Charlie Hill hits 89  

MATCH 37 Nomads CC v   Hurlingham Club Sunday August 20th 11.00 am Ranelagh Gardens Fulham London SW

Result:   Nomads won by 12 runs
Toss:     Hurlingham
Umpires:    & Don MacLeod
Scorer:   Bill Rodwell &
Debut(s): CMM Hill,G Bulpitt,M Geller. 

NOMADS CC Innings
A Hill       bowled        Brooksbank  0
M Geller     bowled        Andjel      3
C Friderichs lbw         b Brooksbank  5
CMM Hill     c Defty     b Andjel     89
J Lascelles  lbw         b Brooksbank  3
J Ireland    c Stebbings b Brooksbank 26
J While      lbw         b Brooksbank  4
A Peters     c Read      b Defty      21
N Senn       c Redmayne  b Defty      15
G Bulpitt    not out                   1
ME Blumberg  bowled        Defty       1
Extras      (b12,lb4,w3,nb3)          22
TOTAL       (All out,44.3 overs)     190

Bowling-Brooksbank 19 2 73 5,Redmayne 5 1 24 0,Andjel 16 1 54 2,Defty 3.3 0 23 3,Mun-Gavin 1 0 2 0.

HURLINGHAM CLUB Innings
J Stebbings      lbw          b While   10
T Redmayne       c Friderichs b Senn     0
S Mun-Gavin      c Friderichs b Senn     6
C Peerless       c Bullpit    b While    2
N Defty          c Geller     b Senn    14
A Andjel         lbw          b Ireland 69
C Stuart-Liberty lbw          b While   12
N Read           lbw          b Ireland 18
J Defty          c C Hill     b Blumberg 0
G Brooksbank     not out                38
B Thorne         c Blumberg   b Ireland  0
Extras          (b2,lb0,w7,nb0)          9
TOTAL           (All out,40.1 overs)   178

Fow:1-6,2-16,3-16,4-32,5-32,6-60,7-97,8-102,9-152,10-178.

Bowling-While 8 2 38 3,Senn 6 0 23 3,Blumberg 6 0 36 1,Ireland 12.1 1 52 3,C Hill 2 0 16 0,Bulpitt 6 2 11 0.

                Bowlers Dominate two powerful batting sides 

Nomads won what became a close encounter as the Hurlingham tail wagged most productively. There were but 12 runs between the sides when, to the astonishment of many, Blumberg, at first slip, caught the obdurate number  eleven off Joe Ireland's bowling.

Earlier Nomads invited to bat struggled to post a decent score despite an impressive line up. Booksbank of Esher CC bowled unchanged up to lunch and finished with an impressive (5-75). That Nomads made any total was almost entirely due to debutant Charlie Hill who scored 89 before hitting a full toss straight to a boundary fielder. Joe Ireland and Andy Peters helped the cause as did a few mighty blows from Neil Senn.

Andjel who 'bowled' fifteen overs was finally called by the square leg umpire for throwing but surely should get his action sorted out sooner rather later before formal complaints pour in.

Nomads considered they had a strong spin attack but were slim on seam. However While and Senn soon had the Hurlingham innings in tatters at 32-5 then 60-6 both taking three wickets each. The home side showed stiffer resistance against the spin of Ireland and Blumberg, the next two wickets putting on 42,102-8. At this point tea was taken. After the tea interval Andjel and Brooksbank  staged  a revival that threatened to turn the game on its head aided by a few lapses in the field from Nomads. As the tension mounted  so the boundaries were loudly applauded and the score had reached 152 when Andjel, stranded some way down the wicket but deceived by the flight, was out lbw to Joe Ireland.

Brooksbank skillfully protecting his number eleven partner steadily took the score ever nearer the required total despite the late introduction of our trump card left arm spinner Guy Bullpit who finished with figures of 6-1-11-0.

So there was great relief and celebration in the Nomads camp when that catch was snapped up.

There was a difference of 13 in the extras total in favour of Nomads essentially in byes so Chris Friderichs' contribution behind the stumps proved crucial. Notwithstanding the superb contribution of the bowlers Nomads owed a great deal to Charlie Hill's mature innings on debut,may it be the first of many to come.

This match is also recorded on Cricket Archive  http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/288/288507.html

Previous Matches
2007 Nomads won by 97 runs
2006 Nomads lost by 3 wickets
2005 Match Drawn Hurlingham hang on
2004 Match Drawn While hits 167
2003 Match Drawn Wakers hits ton