Founded 1974 for recreation and refreshment
Saturday 8 September 2001
London Erratics v Bank of England
at Roehampton
Victory at last
By mutual consent, the Erratics batted first.
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LONDON ERRATICS — 169 for 9 dec. |
BANK OF ENGLAND — 116 all out |
| Dunabin | bowled | 15 | Middleton G | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Poulter | caught | 4 | Hattam | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Rivington | run out | 28 | Haria | 12 | 2 | 34 | 4 | |||
| Meller | bowled | 42 | Heller | 7 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
| † | Khawaja | bowled | 5 | Andrews | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| * | Andrews | run out | 11 | Meller | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Berrigan | NOT OUT | 35 | Berrigan | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Middleton G | caught | 1 | ||||||||
| Hattam | lbw | 10 | catches: | |||||||
| Haria | bowled | 1 | Berrigan, Middleton G | |||||||
| Heller | NOT OUT | 0 | ||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1–23, 2–24, 3–93, 4–103, 5–107, 6–131, 7–138, 8–159, 9–163 |
Fall of wickets: 1–23, 2–44, 3–56, 4–72, 5–73, 6–91, 7–99, 8–106 |
Won by 53 runs
| NARRATIVE |
| The decision to bat was imposed on a frustrated Peter Andrews by a lack of Erratics players at the designated start time of 1.00 pm. Weather: sunnier and warmer than I had feared. |
| Against the stately backdrop of the Records Office, the Erratics began their innings — with Chris keeping the slip cordon suitably entertained. Tony Poulter fell victim to the only decent piece of fielding by one of the more portly Bankers. In the third wicket partnership of 69, James Rivington rode his luck, but Felix Meller played some glorious on-drives. The direct hit that accounted for James ricocheted into the face of the Bank keeper, who had to be taken off to hospital. Felix took his personal tally for the season past 200 runs, but threw away his chance of a half century when he played too soon at one. The score kept ticking over, thanks largely to Brian Berrigan, but other batsmen came and went — although Mark Hattam stayed just long enough to club a couple of boundaries. |
| Giles Middleton started off the attack as meanly as ever, but it was through a run out that he brought the first success. After a pricey over, Mark gave way to Ketz Haria; and then Richard Heller replaced Giles, and instantly bowled a wicket maiden. In the next dozen overs or so, Ketz and Richard put a stranglehold on the Bank batting, and picked up another three wickets. Whether sporting gesture, tactical brilliance, or downright insanity, the captain’s decision to give himself an over gave his fielders some much needed exercise. To compensate, he brought on Felix who, after a couple of sighters, made a mess of the No. 7’s stumps. This, however, brought its own problems, in the form of the twelve-year-old son of the injured Bank keeper, and Felix found himself incapable of bowling accurately to him at slower speed. In a sign of how times have changed, it was Brian who was called up to remove this obstacle. Ketz is back at the other end now and he quickly claims the next two wickets (the second a stinging catch taken by Giles at mid-on). With the Bankers’ batting line-up one man short, the stubborn No. 5 is stuck on 32 not out, and the game is finished with five overs to spare. |
| Our man in the scorebox, keeping an eye on the Bankers’ numeracy: Robert Waller. |
| Bank match report (Who is Archie Andrews?) |