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The Old Wimbledonians Club
in SW20 provided an attractive and convenient venue for the second
FOB v Petrian cricket match. The first encounter, held in Oxford in
1997, was won by Falcon.
Fortunately we were greeted by pleasantly warm afternoon sunshine.
With the smell of braai smoke in the air and the steady stream of
lager flowing to lubricate the boisterous supporters on the
clubhouse verandah, you could have been forgiven for thinking you
were closer to home.
Falcon won the toss and elected to bat but suffered an immediate
set back with our opener dismissed on the first ball of the
afternoon to a fine catch at fine leg! However, Sanky (33 runs)and
Bashall (27 runs) repaired the damage in a partnership of 74,
scored off 11 overs, in a fine exhibition of strokeplay.
Unfortunately they were dismissed in successive overs and wickets
then fell at regular intervals. Our middle order's cause was not
helped by some accurate bowling from the Vandoras brothers. A quick
fire 28 from Hagelthorn in 18 balls towards the end took our total
to 161 for eight from our alloted 30 overs.
Our opening bowlers bowled well and frequently beat the bat but
with no reward as the Peterhouse batsmen put together a useful
opening partnership of 50. However, the increase in the
asking run rate induced some rash shots from the opposition and we
took four wickets by the time they had reached three figures,
including some reputable scalps. Hutchings and Paynter then built a
decisive partnership including some mighty blows over mid wicket
(one destroying the car windscreen of their team mate!). With
Peterhouse bearing down on their target, as so often before, the
captain tossed the ball to the evergreen Turner (son of the
legendary DET). Another high class spell of bowling sent a further
Petrean to the pavilion but
could not prevent the winning runs being scored with ten balls to
spare.
So Peterhouse ran out victors by five wickets. There followed a
presentation of the man of the match awards, which went to
Hutchings and Turner, and the drawing of the raffle which raised
L100 for the college. The players and supporters then enjoyed the
fine spread from the braai and much good reminiscence.
We look forward to the next match in 2003 and thanks to all the
players and supporters whom contributed to such a fine afternoon.
Mike Hammond
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