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Tale Millers v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Thu 06 Aug 2015 at 6.15pm
Erratics Cricket Club Lost by 7 wickets

Match report The Millers' Tail, by Geoffrey Chauc-cott

'Tis a longe way to the middell', quod I,
'Tis yet further backe', came the wittie reply,
Twas the quip of umpyre John Somers, an Erratic of olde,
and a fittinge start for this storye to be tolde.

A newe fixture out neare Hony-ton,
and one, deare Erratics, we shouldeth have won.
Twixt a river and a farme the pitch doth lie,
The grasse is spongey, and the ball bounceth high.

The noble Fraser out to open did goe,
with the poor scholer Hayl-woad in towe,
The former droveth with grace, but soone was caught,
The scholar swep-ed a sixe, to a boundary that was short.

Yong Abrahams and Sir Matthew of Cook,
continued to scoreth with cutte and with hooke,
Ye total of all ye batting endeavour?
One hundreth and thirtie. Could our fine hostes do bettor?

It seem-ed not at early appraisal,
but there was to be a stinge, from the Millers' Tail.
Ben the Youngman and Ny-gell, the rate did restricte,
and the batting men did fall behind the required six.

Alas! The tighte bowling did endureth not,
offering the Millers many a shotte,
Each new batsman seem-ed taller to growe,
and despatched many a boundary with a mightie blowe.

We toiled in vaine, as ye scoreboard over did tick,
Seeing it so well, they could have batted with a roo-barbe stick.
Ye corry-doore of uncertaintee we could not find,
with but five overs left we were in tighte binde.

Bolwinge averages in tatters were left,
as the tail wagged and sixes were heft.
And as a bolte from the blue our ruin was smote,
An ambush! We fetch-ed our coates.

Our vanquishers show-ed their noble largesse,
and served us with chillee, the paineth to lesse.
Under a pinketh sunsette we supped Thatcher's Gold
and wished a rematch next yeare, a chanceth for our honour to uphold.

[Is scholar Hayl-woad the 'real' Geoffrey Chauc-cott? Only an academic sub-discipline could answer that question...]

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
 
for 3 wickets
0
130		        
Mark Hailwood Retired Not Out  30
Fraser Chave Caught  11
Martin Wright Caught  7
Ben Abrahams Retired Not Out  25
Matt Cook Retired Not Out  27
Dominic Prosser Caught  1
Daniel Thistlethwaite Caught  4
Nigel Rutherford Not Out  2
Gareth Oughton  
Ben Youngman  
Jeff Haynes  

Tale Millers Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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Tale Millers Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
 
for 3 wickets
0
131 (17.5 overs)		     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Ben Youngman3.00818.002.67
Nigel Rutherford3.502000.005.22
Jeff Haynes3.0020120.006.67
Gareth Oughton3.0020120.006.67
Mark Hailwood2.001600.008.00
Matt Cook1.001900.0019.00
Fraser Chave1.001500.0015.00
Dominic Prosser1.001400.0014.00