Dodgers v Ombudsman
Match cancelled due to unplayable pitch at Chiswick.
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23 August 2007
31 July 2007
Dodgers v Ombudsman
Chiswick
6pm
20 overs
Retire at 25
Weather: sunny
Dodgers 80 for 2 (Priest 25*, McBarron 18*) lost to Ombudsman 81 for 0 (Lee 4-0-17-0) by 10 wickets
Man of the Match: Lee - 3, Adey - 2, McBarron - 2, Matthews - 1, Pope - 1, Priest - 1
Scorecard
6pm
20 overs
Retire at 25
Weather: sunny
Dodgers 80 for 2 (Priest 25*, McBarron 18*) lost to Ombudsman 81 for 0 (Lee 4-0-17-0) by 10 wickets
Man of the Match: Lee - 3, Adey - 2, McBarron - 2, Matthews - 1, Pope - 1, Priest - 1
Scorecard
Innings of Dodgers
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Adey b Gauntlet 2
Peirce c wkt b Johnson 7
Priest not out (36 mins, 36 balls) 25
Marr not out (44 mins, 38 balls) 24
McBArron not out (17 mins, 12 balls) 18
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Sub-total 76
Extras 4
Total 80
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FoW:
1-7 (Adey 2, 12 mins, 11 balls)
2-11 (Peirce 7, 21 mins, 21 balls)
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dnb: Lowe, Lee, Matthew, Cooper, Pope
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Bowling of Ombudsman
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Johnson 4-0-6-1
Gauntlet 4-0-11-1
Wood 4-1-16-0
Lamprecht 4-0-23-0
King 4-0-22-0
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Innings of Ombudsman
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Peters not out 28
Clayton not out 25
Lillywhite not out 24
Fairhall not out 0
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Sub-total 76
Extras 6
Total 82
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dnb: Corkindale, Hedges, Lamprecht, W, J, G, King
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Bowling of Dodgers
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Adey 2-0-24-0
Cooper 3-0-16-0
Lowe 3-0-16-0
Lee 4-0-17-0
Pope 2.2-0-10-0
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03 August 2006
Dodgers v Ombudsman @ Chiswick
3 August 2006
Chiswick
20/20
retire at 25
Toss won by Dodgers
Dodgers won by 2 runs
Chiswick
20/20
retire at 25
Toss won by Dodgers
Innings of Dodgers
Priest retired 27
Jacobs c wkt b Rob 5
Dollin lbw b Johnson 1
Westhead b Haddon 3
Carr b Lamprecht 8
McBarron retired 26
Paterson not out 17
Lee not out 5
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Sub-total 92
Extras 14
Total 106
dnb: Matthews, Fox, Cooper
Bowling
Johnson 4-1-14-1
Rob 4-0-18-1
Haddon 4-0-22-1
Lamprecht 4-0-18-1
Kragenbrink 2-0-11-0
Ings 2-0-18-0
Innings of Ombudsman
Lillywhite retired 25
Clayton b Paterson 5
Kragenbrink c Matthews b Cooper 1
Lamprecht c Fox b McBarron 4
Robson retired 25
Corkindale b Lee 0
Peters c Fox b Lee 23
Ings not out 4
Haddon not out 6
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Sub-total 93
Extras 11
Total 104
Bowling
Paterson 4-1-10-1
Cooper 4-1-7-1
McBarron 4-0-14-1
Fox 4-0-31-0
Lee 4-0-37-2
Dodgers won by 2 runs
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30 May 2006
Dodgers v Ombudsman @ Chiswick
Dodgers v Ombudsman
Tuesday 30 May 2006
18 overs
Ombudsman won by ?? runs. Does anyone know the correct score. The scorebook is incomplete (again!).
Tuesday 30 May 2006
18 overs
Innings of Ombudsman
Paul b Cousins 8
Simon n/o 26
Glen b Cooper 4
Saffa n/o 29
Andrew b Cooper 0
Dan b Cooper 5
Lee b Lee 9
Paul R n/o 11
Paul S run out (Qureshi) 5
James b McBarron 0
Rob b Carr 1
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Sub-total 98
Extras ??
Total ???
Bowling of Dodgers
Paterson 4-0-16-0
Cousins 4-3-2-1
Cooper 4-0-24-3
Lee 4-0-35-1
McBarron 1-0-7-1
Carr 1-0-6-1
Innings of Dodgers
Qureshi run out 19
Taylor b Silverbauer 1
Priest ret'd 25
McBarron c ? b Saffi 6
Carr b Saffi 6
Lee n/o 8
Paterson n/o 12
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Sub-total 77
Extras 10
Total 87
dnb: Cooper, Matthews, Cousins
Bowling of Ombudsman
Silverbauer 4-1-9-1
King 4-0-19-0
Saffa 4-0-25-2
Madden 3-0-16-0
Dan K 3-0-18-0
Ombudsman won by ?? runs. Does anyone know the correct score. The scorebook is incomplete (again!).
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19 August 2005
Dodgers v Ombudsman, 18 August 2005
Match report by Simon Cousins:
On a humid evening, Dodgers ensured that they finished with a positive record for 2005 with a comfortable win by 13 runs over the Ombudsman.
Stand-in skipper Benn won the toss and chose to bat first and it was soon clear that conditions would favour the bowlers when in the second over Hilary's recent good form was interrupted by a ball that swung in a good six inches to hit middle. None of the batsmen looked comfortable, though Dunning (25 no) did well to see off the opening bowlers. At the halfway point, Dodgers had made just 43. But despite swinging the ball extravagantly, the Ombudsman bowled far too many wides (17 in all), which kept the run rate ticking over. The second half of the innings was more profitable, as Qureshi (25no) took charge, getting correctly to the pitch of the ball to minimise the effect of the swing. All the middle order and tail contributed, and the running was more energetic than is often the case, despite an impressive fielding display from the Ombudsman team.
The final Dodgers total of 112 seemed no better than par on what was a good wicket. But it was soon put in perspective. Cousins kept things tight at one end, but it was Benn (3-17), inspired by the captaincy, who broke the back of the Ombudsman innings. Bowling a full length to allow the ball to swing, he castled the top three for next to nothing. With Golden Arm Cooper joining in with two wickets in his first over, the score was 24-5 after 9 overs and the match as good as over. The Ombudsman team fought to the end, but the bowling remained disciplined (Dodgers bowled just 4 wides), supported by uncharacteristically good fielding. The one blip was a dreadful drop from Qureshi, flooring a dolly that even Adam Gilchrist may have held. Towards the end Luke signed off in his last game before a sabbatical from Dodgers by teaming up with Matthews for his second stumping in as many weeks, crowning an impressive Dodgers performance.
On a humid evening, Dodgers ensured that they finished with a positive record for 2005 with a comfortable win by 13 runs over the Ombudsman.
Stand-in skipper Benn won the toss and chose to bat first and it was soon clear that conditions would favour the bowlers when in the second over Hilary's recent good form was interrupted by a ball that swung in a good six inches to hit middle. None of the batsmen looked comfortable, though Dunning (25 no) did well to see off the opening bowlers. At the halfway point, Dodgers had made just 43. But despite swinging the ball extravagantly, the Ombudsman bowled far too many wides (17 in all), which kept the run rate ticking over. The second half of the innings was more profitable, as Qureshi (25no) took charge, getting correctly to the pitch of the ball to minimise the effect of the swing. All the middle order and tail contributed, and the running was more energetic than is often the case, despite an impressive fielding display from the Ombudsman team.
The final Dodgers total of 112 seemed no better than par on what was a good wicket. But it was soon put in perspective. Cousins kept things tight at one end, but it was Benn (3-17), inspired by the captaincy, who broke the back of the Ombudsman innings. Bowling a full length to allow the ball to swing, he castled the top three for next to nothing. With Golden Arm Cooper joining in with two wickets in his first over, the score was 24-5 after 9 overs and the match as good as over. The Ombudsman team fought to the end, but the bowling remained disciplined (Dodgers bowled just 4 wides), supported by uncharacteristically good fielding. The one blip was a dreadful drop from Qureshi, flooring a dolly that even Adam Gilchrist may have held. Towards the end Luke signed off in his last game before a sabbatical from Dodgers by teaming up with Matthews for his second stumping in as many weeks, crowning an impressive Dodgers performance.
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15 June 2005
Phew!
Dodgers’ nightmare run thankfully came to an end last night with a 12 run victory over the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
Cap’n Carr won the toss – for once – and we batted. Things didn’t start well as Qureshi was bowled for the third game in a row trying to play a ball angling in at leg stump through mid-wicket – this time to register a golden duck. Priest and McBarron then moved the score along steadily before Phil was trapped leg before for 12.
JC came in at four and continued his recent form: hard hitting and dodgy running in equal measure. JC was… how can I put it… particularly effective at retaining the strike in his innings, drawing the cruellest rebuke imaginable from Neil at one point – “Well run Phil”. Both fell on the same ball – JC inevitably to a run out for 14 and Priest having reached the 25 retirement mark.
The innings suddenly ground to a halt as Harrison chipped the ball back to the bowler for a duck and Matthews and Westhead struggled to get more than a few wides and byes to the deep-standing keeper. The Cat’s eventual departure for our third duck brought in John Hilary and a welcome impetus to the scoring rate. Showing flashes of his old form, JH scored a very quick 20* as we added 21 in the last two overs to post 110-6, extras top-scoring for the second game running. Was this defendable?
It didn’t look it as the Ombudsmen’s openers set off at a cracking rate. It was definitely a day to bowl later in the innings and Nick Harrison showed experience belying his tender years by incurring a mystery injury after just one over that equally mysteriously cleared up when the openers were gone. Strange that. John Cooper had posted that afternoon that he hadn’t conceded an extra all season. Replacing Harrison, two of his first three balls were wides. D’oh!
Paterson recovered from an expensive start to help us keep control and – after one opener had retired in the 6th over – Cooper grabbed a wicket in taking 1-29. With 44 needed off 8 with wickets in hand we were in difficulty, but tight overs and wickets from Benn (3-13) and Hilary (1-18) left the target at 39 off five, which Ombudsman never really threatened thanks to Harrison (2-16).
So, a very, very welcome win by 12 runs. The scorebook told the tale: Ombudsman conceded 28 extras, Dodgers only 8, and once again the retirement rule had greatly favoured us.
Cap’n Carr won the toss – for once – and we batted. Things didn’t start well as Qureshi was bowled for the third game in a row trying to play a ball angling in at leg stump through mid-wicket – this time to register a golden duck. Priest and McBarron then moved the score along steadily before Phil was trapped leg before for 12.
JC came in at four and continued his recent form: hard hitting and dodgy running in equal measure. JC was… how can I put it… particularly effective at retaining the strike in his innings, drawing the cruellest rebuke imaginable from Neil at one point – “Well run Phil”. Both fell on the same ball – JC inevitably to a run out for 14 and Priest having reached the 25 retirement mark.
The innings suddenly ground to a halt as Harrison chipped the ball back to the bowler for a duck and Matthews and Westhead struggled to get more than a few wides and byes to the deep-standing keeper. The Cat’s eventual departure for our third duck brought in John Hilary and a welcome impetus to the scoring rate. Showing flashes of his old form, JH scored a very quick 20* as we added 21 in the last two overs to post 110-6, extras top-scoring for the second game running. Was this defendable?
It didn’t look it as the Ombudsmen’s openers set off at a cracking rate. It was definitely a day to bowl later in the innings and Nick Harrison showed experience belying his tender years by incurring a mystery injury after just one over that equally mysteriously cleared up when the openers were gone. Strange that. John Cooper had posted that afternoon that he hadn’t conceded an extra all season. Replacing Harrison, two of his first three balls were wides. D’oh!
Paterson recovered from an expensive start to help us keep control and – after one opener had retired in the 6th over – Cooper grabbed a wicket in taking 1-29. With 44 needed off 8 with wickets in hand we were in difficulty, but tight overs and wickets from Benn (3-13) and Hilary (1-18) left the target at 39 off five, which Ombudsman never really threatened thanks to Harrison (2-16).
So, a very, very welcome win by 12 runs. The scorebook told the tale: Ombudsman conceded 28 extras, Dodgers only 8, and once again the retirement rule had greatly favoured us.
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06 August 2004
Another one down
 Tawhid Qureshi - out, but not down |
Dodgers maintained their unbeaten record at Chiswick last night with a narrow, though comfortable, win over the Ombudsmen.
Stand-in, stand-in, stand-in skipper Neil Benn kept up the tradition of his forebears by losing the toss but given that we had only eight at the ground would have batted anyway. New opening pairing Luke and Qureshi began very well with some free hitting and adventurous running, posting 47 at around a run-a-ball before Tawhid nicked one behind for 23. Luke soon followed for 17, playing all round a straight one, and the innings promptly stalled as Cat and Adey struggled.
Cat soon began to break the shackles, however, notching another effective cameo with 18 but it was Warren Bass - having "been at the wicket" during the run out of recently-arrived skipper McB - who provided the real impetus, smashing six, four, four in consecutive balls to take us to 118-5 with 24 not out.
Opening bowlers Benn and Bass were pressured by a big-hitting Ombudsman opener, but Bass in particular was able to keep the runs in check. The introduction of the golden arms Luke and Cooper proved decisive, though, with Alex's first ball being chipped to Adey and John picking up 3 for 20 in a spell of seam bowling that characterised his excellent season.
Matt Southwell continued to show good promise and with 30 needed off 2, McB yielded to pressure and gave Tawhid - who had fielded excellently - a bowl. Well at least it made it interesting... 15 runs flowed to keep the Ombudsmen's hopes alive, but Matt was not phased in the final over and we ran out winners by eight runs.
Sad to say that some blatantly dodgy umpring decisions and a really low piece of bad sportsmanship towards the end left a bitter taste, but it was washed away with victory beer yet again for the Dodgers.
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04 June 2004
Ombudsmen over-ruled
The Dodgers' bandwagon rolled on last night with an 8 wicket victory over the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Four wickets for Qureshi, tight spells from Benn and Cooper and a promising debut for Matt Southwell helped restrict them to 104-8. In reply, a rapid retired 25 from Priest and a more sedate 25 from Taylor laid the foundations for a comfortable win, though there were a couple of worries along the way.
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15 August 2003
Dodgers v Ombudsman
Shock injury drama as Dodgers break losing streak. A stronger Dodgers side easily overwhelmed an 8-man Parliamentary Ombudsman team last night in a match filled with drama and excitement. Halfway through his opening over, and already one wicket up (to one of three miraculous catches from occasional fielder Guy Westhead), John Cooper was floored by a returned ball which jumped up off a ridge on a shockingly unprepared Chiswick wicket. Bravely staying to cheer his team to victory, Cooper's attempt to emulate last week's injury hero John Hilary resulted in only partial disfigurement.
Hopefully his other half will allow him to continue to bowl without a helmet...
Hopefully his other half will allow him to continue to bowl without a helmet...
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14 August 2003
Dodgers vs. Parliamentary Ombudsman
Chiswick
20 Overs
DODGERS WON BY 40 RUNS
Dodgers won the toss and opted to bat.
Dodgers: 159/8 off 20 overs (Crawford Ret'd 32, McBarron Ret'd 30)
Ombudsman: 119/6 off 20 overs (McBarron 1-7, Cavanagh 1-17)
Would Neil Priest's winning streak as Captain continue? An auspicious start as he wins the toss and elects to bat. Neil, you need to give JC that doubled-headed coin With a very poor wicket, dry and covered in bumps and pot holes that could only get worse, this looked to be the right decision.
McBarron and Westhead stepped out to the crease. Sending the first ball to the boundary, had McBarron really undertaken to slog and could he do it again? Three boundaries in his first five scoring shots seemed to suggest he could, but then Lamprecht was taken out of the attack and normal service resumed until he reached 30 and retired. Next to the crease was Priest, who moved the score on quickly despite bowler King sending everything to him down leg side. McBarron, worried about the time, proved very generous not giving too many wides. At the other end Westhead made steady progress with the singles, clearly worried about the light as he kept on stressing that sunset was at 20.26. He was first to be out - in the 9th over - swinging wildly at a straight one.
Crawford came in next, promoted up the order due to injury that prevented him from bowling. Undecided about the bat to use, having demolished the decent Gray Nicholls during a recent knock, he chose the lighter plank of wood. A mistake - off to a quick start, he was lucky to get into double figures, dollying up a catch - dropped - to mid-off that didn't go as far as expected. He reached 32 with a couple of solid boundaries, before retiring to watch the rest of the innings. This not before Priest was caught just short of his 30.
At this stage 180 looked on, but an England style collapse followed. With Cav joining Streatfeild at the crease, he started with a boundary before being taken by surprise by a lifting ball which he returned comfortably to the bowler at shoulder height. A newly invigoured Benn slunk out purposefully to join Streatfeild, who in turn did not last long - run out to a direct hit following some confused calling. Blame unattributed. Qureshi was next. You'd think people would learn? Oh, no - he quickly repeated Cav's error sending a simple catch back to Lamprecht. Cooper put up some resistance but he also fell to the now accurate Lamprecht in the last over. With two balls left, Leach decided to give the Cat a bat and allowed himself to be clean bowled. Not to be outdone, the innings closed with Cat plumb LBW. Dodgers closed at 159, a respectable but not unbeatable total.
With the innings closing at 7.26pm - yes it took Ombudsman 1 hour 45 minutes to bowl 20 overs - Dodgers were given an hour of daylight to bowl their 20 overs.
Dodgers' turn to bowl. Opening with Cav from the "north" end, Ombudsman made a quick start sending his short deliveries to the boundary. Benn fared little better and it looked as if the 30 and retire policy might be all that saved us. But much better subsequent overs saw Benn take the important wicket of Johnson - caught at midwicket by an astonished Westhead and the rest of the team. But read on.... Johnson scored 10, but he batted at no.11 for them earlier in the season! Cav then took Jeffrey for 0, with another excellent catch from Cat behind the stumps.
Resistance from Sanders saw him move on to 30, and Ombudsman almost keeping up with the run-rate, before retiring. Lamprecht also made an impressive 31 before retiring, but the rest of the team made little headway against some very good bowling. Our sympathies (and best wishes) must go to Cooper, who took a wicket second ball before being felled by a throw from Cav, which bounced viciously and hit him in the face. Fortunately no blood, but a nasty shiner on the way. Occasional bowler McBarron took over, completing an excellent spell taking 1-7, including another wicket caught by Westhead. What is he on? After a tight over against Warwick Castle, Phil could win best bowler this year if he bowls enough overs to qualify. The only further resistance was put up by King and wickets proceeded to fall regularly. Both Sanders and Lamprecht returned to the crease but in the failed light made little further headway. Wickets were spread evenly with one apiece, including from Leach who has disappointed in recent matches. Ombudsman finished well short in the end, Dodgers winning by 40 runs - 15 minutes after sunset.
Westhead also took a third catch, something of a record, and no-one ran a single to him presumably on the back of his catching performance. Statisticians amongst us, well Mr Benn in fact, have modelled his success rate by a Poisson distribution - sounds fishy. He advises that the chance of someone with 3 catches in 57 games taking 3 in one game is 0.0000231 or 1 in 43,378. As a man who likes a bet, Neil missed an opportunity there.
Our thanks to JC for coming along to umpire - at least that gave us a chance of winning the toss.
Man of the Match Guy van Westhead. See stats section for Neil Benn's ruminations on the probability of it all...
Reporter: Andrew Crawford
Quote of the Match
Opposition batsman, turning the ball behind square on leg side straight to Streatfeild who is 10 yards from the bat, sets off for a run with a big shout of "TWO". Will missfields and they comfortably complete two runs.
20 Overs
DODGERS WON BY 40 RUNS
Dodgers won the toss and opted to bat.
Dodgers: 159/8 off 20 overs (Crawford Ret'd 32, McBarron Ret'd 30)
Ombudsman: 119/6 off 20 overs (McBarron 1-7, Cavanagh 1-17)
Would Neil Priest's winning streak as Captain continue? An auspicious start as he wins the toss and elects to bat. Neil, you need to give JC that doubled-headed coin With a very poor wicket, dry and covered in bumps and pot holes that could only get worse, this looked to be the right decision.
McBarron and Westhead stepped out to the crease. Sending the first ball to the boundary, had McBarron really undertaken to slog and could he do it again? Three boundaries in his first five scoring shots seemed to suggest he could, but then Lamprecht was taken out of the attack and normal service resumed until he reached 30 and retired. Next to the crease was Priest, who moved the score on quickly despite bowler King sending everything to him down leg side. McBarron, worried about the time, proved very generous not giving too many wides. At the other end Westhead made steady progress with the singles, clearly worried about the light as he kept on stressing that sunset was at 20.26. He was first to be out - in the 9th over - swinging wildly at a straight one.
Crawford came in next, promoted up the order due to injury that prevented him from bowling. Undecided about the bat to use, having demolished the decent Gray Nicholls during a recent knock, he chose the lighter plank of wood. A mistake - off to a quick start, he was lucky to get into double figures, dollying up a catch - dropped - to mid-off that didn't go as far as expected. He reached 32 with a couple of solid boundaries, before retiring to watch the rest of the innings. This not before Priest was caught just short of his 30.
At this stage 180 looked on, but an England style collapse followed. With Cav joining Streatfeild at the crease, he started with a boundary before being taken by surprise by a lifting ball which he returned comfortably to the bowler at shoulder height. A newly invigoured Benn slunk out purposefully to join Streatfeild, who in turn did not last long - run out to a direct hit following some confused calling. Blame unattributed. Qureshi was next. You'd think people would learn? Oh, no - he quickly repeated Cav's error sending a simple catch back to Lamprecht. Cooper put up some resistance but he also fell to the now accurate Lamprecht in the last over. With two balls left, Leach decided to give the Cat a bat and allowed himself to be clean bowled. Not to be outdone, the innings closed with Cat plumb LBW. Dodgers closed at 159, a respectable but not unbeatable total.
With the innings closing at 7.26pm - yes it took Ombudsman 1 hour 45 minutes to bowl 20 overs - Dodgers were given an hour of daylight to bowl their 20 overs.
Dodgers' turn to bowl. Opening with Cav from the "north" end, Ombudsman made a quick start sending his short deliveries to the boundary. Benn fared little better and it looked as if the 30 and retire policy might be all that saved us. But much better subsequent overs saw Benn take the important wicket of Johnson - caught at midwicket by an astonished Westhead and the rest of the team. But read on.... Johnson scored 10, but he batted at no.11 for them earlier in the season! Cav then took Jeffrey for 0, with another excellent catch from Cat behind the stumps.
Resistance from Sanders saw him move on to 30, and Ombudsman almost keeping up with the run-rate, before retiring. Lamprecht also made an impressive 31 before retiring, but the rest of the team made little headway against some very good bowling. Our sympathies (and best wishes) must go to Cooper, who took a wicket second ball before being felled by a throw from Cav, which bounced viciously and hit him in the face. Fortunately no blood, but a nasty shiner on the way. Occasional bowler McBarron took over, completing an excellent spell taking 1-7, including another wicket caught by Westhead. What is he on? After a tight over against Warwick Castle, Phil could win best bowler this year if he bowls enough overs to qualify. The only further resistance was put up by King and wickets proceeded to fall regularly. Both Sanders and Lamprecht returned to the crease but in the failed light made little further headway. Wickets were spread evenly with one apiece, including from Leach who has disappointed in recent matches. Ombudsman finished well short in the end, Dodgers winning by 40 runs - 15 minutes after sunset.
Westhead also took a third catch, something of a record, and no-one ran a single to him presumably on the back of his catching performance. Statisticians amongst us, well Mr Benn in fact, have modelled his success rate by a Poisson distribution - sounds fishy. He advises that the chance of someone with 3 catches in 57 games taking 3 in one game is 0.0000231 or 1 in 43,378. As a man who likes a bet, Neil missed an opportunity there.
Our thanks to JC for coming along to umpire - at least that gave us a chance of winning the toss.
Man of the Match Guy van Westhead. See stats section for Neil Benn's ruminations on the probability of it all...
Reporter: Andrew Crawford
Quote of the Match
Opposition batsman, turning the ball behind square on leg side straight to Streatfeild who is 10 yards from the bat, sets off for a run with a big shout of "TWO". Will missfields and they comfortably complete two runs.
Dodgers Innings
Phil McBarron Retired 30
Guy Westhead b Sanders 12
Neil Priest b MacCartney 26
Andrew Crawford Retired 32
Will Streatfeild Run Out 7
Mark Cavanagh c&b King 4
Neil Benn Not Out 14
Tawhid Qureshi c&b Lamprecht 1
John Cooper b Lamprecht 9
Matt Leach b Lamprecht 0
Kim Matthews LBW b Lamprecht 0
Extras (B9, Lb5, W9, Nb0) 23
Total: (for 8 wkts, 20 overs) 159
Bowling
O M R W
Lamprecht 4 0 21 4
Johnson 4 0 32 0
Sanders 4 0 22 1
King 4 0 30 1
Maccartney 2 0 12 1
Monk 2 0 17 0
Parliamentary Ombudsman Innings
Johnson c Westhead b Benn 10
Sanders b Leach 34
Jeffrey c Matthews b Cavanagh 0
Lamprecht Not Out 35
MacCartney c Westhead b Cooper 10
Monk G c Westhead b McBarron 1
Stuckey b. Qureshi 7
King Not Out 11
Extras (B2, Lb1, W6, Nb2) 11
Total (for 6 wkts, 20 overs) 119
Bowling
O M R W
Cavanagh 4 0 17 1
Benn 4 0 33 1
Cooper 0.2 0 3 1
McBarron 3.4 1 7 1
Qureshi 4 0 19 1
Leach 4 0 37 1
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17 June 2003
Dodgers v Ombudsman
Chiswick
Result: Dodgers won by five or six runs
A fluctuating match that Dodgers looked to be winning comfortably for a while but in the end was decided only in the last over. There is a discrepancy in the scores, hence the uncertainty over the winning margin.
Dodgers batted first and our opening pair of McBarron and Priest started comfortably but slowly. Phil in particular struggled to get going and took 16 overs to amass his 22 runs. After Neil was out in the 11th over we suffered a mid-innings collapse and sixteen runs were added in four overs while three wickets were lost. Batsmen 3, 4 and 5 were all out for single figures and it took a brisk, hard-hitting innings by guest Simon Gundry to give our score an air of respectability. His knock of 35 included four fours and a six.
We weren't sure whether a score of 109 was going to be enough but we had plenty of bowling. Gundry followed his innings by taking his frustration at being dropped by Superstars out on the Ombudsperson's batsmen. His two wickets in three overs, backed up by one for Will Streatfeild and some tidy overs from Henry Hilary and Matt Leach had the opposition rocking at 24 for 4. However, Parsons and Robson added 36 for the fifth wicket and gave their team a chance. After I accounted for both of them, Copeland and Armstrong kept the score ticking over. Both Matt and I had bowled tidily but our last overs cost us nine and eleven runs respectively. There was now a chance that we might lose but two accurate overs by John Cooper sealed the win. The opposition claimed they wanted five to win off the last two balls (I make it seven) but a dot and a wicket for John shut the door.
Man of the match: Simon Gundry
Result: Dodgers won by five or six runs
A fluctuating match that Dodgers looked to be winning comfortably for a while but in the end was decided only in the last over. There is a discrepancy in the scores, hence the uncertainty over the winning margin.
Dodgers batted first and our opening pair of McBarron and Priest started comfortably but slowly. Phil in particular struggled to get going and took 16 overs to amass his 22 runs. After Neil was out in the 11th over we suffered a mid-innings collapse and sixteen runs were added in four overs while three wickets were lost. Batsmen 3, 4 and 5 were all out for single figures and it took a brisk, hard-hitting innings by guest Simon Gundry to give our score an air of respectability. His knock of 35 included four fours and a six.
We weren't sure whether a score of 109 was going to be enough but we had plenty of bowling. Gundry followed his innings by taking his frustration at being dropped by Superstars out on the Ombudsperson's batsmen. His two wickets in three overs, backed up by one for Will Streatfeild and some tidy overs from Henry Hilary and Matt Leach had the opposition rocking at 24 for 4. However, Parsons and Robson added 36 for the fifth wicket and gave their team a chance. After I accounted for both of them, Copeland and Armstrong kept the score ticking over. Both Matt and I had bowled tidily but our last overs cost us nine and eleven runs respectively. There was now a chance that we might lose but two accurate overs by John Cooper sealed the win. The opposition claimed they wanted five to win off the last two balls (I make it seven) but a dot and a wicket for John shut the door.
Dodgers innings
McBarron ct b Patel 22
Priest ct b King 21
Westhead ct b King 7
Carr lbw b Patel 3
Cooper ct b Copeland 7
Gundry retired 35
S. Birch run out 2
H. Hilary not out 2
Streatfeild not out 0
Extras (b1, lb3, w6, nb1) 11
Total 109*
Did not bat: Leach, Pope
(*I know it adds up to 110 but it was 109 at the time
and that is the score the opposition chased.)
Bowling
o-m-r-w
Armstrong 4-0-16-0
Johnson 4-0-10-0
King 4-0-24-2
Copeland 4-0-31-1
Patel 4-2-26-2
Ombdusman innings
Carberry ct Priest b Gundry 8
Parsons st Priest b Pope 21
Lillywhite b Gundry 1
Tattersall b Streatfeild 2
Hodson ct Carr b Leach 0
Robson ct McBarron b Pope 23
Troost ct Carr b Leach 3
Copeland ct Priest b Pope 10
Johnson not out 18
Armstrong ct Priest b Cooper 3
Extras (b1, lb1, w9) 11
Total 103*
Did not bat: King
(*the opposition said it was 104 but I can only find 103)
Bowling
o-m-r-w
Gundry 3-1-2-2
Streatfeild 4-0-20-1
H. Hilary 3-1-9-0
Leach 4-0-28-2
Pope 4-0-32-3
Cooper 2-0-10-1
Man of the match: Simon Gundry
Labels: ombudsman, reports2003
29 August 2002
Dodgers v Parliamentary Ombudsman
29 August 2002
Dodgers won by 43 runs
Man of the Match: Richard Abigail
Captain Benn won the toss and elected to bat. Immediately Abigail, guesting for Dodgers was into his stride and 55 runs came from the first ten overs. Two glorious cover drives stuck in the memory, as well as a mishit six over the short legside boundary. At the other end McBarron gave typically solid support. Abigail retired having made a quickfire 30, and was replaced by Westhead, who was also in big-hitting mood, and hit his first ever competitive six in scoring 15.
After the dismissal of Westhead and McBarron, the innings rather limped to a conclusion, with batsmen somewhat too eager to sacrifice their wickets for quick runs, and a score of 116 was perhaps a little short of what seemed likely at one stage.
Nevertheless it was quickly made to look more difficult as the Ombudsman team lost their first four wickets for just 15. As dusk turned to night, Crawford was particularly effective, his pace scaring his wicketkeeper even more then the batsmen, and his three wickets were well deserved. Mention should also be made of McBarron and Matthews smart work in running out Watson, a rare moment of fielding brilliance on a day when Dodgers failed three times to complete run outs when both batsmen were at the same end.
The Ombudsman team briefly threatened to get back into the game as Patel made use of the short legside boundary, and at 67-5 the game was on again. Benn snuffed out the threat with two wickets in two balls, and Hawton finished the job with two wickets, the first via a Matthews catch at full stretch.
Dodgers won by 43 runs
Man of the Match: Richard Abigail
Captain Benn won the toss and elected to bat. Immediately Abigail, guesting for Dodgers was into his stride and 55 runs came from the first ten overs. Two glorious cover drives stuck in the memory, as well as a mishit six over the short legside boundary. At the other end McBarron gave typically solid support. Abigail retired having made a quickfire 30, and was replaced by Westhead, who was also in big-hitting mood, and hit his first ever competitive six in scoring 15.
After the dismissal of Westhead and McBarron, the innings rather limped to a conclusion, with batsmen somewhat too eager to sacrifice their wickets for quick runs, and a score of 116 was perhaps a little short of what seemed likely at one stage.
Nevertheless it was quickly made to look more difficult as the Ombudsman team lost their first four wickets for just 15. As dusk turned to night, Crawford was particularly effective, his pace scaring his wicketkeeper even more then the batsmen, and his three wickets were well deserved. Mention should also be made of McBarron and Matthews smart work in running out Watson, a rare moment of fielding brilliance on a day when Dodgers failed three times to complete run outs when both batsmen were at the same end.
The Ombudsman team briefly threatened to get back into the game as Patel made use of the short legside boundary, and at 67-5 the game was on again. Benn snuffed out the threat with two wickets in two balls, and Hawton finished the job with two wickets, the first via a Matthews catch at full stretch.
Dodgers
McBarron Run Out 27
Abigail Retired 30
Westhead Run Out 13
Gundry c&b Parsons 15
Cousins c&b Patel 6
Benn b Patel 5
Crawford NOT OUT 3
Hawton b King 0
Matthews b King 0
Cooper NOT OUT 3
TOTAL 116-7
Ombudsman
Cowling LBW B Crawford 3
Patel T C Crawford B Cooper 0
Watson Run Out (McBarron) 1
Robson B Crawford 18
Monk C Cousins B Crawford 0
Patel J B Benn 21
Corkindale C Matthews B Hawton 13
McDonnell B Benn 0
Copeland B Hawton 5
Parsons Run Out (Gundry) 1
King Not Out 0
TOTAL 73 ALL OUT
Bowling
Cooper 3-0-17-1
Crawford 3-0-12-3
Benn 3-1-10-2
Hawton 3-0-23-2
Cousins 1.3-0-4-0
Labels: ombudsman, reports2002