Match Report
Sunday 4 July -v- Grenfell at Old Brockleians
Spud made way for GT to 'knob' for the day for the tricky return fixture at Eltham and on winning the toss, on a hot and humid day, he had little hesitation in electing to bat. After a positive start involving stands between Darkie and the Revenue Boys, we began to lose our way. Both Tubby and Slack stayed long enough to get established, but fell to disappointing shots and the remains of the mid-order performed it’s usual disappearing act. Total disaster was avoided, by a contrasting stand between LSC and Billyboy, which dug us out of a fairly deep pit. The contrast was, that Jim scored all the runs in a stand of forty and Bill just kept him company. When asked to accelerate, Bill found he had nothing to accelerate from and promptly departed, bemoaning the skipper’s interference. Jim’s innovative knock was finally curtailed six short of fifty and our effort totalled 152.
Spud arrived in time to witness the opening exchanges in the Grenfell reply and saw spells of accuracy and economy, sufficient to place us in a position of authority. A lengthy spell from Silver Fox earned him three wickets at little cost and Jim completed a splendid all round performance by adding another three victims to his season’s tally. Grenfell showed solid technique, throughout its order, with no batsman relinquishing his wicket lightly. With no team wishing to lose, the game petered into a draw, with Grenfell 15 shy of the target with two wicket standing when stumps were drawn.
