Club Statistics
Match Summary: vs. Strollers, Sunday, 13 Jul 2003
Ground: King's House Sports Ground
Captain: Keith Roberts
Match type: 40 overs
Toss: Strollers elected to bat
Weather: Sunny, breezy
Opposition: Strollers scored: 200 for 6 (35 overs)
Exiles Score: 204 for 4 (33 overs)
Result: Won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: Jon Taylor 94 runs
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Taylor | ct. | 94 | 82 | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Keith Roberts (C) | ct. | 51 | 63 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Mark Bradshaw | ct. | 27 | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Quentin Davies | b. | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Amil Patel | not out | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Nick Creak | not out | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Wil Scott | dnb | ||||
| 8 | Andrew Wingfield | dnb | ||||
| 9 | Jeff Hilson | dnb | ||||
| 10 | Joe Farrington-Douglas | dnb | ||||
| 11 | Naren Patel | dnb | ||||
| Extra(s) 11w 4lb | 15 | |||||
| 204 | 194 | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Hilson | 11.0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Andrew Wingfield | 8.0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Naren Patel | 8.0 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Nick Creak | 7.0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 42 |
| 5 | Joe Farrington-Douglas | 1.0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 21 |
| Player | Catch | Run Out | Stumping | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Creak | 1 | |||
| Wil Scott (W) | 1 | |||
| Amil Patel | 1 | |||
| Joe Farrington-Douglas | 1 |
The Exiles became the first team to beat the Strollers for two years in what was probably our finest ever victory.
The Strollers batted first and both Jeff Hilson and Andy Wingfield bowled tidily without taking a wicket. Naren Patel made the breakthrough and in partnership with Nick Creak kept the Strollers score within reasonable limits. Joe Farrington-Douglas was less fortunate as he suffered at the hands of some harsh umpiring and poor fielding from Jeff Hilson as Strollers closed on 200 for 6.
Hilson's fielding is worthy of a mention in itself as having bowled a fine opening spell, he appeared to take a nap in the outfield as he watched a leg-glance pass him on the boundary. Jeff then went through his whole routine of fielding blunders, allowing at least five further boundaries pass through his hands as he blamed the rough outfield for his predicament, "What can you do?" was his shout. Closer inspection revealed that the said piece of outfield was actually the smoothest part of the ground. Furthermore, Jeff complained about being put at fine leg - Naren explained that Jeff was put there because he is 'the worst fielder in the side'.
Jeff's japes did not end there either as during the Exiles innings he was much troubled by a bee, which chased him around the field. After the match Jeff also claimed that he had been moving from his position in the field because he had been asked to field squarer two weeks ago and the captain should make up his mind where he wanted him to field.
Jon Taylor and Keith opened the batting against some fairly fierce, but not particularly accurate fast bowling and played excellently to put on a record-equalling 117 for the first wicket in only 20 overs. Keith had his thumb broken and was caught behind shortly afterwards for 51. Mark Bradshaw kept the momentum before holing out for 27. The late dismissal of Davies and Jon Taylor did not check the run-rate as Amil struck three successive fours to see us home by six wickets. Man of the match for his fine innings of 94 was Jon Taylor.
Report By: Mark Bradshaw