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Hit or Miss CC v RNVR Cricket Club on Sun 22 Aug 2010 at 14:00
Match was Drawn

Match report Hit Or Miss vs RNVR
22 August 2010

RNVR 188 all out (Delaney 39, Ferguson 52)
Hit Or Miss 163-8 (Williams 73, Speedman 4-21, Mr Cha-we Wonton 3-12)

MATCH DRAWN

THE LATEST MISSIVE FROM MOSTYN

As told to Mostyn Saxby by a Kafooto tribesman in the Namib on the occasion of his 80th birthday (Mostyn’s, not the tribesman, he was 158 not out!):

On a rare visit to the north of London; not to be confused with North London as is often the case among sailors; the RNVR CC pub-lunched and then took on their hosts, Hit or Miss, at the quaint pastime of cricket.

To get things under way...

Vice-captain Vacher announced with an ingratiating and genuinely enthusiastic smile that the RNVR will be batting first on the greenest of green wickets. However, it soon became evident that the top order had enjoyed their lunch rather too much, soon subsiding to 15/4. A period of consolidation followed with special guest star Mr Delaney and Massey, J. steadying the ship until James was dismissed by the twelfth ball of a yipps affected over which served to strain umpire Hardman's mental faculties to the extent that he asked to be replaced shortly after, (must have been counting into double figures that did it! - ed).

Delaney departed on 39 after some wonderfully clean hitting to a very decent catch in the deep leaving the Steadfast Mr Ferguson to shepherd the tail. The Nice Mr Speedman gave a sparkling display of playing off the front foot, driving so well in fact that he is considering buying his own car, (Mr Charles Crichton of Clapham would enjoy his drives back to town so much more as his regular passenger is now recognised as the second fully paid up member of the chuntering classes within the RNVR's ranks!) on his way to 24 not out. Fergie was the last man out after scoring a crucial 52 runs to nudge the total upto 188 and respectability.

And in reply...

To open the bowling skipper-for-the-day-Piers turned to the redoubtable Major Liddell (Ret)(not to be confused with Major Boonstra of the more celebrated Bermudian regiment [elbow beach brigade] - another on the day for the primary club - ed) and Mr Delaney, the former contributing an early wicket, but the Hit or Miss batsmen certainly did more of the former, steadily cruising to 100/1. The Nice Mr Speedman (now also known as The Man of Speed among the crossword cognoscenti of EC1) settled into one of his customary long spells and probed away, initially without luck until he at last took on board the RNVR necessity of bowling at the stumps and returned figures of 4/21. The scoring rate had been steadily falling away thanks to sterling work in the field and was dealt a funeral blow by an inspired piece of captaincy.

Messers Crichton and Hardman, purveyors of the finest quality filth since 1970, were brought on to impart proceedings with the desired degree of levity. The man also known to some as Mr Char-We Wonton of Zhongxshen Province, pulled the pins and his hand grenades beat the defences of two hapless souls and a further unfortunate was trapped in front to give the RNVR's third favourite Scotsman 3/22.

Time ran out for Hit or Miss and at 163/8 all repaired across the road for more hospitality.

So, VC-PV maintains the happy record of vice-captains avoiding defeat and a good time was had by all. Well done indeed!

As an aside, a cautionary tale to those members who bring relatives or acquaintances to matches (just wait until you hear about Teddington! - ed).

Major Liddell (Ret) had relatives in attendance, and after his unfortunate dismissal without troubling the scorers, his grandfather was heard to ask the question, 'I thought the best batsman went in at 3?!' Later on his grandmother was asked by Anthony's just arrived mother how he had fared with the bat and received the reply, 'oh, he's been out for ages...' Happily for all concerned, the Major's day improved immeasurably when he took the first wicket to fall; this was noticed by his supporters; a cheer went up and the broadest of smiles crept onto his face... (as broad as his chest - not likely - ed)

RNVR Cricket Club RNVR CC Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
12nb 7w 4b  
for 10 wickets
23
188		        
Anthony Massey ct Wilford 5 21 1
Tim Hardman ct Clarke 1 15
Anthony Liddell b Clarke 0 1
James Massey ct Wilford 15 3
Charlie Crichton ct Clarke 1 5
Glenn Delaney ct Clarke 39 7
Steve Ferguson b Tucker 52 9
Julian Staples ct Fryer 10 2
Gerhard Boonstra b Messent 0
Piers Vacher ct Sillars 18 4
Jonathan Speedman Not Out  24 4

Hit or Miss CC Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Clarke11.033548.753.18
C Wilford5.0032216.006.40
J Wilford3.003500.0011.67
Messent8.032100.002.63
Fryer9.0129129.003.22
Sillars2.0020120.0010.00
Tucker4.0111111.002.75

Hit or Miss CC Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 4w 3b 3lb 
for 8 wickets
12
163 (42.0 overs)		     
Denyer b Anthony Liddell 4 10 9 44.44
Adrian Clarke b Jonathan Speedman 25 90 60 6 41.67
Williams lbw Jonathan Speedman 73 84 98 13 74.49
Sillars ct Jonathan Speedman 3 14 9 33.33
Julian Messent ct Charlie Crichton 15 26 20 3 75.00
C Wilford b Charlie Crichton 25 34 2
Kirk lbw Jonathan Speedman 2 6 4 50.0
J Wilford b Charlie Crichton 1 10 7 14.29
Cutler Not Out  3 5 60.0
Fryer  
Tucker  

RNVR Cricket Club RNVR CC Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Anthony Liddell8.0131131.003.87
Glenn Delaney10.003500.003.50
Jonathan Speedman12.042145.251.75
Julian Staples1.001600.0016.00
James Massey2.001700.008.50
Anthony Massey4.011200.003.00
Charlie Crichton4.002237.335.50
Tim Hardman1.00300.003.00