Roydon Match Report
Bank Holiday monday and a hot and sunny day brought Myddelton to Roydon for another match in the clubs long history. We have been playing Roydon since the fifties and is our longest standing fixture.
Roydon's opening pair of Westley and Sealey started well and put on a steady 72 for the first wicket, that of Westley to a catch of "balletic" style at mid wicket by Ken Mottram off the bowling of Sameer Patel. This brought Chris Gooch(74) to the wicket and although batting well was dropped behind early on by Rohan and later caused controversy by apparently not walking to a catch behind off Alan's bowling. This edge was clearly heard by one half of the ground but, umpire Steve Baker said not out and Chris stood his ground. Having played with and against Chris for a long time i would give the benefit of the doubt to Chris but.....
Rohan stumped Sealey to bring Brooksy to the crease. He hit a boundary four straight away and thought's went back to our encounter in May when we dropped Brooks on at least five occassions and had two stumpings turned down and a six given when Terry stepped over the boundary having taken the catch, a party trick he was to perform again today as he allowed Gooch to continue his innings. This time though Alan had Brooks caught on the boundary at wide mid off for just four, Sanderson went for 14 and Brakkeflat went for just two and became Alans fifth wicket in a spell of 8 overs. The declaration came at 4.20 after batter "Bodger" Metson, attempting a single failed to realise that "jelly arm" Patel was the thrower, sprinted in to the 'keeper's end as Rohan came forward to gather the throw which was more likely to hit the clubhouse than the stumps and collided with the sprinting Bodger whose bat hit Rohan around the back of the head. A nasty looking collision which produced a large amount of claret and a few worries about whether Rohan should be taken to the hospital for a scan. It was decided that it would be a waste of time as the scan was likely to find nothing. Roydon had declared on 205-6
Myddelton's innings got off to a poor start when Lee was bowled by the third ball with Brad still padding up in the changing room and Mark being caught behind off Metson in the 9th over with the score on 20. Brad and Sameer put on a useful partnership and just after Sameer reached his 50 Brad tried to run Metson down to third man to get Sameer back on strike and was caught behind for 36. Rohan joined Sameer and soon after Sameer joined Brad back in the hutch after a mix up with Ro resulted in Sameer being run out. Myddelton having been 102-2 had lost two quick wickets (121-4) and the last six wickets were to fall even quicker as Rohan was stumped off Sealey in the next over and was followed by Anuj 1, Alan 3, Arthur 0, John 0, and Terry 0 leaving Ken 0 not out and Myddelton 41 runs short of their target.
There ended a poor cricketing weekend.
Roydon 205-6
MHCC 154
Individual Performances
Batting: Mark 5, Lee 0, Brad 36, Sameer 63, Rohan 19, Anuj 1, Alan 3, Arthur 0, John 0, Ken 0*, Terry 0
Bowling: Anuj 9-1-24-0, Terry 11-4-18-0, John 8-0-47-0, Sameer 11-1-44-1, Alan 8-0-48-5, Brad 2.3-0-11-0
Catches:Ken, Anuj, Mark, Arthur
Stumping: Rohan
Roydon's View
Bodger inspires Roydon
An inspirational piece of fielding by Ian Westley swung a tightly fought game in Roydon's favour and enabled them to push on to victory in the traditional Bank Holiday Monday fixture. The significant moment came in the eighth over of the final twenty when 85 more runs were required by Myddelton, seven wickets were left and Samir Patel was looking more than equal to the task. But a mix-up in calling between Patel and his brother Rohan and a stunning direct hit from Westley in the covers left Samir stranded yards from his crease and triggered a Myddelton collapse, their last eight wickets falling for 42 runs. In his defence, Rohan Patel might still have been suffering from the after-effects of a nasty injury sustained at the end of the Roydon innings. The Myddelton wicket-keeper, concentrating on gathering a throw from deep point, and the batsman, Jason “Bodger” Metson, concentrating on making his ground, came into painful collision. As Metson ran his bat into the crease, Patel moved into its path and he received a nasty flesh wound to the side of the head. The game was halted for several minutes and blood was spilt on the immaculate square.This incident ended a Roydon innings that had been begun solidly by Westley and Sealey who put on 72 in the first hour and a quarter against the niggardly Nuj and the belligerent Bateman. Their stand ended when Westley gave catching practice to Mottram at short mid-wicket and by virtue of their admirably swift over rate, Myddelton had packed 25 overs into that time. The advent of Gooch increased the scoring rate somewhat as he carried on from his unbeaten century the previous day. Sealey, however, essayed an unwise sweep from outside the off stump off Lenihan and was stumped for 41. Gooch's innings was punctuated with fine shots, but also full of incident. He was dropped by the 'keeper early on and sparked controversy later when both Patels were obviously as convinced that he had edged another one behind as Gooch and, importantly, umpire Baker were that he had not hit it. Finally, his charmed life continued as Terry Bateman appeared to take a well judged catch just inside the boundary at long on, only to start his celebrations prematurely, Heschelle Gibbs style, and parry the ball over the boundary before he had it under control.Brooks looked out of sorts and after an edgy four to fine third man he lofted one to long off and was well caught by Mark Bateman. Sanderson too, seemed to find it hard to get Lenihan away and batted for 26 balls for his 14 before inside edging on to his stumps. That was 167 for 4, the time was approaching four o'clock and Roydon were still at least fifty short of a total they would have been happy to defend. Their push for quick runs was hampered by two more wickets. First Gooch skied one to deep mid-on where Nuj judged the catch well, then Brekkeflat was caught by Brown to give Lenihan his fourth wicket. Metson's quickfire 13 off five balls, including a huge six into the allotments, brought the score up above two hundred in the fiftieth over, but then came his unfortunate impact with the Myddelton 'keeper. With Patel still down on the ground, first aid kits being rooted out and time ticking away, Pond took the decision to declare the innings closed at 205 for 6.Roydon's bowling attack relied heavily on guest performers. The first of these, Metson, worked up a lively pace from the pavilion end and was too quick for first Stevens (bowled) and then Mark Bateman (caught behind). Metson ended his first spell of the day with figures of 2 for 9 off six overs, and at this point Myddelton were 21 for 2. Bradley Williams and Samir Patel looked to be turning things around with a stand of 92 in just over an hour, Patel taking a particular liking to Baker's bowling. But Metson returned and soon induced an edge from Williams. Two overs later, Westley's pinpoint accuracy accounted for the Myddelton skipper. After that, the innings rather subsided in the face of a good bowling and fielding display from Roydon which kept the Myddelton batsmen under pressure. The only minor blemishes were difficult dropped chances by Westley in the slips early on, and Brooks on the long on boundary towards the end, and a missed stumping by Sanderson off Tipper who had taken over from Chalk at the allotments end. This miss brought Sanderson unkind comparisons from some of his team-mates with the hapless England wicket-keeper, but all such thoughts were obliterated when he snaffled the next stumping chance that presented itself just a few balls later. Sealey contributed a wicket maiden which ended with a stunning one-handed catch above his head by Tipper at square leg to remove Lenihan. Tipper then bowled Brown to take the score to 146 for 8, and Sealey, his bowling talents no longer required, retired to the unfamiliar territory of third slip for the rest of the game. Metson came back for a third spell and clipped Nelson's off-stump – the fourth wicket to fall with the score on 146. The two wily old campaigners Mottram and Terry Bateman played out four maiden overs in the gathering gloom from Metson and Gooch before some intelligent bowling from Metson ended the match. He had slipped in a surprise bouncer early on and been no-balled for his trouble as Hertfordshire league rules came temporarily into force in Roydon. He bowled another one for the fifth ball of the penultimate over, this one not quite so high, and Bateman could only fend it off to give a looping catch to Sanderson. Five wickets for Metson, four dismissals for Sanderson and a good win for Roydon.
Keith 'Twiggers' Horsley - 30/08/2005
Roydon's opening pair of Westley and Sealey started well and put on a steady 72 for the first wicket, that of Westley to a catch of "balletic" style at mid wicket by Ken Mottram off the bowling of Sameer Patel. This brought Chris Gooch(74) to the wicket and although batting well was dropped behind early on by Rohan and later caused controversy by apparently not walking to a catch behind off Alan's bowling. This edge was clearly heard by one half of the ground but, umpire Steve Baker said not out and Chris stood his ground. Having played with and against Chris for a long time i would give the benefit of the doubt to Chris but.....
Rohan stumped Sealey to bring Brooksy to the crease. He hit a boundary four straight away and thought's went back to our encounter in May when we dropped Brooks on at least five occassions and had two stumpings turned down and a six given when Terry stepped over the boundary having taken the catch, a party trick he was to perform again today as he allowed Gooch to continue his innings. This time though Alan had Brooks caught on the boundary at wide mid off for just four, Sanderson went for 14 and Brakkeflat went for just two and became Alans fifth wicket in a spell of 8 overs. The declaration came at 4.20 after batter "Bodger" Metson, attempting a single failed to realise that "jelly arm" Patel was the thrower, sprinted in to the 'keeper's end as Rohan came forward to gather the throw which was more likely to hit the clubhouse than the stumps and collided with the sprinting Bodger whose bat hit Rohan around the back of the head. A nasty looking collision which produced a large amount of claret and a few worries about whether Rohan should be taken to the hospital for a scan. It was decided that it would be a waste of time as the scan was likely to find nothing. Roydon had declared on 205-6
Myddelton's innings got off to a poor start when Lee was bowled by the third ball with Brad still padding up in the changing room and Mark being caught behind off Metson in the 9th over with the score on 20. Brad and Sameer put on a useful partnership and just after Sameer reached his 50 Brad tried to run Metson down to third man to get Sameer back on strike and was caught behind for 36. Rohan joined Sameer and soon after Sameer joined Brad back in the hutch after a mix up with Ro resulted in Sameer being run out. Myddelton having been 102-2 had lost two quick wickets (121-4) and the last six wickets were to fall even quicker as Rohan was stumped off Sealey in the next over and was followed by Anuj 1, Alan 3, Arthur 0, John 0, and Terry 0 leaving Ken 0 not out and Myddelton 41 runs short of their target.
There ended a poor cricketing weekend.
Roydon 205-6
MHCC 154
Individual Performances
Batting: Mark 5, Lee 0, Brad 36, Sameer 63, Rohan 19, Anuj 1, Alan 3, Arthur 0, John 0, Ken 0*, Terry 0
Bowling: Anuj 9-1-24-0, Terry 11-4-18-0, John 8-0-47-0, Sameer 11-1-44-1, Alan 8-0-48-5, Brad 2.3-0-11-0
Catches:Ken, Anuj, Mark, Arthur
Stumping: Rohan
Roydon's View
Bodger inspires Roydon
An inspirational piece of fielding by Ian Westley swung a tightly fought game in Roydon's favour and enabled them to push on to victory in the traditional Bank Holiday Monday fixture. The significant moment came in the eighth over of the final twenty when 85 more runs were required by Myddelton, seven wickets were left and Samir Patel was looking more than equal to the task. But a mix-up in calling between Patel and his brother Rohan and a stunning direct hit from Westley in the covers left Samir stranded yards from his crease and triggered a Myddelton collapse, their last eight wickets falling for 42 runs. In his defence, Rohan Patel might still have been suffering from the after-effects of a nasty injury sustained at the end of the Roydon innings. The Myddelton wicket-keeper, concentrating on gathering a throw from deep point, and the batsman, Jason “Bodger” Metson, concentrating on making his ground, came into painful collision. As Metson ran his bat into the crease, Patel moved into its path and he received a nasty flesh wound to the side of the head. The game was halted for several minutes and blood was spilt on the immaculate square.This incident ended a Roydon innings that had been begun solidly by Westley and Sealey who put on 72 in the first hour and a quarter against the niggardly Nuj and the belligerent Bateman. Their stand ended when Westley gave catching practice to Mottram at short mid-wicket and by virtue of their admirably swift over rate, Myddelton had packed 25 overs into that time. The advent of Gooch increased the scoring rate somewhat as he carried on from his unbeaten century the previous day. Sealey, however, essayed an unwise sweep from outside the off stump off Lenihan and was stumped for 41. Gooch's innings was punctuated with fine shots, but also full of incident. He was dropped by the 'keeper early on and sparked controversy later when both Patels were obviously as convinced that he had edged another one behind as Gooch and, importantly, umpire Baker were that he had not hit it. Finally, his charmed life continued as Terry Bateman appeared to take a well judged catch just inside the boundary at long on, only to start his celebrations prematurely, Heschelle Gibbs style, and parry the ball over the boundary before he had it under control.Brooks looked out of sorts and after an edgy four to fine third man he lofted one to long off and was well caught by Mark Bateman. Sanderson too, seemed to find it hard to get Lenihan away and batted for 26 balls for his 14 before inside edging on to his stumps. That was 167 for 4, the time was approaching four o'clock and Roydon were still at least fifty short of a total they would have been happy to defend. Their push for quick runs was hampered by two more wickets. First Gooch skied one to deep mid-on where Nuj judged the catch well, then Brekkeflat was caught by Brown to give Lenihan his fourth wicket. Metson's quickfire 13 off five balls, including a huge six into the allotments, brought the score up above two hundred in the fiftieth over, but then came his unfortunate impact with the Myddelton 'keeper. With Patel still down on the ground, first aid kits being rooted out and time ticking away, Pond took the decision to declare the innings closed at 205 for 6.Roydon's bowling attack relied heavily on guest performers. The first of these, Metson, worked up a lively pace from the pavilion end and was too quick for first Stevens (bowled) and then Mark Bateman (caught behind). Metson ended his first spell of the day with figures of 2 for 9 off six overs, and at this point Myddelton were 21 for 2. Bradley Williams and Samir Patel looked to be turning things around with a stand of 92 in just over an hour, Patel taking a particular liking to Baker's bowling. But Metson returned and soon induced an edge from Williams. Two overs later, Westley's pinpoint accuracy accounted for the Myddelton skipper. After that, the innings rather subsided in the face of a good bowling and fielding display from Roydon which kept the Myddelton batsmen under pressure. The only minor blemishes were difficult dropped chances by Westley in the slips early on, and Brooks on the long on boundary towards the end, and a missed stumping by Sanderson off Tipper who had taken over from Chalk at the allotments end. This miss brought Sanderson unkind comparisons from some of his team-mates with the hapless England wicket-keeper, but all such thoughts were obliterated when he snaffled the next stumping chance that presented itself just a few balls later. Sealey contributed a wicket maiden which ended with a stunning one-handed catch above his head by Tipper at square leg to remove Lenihan. Tipper then bowled Brown to take the score to 146 for 8, and Sealey, his bowling talents no longer required, retired to the unfamiliar territory of third slip for the rest of the game. Metson came back for a third spell and clipped Nelson's off-stump – the fourth wicket to fall with the score on 146. The two wily old campaigners Mottram and Terry Bateman played out four maiden overs in the gathering gloom from Metson and Gooch before some intelligent bowling from Metson ended the match. He had slipped in a surprise bouncer early on and been no-balled for his trouble as Hertfordshire league rules came temporarily into force in Roydon. He bowled another one for the fifth ball of the penultimate over, this one not quite so high, and Bateman could only fend it off to give a looping catch to Sanderson. Five wickets for Metson, four dismissals for Sanderson and a good win for Roydon.
Keith 'Twiggers' Horsley - 30/08/2005
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