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Civil Service Vs Monkseaton Saints
We turned up at the sunlit Wallsend Sports Centre for a 6pm start and all was rosy. The travelling contingent (most of them) had arrived from Washington. Unfortunately Andy Townsend and Noman had travelled in the Tactics Truck and gone down the A19 instead of the A1 and they didn’t turn up until the start of the 2nd over.
Colin won the toss (I think) and chose to field even though we only had ten men. The cockney Zanetti and the loveable Beever opened the batting with Hennie charging in to open the bowling. Hennie nearly managed to get one of his first 4 deliveries into the far half of the wicket. However the loveable Beever decided to play the hook shot and managed to pick out a fielder. This was a remarkable achievement as we only had 6 at the time, as Duncan reminded him as he made his way off.
Terry came on at the other end and with his quality, style and control managed to pick up wickets at regular intervals during his 4 over spell, finishing with quite remarkable figures of 4 overs 3 for 19. Noman having found his way to the ground (eventually) came on to replace Hennie and managed to turn the ball square. He then complained about being the unluckiest bowler in the world. He was able to pick up a wicket with the worst ball he bowled all night getting the big hitting Leppan caught at deep midwicket by John Ferguson with an excellently judged catch. Meanwhile at the other end Laingers had been brought on to replace the ever-dependable Waite. He managed to pick up a wicket first ball. Unfortunately the rest of the over wasn’t as successful and went for 13. In the meantime The Saints continued losing wickets at regular intervals, one of which was a run out by Towny when he only had one stump to hit and it was never in doubt. Barry replaced Laingers and went for 11 in his only over and this meant that Hennie bowled the last over. Again it was a bit of a mixed bag, with the last ball being a high full toss. However he managed to pick up his second wicket with the extra ball. This left Monkseaton Saints on 100 for 8 from 14 overs.
The Civil Service went back out to bat and were chasing 101 from 14 overs. Ferguson and Miller opened the batting with the reliable Tim and Hennie umpiring and Terry (the pro) scoring. They started off the scoring at a rate of knots. Ferguson hit a mammoth six in the first over. Duncan then held up the score of 31 off the first over and although we had started well it wasn’t quite that good. The lads continued to score at a reliable rate until Colin got bored and played a wild slog at the ball from Hewitt, which went 50 foot up and was caught by Bob Zanetti. Some comical fielding with the highlight for everyone being when Beever watched the ball go over his head for 4 helped the run rate a little. Duncan was out caught behind after hitting a big 6 and a big 4. By this time a group of young charvers had gathered near the team and had decided to amuse themselves, the highlight being when they asked Mr Laing if he was homosexual. Meanwhile, out in the middle Towny had quickly smashed 10 before he was bowled. This brought Barry to the middle and Terry to middle to umpire. (balls). John Ferg’s continued to pick up runs with ease. Beever came on at my end and Barry took a liking to his bowling straight away and smashed him to all parts. Barry ended up on 17 not out and Fergie got 50 with Noman (the batting coach) Sattar ending on 2 not out.
All in all it was an enjoyable night.
See you soon. Terry
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