SCORECARD V GOODMAYES

Fields Batting

R Friend bowled 0
R Astley lbw 8
Ben run out 0
W Issac not out 62
S Proud bowled 11
T Graham run out 2
Extras 34
Total 107

Goodmayes Batting

Saqib not out 39
Raja-Khan ct Issac bl Ty 0
Imran ct Friend bl Ben 16
Omar-Raja ct Friend bl Astley 47
Kamran not out 6
Exras 10
Total 108


Fields bowling

Tyrone 3 . 0 . 16 . 1
Ben 3 . 0 . 25 . 1
Will 2 . 0 . 27 . 0
Stefan 2.2 . 0 . 24 . 0
Robin A 1 . 0 . 8 . 1

FIELDS MAULED BY TIGERS

London Fields 152/3 lost to Bengal Tigers 154/3 by 4 wickets

Yes it was an evening of tension, sporting endeavor and lung busting effort, galvanizing a
rapped audience into a frenzied throng of ear splitting cheers and groans of despair mournful
enough to wake the dead.

But while John terry was about to take his fateful penalty pratfall, another bunch of sportsmen
groaned their own laments of dissolution at a match witnessed by a bloke on a bike, a couple of
dogs (Canine variety) and oddly a fire engine. Still, the Fields toiled and burst their lungs in a vain,
but valiant mirroring of Chelsea’s defeat, not once begrudging the lack of Russian soldiers dressing
up as man utd fans on the sidelines. 

Things Had Look oh so bright at the start of play, with a confident side engaged in some show
offish catching practice as the Tigers arrived. The Burly and tousle-haired captain duly won the
toss and appointed John Avery and Robin Friend to lead the big game hunt. And how they set
about the wayward Tigers bowling! With great relish, boundaries and extras flowed like the beer
in a Moscow hostelry. With the score racing along and the batter’s flashing blades cutting a swathe,
the unthinkable happened when a shock on the money ball, was tickled to the keeper by Robin. His
sturdy effort cut short on 14. Nick Isaac strode out and in possibly his last ever mid week match
suddenly had to face markedly improved bowling. John forced the ball away beautifully and survived
a couple of lives to retire on 50. Chris joined Nick in a very sticky mid period as Tigers new boy
Darren almost cleaned him up. But Bravely Chris employed some Pietersonesque swats to the
boundary to get the scorecard ticking again. Nick was caught and Dave Lane added his valuable
18. Robin Astley replaced Chris who’d been bowled and knocked the odd ball to fine leg The
Fields finished with 152 on the card. The innings rounded off nicely with an off driven four.

While not being complacent, the Fields felt confident as the opposition had only scored 70 odd in
previous games, as it turned out the Tiger was wounded but in no way finished off. They roared out
of the blocks as our heroes shipped runs in every corner of the park. Will Issac suffered a torrid
time, while Tyrone Graham fared better at the other end whilst first change bowler Robin tossed
up a mixed bag and lost his rag after seemingly harsh wide calls and a plumb L.B.W refusal. Ty’s
spell was over and still no wicket had been taken, the tigers on course with 95 scored after ten
overs. Birdcage finally made the breakthrough as he trapped the suspiciously good opening bat
in front. Bowling a clever mixed pace over things started to look up, but it was to no avail as another
big hitter smacked the ball around Victoria park. Rallying his shell shocked troops Chris Skinner
took the ball and tried manfully to wrestle back the initiative but despite fine work from Nick, John
and

Robin Friend behind the stumps, two run outs were all Chris was rewarded with. In total three
catches went down in murky light and the Tigers needed five from Chris’s last over. He made them
work for it but they crossed the line with two balls to spare.

Truthfully, if the tigers had held on to their chances, they may well have been chasing a smaller
target. The evening was summed up eloquently by Robin Friend. ‘Aw man, losing SUCKS!’

NB. Special thanks to Chris and his Austrian keg and John Terry for cheering everyone up
afterwards,

LFCC V BENGAL TIGERS SCORECARD

London Fields 152/3

J Avery         Retired              50
R Friend        caught behind        14
N Issac         caught                8
C Skinner       bowled               18
D Lane          not out              18
R Astley        not out              15

Extras                               37

Bengal Tigers 154/4

W Issac       2-0-29-0
T Graham      4-0-24-0
R Astley      3-0-25-0
J Avery       4-0-31-1
C Skinner     3-0-26-0

TEENAGERS TERRORISE TERRIBLE FIELDS. PART 2

There’s not a lot you can say about this. We lost to them a few weeks back in the league and lost by an almost identical score this time. Therefore, let’s do this in 2 lists:

THE SAME AS LAST TIME

1. They batted 1^st and won the toss.
2. They scored just over 120
3. In reply, we scored less than 90.
4. Only a slight wag from the tail prevented complete embarrassment.
5. They were an impressive and friendly opposition.

DIFFERENT TO LAST TIME

1. More than 2 of our batsmen got into double figures.
2. One of their players annoyed his own team almost as much as ours.
3. Er, different pitch.
4. That’s about it.

Well done to Ty for bowling like he was still at Glastonbury one moment, ripping stumps out the other, and Alex who hit an accomplished 24.

More fun and games next week.

(Scorecard below)

LFCC V VP JUNIORS SCORECARD

Cup Round 1...

VP Juniors won by 41 runs:

VP Juniors 127/4 (14 overs)

Name	Overs	Maidens	Wickets	Runs	RPO
Ty	4	0	2	34	8.5
Will	4	0	0	24	6.0
John	3	0	0	26	8.7
Alex	3	0	1	43	14.3

London Fields 86 All Out

Name	How Out	Runs
Paul Tea	Caught	12
Nick	Bowled	12
Jason	Caught	2
Will	Bowled	3
Chris	Bowled	13
Alex	Stumped	24
John	Run Out	3
Ty	Not Out	3
Extras		14
Total:		86

LFCC V TOWER RAVENS SCORECARD

London Fields lost to Tower Ravens by 8 broken spirits...

London Fields 117/6 (16 overs)

Name	How Out	Runs
Paul	Stumped	22
Will	Caught	27
Ruby	Stumped	11
Dave	Caught	0
John	Not Out	21
Chris	Bowled	6
Pete	Run out	5
Grant	Not Out	2
Extras		24
Total:	118	Overs:	16

Tower Ravens 121/5 (15.5 Overs)

Name	Overs	Maidens	Wickets	Runs	RPO
Pete	4	0	1	17	4.3
Grant	2	0	0	24	12.0
John	4	0	3	29	7.3
Will	3	0	1	28	9.3
Chris	1.5	0	0	11	5.8
Dave	1	0	0	7	7.0

TEENAGERS TERRORISE TERRIBLE FIELDS

22nd May - VP Juniors beat London Fields by 46 runs...

Going in the match with some optimism (we narrowly lost this fixture last year) we thought we could give the league Champions a good, close match.

We bowled 1^st and despite aggressive intent (their opening bat clumped the very first delivery to the boundary) we did a good job pegging them back. Richard, Ty, Will and Jakob all bowled well with little luck – but did manage to break each partnership just as it looked like running away from us.

It was noted that Ty was wearing a silly hat and took no wickets, yet the other three bowlers weren’t wearing silly hats and took a wicket each. Therefore with some nervousness, the ball was thrown to Ruby. Ruby however proved to be a fine anomaly and he and Chris (left on a hatrick) engineered something of collapse, leaving the opposition on a steady 123.

We then batted. Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. It was horrible. Let’s do this in order of score. Alex, duck. Ty, duck. Chris, One. Richard, Two. Robin, Six. Will Six. Only a bit of tonk from Jakob (12 not out) and an excellent 28 from Ruby (including a massive 6 that landed on 3^rd selector Rob Harries’ bike) saved any face.

All out for 77, we simply couldn’t cope with the dynamic VP attack – including the fastest bowler we’ve faced this season…aged 14.

LFCC V. VP JUNIORS SCORECARD

London Fields CC lose to VP Juniors by about 500 runs...

VP Juniors 123 All out

Name	Overs	Maidens	Wickets	Runs
Richard	3	0	1	22
Tyrone	3	0	0	26
Will	3	0	1	27
Jakob	3	0	1	26
Ruby	2	0	1	15
Chris	1.3	0	2	7

London Fields 77 All out

Name	How Out	Runs
Robin	Run Out	6
Alex	Bowled	0
Will	Bowled	6
Richard	Caught	2
Ruby	Caught	28
Chris	Bowled	1
Jakob	Not Out	12
Ty	Bowled	0
Extras		18
Total:	77	Overs:	13.4

LFCC V CHATS PALACE SCORECARD

(Match report below)

Chats Palace - 150/5 (16 overs)

Name	Overs	Maidens	Wickets	Runs
Tyrone	4	0	1	29
John	4	0	1	29
Robin	2	0	0	20
Telfer	3	0	1	33
Nick	2	0	0	23
Chris	1	0	0	9

Beat

London Fields - 126/6 (16 overs)

Paul Teas	Caught	2
Jason	Bowled	47
Chris	Run Out	7
Robin	Lbw	35
Nick	Bowled	2
John	Run Out	7
Ty	Not Out	7
Telfer	Not Out	1
Extras		18
Total:		126

MORE CHATS, LESS ACTION

After bowling last weeks opposition for just 49, and with some nasty weather presenting itself, the skipper decided it would be a good idea to put the opposition in. This week however the bowlers struggled to get their lines right and the theoretically weaker opposition began piling the runs on. Ty, John and Telfer did the bulk of the bowling and despite some good balls, and a wicket each, every Chats batsman got at least a start

Towards the end of the innings, the boyfriend of the Chats Palace skippers daughter(!?) did a fine job of endearing himself with the in-laws, launching some crunching sixes, and only some nonsense in the last over allowing Chris and Jason to engineer a couple of run outs added to the wickets column.

So to the Fields turn to bat and our dynamic opening pair of Jason and Paul Teasdale (recent destroyer of the club batting record) lasted just 2 runs. Chris then joined Jason and despite their excellent communication in the field, the pair YES, NO and MAYBE’d their way through some shambolic running before Jason ran Chris out of his misery for 7. Facing certain defeat, Robin(30) and Jason then built a steady innings, and thanks to some generous bowling, put on a fine partnership of 74. The loss of Jason for 47, followed by Nick and John, trying to force the issue, plus some solid late bowling saw us fall 25 runs short.

The evening then continued at pace in POTP before a stealthily planned game of ‘bendy bus cricket’ was stopped by a killjoy bus driver. Oh dear, we’re probably only a handful of defeats from getting ourselves ASBO’s!