Sunday May 10th v Follies Farm Old Spots CC

Match 16 NOMADS CC v FOLLIES FARM OLD SPOTS CC at Follies Farm High Street Green Chiddingfold Surrey GU8 4YB Sunday May 10th 1.00pm delayed by rain – 20/20 overs, 4 max per bowler

Result:        FFOS CC won by 6 wickets
Toss:          Nomads CC
Umpires        Tim Tomlin and others
Scorer:        Michael Blumberg
Debut:         None
Match Manager: Vic Kandampully

NOMADS CC Innings                      R 4s 6s
Vic Kandampully*  c Gibson b Griffiths 25 4 0
Mark  Richards    c Gibson b Pascoe    10 1 0
Rob Jones         c Foyle  b Priest    36 2 1
Matt Clifford     bowled     Priest    25 3 0
Simon D’Ardenne   bowled     Hope      15 1 0
Tom Marriage      run out              11 2 0
Sajjad Shawl      not                   1 0 0
Vishal Trivedi    not out               1 0 0
Extras           (b5,lb5,w6,nb2)       18
TOTAL            (6 wkts,20 overs)    142
Dnb:Richard Eldridge+,Steve Walshe,Andy Penn.

Fow:1-38(2),2-57(1),3-110(4),3-110(4),4-111(3),5-140(6),6-141(5).

Bowling –Pascoe 4 0 26 1(w2),Griffiths4 0 29 1(w3),Hope 4 0 18 1,Priest 4 0 20 2(w1),Miller 3 0 28 0(nb1),Foyle 1 0 10 0(nb1).

FOLLIES FARM OLD SPOTS CC Innings   R 4s 6s
S Spicer        bowled  Sajjad      0 0  0
C Scudamore     bowled  Shawl       1 0  0
P Priest        bowled  Jones      45 6  1
Harry Griffiths not out            66 8  2
H Hope          bowled  Clifford   21 2  2
F Foyle         not out             0
Extras         (b6,lb0,w4,nb0)     10
TOTAL          (4 wkts,15.5 overs)143
Dnb:Guy Gibson*,B Dormer,T Pascoe,M Miller,Charlie Dickins+.

Fow:1-0(1),2-15(2),3-87(3),4-135(5).

Bowling – Shawl 4 1 19 2,Walshe 4 0 31 (w1),Penn 2 0 23 0(w2),Trivedi 2 0 16 0,Jones 2 0 13 1(w1),Clifford 2 0 34 1.

Old Spots win at a fast trot

Nomads set off in the morning from a variety of locations in the dry and returned likewise. However as we arrived at Follies Farm it was spitting raindrops and soon settled into persistent drizzle and later genuine rain. The forecast claimed it would stop by 2pm but it did not. The covers were put over the pitch and both teams settled into beer and Charlie Dickins’ excellent Rosé wine. As rain persisted so we took an early Tea though Vishal denied lettuce and tomatoes matched his vegetarian needs. Eventually the rain stopped and so a 20/20 match was agreed.

Victor won the toss and elected to bat. He and Mark opened and soon had the score rollicking along Vic slapping a series of boundaries and Mark beetling up and down the pitch. Unfortunately both miscued to be caught out so we were 57-2 in the 8th over. Rob Jones and Matt Clifford kept the boundaries flowing but by the time they were out,111-4 in the 16th over the run rate had slipped from 8 to 7 per over so we needed a surge over the last four overs. Simon d’Ardenne and Tom Marshall swung their bats but seldom beat the deep set field. Sajjad scored his first run at Follies after several attempts. So Nnomads finished on 142 perhaps 20 short of the hoped for target.

However the Cognescenti considered this to be a challenging total on a soft slow pitch and we had some good bowlers!

Things went very well to start with as Sajjad bowled opener Spicer first ball and bowled a wicket maiden. The second over from Steve Walshe received little respect conceding 15.Sajjad then bowled the other opener at which point he had taken 2 wickets off 9 balls for one run. Young Harry Griffiths now joined Priest and these two smashed 72 in 9 overs before Rob Jones bowled Priest for 45. Hope joined Griffiths with the reputation of being a stodgy batter but instead smote two 6s and two 4s before being bowled by Clifford. Harry Griffiths finished on 66 not out,a fine innings including two 6s and eight 4s. Nomads bowlers had taken something of a mauling and Follies won with 4 overs to go.

Post match continued with much conviviality before departing. A select few Nomads stopped off for further reflection in a nearby hostelry to be met by two Follies Old Spots one of whom we gave a lift home but not before another round.

This was Nomads return after a gap of ten years. The record now stand as 10 wins for FFOS & 7 wins for Nomads and one draw in 1999!

A day ruined by the weather but enriched by the company. Many thanks Guy Gibson and Old Spots.

Previous Matches

2016 Nomads won by 15runs
2015 Nomads won by 22 runs   
2014 Nomads won by 75 runs
2013 Nomads won by 5 wickets
2012 Wash out Cancelled
2011 FFOS      won by 3 wickets
2010 FFOS      won by 3 wickets
2009 FFOS      won by 119 runs
2008 FFOS      won by 3 wickets Pagie failed to find the ‘effing’ ground
2007 Nomads win by 89 runs,Alexander hit 94 & Blumberg takes 4fer
2006 Nomads win by 74 runs as Tom Lascelles takes ‘Michele’
2005 Leng Steals the show for FFOS who win by 48 runs
2004 Nomads won by 51 runs
2003 FFOS      win by 3 wickets
2002 Nomads received a thrashing
2001 FFOS     win by 7 wickets 
2000 FFOS     won by 12 runs  
1999 Match Drawn
1998 Cancelled Rain

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