Game 5 v Doddridge

St Michael's Cricket Club

Opponent	:	Doddridge
Date	:	12 June 2004
Venue	:	Racecourse 3
Result	:	Won by 1 wicket

Innings of: Doddridge

1	M Henderson	ct Ahearn	Geddes	10	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	A Bartley	ct Harrison	Geddes	27	M Baker	9.3	2	25	0
3	P Horne		not out	22	M Swann	12	2	20	0
4	R Beeby	b	Geddes	0	I Geddes	8.3	4	6	5
5	G Beeby	ct	Geddes	0	T Marlow	6	1	23	0
6	M Lewis	ct	Cannell	42	S Cannell	9	0	22	3
7	S Knight	ct	Cannell	2
8	B Staniforth	ct	Geddes	0
9	R Bartley	ct	Cannell	1
10	G Robinson		not out	1
	Overs	45	Extras	6
	Wickets	9	Total	109

Innings of: St Michael's

1	W Kingston sr		run out	36	Bowling	O	M	R	W
2	D Harrison	ct Lewis	Mackenzie	0	L Lewis	11	3	34	0
3	M Collier	LBW	Mackenzie	7	V Mackenzie	12	4	21	3
4	W Kingston jr	ct Lewis	Mackenzie	17	G Robinson	12	5	36	1
5	I Geddes	ct Knight	Staniforth	26	B Staniforth	5.4	1	18	4
6	B Ahearn	ct	Robinson	1
7	M Swann		not out	16
8	T Marlow	b	Staniforth	2
9	S Cannell	b	Staniforth	0
10	J Brown	st R Beeby	Staniforth	1
11	M Baker		not out	3
	Overs	40.4	Extras	4
	Wickets	9	Total	113

Match report

St Michael's sneaked home to claim a narrow victory from the jaws of defeat to maintain their unbeaten start to the season on Saturday. But they almost threw it away due to some poor timekeeping and some inept batting towards the end.

Doddridge batted first and made slow progress, preferring to keep their wickets intact rather than going for their shots. It was skipper Ian Geddes who made the breakthrough, having Alan Bartley caught at mid off with a good over the shoulder catch from Dale Harrison. In the next over he had the other opener Henderson caught behind, and then remove Richard Beeby first ball with a beauty that seemed and clipped the top of middle stump. Soon after he had Beeby jr caught with a superb catch by Bill Kingston at short square leg.

Some tight and teasing bowling by Simon Cannell claimed 3 wicket before skipper Geddes came on at the end to claim 2 more for a very jugable 5 for 6.

In reply St Michael's made a poor start as Dale Harrison guided his first ball to Lewis at slip. Matt Collier soon followed, stepping back to a ball that kept low and was adjudged LBW. At the other end Bill Kingston was, relatively speaking, making hay. He was chugging along nicely until skipper Ian Geddes, watching the clock rather than the fielders, ran out the veteran Kingston for 36. Geddes eventually threw his wicket away for a quickfire 26.

Victory was almost in sight, but a flurry of wickets saw 7 still required when the ninth wicket fell. In to bat came the crocked Martin Baker, with Will Kingston acting as runner. He stroked his first ball for 3, saw off a maiden from Matt Lewis, allowing Mall Swann hit 2 fours off the next over to claim the narrowest of victories.

Fines

Player	Reason	Amount
Tom Marlow	Hangover Lethargic in the field Missed catch at gully - standing too far back	�1
Will Kingston	Writing own headlines in the Chronic Error Not wearing club cap when batting	�1
Simon Cannell	Inappropriate attire when doing square leg Duck	�1
Matt Collier	Not wearing cap when walking on to the field at start of play	�1
Malc Swann	Missed catch at slip - standing too far back	�1
Martin Baker	Didn't finish an over when bowling Batting with a runner	�1
Dale Harrison	Golden duck	�1
Bill Kingston	Jumper not conforming to club colours Running himself out	�1
Brian Ahearn	Missed catch due to slow glove work	�1
Ian Geddes	Ineffective bowling Throwing wicket away as he had to leave early	�1
Rushon Palangi	Couldn't get his fat arse out of bed	�100