BB v SAC

BB v SAC Sunday 27th May 2018

The Band of Brothers hosted Standard Athletic Club of Paris on a warm, pollen-filled Saturday at the end of May in what was a run-fuelled, but ultimately slightly one-sided encounter.

SAC’s captain won the toss, and having given his decision considerable thought, elected to bat first.  Following an impromptu and bizarre health & safety briefing from the umpire, the two sides took the field.  Nick Wright (guest) – probably the pick of the bowlers – bowled superbly, regularly beating the Parisians’ edges.  Ably supported by Brother Henderson at the other end, Wright made the early breakthrough, removing Kumar for just 1 with the score on 13.

Half an hour into the SAC innings, Alex Bryant (guest) arrived and took to the field, and was warmly welcomed by all – most of all the captain, who until that point hadn’t realised he was one fielder short.

The Brethren had to wait until the score was on 138 until the second wicket fell, this time to Brother Tom Pollington, who bowled an impressive and miserly twelve over spell.  With the score on 253-3, and the captain having been run out for a gritty 109, SAC declared, having batted for 44 overs.

Brother Tom Page and Harry McInley (guest) opened the batting and the pair rapidly reached a 50 partnership.  Page was arguably unfortunate to have been given out LBW playing a leg-glance.  His opening partner, McInley looked in fine touch, carrying his bat and ending up on 124*, having been ably supported along the way by Brother Regan (32) and Brother Smallwood (31), amongst others.  The Brethren passed the SAC’s score of 253 in just 33.1 overs – a comprehensive victory.

As ever, thanks must go to Lady Kingsdown and her team at Torry Hill for hosting the fixture, the caterers for a fantastic spread, and Diane for keeping score with typical precision.

Finally, our warmest thanks go to Standard Athletic Club for the match, and we congratulate their captain Alastair Thomas for his fine century against the Brethren.

Brother Charlie Munton

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Saturday, May 26 2018 (11:33) at Torry Hill

Band of Brothers Won By 5 wickets

Standard Athletic Club, Paris Standard Athletic Club Paris won toss and decided to bat

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Thomas A* run out 109 Kumar S+ c Smallwood JJC b Wright NM (g) 1 Ayyavooraju A lbw b Pollington TA 52 Kidwell A not out 50 Riches J not out 15 Sadad S-A Earl E Groom R Shetty S Balane P Grant J Extras b1 lb2 w22 nb1 pen0 26 Total (44.0 overs) 253 -3d

1-13

2-138

3-223

4-

5-

6-

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8-

9-

10-

Bowler O M R W Wd Nb Henderson JM 7.0 0 56 0 4 (4) 0 (0) Wright NM (g) 11.0 1 49 1 3 (7) 0 (0) Pollington TA 12.0 3 49 1 5 (5) 1 (1) Page TE 3.0 0 28 0 0 (0) 0 (0) McInley HPS (g) 6.0 0 28 0 1 (1) 0 (0) Regan BMH 2.0 0 20 0 0 (0) 0 (0) Pollington JS (B) 3.0 0 20 0 4 (5) 0 (0)

Band of Brothers

Page TE lbw b Sadad S-A 23 McInley HPS (g) not out 124 Bryant A (g) c Balane P b Sadad S-A 8 Regan BMH b Shetty S 32 Pollington TA c Kumar S b Ayyavooraju A 13 Smallwood JJC+ c Ayyavooraju A b Sadad S-A 31 Pollington Col ST not out 0 Munton CF* Henderson JM Pollington JS (B) Wright NM (g) Extras b4 lb1 w16 nb2 pen0 23 Total (33.1 overs) 254 -5

1-60

2-80

3-141

4-166

5-239

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10-

Bowler O M R W Wd Nb Sadad S-A 9.0 0 76 3 5 (13) 0 (0) Earl E 8.0 0 59 0 1 (2) 2 (2) Ayyavooraju A 8.0 1 54 1 0 (0) 0 (0) Shetty S 7.0 0 38 1 0 (0) 0 (0) Kidwell A 1.0 0 16 0 1 (1) 0 (0) Balane P 0.1 0 6 0 0 (0) 0 (0)

Weather: Sunny Pitch: Hard

Umpires: D Collard

Scorers: DJ Gittings