Match Report
19 July -v- Southfleet at Chislehurst
With three consecutive toss wins the skip felt he could do no wrong and elected to bat. After the catastrophes of last week’s reorganisation, the pecking order bore a more familiar look, with Chucks back opening. The rest, unfortunately, was the same old rubbish, patiently waiting to collapse.
This week, occupation of the crease seemed to be the order of the day, as our top line bats sought to establish themselves, before starting to accumulate runs. Alas despite relatively lengthy stays, no one got to double figures, before the rescuing act of Danglers and Lardy arrived at the wicket. An hour later, things looked rosier, with an additional sixty runs on the board. ‘Play and Miss’ Wilsdon had provided the perfect foil to an ebullient knock from Daz, before Big Six Jim (lived up to his label) and the skip accompanied Darren to tea and a declared total of 145-8. On a financial note Chuckles score of 8 ranked fourth in the team, putting a prospective £1.75 in the coffers, for the 'scoring less than John' fine. Southfleet took a positive stance straight from the off and left no doubt of their intentions. Silver Fox bore the brunt of an aggressive opening stand as Southfleet threatened to steamroller our total. Darren was forced into the attack, somewhat earlier than Spud would have wished, in an effort to breakthrough and just as importantly, stem the tide of runs. Both targets were achieved, the first by way of a superb catch from CoCo Schultz at second slip and the second by the removal of the opener, courtesy of a fine tumbling catch from Wicky Whale. Southfleet could find no one to continue the positive opening and with Darth chipping in with a brace it became a question of whether we had the strike force to bowl them out. In the end they put up the shutters until Makker came on and then temptation to smash him out of the ground became too much. Southfleet finished 14 runs short on 131-6, as our unbeaten run once again stood the test.
Refreshment was duly taken at the Bulls Head, where doubtless, seedy sexual perversion became the major topic of conversation
