Date 29/04/1990
Season 1990
Competition Friendly
Match format Timed game
Opposition Brasted Invicta
Venue Valence School Brasted
Toss Won
Decision Crusaders bat first
Result Won

Crusaders innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Geoff May c b Church 0
2 Spud Whale c b Church 12
3 Darren Moyse b Mayes 78
4 Mark Paine b Richards 12
5 Glen Timms run out 53
6 Neil Morrison c b Holland 0
7 Simon Grater b Mayes 18
8 Ken Chapman not out 8
9 Nigel Henderson b Mayes 0
  Extras b 8, lb 2, w 4, nb 0 14
  Total 8 wickets, 37.0 overs 195

Did not bat:




No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Church 13.0 4 28 2 0 0
2 Crouch 7.0 0 40 0 3 0
3 Richards 3.0 0 23 1 1 0
4 Holland 8.0 0 46 1 0 0
5 Mayes 6.0 0 48 3 0 0





Brasted Invicta innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Kitchener c Spud Whale b Nigel Henderson 11
2 Payne c Neil Morrison b Nigel Henderson 14
3 Holland. A c Spud Whale b Nigel Henderson 0
4 Mayes b Ken Chapman 30
5 Hayton b Nigel Henderson 2
6 Richards run out 14
7 Church c Glenn McMahon b Simon Grater 9
8 Holland. R b Glen Timms 25
9 Petherbridge c Spud Whale b Geoff May 6
10 Crouch not out 0
11 Picton c Spud Whale b Glen Timms 0
  Extras b 9, lb 0, w 4, nb 0 13
  Total 10 wickets, 34.0 overs 124

Did not bat:




No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Nigel Henderson 10.0 2 16 4 2 0
2 Glenn McMahon 6.0 1 30 0 0 0
3 Neil Morrison 5.0 1 29 0 1 0
4 Simon Grater 4.0 1 19 1 0 0
5 Ken Chapman 4.0 0 16 1 0 0
6 Geoff May 3.0 0 3 1 0 0
7 Kevin Gibson 1.0 0 2 0 1 0
8 Glen Timms 1.0 1 0 2 0 0

Match Report

All the action
With Crusher Morrison in charge all except Noskin arrived on time. The skip had not partaken in liquid refreshment at lunchtime for the first time in living memory and had to negotiate the extremely funny Brasted skippers jolly humour, before winning the toss and electing to bat.
Not for the first time a solid opening foundation was missed, as Geoff gave a sharp chance to second slip. After Spud was out the game developed into a bit of a bore, with Daz 'gosh another 50 at Brasted' Moyse and Glenn sharing in a century stand.Eventually someone bowled a ball vaguely near the stumps and we were able to help their bowling analyses with some wild slogging that took our final score to 195 for 8 from 37 overs. Almost the entire tea interval was taken up by trying to tame the scorebook leaving the skip wondering whose idea this newfangled book was. With such a wide array of bowling talent available to him, the skip eventually plumped for the combination of Nigel's fiery pace and the more subtle swinging seamers of Talltrees McMahon. Against this unrelenting onslaught the oppo were soon in desperate trouble and only when Glenn finally took his sweater did they show any signs of making a respectable score. Neil M and Simon took over,with Si in particular keeping a very tight line. Neil failed to reproduce last years figures and the game petered towards its close with wickets falling regularly as the Brasted tail embarked on a mission of self-destruction. Glen finally wrapped up the tail through a fine catch at the wicket as Brasted ended on 124 all out from 35 overs.


Player profile

May -Made Kev's day by dropping a catch and scored nought.
Whale -Classy display behind the stumps and generally pretty marvellous
Moyse -Yawn
Paine -Stared at the wicket after he had been bowled. Liked his new bat a lot.
Timms -Talked over old bummy times with his chum Henry in the pub. Didn't do much on the pitch.
Morrison -Golden duck Ha Ha Ha. Took a fine catch at slip. Grater -Marked his return with career best 17 and took a wicket
Chapman -So laid back he didn't know the game had finished
Henderson -Four wicket debut, but bowled far too straight. Got 0 as well
Gibson -Had to sit down and compose himself after Geoff's drop. Sang a few arias at long-off
McMahon -Prolonged spell of dross and two dropped catches.