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Taunton School Staff beat Doctors by 44 runs Thanks to some magnificent spin from Graham
Ferguson who clean bowled 3 of their top players and finished with 5-16 and
some accurate and penetrating overs from Mat Beere, Will and Steve King,
Taunton were uncharacteristically restricted to 117. Sensing that this total was not beyond our
capabilities we set about our task in high spirits. However our openers
Jeremy Minchin and Rob Adcock were abruptly back in the pavilion, soon
followed by Matt Beere, stumped going down the wicket, and John Ogle who was
adjudged leg-before to a ball that moved and failed to bounce. Dicky
Budd was also undone by the searching seam of Richard Godfrey while at the
other end Luke Waller wove his magic. Neither produced a loose ball in their
8 opening overs and we were reduced to something like 15-5. But for the
canny Chris Cullum who batted through to the end for a well-crafted 31, and
that man Fergs who was eventually bowled for 20, our score would have been
dismal. Thanks to extras of 13 we reached 73, but 8 of our batsmen
contributed only 5 between them. Ah well, never mind! It was another lovely
evening and we all enjoyed ourselves, some more than others. |
