Scorecard

Ipplepen v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Sun 07 Sep 2014 at 1.30pm
Erratics Cricket Club Lost by 3 wickets

Match report Regular fixtures with Ipplepen only started in 1993 but there is no doubt that it is now one of the most looked forward to games of the year. Particularly on a beautiful blue sky sunny day like this one.

Friendly opponents, a neat compact ground, a fabulous tea and even an electronic scoreboard to play with.

Early games there were memorable for a dog who could find any ball dispatched into the adjoining fields. This would be overseen by Bill Heath senior member of Ipplepen’s Heath clan. His son Geoff and Grandson Toby were both playing against us today. The three have made a few appearances together this season. Peter Thompson would understand what this must mean.

The Erratics also had a nod towards family dynasties with Peter Colclough making a rare appearance and skippering the side which included his son James.

Peter won the toss and the Erratics batted first in a 40 over encounter. Frustratingly seven of us got into at least double figures but nobody kicked on to make the kind of score we needed to bolster an average total. Wright (10), Hailwood (23), Peter Colclough (29), Weiler (15), Fraser Chave (19), Prosser (14) and Rutherford (13) all looked promising before falling on their swords.

Colclough (Erratics debut 1976) and Weiler (1977) rolled back the years in a brief partnership together. Memories of many a time at the wicket at Gras Lawn came to mind. Confusion too for more recent Erratics as Martin kept being referred to as “Alfie” by Peter. For an explanation I refer you to footnote 1 on Page 125 of the second Erratics Volume.

Time has taken its toll. Peter told us all of once stroking a ball to the far corner at Ipplepen and running five. He looked pretty puffed when repeating the shot but just about managing three this time.

While all this was going on Jan Heaton was back in the pavilion experimenting with a new scoring programme on her lap top. In the third over she announced “It’s telling me there are 286 balls to go”.

Sadly we didn’t make use of all those balls and our innings closed in the 39th over – all out for an under par 157.

And so to tea. A match report from 1994 describes the Ipplepen tea as “ranked among the best”. Things haven’t changed. A wonderful buffet style spread of do it yourself fillings (ham, egg, salad) to go into French bread, hot sausages, scones and assorted cakes. And then just when we could eat no more out came plates of pizza. Oh to have fielded first!

The Ipplepen innings did not start well for Nigel Rutherford our opening bowler. After marking out his run he realised there was no ball. As nearest to the pavilion he dutifully ran off to get one. Then, back at the start of his run and a little puffed, he was stopped by the batsman asking for the sightscreen to be moved. Now Nigel was nearest to the sightscreen....thankfully an Ipplepen player took pity and did the honourable thing.

Whether it was all this or simply some very good batting the home side got off to a flyer repeatedly scoring boundaries off the most respectable of deliveries. By the twelfth over 80 were on the board and it was looking like a very early finish. Thankfully one of the brutal executioners decided to retire and then just when we had abandoned all hope Mark Hailwood took two wickets in an over.

Some superb fielding by Colclough Junior (a one handed stop off a very hard hit drive particularly comes to mind), Dominc Prosser (a smart catch) Jonathan Kirby (several swooping moves to prevent boundaries), Krupakar (deft takes down the leg-side) and Nigel Rutherford helped keep the spirits up. Nigel expertly ran out a batsman hesitatingly taking a single on a no-ball with a stunning long distance throw.

Could we do it? If a recent Ipplepen example was anything to go by then of course we could. We heard tales of their overseas player for this season. A New Zealand first class player, Caleb Gaylard, had announced his presence by taking 9-12 v Shaldon earlier in the year. Then more recently he took seven wickets in eight balls while reducing Kingsbridge to 23 all out. He had expensively conceded five runs before, in a 16 ball spell, he took 8-0 including five wickets in five balls.

No wonder Ipplepen had won Devon league Division C!!

We couldn’t quite match these heights but made a decent fist of it with Nigel (1-34), Fraser (1-21), James Colclough (2-23) all adding to Mark’s 2-26. In the end Ipplepen made it home on 160-7. Comfortable but not as easy as it had once looked.

Still it was we all agreed a very pleasant way to spend a September afternoon and sitting and supping outside the pavilion in the evening sun we discussed what might have been (again!).

Martin Weiler

[A.N. Other was James Colclough]

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
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TOTAL :
17w  
for 10 wickets
17
157		        
Martin Wright Caught  10
Jayakrupakar Nallala Caught  8
Mark Hailwood Caught  23
Peter Colclough Stumped  29
Martin Weiler Caught  15
Fraser Chave Bowled  19
Jonathan Kirby Stumped  0
Dominic Prosser Bowled  14
Phil Power Caught  0
Nigel Rutherford Bowled  13
A.N. Other Not Out  1

Ipplepen Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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Ipplepen Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
 
for 7 wickets
0
160 (28.3 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Nigel Rutherford8.0134134.004.25
Dominic Prosser3.302900.008.29
Mark Hailwood4.0026213.006.50
Fraser Chave4.0021121.005.25
A.N. Other7.0023211.503.29
Phil Power2.002000.0010.00