Match Report
Grenfell's Fixture-secretary passed on the usual common courtesies of informing ones opposition of a ground change, preferring to allow us the dubious pleasure of a high speed tour of Bellingham in our efforts to find the new venue. The fiasco was accentuated by the inability of team members to remain in convoy, seemingly happy to spend an afternoon of aimless exploration. The disruption did little to dampen the skipper’s ardour and when we finally assembled at the correct location he was spitting fire and swearing all sorts of nasty notions of revenge. Against a backdrop of various Football matches, each degenerating into full scale riots, the skipper called correctly and still muttering obscenities under his breath had no hesitation in putting our hosts in to bat. What began as a contest, turned into a merciless slaughter, as Captain Charisma displayed another side to his enigmatic character. Danglers and Limp were rampant on a pitch that had enough uneven bounce to deter the hardiest of front foot players from getting forward. Grenfell soon found themselves teetering at 25-5 and seemingly incapable of coping with the oppressive nature of both Billy’s leadership and the surrounding geurilla warfare. Silver Fox, Lardy and LSC took care of the remains, leaving us to make just 69 to win. A splendid seafood tea was consumed, allowing hopefully enough time for us to canter to victory, before feeling any ill effect. Spud and Steve L were entrusted with setting us on our way and mixing caution with controlled aggression took the score to 34,before Rhino was dismissed for 26.Gordy wasted another two minutes of his life without troubling the scorer, before departing to allow the now slightly becalmed Skip to take strike. These two took the score to within striking distance before Spud’s impetuosity got the better of him. Our target was reached without further loss, taking fractionally over 20 overs and still with a wealth of batting in hand. The early finish enabled us to sample the Batemans Mild, far sooner than could have been expected, thus giving some credibility to Webb’s antics.
