cricket 13 Sep 2007 10:36 pm
Senior Junior 2007
(Written without the scorebook, apologies for errors)
Senior Junior day arrived with the usual last minute selection issues. A 10-a-side match was arranged with Jim Shirley leading the Seniors against Adrian Maguire’s Juniors, the Seniors only had 8 at the start so they batted first on a bright and fresh morning. The Juniors got off to a perfect start when Jim Rasin was bowled behind his legs in the first over by Matt Jenkins before Rick Singh having survived a massive caght behind appeal, fell to Richard Whittle. Guest senior Mark Bambow couldn’t resist trying to turn a straight ball onto the leg side after the Juniors set a 8-0 off side field and when Rishi Pamar tormented Steve Mullard with a succession of full tosses before bowling him with a long hop, the Juniors were well on top. Clive Bishop was run out by some smart fielding from Warren Millard before Neal Rughani and Viz Parmar started to run the Juniors ragged, taking advantage of the spaces available with only 10 men.
They both made 30, before they both fell along with Ian Kimberly to Martin Weir. Jim Shirley looked likely to be stranded but he cleverly kept the strike and added 40ish with Adile Mohammed before finally falling to Martin for 36. The Seniors closed on 173, a pretty competitive score with their bowling line up. Adam Coppell and Aaron Evans opened for the Juniors, but Pete Westwood batting at 3 gave the innings real impetus with a fine 30odd. Martin Weir and Warren Millard kept the board moving but all the time Adam was accumulating and looking determined to play the crucial innings. With constant reminders of previous chokes from the sidelines, (including from people who played a part in them - Ronnie) 14 year old Harvey Dhoofer was trying to resist Jim Shirley, he did well and left the Juniors needing 30 to win with 4 wickets left. Cops completed a fine half century, and when Jim was seen off the Juniors at last felt safe. Appropriately Cops hit the winning runs to finish 61 not out and secure the loo seat award, with the Juniors winning by 4 wickets with 8 overs to spare.
Thanks to all involved, in particular to the Hawkins for their generous sponsorship, Keith Hemming for scoring, Stan and Les for umpiring and to the rest of the Redding family for another amazing array of catering. Thanks also to Steve Mullard for so graciously presenting the trophy and the Ashes. There were no promises of revolutions after the first Junior victory since 2002, particularly as the skipper may well have crossed the divide by next year. Cricket (and the Juniors) were the winners on a fantastic day.
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