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Set Square lost to
Doctors It would appear
that Crowcombe have recently won the Lottery.
Their L-shaped Pavilion, on the rear of the village hall, is extremely
well-appointed, and the Gents even boasts a Dyson Blade Dryer, elevating the
venue to a league more exalted than any other we know. Interestingly the L-shape of the building
acts as a parabolic reflector to sounds from the playing area, significantly
amplifying them but, as it transpired, insufficiently so for Umpire Dixon to
respond favourably to a loud snick by Watson that came off the bowling of
Jeremy Budd. Set Square had
won the toss and chosen to bat. Third
ball from Hugh Ogle, opener Tyrone lobbed a top-edge to John Ogle at backward
short-leg. Watson, having survived
Jeremy Budd’s confident appeal, thumped several boundaries, losing at least
one ball in the compost heap behind the bowler before retiring on 28. Despite leaving his cricket shoes somewhere
in Wells, Sam Powell bowled tidily in his brogues, restricting the scoring in
tandem with Hugh Ogle who had one expensive over but finished with 2-18. Jeremy Budd, and at the other end, Graham
Ferguson, and then Dickie Budd with Will Ogle, tied their batsmen down,
leaving Set Square on 114 off their 18 overs. For Doctors, Georgie Adcock and Hugh Ogle raced to 45 before falling to consecutive balls for 19 and 22 respectively. Rob Adcock then hit some fine blows, retiring after a while on 26, but both he and John Ogle struggled against the accurate seam of first-change bowler Liney, who used the evening sun over his right shoulder and the irregular bounce off the artificial wicket to good effect. Having chipped a boundary over square-leg off his third ball Ogle could only contribute singles before holing out to midwicket for 12. However Docs’ solid start had left them nicely poised to overhaul their opponents’ modest score which, thanks to some fine blows from Dickie Budd and Graham Ferguson, they rapidly did, with 9 balls to spare. |
