
5 C Coldman DNB             5      
6 R Puri DNB             6      
7 C Lemm DNB             7      
8 S Wallace DNB             8      
9 A Ahmed DNB             9      
10 B Cooper DNB             10      
11 R Williams DNB             11      
            Byes 4           12      
            Leg Byes 3           13      
            Wides 2           14      
            No Balls 0           15      
                Extras     9   16      
                          17      
            Wickets 1 Total     39   18      
                          19      
Bowling O M R W               20      
1 P Mattingley 4 1 12 0               21      
2 N Holman 4 0 16 1               22      
3 M Nash 3 1 4 0               23      
4 C Cox 2 0 4 0               24      
5                         25      
6                         26      
7                         27      
8                         28      
                          29      
Fall of Wicket                         30      
Score Outgoing Bat Stand of             31      
1 1 2 1             32      
2                   33      
3                   34      
4                   35      
5                   36      
6                   37      
7                   38      
8                   39      
9                   40      
10                   41      
                          42      
                          43      
                          44      
                          45