| Sunday 4th July 2004 vs U.C.S Old Boys C.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| U.C.S Old Boys C.C. |  |
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| Washington C.C. | |
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Washington managed only one game this weekend, renewing hostilities with University College School Old Boys in West Hampstead after an interval of several seasons. Having had to withdraw from their scheduled game against Custom’s for lack of players on Saturday, Washington found them opposed by only nine men on the Sunday. The result was, as a consequence, a foregone conclusion. UC batted first and set Wash a modest target which they reached with 7 wickets in hand. There were, however, some points of interest. First was the batting of Gregg Morris. Recently returned for a year in France, the Warwick University undergraduate played beautifully, compiling an elegant 73 not out and timing the ball superbly in his favourite area square of the wicket on the off-side. His chanceless innings, made in the face of Paul Irons’ psychological warfare tactic of referring to Morris all afternoon as ‘the youngster’, was the highlight of the afternoon. Without it, Wash would have been home much earlier. For although Morris and skipper Adams (21) added 38 for the first wicket, no-one else on the Old Boys side managed double figures. Second was the bowling of Eric Stoughton. No-one is quite sure whether he bowls ‘spin’ or ‘slow medium’ – least of all himself. But on Sunday he was outstanding, troubling all the batsmen in succession and even bottling up the otherwise effervescent Morris. Irons richly deserves to pack the kit for taking him off after only 5 overs. Stoughton picked up 3-11, his best return for the club, and there were also wickets for Peter Kloss, 2-36, Richard Jones 2-35 and Steve Brown 1-1, whose scalp came courtesy of a screaming catch in the gully by Dale Bracegirdle to get rid of Frank Baglivi. Third was the bowling of Sammi Ullah (2-29). Washington set about reaching their target briskly, but UC’s opening pair bowled very well and made it very difficult. Ullah was a real menace, bowling at a lively pace, he bowled Matthew Cragoe (6) with one that nipped back and had both Pete Demetri and Irons dropped in the slips before wicket –keeper Baglivi finally clung on to a leg-side chance offered by Demetri. Irons, as this implies, batted with good fortune on his side. He was missed again – by Morris at point – and then caught off a no-ball, but his eighth fifty of the season was the fourth noteworthy element of the afternoon. Combining awesome power with some deft flicks off the pads it saw Wash home with room to spare. Had UC had eleven players it might have been a very different story; as it was, Wash were easy winners on this occasion. Washington: Irons (c), Roche (+), Demetri, Brown, Bracegirdle, Gluckman, Kloss, Jones, Phelan, Cragoe, Stoughton. Man of the Match Eric Stoughton for fine spin bowling Packing the Kit: Taking Stoughton off in full flow!
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