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Stoke Gabriel V Marldon – 8 June 2008 - Home - Friendly

Line Up

Steve Tolley (capt)

Elliot Anderton

Mark Jackson

Angus Lee

Graham Litt

Rhys Lowther

Chris Murphy

Matt Nand-Lal

Steve Nand-Lal

Tim Nand-Lal

Jack Tolley

Result

Stoke Sunday XI beat Marldon by 2 wickets

Report

Here is a quiz question – which is the nearest cricket ground to Stoke Gabriel CC ? The answer is Marldon who were our opponents on Sunday. The Stoke team was packed with 8 Stoke Gabriel colts, an Australian and 2 players with extensive cricketing know how. Captain Steve Tolley invited Marldon to bat first on a very hot day.

The Marldon innings started very slowly with opening bowlers Stephen Nand-Lal and Rhys Lowther restricting Marldon to just 23 from the first 10 overs. It was at about this point that a number of the players from the match, that was due to be played at Plympton, arrived. This included Pete Bamber who kindly stepped in to help out with the umpiring. Thanks also to Clive for helping with the umpiring despite his injury. The other players from the Plympton match disappeared for a healthy tea provided by Colonel Sanders !

Medium pacer Graham Litt and spinner Chris Murphy came into the attack and Chris soon had the wicket of Sharles for 12. He followed this shortly afterwards by taking the wicket of Perry and Marldon slipped to 46 for 2. Chris continued to bamboozle the Marldon players with his mix of offies and leggies. He would have had 3 wickets but for Nand-Lal senior dropping a chance on the boundary (sorry Chris).

C Butcher and Mark Gilmour put on 65 for the 3^rd wicket to get Marldon up to 111. U13 colt, Angus Lee, then dismissed Paignton player Gilmour for 39 after a sharp piece of stumping by new wicket keeper Mark Jackson. This was the third stumping to Mark who showed Gilchrist type reflexes.

C Butcher went on to make 55 before he fell victim to the bowling of another U13 colt, Jack Tolley. Jack took a second wicket later to finish with creditable figures of 2 for 11. Angus continued to bowl tidily and he picked up 4 wickets for just 27 runs. From being 145 for 3 in the 29^th over Marldon slipped to 167 all out with Stephen and Rhys each helping themselves to a wicket.

The Stoke innings began with a father and son partnership and was won at the end by a father and son partnership. Our innings began with Tim and Matt Nand-Lal opening. The pair saw off the initial Marldon bowling attack until Matt fell victim to a good catch. Elliot Anderton joined Tim and they added 42 for the 2^nd wicket. Elliot was eventually bowled by Mark Gilmour who helped Paignton bowl out our U17s earlier in the season.

Angus Lee rounded off a good all round display by putting on 21 for the 3^rd wicket before he also fell to the bowling of Gilmour. Next in was Jack Tolley who showed a lot of determination to help Tim see off the threat of Gilmour. Tim fell for 76 with the score on 116 for 4 and 4 quick wickets saw Stoke dip to 141 for 8. All was not lost though as hiding in the changing rooms was our secret weapon – aka number 10 batsman Steve Tolley, who went out to join his son at the crease. Steve’s first ball nearly led to him being run out after a call from Jack ! However Steve escaped and the pair dug in. The 27 runs needed for victory were knocked off with clinical precision and Stoke sneaked home to a 2 wicket victory.

This game was played with the Corinthian spirit of old and it was great to see the up and coming players do so well. Thanks John for organising the match.

Scorecard

1st Innings - Marldon

2nd Innings – Stoke Gabriel