Nomads in Spain October 2014

 
MATCH 79  NOMADS CC  v Forty Club Of Spain Friday October 17th 2014, 1.00pm, Woodbridge Oval  Playa Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain-Declaration game  

 Result:  Forty Club Of Spain won by 8 wickets  
 Toss:    Nomads CC    
 Umpires: D Riley and others   
 Debut(s):None
  
 NOMADS CC Innings                        R    B   M  4  6
 R Style      c Braithwaite b A Panchal   83  92  97 10  2
 R Ormiston   bowled          Braithwaite 39  41  40  4  1
 H Morris     c R Panchal   b A Panchal   23  23  34  2  0
 T Brockton*  not out                     50  60  82  4  0
 A Smith      c Braithwaite b R Panchal   21  31  59  2  0
 J Dixon      not out                      4   6  0   0  0
 Extras      (b3,lb0,w1,nb1)               4
 TOTAL       (4 wickets dec,42 overs)    225
 Dnb:K Smith +,ME Blumberg,C Page,J Hardy,R Blackburn
  
 Fow:1-54(2),2-124(3),3-158(1),4-213(5). 
  
 Bowling-R Panchal 6 0 15 0,Laundon 6 0 32 0,Braithwaite 6 0 42 1,A Panchal 9 1 51 2, Wambeek 8 0 43 0.
  
 FORTY CLUB OF SPAIN                       R  B   M  4 6 
 D Williams    c Brockton     b Page      10  26  35  2 0
 G Evans*      retired hurt               14  53  65  2 0  
 K Laundon     not out                   109 109 137 16 3  
 R Panchal     bowled           A Smith   11  12  13  1 0  
 C Cooper      not out                    57  79  92  9 0  
 Extras       (b10,lb4,w5,nb7)            26   
 TOTAL        (2 wickets,45.3 overs)     227 
 Dnb:J Braithwaite,R Nix,A Panchal,G Wambeek,G Ward+,N French
  
 Fow:1-24(1),2-98(4).G Evans retired with score at 56
  
 Bowling-Blackburn 8 2 32 0(w0,nb6),Page 10 2 40(w4,nb0) 1,Brockton 8 1 31 0(w0,nb1),A Smith 7 0 45 1(w4,),Hardy 7 1 27 0,Ormiston 5.3 0 38 0(w1,nb0).  
  
 
Kevin Laundon century takes Forty Club to convincing win
 
Nomads usually win this match or have very much the better of a draw. The connundrum for the Nomads' skipper being when to declare so as to have time to winkle out the Forty Club's obstinate tail. In the event Nomads made a sporting declaration perhaps 20 runs short of their target thus giving Forty Club more overs to chase. Rupert Style had accelerated well in the later part of his innings to top score.  
 Forty Club replied in very sluggish mode as Geoff Evans struggled with a damaged left arm. However once he had retired Kevin Laundon smote the ball to all parts of the ground and he was well supported by the 'Red Baron' Chris Cooper. These two won the match with several overs to spare.
 Doubtless if young Robbie Blackburn had brought with him proper cricket boots for a synthetic surface instead of Tennis shoes he would have knocked over these two stalwart veterans. 

 MATCH 80  NOMADS CC  v Sporting Alfas 1st XI Saturday October 18th  2014,  1.00pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain-40 overs each innings, 8 overs max per bowler.    
 Result:  Sporting Alfas 1st XI won by 93 runs  
 Toss:    Sporting Alfas
 Umpires: Ron Graham & Michael Blumberg  
  
 SPORTING ALFAS CC 1st XI Innings         R  B  M  4 6
 P Pennick    lbw        b Croom-Johnson  2 17 15  0 0                 
 J Brook      st K Smith b Johnson       41 48 68  6 0
 A Alger      c K Smith  b Croom-Johnson  0  1  1  0 0
 H Marshall   run out(Johnson)           36 56 66  5 0
 F Afzal      c A Smith  b Blackburn     74 61 79 11 0 
 B Fletcher * bowled       A Smith        7 21 33  0 0
 S Mohammed   not out                    59 35 47  6 1     
 J Roper      not out                     4  5 17  0 0
 Extras      (b3,lb1,w8,nb0)             12
 TOTAL        (6 wickets,40 overs)      243
 Dnb:G Ward+,T Hogan-Brown,B Ali.  
  
 Fow:1-8(1),2-8(3),3-79(2),4-94(4),5-143(6),6-203(5).  
  
 Bowling - Croom-Johnson 8 1 39 2,Blackburn 8 1 49 1(w4,nb1), Johnson 8 0 32 1(w0,nb2),T Brockton 5 1 22 0, Page 2 0 28 0(w1), A Smith 5 0 33 1(w3), Ormiston 4 0 36 0.
  
 NOMADS CC Innings                          R   B   M  4 6 
 N Hussey        c Fletcher   b Roper      20  19  16  4 0 
 R Ormiston      st Ward      b Mohammed   38  58 106  5 0 
 T Brockton*     bowled         Roper       0   7  12  0 0          
 W Johnson       c Pennick    b Ali        25  33  38  4 0          
 R Latchman      bowled         Pennick     1   7   3  0 0          
 A Smith         c Brook      b Mohammed   15  28  22  1 0          
 R Blackburn     c Pennick    b Mohammed    0   1   1  0 0          
 C Page          bowled         Mohammed    8  21  24  1 0 
 H Morris        c & b          Mohammed    1   6   2  0 0 
 K Smith+        not out                    7  17  10  0 0
 O Croom-Johnson did not bat injured        - 
 Extras          (b4,lb10,w20,nb0)         35 
 TOTAL           (All out,32.4 overs)     150 
  
 Fow:1-32(1),2-34(3),3-91(4),4-92(5),5-119~(6),6-119(7),7-128(2),8-136(9),9-150(8). 
  
 Bowling-Hogan-Brown 4 0 28 0,Roper 5 0 21 2,Pennick 6 0 16 1,Ali 4 0 25 1,Afzal 6 0 18 0,Mohammed 6.4 1 24 5,Alger 1 0 4 0.
  
  
Nomads batting fails the task 
 
Nomads arrived in good order on another sunny day to play at the Woodbridge Oval following for most players a very late night out.   
 Alfas won the toss and batted and were soon in some discomfort. A pacy spell from Robbie Blackburn had both openers playing and missing but it was the guile of vintage seamer Ollie Croom-Johnson that brought an early breakthrough for the visitors. First Pennick and then Alger were gone for 8. Had Nomads held on to a couple of difficult chances their ascendancy at this point in the game may have proved to be crucial. In the event Brook  and young Marshall added 71 runs. Bill Johnson decived Brook who was smartly stumped by Kevin Smith and then ran out Marshall.
 At 94-4 Nomads sensed a low Sporting Alfas total but Afzal and skipper Fletcher added 50 before Andy Smith bamboozled Fletcher with his flight and  bowled him. The innings now swung Alfas's way as Afzal and Mohammed added a quick 60 runs and despite Blackburn removing Afzal at 203 Mohammed continue to swing merrily bringing the innings to a decent 243 in total. 
 Resuming after an excellent tea Nomads set off at good pace with Nigel Hussey punishing some short bowling. Unfortunately for Nomads his cameo was all too short and worse was to come as Nomads skipper Brockton fell for a rare duck giving youing Roper his second wicket. Ormiston and Johnson added 57 runs before Johnson having just played a withering boundary pull attempted the same shot next ball only to sky it into the covers. The experienced Ranjit Latchman was soon bowled by Pennick for a mere single. Nomads were thus 92-4, much the same score as Sporting Alfas at the similar stage of the innings. Andy Smith joined Ormiston adding 27 before he fell to Mohammed.
 Mohammed's bowling action is deplorable.The square leg umpire approached Sporting Alfas's skipper  who agreed he chucked but added that it was only a friendly game and he was a slow chucker. The square leg umpire then remarked that if this was a league game he would have  discussed the action with the bowling umpire and informed skipper and bowling umpire that he would 'no ball' him thereafter unless he changed his action. And so Mohammed continued to chuck and spin with great effect recording figures of 5-24 as Nomads innings folded despite Ross Ormiston striking Mohammed for a huge six.
 Nomads had lost again on Saturday by a large margin despite the game being evenly balanced for much of the time. Nevertheless both sides lingered long in the clubhouse afterwards drinking in great harmony with their most hospitable of hosts. Needless to say bowling actions did receive a lot of attention in friendly conversation 

 MATCH 81  NOMADS CC  v Sporting Alfas Sunday XI Sunday October  19th 2014,  1.00pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain-35 overs each innings, 7 overs max per bowler.  

 Result:  Nomads won by 24 runs      
 Toss:    Nomads   
 Umpires: Several  
 Scorer:  Nigel Green      
 Debut(s):None
      
 NOMADS CC Innings                              R   B   M 4 6 
 N Hussey+      c McKinstry b Hogan-Brown      19  27  32 2 0
 J Dixon        c Roper     b Laundon           1   8   8 0 0
 R Blackburn    c Byrne     b Roper            35  36  42 5 1           
 T D Brockton   c & b       b Wallington-Smith 38  37  44 6 0  
 R Ormiston     c Byrne     b Laundon          54  50  67 6 1
 A Smith        retired unwell                  1   1   3 0 0
 R Style        not out                        41  38  55 2 2  
 J Hardy        not out                        14  25  25 1 1
 Extras        (b2,lb5,w27,nb0)                34 
 TOTAL         (5 wickets,35 overs)           237
 Dnb:H Morris,C Page,ME Blumberg
  
 Fow:1-14(2),2-61(1),3-92(3),4-129(4),5-205(5).A Smith retired at 130 
  
 Bowling-Laundon 7 1 21 2,K Perman  5 0 40 0, Hogan-Brown 6 0 42 1,Roper 7 0 52 1, Wallington-Smith  4 0 35 1,Ashraf 5 0 24 0,Taylor-Locke 1 0 16 0.
  
 SPORTING ALFAS Sunday XI Innings       R   B  M 4 6
 H Marshall     c Style     b Page      21 35 41 3 0
 J Roper        c Style     b Page      22 11 18 2 2       
 K Laundon      c Blumberg  b Brockton  72 80 93 6 3    
 T Hogan-Brown  bowled        Ormiston  21 27 35 2 0
 K Perman       c Style     b K Smith   10 12 10 2 0
 J Pearman      st K Smith  b Brockton   0  2  1 0 0
 D Taylor-Locke c Page      b Brockton  50 42 38 5 0
 I Byrne+       not out                  5  4 14 0 0 
 Extras        (b4,lb0,w6,nb2)          12 
 TOTAL         (6 wickets, 35 overs)   213 
 Dnb: W Wallington-Smith,A Ashraf, AN Other   
  
 Fow: 1-32(2),2-57(1),3-108(4),4-124(5),5-181(3),6-213(6).  
  
 Bowling- Page 7 1 25 2(w1,nb1),Hardy 7 0 60 0(w3,nb1),Ormiston 7 0 27 1,A Smith 3 0 17 0,K Smith 5 0 30 1,Brockton 6  0 50 2(w1,nb0). 
 *Nigel Hussey & Kevin Smith shared keeping duties. 
     
 
Andrew Smith too ill to bat
 Andrew Smith elected to play but after one ball at the crease retired unwell. He did recover sufficiently after Tea to bowl three overs. However given that we had surplus players available this seemed to be a bizarre personal decision.
 In the event Nomads bowling contained Sporting Alfas so we ran out winners by 24 runs. 

MATCH 82  NOMADS CC  v Sporting Alfas Midweek XI Monday October 20th   2014,  1.00pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain-35/35 overs,7 max per bowler

 Result:  Nomads won by 76 runs  
 Toss:    Nomads    
 Umpires: Ron Graham & Others  
 Scorer:  Nigel Green         
 Debut(s):None     
  
 NOMADS CC Innings                        R  B  M  4 6
 K Smith+        st Dell     b Pennick    0  3  1  0 0 
 R Latchman      retired hurt            33 46 55  5 0 
 T Brockton*     bowled        Marshall  86 72 72 14 0 
 J Dixon         bowled        Ashraf    16 23 33  2 0 
 A Smith         c Marshall  b Keegan     6  7 11  1 0 
 W Johnson       run out(Ashraf)          6 40 49  2 0 
 R Style         c Dell      b Taylor    15 20 27  1 0  
 N Hussey        c McInstry  b Dell      25 23 22  3 0
 J Hardy         bowled        Dell       1  2  7  0 0 
 C Page          run out(Dell)            3  4  2  0 0
 ME Blumberg     not out                  0  0  1  0 0
 Extras         (b2,lb3,w9,nb0)          17 
 TOTAL          (All out,35 overs)      208  
  
 Fow:1-0(1),2-142(3),3-154(5),4-158(4),5-165(6),6-203(7),7-204(8),8-208(10),9-208(9.  
  
 Bowling-Pennick 5 1 22 1, Taylor  7 1 30 1, Ashraf 7 0 58 1, Cooper 5 0 31 0,Marshall 4 0 35 1, Keegan 5 1 13 1,Dell 2 0 14 2.   
  
 SPORTING ALFAS CC MID WEEK XI Innings   R  B   M 4 6 
 P Pennick       bowled       Page       39 41 44 4 1    
 N McInstry      c A Smith  b Page        0  4  2 0 0    
 K Laundon*      c Latchman b Johnson     3 17 17 0 0    
 C Cooper        c Latchman b Johnson     3 17 19 0 0
 W Ashraf        c Dixon    b Hussey     17 37 28 2 0
 D Taylor-Locke  bowled       Hussey      2  5  5 0 0 
 G Ward+         c A Smith  b Hussey      4  8 14 1 0
 H Marshall      bowled       Brockton   26 30 42 4 1
 P Taylor        not out                 19 41 39 2 0  
 D Keegan        not out                  5  5  4 1 0 
 Extras         (b3,lb2,w5,nb4)          14   
 TOTAL          (8 wickets,35 overs)    163
 Dnb:A Dell  
  
 Fow:1-1(2),2-26(3),3-50(4),4-53(1),5-65(6),6-72(5),7-82(7),8-124(8.  
  
 Bowling-Johnson 7 1 26 2(w1,nb0),Page 7 3 25 2,Hardy 7 0 13 0(w2,nb0), Hussey 7 0 34 3, A Smith 6 0 25 0(w2,nb1),Brockton 1 0 4 1.  
  
 
Nomads Bowlers Dominate  
 Nomads ended the tour with a substantial victory on Monday 

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