Sussex Tour 1981

Pagham batted first and struggled against a Nomads bowling attack comprising Bill Wilkinson, Andy Penn,Robin Symondson and Peter Mathews. Mid order Hoare hit fifty and an eighth wicket flourish took them to 164 off 44 overs when the declaration came. Skipper Fermont dug in and saw the Nomads to a five wicket victory with assistances  from Andy Penn and Robin Symondson cameos

Match 56 NOMADS CC v ARUNDEL CC  Waterwoods Plain
A27, Chichester Road Arundel Sussex BN18 0AD Thursday August 27th 2.30pm  – Time Game  

Result:   Match Drawn 
Toss:     Arundel CC     
Umpires:   Not recorded              
Scorer:    Peter Mathews, MFG Mostyn & Others  
Debut(s):  ? Hopkinson 

ARUNDEL CC Innings
B Cable      bowled          R Symondson 22
D Dalgarno   c Harden      b Wilkinson    1
I Goord      c A Symondson b R Symondson  8
I Denyer     run out                     83
P Cross      c Campbell    b Leahy       24
R Barry      run out                     23
T Wesson     run out                      6
M Blunden    lbw           b Leahy        0
A Northeast+ not out                      2
M Barry      not out                      0
Extras      (b2,lb1,w1,nb1)               5
TOTAL       (8 wkts dec,37 overs)       175
Dnb:M Mustard  

Fow:1-15(2),2-29(1),3-43(3),4-140(4),5-150(5),6-171(7),7-172(8),8-175(6). 

Bowling-Wilkinson 11 2 89 1(w1,nb1),R Symondson 10 2 40 2,A Penn 8 1 51 0,Leahy 8 0 38 2. 

 NOMADS CC Innings   
 AJG Symondson bowled         Cross   49
 A Campbell    bowled         Goord    1
 A Penn        c Wesson     b Goord    7
 NJ Harden+    bowled         Wesson  14
 W Wilkinson   c sub        b Blunden 11
 R Symondson   st Northeast b Blunden 17
 ? Hopkinson   not out                38
 P Mathews     bowled         Cross    0
 D Merricks    c Northeast  b Mustard  4
 DC Fermont    not out                11
 Extras       (b1,lb7,w0,nb1)          9
 TOTAL        (8 wickets,41 overs)   161
 Dnb:J Leahy. 

Fow:1-8(2),2-20(3),3-41(4),4-63(5),5-93(1),6-103(6),7-104(8),8-128(9). 

Bowling-Mustard 13 2 34 1,Goord 13 4 28 2,Weeson 3 0 12 1(nb2),Blunden 5 0 38 2,Cross 5 0 21 1,Barry 2 0 19 0.

After some early success,3-43 Nomads bowlers toiled as Denyer and Cross added 97. Thereafter wickets fell steadily and Arundel declared at 175-8 off 37 overs. Ali Symondson dug in for 90 minutes but wickets fell steadily at the other end. He was out for 49 and Nomads at 93-5 soon to be 125-8 were in peril. Thankfully debutant Hopkinson and the club skipper batting low then steadied the ship taking the score to 161-8 before the close and a honourable draw.

Match 57 NOMADS CC v SELSEY CC Paddock Lane, Selsey, Chichester PO20 9BB Friday August 27th 2.30 pm  – Time Game  

Result:   Nomads won by 137 runs  
Toss:    Nomads CC 
Umpires: Not recorded  
Scorer:   Sir Patrick Moore, Peter Mathews & Others 
Debut(s):

NOMADS CC Innings 
AJG Symondson c Barrett   b  Galloway 0
DC Fermont*   st Frome    b  Miller  67
MG Ghersie+   bowled         Taylor  62
NJ Harden+    c France    b  Taylor   2
R Symondson   not out                33
W Wilkinson   st France   b  Miller  34
A Penn        c France    b  Miller  10
A Campbell    not out                 0
Extras       (b10,lb4,w1,nb0)        15
TOTAL        (6wkts dec,32.4 overs) 223
Dnb:P Mathews,MFJG Mostyn,J Leahy.
Presumably Ghersie and Harden shared wicket keeping duties.   

Fow:1-8(1),2-124(3),3-126(4),4-148(2),5-213(6),6-223(7).

Bowling-Galloway 9 2 47 1,Barratt 6 0 30 0,Taylor 6 0 32 2,Cowtan 3 0 30 0 Miller 4.4 0 35 3,Hart 3 0 21 0,Moore 1 0 13 0.

SELSEY CC Innings 
J Reeve    bowled          Campbell   28 
A Barrett  bowled          Leahy       7 
J France   bowled          Mathews     2 
B Taylor   bowled          Campbell   16 
N Galloway bowled          Campbell    9 
M Cowtan   st Ghersie    b A Symondson 0 
S Hart     c R Symondson b A symondson 0 
J Miller   c Harden      b Campbell    0 
S Miller   not out                     5 
P Moore    bowled          Campbell    5 
T Chapman  st Ghersie    b Campbell    0 
Extras    (b10,lb0,w4,nb0)            14
TOTAL     (All out,29 overs)          86

Fow:1-13(2),2-16(3),3-58(1),4-69(4),5-69(6),6-70(7),7-70(8),8-79(5),9-85(10),10-86(11).

Bowling-Leahy 8 2 20 1,Mathews 8 2 21 1, Campbell 7 3 14 6, Ghersie 2 1 4 0, A Symondson 4 1 12 2.

Despite losing opener Ali Symondson for a duck Nomads posted a commanding total thanks to a big stand of 116 runs between skipper David Fermont and former skipper Mike Ghersie. Both hits sixties including a six. There was also a mid order flourish from Robin Symondson and Bill Wilkinson so Nomads declared on 223-6 off 32.4 overs. When Selsey replied Andy Campbell switching to bowler mode took a sixfer as the home side collapsed, all out 86 in 29 overs. In the bar early!

Match 58 NOMADS CC v MIDDLETON SPORTS CLUB 3 Seal Lane Middleton Bognor Regis Sussex PO22 7RH  Saturday August 28th 2.00 pm  – Time Game  

Result:   Match Drawn   
Toss:    Middleton CC 
Umpires: Not recorded  
Scorer:  Various 
Debut(s):K Rickard          

MIDDLETON SPORTS CLUB  Innings 
P Yates      c Croom-Johnson b A Penn    31
G Richardson bowled            Wilkinson 22
A Saul       c & b             Rickard   39
H Head       c Harden        b Wilkinson 20
J Davies     not out                     63
T Turner     c Harden        b Rickard    0
H Horne      bowled            Rickard   16
R Lush       not out                     18
Extras      (b0,lb2,w1,nb2)               5
TOTAL       (6 wkts dec,46 overs)       216
Dnb:S Scowen,D Sayer,G Geffen. 

Fow:1-40(1),2-54(2),3-83(4),4-156(3),5-?,6-?.

Bowling– Wilkinson 15 2 53 2,A Penn 11 0 67 1,rickard 12 1 48 3,Croom-Johnson 8 0 47 0. 

NOMADS CC Innings
DC Fermont*     c Richardson b Davies     53
ME Blumberg     run out                    0
MG Ghersie      bowled         Sayer       5
W Wilkinson     c Turner     b Scowen      0
A Penn          c Richardson b Sayer      16
D Wilkinson     c Giffen     b Richardson 20
NJ Harden+      bowled         Richardson  4
A Campbell      c Head       b Scowen     28
K Richard       not out                   20
O Croom-Johnson not out                    0
Extras         (b2,lb7,w1,nb5)            15
TOTAL          (8 wickets,50 overs)      161
Dnb:MFJG Mostyn.

Fow:1-0(2),2-6(3),3-9(4),4-46(5),5-104(1),6-125(6),7-138(7)?,8-161(8).

Bowlers– Sayer 9 1 34 2,Scowen 12 3 33 2,Lush 5 3 10 0,Saul 6 0 22 0,Richardson 12 4 35 2,Davies 6 0 12 0. 

The Hon Sec had missed most of the Sussex Tour despite being Tour Manager as his then partner Elizabeth Fletcher was recovering from an appendix operation. After much negotiation he was permitted to play on the Saturday at Middleton where he had played much of his cricket in the 1960s. Batting second Nomads opened with skipper Dr David Fermont and the Hon Sec Blumberg, after five dot balls the ‘learned medic’ struck the sixth ball straight and hard at short extra cover and shouted yes.  Blumberg was just run out for a duck without facing a ball. Some observers commented that never had anyone seen Blumberg run so fast but all in vain.

On his reaching the clubhouse a Nomad remarked “I don’t think David wanted to open with you.” but in general everyone seemed to think it was hilarious! As so often with a pointless run out several more wickets fell cheaply putting the Nomads innings in some peril but Fermont held firm making fifty and some lower order resistance took Nomads to safety. The club skipper had a good tour 199 runs for twice out and three fifties.

On returning home late the  description of his duck brought forth such hilarity there was a danger Liz’s stitches would burst. Indeed this hilarity at the Hon Sec’s duck  was repeated by Elizabeth’s friends and the sorority.It took several decades for the Hon Sec to appreciate the comedy!

However ‘She who had to be obeyed’ did melt a bit for next day she said “You had better play on Bank Holiday Monday in view of your abject performance on Saturday” and he did.

We were surprised to find Steve Scowen playing for Middleton. Even more surprising he lasted another year there!

The next day Nomads motored north to Ashtead and after a night back home played at Sonning on Bank Holiday Monday

Matches Scorecards & Reports 1981

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