Date 10/07/1994
Season 1994
Competition Friendly
Match format 40 overs
Opposition Westcombe Parkers
Venue Greenwich Park
Toss Won
Decision Crusaders bat first
Result Lost

Crusaders innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 John Braithwaite lbw b Mayo 11
2 Mark Paine st b Raffique 20
3 Gordon Schultz c b Lawson 7
4 Chris Wilsdon b Lawson 6
5 Bill Webb run out 5
6 Jim Clements c Foot b Foot 11
7 Neil Clark b Jones 40
8 Neil Morrison b Lawson 6
9 Darren Moyse not out 8
10 Spud Whale lbw b Lawson 10
  Extras b 3, lb 2, w 9, nb 0 14
  Total 9 wickets, 37.2 overs 138

Did not bat:




No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Mayo 7.0 1 15 1 1 0
2 Jones 8.0 1 30 1 2 0
3 Lawson 6.2 1 22 4 2 0
4 Raffique 8.0 1 27 1 0 0
5 Foot 8.0 0 39 1 4 0





Westcombe Parkers innings

No Batsman   Runs
1 Cameron c Neil Clark b Darren Moyse 49
2 Heaton b Mark Paine 17
3 Charlesworth b Darren Moyse 2
4 Addersley not out 27
5 Hall b Darren Moyse 25
6 Foot b Neil Clark 0
7 Cave not out 1
  Extras b 10, lb 4, w 7, nb 0 21
  Total 5 wickets, 36.0 overs 142

Did not bat:




No Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
1 Spud Whale 8.0 2 28 0 0 0
2 Jim Clements 8.0 1 28 0 1 0
3 Mark Paine 8.0 1 38 1 3 0
4 Darren Moyse 8.0 3 17 3 1 0
5 Gordon Schultz 2.0 1 6 0 0 0
6 Neil Clark 2.0 0 11 1 2 0

Match Report

On a day best forgotten Crusaders slipped to a first ever defeat to The Parkers. A rank bad batting display and some casual captaincy made The Parkers task of overhauling a paltry target of 138 all the more easy. Only Neil Clark (40) offered any resistance as too many batsmen were not prepared to apply themselves on a tricky surface.
Westcombe Parkers were able to build momentum unchecked, with neither Jim nor Spud able to make inroads into the Parkers batting order. Bill seemed content to let the game drift, perhaps in the misguided belief that Westcombe would push the self destruct button and did not introduce Moysey into the attack until the sixteenth over; by this time Cameron had carved his way to 49. Darren was immediately in the wickets, but it was all too little too late, as our hosts cantered to a five wicket victory with overs to spare, guided home by a fine 25 from the Secret Lemonade Drinker.