Hurlingham CC v BB — Band of Brothers CC

Saturday, June 04 2016

at The Hurlingham Club

BB - 302-6 dec

Hurlingham - 217-9

Match Drawn

On a cloudy morning at the Hurlingham, a strong BB XI assembled to take on a youthful home side. The deck had a greener tinge than usual in this idyllic corner of south west London, however big runs were still expected as the BB were asked to bat first after losing the toss.

However big runs looked in danger as a combination of fine bowling, loose strokeplay, and some surprisingly hasty finger-work from the local umpire saw the BB reach a speedily compiled, yet perilous 133-6. As the saying goes though, cometh the hour cometh the men, this time in the shape of Brothers Norwood-Hill and Churchill. A sparkling 7th wicket stand of 169 followed, either side of a rosé fuelled lunch, allowing Brother Bruce to declare on an imposing 302-6, Churchill having just reached an excellent century and Hilly carefully safeguarding his average with 66 red.

The BB took to the field with energy and enthusiasm, and Meredith struck a couple of early blows, finding bounce and movement with the new cherry. A swift half-century from the surviving opener gave the Hurlingham hope of a successful chase, before the #4 made an early, and highly tedious decision to play for the draw. The game looked to be drifting towards a frustrating conclusion with the BB needing 7 wickets with only 9 overs remaining. However the returning Robinson removed the aforementioned limpet, Munton varied flight and pace quickly accounting for a string of victims, and Meredith grabbed another brace, one courtesy of a magnificent catch by stand in ‘keeper Bruce. Sadly, with 10 Brethren crowded round the bat, the final pair clung on for the last nine deliveries and the Hurlingham Club escaped with a draw. Many of the team retired to the bar to discuss the day’s highlights over jugs of pimms, before taking the ill-advised, yet highly enjoyable path onwards to The Ship, and the Clapham Grand.”

Friendly Hurlingham Club v Band of Brothers

Saturday, June 04 2016 (09:42) at Hurlingham

Drawn

Hurlingham Club won toss and decided to field

Band of Brothers

Page CR		b Cattermull J	9
Shales MJW	lbw	b Cattermull J	15
Streatfeild RB	c Cripps R	b Salt E	30
Wilkes-Green JJ	c Kidwell A	b Wellby J	28
Bruce WU*+	lbw	b Arends R	1
Munton CF	c Kidwell A	b Wellby J	40
Norwood Hill AG	not out		66
Churchill MJ	not out		100
Meredith H
Cross TWJL
Robinson OHB
Extras	b5 lb3 w2 nb3 pen0		13
Total	(50.4 overs)		302	-6d

1-9

2-40

3-76

4-78

5-114

6-133

7-

8-

9-

10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb
Salt E	15.0	1	57	1	0 (0)	3 (3)
Cattermull J	12.4	0	80	2	1 (1)	0 (0)
Arends R	7.0	1	44	1	1 (1)	0 (0)
Wellby J	8.0	0	63	2	0 (0)	0 (0)
Woodford G	5.0	0	24	0	0 (0)	0 (0)
Rees C	3.0	0	26	0	0 (0)	0 (0)

Hurlingham Club

Cripps R	c Churchill MJ	b Meredith H	5
Nethercot A	c Cross TWJL	b Munton CF	53
Kidwell A+		b Meredith H	7
Chapman S	c Wilkes-Green JJ	b Robinson OHB	46
Salt E		b Munton CF	41
Cattermull J	c Shales MJW	b Munton CF	10
Wellby J		b Munton CF	6
Razvi S*	c Bruce WU	b Meredith H	5
Arends R		b Meredith H	0
Woodford G	not out		4
Rees C	not out		8
Extras	b25 lb2 w5 nb0 pen0		32
Total	(48.0 overs)		217	-9

1-22

2-42

3-122

4-161

5-181

6-199

7-205

8-205

9-209

10-

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb
Meredith H	14.0	4	59	4	2 (2)	0 (0)
Robinson OHB	9.0	1	32	1	1 (1)	0 (0)
Cross TWJL	5.0	0	26	0	2 (2)	0 (0)
Munton CF	13.0	5	56	4	0 (0)	0 (0)
Churchill MJ	7.0	2	17	0	0 (0)	0 (0)

Weather: Cloudy Pitch: Hard

Umpires: S Glass & D Meredith

Scorers: DJ Gittings & M Barnett