Saturday July 11th v Essendine CC

MATCH 40 NOMADS CC v ESSENDINE CC Paddington Recreation Ground Randolph Avenue Maida Vale London W9 1PD Saturday July 11th 2.30 pmTime Game

Toss:    Esendine CC  
Result:  Essendine won by 110 runs  
Umpires: Not recorded
Scorers: Various  
Debut(s):HB Chancellor,John Patrick,? Riley,John Patrick.

ESSENDINE CC Innings
A Conway   bowled     Blumberg   12 
M Fleming  bowled     Chancellor  3 
T Noyes    c Doyle  b Toulmin    25 
G Bottril  not out               77 
R Williams bowled     Whiteway   29 
T Rowan    not out               10 
Extras    (b8,lb8,w3,nb0)        19 
TOTAL     (4 wkts dec,42 overs) 178 
Dnb:B Cook,J Thompson,SP Conway,R Bloomfield,D Jones.

Fow:1-13(2),2-46(3),3-51(1),4-141(5).

Bowling – Doyle 7 1 26 0,Chancellor 7 3 11 1,Toulmin 4 0 21 1,Blumberg 6 0 27 1,Astbury 10 0 49 0,Whiteway 8 0 22 1.

NOMADS CC Innings
J Doyle        c?        b Williams  2
ME Blumberg    c Fleming b Williams  4
MG Willis      c Conway  b Jones    14
HB Chancellor  bowled      Williams  0
J Patrick      bowled      Conway    3
AJ Whiteway*   c Fleming b Conway    5
S Toulmin      bowled      Cook     19
? Graham-Dixon bowled      Conway    0
CR Mann        bowled      Cook      3
? Riley        c?        b Williams 10
B Astbury      not out               0
Extras        (b2,lb2,w2,nb2)        8
TOTAL         (All out,29.4 overs)  68

Fow:1-6(2),2-9(1),3-9(4),4-15(5),5-30(3),6-35(6),7-35(8),8-53(9),9-60(7),10-68(10). 

Bowling-SP Conway 13 10 11 3,Williams 8.4 2 28 4, Jones 6 1 14,Cook 2 0 6 1.

A Miserable Farewell to Paddington Rec

We played Essendine CC from 1977 to 1981 at Paddington Recreation Ground which in those days had two cricket grounds one with a grass square where we played. Subsequently the facility was redeveloped eliminating the larger ground which is now a cinder running track,Tennis courts and more. The smaller ground was further landscaped and a synthetic pitch installed but unfortunately the local residents use it for walking their dogs making the outfield unpleasant. The current Leisure Centre was the old Sports Pavilion. We assumed Essendine was named after a neighbouring Road of the same name.

This was to be our last visit to Paddington and Nomads performed spectacularly poorly.Batting first Essendine lost three early wickets but then Botrrill played a good innings and with first Williams and then Rowan took the total to 178-4 before the declaration was made. 

Nomads’ response was disastrous with only three batsmen reaching double figures. The final score was a mere 68, all of 110 short of Essendine. The next day Nomads were to lose by 9 wickets so a rotten weekend by any standards. 

Subsequently we played Old Millhillians on this date.

Matches,Scorecards & Reports 1981