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Doctors lost to Quantock Stags by 29 runs With the North wind persisting and not a drop of rain for
weeks, all boded well (as long as you wore your thermals), and had we held a
couple of important catches the result might have been different. Stags creamed into our early overs from Sedge and
Tom Adcock. Their openers retired on 26 and 27 in short time. Charles Macadam
had the experienced Roger Hake caught stunningly caught by Rob Adcock at
silly mid-on for 1, and Jeremy Minchin removed Gordon (?) with a ball that
straightened. Alas this minor breakthrough only let in our old adversary Rob
Hake who carted a couple and then was dropped in the covers by John Ogle,
before reaching a virtuoso 25. Alas the man at the other end did just as
well. Skipper Sam Powell created a fine leg-side stumping by Graham
Ferguson, but at the end of their 18 overs Stags had amassed 136 for 3. In reply our opening stand appeared to blossom
until Jeremy Minchin, after a lusty boundary, was clean bowled attempting another;
John Ogle put away a couple of 4’s and some well taken singles but then fell
to the man at long-on for a grafted 21 (identical dismissal last year). Matt
Beere showed his class in reaching 26, returning at the death to be bowled
for 30. Fergs smote 4 boundaries before holing out, again for 21. Nobody else
made many, and we were all out after nearly 18 overs, for 107, a few too many
too short. Although cold and dark it had been good to be out
there. The new sightscreens were appreciated, but not the rabbit holes
on the square, nor the flooded facilities in the Clubhouse. |
