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Civils beat Merz and Maclellan at cricket

Captain Halford agreed a 14 over affair against Merz and Maclellan at Clara Vale (very difficult to find you know).

New father Joe Fox and Ian Laing opened the bowling and to be honest since I didn't turn up until 6.30pm I'm not sure how they bowled. Things seemed fairly tight, however, and the scorebook tells me Fox took a wicket and there was a run out so well done.


Fox was replaced by West Indian Marshall who immediately had the opposition clambering for helmets. At the other end Rhodes bowled 1.5 balls before crumpling in a heap complaining of a calf strain. He manfully complete the over and promptly left the field.

Meanwhile, the opposition were compiling a decent score and eventually ended up with a useful 102 - 4 from their alotted overs. Mallaber (32) and Pullan (36) did they main damage before both were bowled by Marshall and Halford respectively. Comedy fielding incidents include the usual dropped catches and Halford getting one full on the knee at mid on.

Miller and Horrocks began the run chase and managed to keep out the good balls while putting away the bad. Things were not moving along particularly swiftly, however, and Horrocks holed out to mid off in an effort to get the run chase moving.

Enter Scott.

The opposition were obviously shaken by the stocky South African's swagger to the wicket so much so that the first delivery he received actually bounced 3 times. Scott caught it perfectly on the third half volley and set the tone for the rest of the innings. Miller was content to knock the ball around playing for his average while Scott bludgeoned the boundaries, one full toss disappearing forever for six over square leg. Scott finished the game with a straight smash over the bowler's head which also brought up his 50.

Nice.