12 required off 12 balls only 6 scored  

Charlton Lamb 133 & 3-91 off 20 overs

1982 Nomads draw with Old Cranleighans July 1982

Old Cranleighans CC v Nomads CC at Cranleigh School Saturday July 24th 1982 1130 am-the match began 11.52 am and finished  at 7.34 pm

Result:Match Drawn
Toss:Old Cranleighans
Umpires: TBA
Scorers:TBA
Debutants:None
Man Of The Match:GC Lamb

OLD CRANLEIGHANS CC Innings

P Crawley   bowled       Penn 10
H Corp      lbw        b Lamb 23
J Wells     bowled       Lamb 35
R Ward      not out           84
J Bodansky  c Blumberg b Lamb 24
D Wescott   not out           84
Extras      (b3,lb3,nb0,w1)    7
TOTAL (4 wkts dec,55 overs)  267
Dnb:M Chase,M Williamson,R Shelly,D Ballinger,B Bugge.

Fow:1-31,2-41,3-85,4-133.

Bowling-R Symondson 10 3 36 0,C Penn 7 1 40 1,Lamb 20 1 91 3,Leahy 9 2 40 0,Drayton 8 0 45 0,Blumberg 1 0 7 0.

NOMADS CC Innings
A  Symondson c Bugge   b Chase     12
ME Blumberg  lbw       b Bodansky   7
GC Lamb      c Corp    b Wells    133
R  Symondson c Ward    b Chase      6
G  Cameron   c Crawley b Chase     19
C  Penn      c Wescott b Chase      6
M  Willis    not out               40
J  Drayton   bowled      Bodansky   0
R  Kershaw   not out               30
Extras      (b4,lb4,nb0,w1)         9
TOTAL       (7 wickets,52 overs)  262
Dnb:J Leahy,A Whiteway

Fow:1-13,2-72,3-90,4-129,5-139,6-221,7-221

Bowling:Bodansky 11 3 34 2,Wells 12 1 62 1,Chase 15 45 48 4,Wescott 7 0 44 0,Ballinger 7 0 65 0.

Charlton Lamb then a mere 45 year old youth played a magnificent innings alone among the top order to take us to within reasonable distance of  victory. Willis and Kershaw then added 42 of which 30 were struck by Richard Kershaw and yet with 12 to win off 12 balls these two stalwarts fell short of the task required. For some reason Tony Whiteway batted at 11,perhaps injured.

For many years Nomads played Old Cranleighans on the Saturday of their cricket week. Some great matches took place played in the best spirit but very competitively and the OCs were generous hosts.

Sadly as league cricket became king and the younger generation prefered to play for their league club on Saturdays it became increasingly difficult for both clubs to raise suitable sides and so the fixture was dropped.

Nomads always look forward to being invited back and correspondence has continued so far without success. 

Old Cranleighans Cricket Club