The annual match versus the Impediments for the Andy Goodale
Memorial Bat once again took place on Sunday under clear blue skies. We were late again, so a 30 over match ensued
on an absolute belter of a pitch; definitely not one to miss for any batsman in
mid-season form, Nigel had worked hard filling in all the gaping cavities seen
in previous years and the outfield was like glass and as the toss took place we
were told that 200 was a par score and that it had been chased down twice this
month already. Records could tumble.
We lost that and were inserted. Paul Keeling and Hamish Mynott proceeded to
cart the bowling to all parts, putting on what I believe is a record opening
stand for the Rascals of 122. Both
batted beautifully on this road of a wicket and neither missed out. 200 looked a distinct possibility until we
realised that Nigel had sneakily saved the best 2 bowlers for the last 10 overs
and we struggled to 180 as wickets fell regularly. Stumps flying out of the ground, catches
taken and general mayhem as batsmen tried to work out how come there was a big
hole in their bat through which the ball passed to hit the stumps. A couple of Rosses, a Grigson and several
more Mynotts came and went.
Anyway, it felt like a good score and at least the required
run rate didn’t take much working out.
Tea ensued. Well half a tea from
the Impediments and half a tea from us; an interesting arrangement where 3
kitchens were made a mess of instead of one.
However all came together beautifully.
The Rascals then decided to bowl and field very well indeed
with notable performances from N. Grigson, PKeeling, K Ross, A Lund, Arthur
Mynott and Ollie Akdeniz with a superb catch from Tim Pryke thrown in. A succession of genuinely baffled batsmen
came and went with my highlight being K Ross bowling Peter Wright behind his
legs; Peter is still trying to work out what happened this morning. Ollie's spell on debut was noteworthy and
Hamish very tidy behind the stumps.
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable day with a
second successive victory for the team.
Well done to all and it’s so good, as always, to see more youth blooded
in the fray. On to the next one on
Saturday before the much needed mid-season break kicks in.
P. Ross (Cpt)
P. Ross (Cpt)
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