Archive 21-25
21. Ross County – All Out 0
Ross County v Elgin May 1964
Ross County’s brief history states: “The dismissal of the team for 0 against Elgin marks the low point in the club’s history.” In this league game at Elgin in 1964, everything was normal by tea time; Elgin had a fair score of 145-5 declared, but they also had a decent bowling attack with Bernard Woolfson having played twice for Suffolk. His first two balls got wickets – 0-2 after one over. Dave Murray got one wicket next over – 0-3. Three wickets in Woolfson’s 3rd over left Ross County on 0-6 before Murray took wickets with his 3rd, 4th and 6th balls. It was all over in 4 overs as Ross County had only 10 men. Two of their team played-on and one was out hit wicket, so they could claim they were unlucky! They had beaten the long-standing league record of Kinross who scored 1 against Auchtermuchty in 1896. There are many stories of teams scoring 0 many years ago and one dubious story of a match in Derbyshire in 1815 between Kegworth and Diseworth when both teams scored 0.
Elgin beat Ross County by 145 runs
Elgin
T Manley b Oliver 28
B Woolfson b Hendry 0
J Wright b Nevin 43
F Muir lbw Nevin 8
J Leithead not out 36
W Phimister b Nevin 6
R Draggan not out 12
Extras 12
Total ( 5 wkts dec) 145
Hendry 15 0 53 1
Northcliffe 7 1 20 0
Nevin 11 2 42 3
Oliver 4 1 18 1
Ross County
B Kenny. c Phimister b Woolfson 0
G Sheils. c Stewartson b Murray 0
J Hendry b Woolfson 0
W Oliver b Woolfson 0
J Niven hit wkt b Murray 0
R Hannant lbw Woolfson 0
I Taylor b Woolfson 0
S Bull not out 0
J Northcliffe b Murray 0
N Frazer b Murray 0
Extras 0
Total 0
Woolfson 2 2 0 5
Murray 2 2 0 4
22. Sixty off One Over from Calway
Dorset v Cheshire July 1988
A dull draw was on the cards as Cheshire had shut up shop when they lost their 6th wicket for 49, chasing 201. The eighty-eight maidens bowled in this two day match may have contributed to the dullness. Cheshire had steadied the ship and Blackburn and Smith had added 39 runs to take the score to 88, but they looked settled, and 113 in the final 11 overs would not tempt them.
So the reverend Wingfield Digby decided to liven things up and called upon his opening batsman Graeme Calway to bowl. His bowling analysis in the scorecard is unremarkable, 1 over, nought for six. However in 1988 wides and no-balls were not included in a bowler’s analysis, and Graeme bowled plenty of wides as instructed by his skipper, who also placed the field so as to let each wide go for four. After conceding one four off the bat, he bowled 14 wides – 60 runs in total.
So now the total was 152-6 with 53 needed in 10 overs – and Cheshire took up the challenge. At 168-6 they were favourites, but they lost their last 4 wickets for 14 runs to lose the game by 18 runs with 2 overs to play. A dull draw had been turned into an exciting finish, though Barry Wood, former England opener, would probably remember the pair he had bagged.
Most players accepted the decision but the Test and County Cricket Board did not, feeling that it wasn’t in the spirit of the game. They would have preferred a dull draw. Is it so different from feeding the opposition quick runs to speed up a declaration? Perhaps Robert Vance read about this game as next year he beat Calway’s 60 with a 22 ball over conceding 77, playing for Wellington in New Zealand.
Dorset v Cheshire at Sherborne School
on 31st July, 1st August 1988
Dorset won by 18 runs
Dorset first innings
RP Merriman b Dyson 21
GS Calway b NT O”Brien 15
RV Morgan lbw b NT O”Brien 10
SWD Rintoul c Tansley b Dyson 45
S Sawney c Varey b Dyson 0
AR Wingfield Digby b NT O”Brien 23
VB Lewis lbw b Dyson 3
NR Taylor st Smith b Dyson 0
C Stone b Dyson 1
ICD Stuart not out 0
MC Wagstaffe lbw b Dyson 0
Extras 15
Total (58.2 overs) 133
Fox 10 2 28 0
NT O’Brien 28 10 56 3
Dyson 19.2 9 39 7
JFM O’Brien 1 1 0 0
1-37, 2-45, 3-63, 4 -64, 5-125, 6-125, 7-128, 8-132, 9-133.
Cheshire first innings
DW Varey c Wagstaffe b Taylor 28
B Wood lbw b Stuart 0
JJ Hitchmough c Calway b Stuart 1
IJ Tansley c Lewis b Stuart 24
ST Crawley lbw b Stuart 11
NT O’Brien b Taylor 25
GJ Blackburn not out 32
N Smith lbw b Wingfield Digby 0
A Fox b Stone 0
JFM O’Brien lbw b Taylor 4
S Dyson not out 0
Extras 10
Total (9 wickets, declared, 58.1 overs) 135
Taylor 17 8 34 5
Stuart 19 1 44 4
W’field Digby 15.1 5 37 1
Stone 7 3 12 1
1-1, 2-5, 3-30, 4-48, 5-76, 6-94, 7-101, 8-131, 9-131
Dorset second innings
RP Merriman c Varey b Dyson 5
GS Calway c Varey b Dyson 0
MC Wagstaffe c and b JFM O’Brien 34
SWD Rintoul c Smith b Fox 12
ICD Stuart run out 62
RV Morgan lbw b Dyson 0
C Stone c H’mough b Blackburn 38
S Sawney c B’burn b J O’Brien 13
VB Lewis not out 24
AR W’field Digby st Smith b JFM O’Brien 3
NR Taylor b JFM O’Brien 0
Extras 11
Total (78.5 overs) 202
Dyson 28 9 56 3
O”Brien 25.5 9 56 4
Fox 10 0 34 1
Blackburn 15 4 47 1
1-3, 2-18, 3-34, 4-101, 5-102, 6-138, 7-163, 8-191, 9-194.
Cheshire second innings
DW Varey lbw b Taylor 3
B Wood c Lewis b Taylor 0
NT O’Brien lbw b Wingfield Digby 13
IJ Tansley c Morgan b W’ Digby 0
JJ Hitchmough c Merriman b Sawney 17
ST Crawley c Rintoul b Taylor 4
GJ Blackburn b Taylor 29
N Smith c Calway b Taylor 36
JFM O’Brien lbw b Taylor 1
A Fox st Lewis b Stone 9
S Dyson not out 1
Extras 69
Total (54 overs) 182
Taylor 19 6 38 6
Stuart 3 3 0 0
W’field Digby 15 8 38 2
Wagstaffe 5 4 2 0
Sawney 5 1 16 1
Stone 6 2 16 1
Calway 1 0 6 0
1-3, 2-4, 3-9, 4-30, 5-34, 6-49, 7-168, 8-169, 9-182.
23. 200+ Scores
Rich Bartsch for Teuchters
When talented batsmen like Rich Bartsch or Ali Shah score a double century in ESCA cricket, we sit back and admire. But when a player with an average under 10 in division 8 suddenly “finds form” and scores 252*, eyebrows are understandably raised.
Teuchters wonderful Captain was always going to be far too good for division 8. Plenty of teams had suffered, but none so badly as Murrayfield Dafs 4th XI in May 2010. The Roseburn outfield was rutted which made fielding difficult. Numerous catches went down, and Rich rode his luck. Iain Martin recalls the final ball of the innings when Rich hit the ball straight up in the air where Chris Richardson was positioned – he didn’t have to move – and he didn’t; instead the ball landed at his feet with a thud. The bowler screamed a blasphemy which could probably be heard in Glasgow; the fielders fell about laughing; the fielder calmly said “Well, I wasn’t gonna break a finger to take a catch with them 400 odd, was I?” He had a point. On the plus side the match was reported in Wisden the following month as Mdafs were one of the few sides to concede 400+ runs in a 40 over innings.
Teuchters
At Roseburn Park
May 8th 2010
Teuchters
R Bartsch not out 236
J Gray c Fotheringham b Wilkie 28
W. Clayton b Wilkie 19
L Clarke lbw Singh 27
E Jones not out 31
Extras ( 10b, 3lb, 40w, 12nb) 65
Total (40 overs) 406
R Styles, M Stalley, P Osbourne, G Inch, P Sparrow & P Holmes dub
M Shafi 8 0 57 0
G Singh 8 0 73 1
I Martin 3 0 38 0
A Mirza 7 0 64 0
G Katjert 4 0 43 0
D Wilkie 4 0 49 2
D Choudhury 2 0 37 0
C Richardson 4 0 32 0
Murrayfield Dafs 4th XI
G Watson lbw Clayton 6
D Wilkie b Styles 1
C Richardson b Clayton 14
A Mirza not out 60
G Katjert b Clayton 0
G Singh b Clayton 0
Z Mirza b Inch 7
M Shafi lbw Clarke 1
D Choudhury run out 15
Extras (12b, 1lb, 21w, 2nb) 36
Total (40 overs) 140- 8
I Martin & R Fotheringham dub
R Styles 7 2 17 1
P Sparrow 5 1 14 0
W Clayton 4 1 15 4
E Jones 7 1 24 0
M Stalley 4 0 19 0
G Inch 6 1 17 1
L Clarke 5 2 11 1
R Bartsch 2 0 10 0
Ali Shah for Carlton
In the opening 2nd XI match for Carlton against Watsonians at Grange Loan in 2013, Ali Shah scored a magnificent 207*. With 1 over to go Ali needed only 1 run for an unforgettable double century. This Ali duly recorded with a single to deep mid-on. Fittingly Ali ended the innings with another six over wide mid-on leaving Carlton at 5/301 with Ali unbeaten on 207 (15 fours and 10 sixes ). The rest of the batsmen scored 63!
Watsonians scored 186 in reply, with Fraser Allardice taking 4 wickets.
Carlton
Al Shah Not Out 207
C Everett Run Out (A Macdonell) 8
R Macpherson Bowled b M Macleod 3
R Thornton Caught G Harding b R Jones 22
F Allardice LBW b G Harding 5
+ M Wells Bowled b M Naysmith 5
* G Newman Not Out 19
S Elder DNB
O Ahmad DNB
G Rittoo DNB
B Mckay DNB
Extras 9b 2lb 16w 5nb 32
TOTAL for 5 wkts (50 ovs) 301
Bowler O M R W
T Bunker 10.0 1 29 0
M Macleod 10.0 0 72 1
V Tanna 1.0 0 16 0
R Jones 5.0 0 37 1
G Harding 10.0 1 55 1
M Naysmith 10.0 1 52 1
Fall of Wickets
1 – 23 C Everett
2 – 33 R Macpherson
3 – 126 R Thornton
4 – 153 F Allardice
5 – 172 M Wells
Somebody for Kismet
On September 1st 2008, a Kismet 2nd XI batsman scored 252* against Preston Village 2nd XI.
Sceptics on the message board immediately indicated disbelief. A thread entitled “dodgy! dodgy!” began with this message:-
“I’m sorry, there’s no way a player in Div 8 can score 200. Where has this player come from?”
The answer was that the player had come from their 1st XI, but his name had been changed to M Amroz,, a lower order batsman who seldom reached double figures – and the captain’s son; otherwise ESCA may have spotted the name and penalised them for using a “higher” player in a lower league.
You would think that, if the intention was to hoodwink ESCA, it was not advisable to let him bat at No 3!
You would think that the 1st XI player would have had the sense to get out once he had scored, say, 50.
It reminds me of the “Who wants to be a millionaire” cheat – Major Charles Ingram who won a million with the help of a few coughs from his friends – shortly after the win he was spotted being shouted at by his wife, presumably because she had wanted him to keep his head below the parapet by losing before reaching the jackpot. Niether Charles Ingram nor the 252* batsman seemed to think ahead.
The first reaction from Kismet was a denial by one of their players of any deception. The explanation was “we reversed the batting order” (which made no sense) and “Amroz was very lucky as he was dropped numerous times.”
There followed a post on the forum suggesting that Preston Village’s poor fielding was the reason for the player scoring 252 in about 35 overs. “If I was playing on a team like that I would walk off the ground never to play again. This was a genuine knock.”
It wasn’t – and the truth was revealed. The poor lad whose name had been used had tried to persuade his father not to involve him – but to no avail. Suspensions followed.
Kismet 2nd XI v Preston Village 2nd XI
At Duloch Park
September 1st 2007
Kismet 2nd XI
N. Aziz b Hextall 75
J. Cochrane c ? B Ramzan 14
M. Amroz not out 252
M Ahmed b Hawlins 30
M Arman not out 0
Extras ( 15b, 5lb, 20w, 10nb) 50
Total (40 overs) 421-3
M Naseem, Z Ahmed, A Mahmood, A Naseem, A Khalid & T Naseem dnb
S Ramzan 8 1 65 1
L Hextall 8 0 84 1
A Grieve 8 0 83 0
N Green 7 1 70 0
I Hawkins 6 0 84 1
A Russell 3 0 20 0
Preston Village 2nd XI
A Grieve c&b Mahmood 17
I Hawkins b Mahmood 2
M May b T Naseem 4
L Hextall c ? M Naseem 4
S Ramzan c ? M Naseem 6
D McWattie c ? A Naseem 1
N Green c ? A Naseem 8
G Wickstead not out 10
J Groom b Z Ahmed 5
R John b Khalid 3
A Russell b Khalid 0
Extras ( 5b, 13w) 18
Total (21 overs) 78
T Naseem 6 0 14 1
A Mahmood 6 0 16 2
A Naseem 3 0 21 2
M Naseem 3 0 14 2
A Khalid 2 0 5 2
Z Ahmed 1 0 3 1
24. Declarations on a sticky wicket : 1950
England v Australia 1-7 December 1950 ( 6 day match)
Brisbane
Nothing extraordinary happened on the first day of this test match at Brisbane. England dismissed Australia for 228 after a good performance in the field. The luck turned in Australia’s favour as the heavens opened and made the pitch practically unplayable as there were no covered wickets back then, and there was no play on the second day.
Day three saw 20 wickets fall for 130 which is remarkable enough; even more remarkable were the two tactical declarations by both sides in an effort to get the other side batting in treacherous conditions. England managed to score 68-7 and Evans was promoted to number 3 to hit out; with Hutton still at the crease they declared 160 behind. The home side did worse and were 0-3 in their second innings and only managed to score 32-7, but they were determined to get England back in before the close, so they too declared.
By the close of play on the third day England were more or less defeated. 22-2 wasn’t so bad and Trevor Bailey was holding his own in a lofty batting position of number 4. Then in the final over of the day England lost 3 wickets. Both Compton and Hutton were held back in the hope that conditions would improve the next day, which was probably a mistake as Hutton ran out of partners. In that final 8 ball over McIntyre didn’t help by being run out, going for a fourth run.
Next day Len Hutton made 62 in what is regarded as one of the great innings in Ashes history. But besides Freddie Brown and Doug Wright he had no-one to stay with him; in 38 minutes Hutton and No 11 Wright put on 45 runs, the highest partnership of the innings, with Wright scoring only 2. England lost by 70 runs. What was supposed to be a 6 day match had play on only three.
Australia won by 70 runs
Australia 1st innings
J Moroney c Hutton b Bailey 0
AR Morris lbw b Bedser 25
RN Harvey c Evans b Bedser 74
KR Miller c McIntyre b Wright 15
AL Hassett b Bedser 14
SJE Loxton c Evans b Brown 24
RR Lindwall c Bedser b Bailey 41
D Tallon c Simpson b Brown 5
IWG Johnson c Simpson b Bailey 23
WA Johnston c Hutton b Bedser 1
JB Iverson not out 1
Extras (b 5, lb 3, nb 3) 11
Total (all out, 55.5 overs) 228
1-0, 2-69, 3-116, 4-118,5-129, 6-156, 7-172,8-219, 9-226.
Bailey 12 4 28 3
Bedser 16.5 4 45 4
Wright 16 0 81 1
Brown 11 0 63 2
England 1st innings
RT Simpson b Johnston 12
C Washbrook c Hassett b Johnston 19
TG Evans c Iverson b Johnston 16
DCS Compton c Lindwall b Johnston 3
JG Dewes c Loxton b Miller 1
L Hutton not out 8
AJW McIntyre b Johnston 1
FR Brown c Tallon b Miller 4
TE Bailey not out 1
AV Bedser, DVP Wright dnb
Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total (7 wkts dec, 22 overs) 68
1-28, 2-49, 3-52, 4-52, 5-56, 6-57, 7-67.
Lindwall 1 0 1 0
Johnston 11 2 35 5
Miller 10 1 29 2
Australia 2nd innings
J Moroney lbw b Bailey 0
AR Morris c Bailey b Bedser 0
IWG Johnson lbw b Bailey 8
SJE Loxton c Bailey b Bedser 0
AL Hassett lbw b Bailey 3
RN Harvey c Simpson b Bedser 12
KR Miller c Simpson b Bailey 8
RR Lindwall not out 0
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (7 wkts dec,13.5 overs) 32
D Tallon, WA Johnston, JB Ive rson dnb
1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-12, 5-19, 6-31, 7-32.
Bailey 7 2 22 4
Bedser 6.5 2 9 3
England 2nd innings (target: 193 runs)
RT Simpson b Lindwall 0
C Washbrook c Loxton b Lindwall 29
JG Dewes b Miller 9
TE Bailey c Johnston b Iverson 7
AV Bedser c Harvey b Iverson 0
TG Evans c Loxton b Johnston 5
AJW McIntyre run out 7
L Hutton not out 62
DCS Compton c Loxton b Johnston 0
FR Brown c Loxton b Iverson 17
DVP Wright c Lindwall b Iverson 2
Extras (b 6, nb 1) 7
Total (all out, 38 overs) 122
1-0, 2-16, 3-22, 4-23, 5-23, 6-30, 7-46, 8-46, 9-77.
Lindwall 7 3 21 2
Johnston 11 2 30 2
Miller 7 3 21 1
Iverson 13 3 43 4
Day 1: Australia 228
Day 2: No play
Day 3: England 68/7d, Australia 32/7d, England 30/6 (Evans 0*)
25. An epic local derby at Falkland : 2006
Falkland v Freuchie – 10th June 2006
The Fife derby between Falkland and Freuchie at Scroggie Park lived up to expectations. The match featured more than 650 runs and an epic finale, as the visitors edged it with the second-last ball of the contest to jump clear at the head of the SNCL Second Division promotion race.
For the bulk of the match, it seemed as if Falkland would topple Freuchie. But Stuart Gibson had other ideas as he bludgeoned Freuchie into pole position in a highly dramatic penultimate over. With 12 balls remaining, they needed 24, but the tide turned when No 9 batsman, Gibson, hit two sixes and a four off Paul Watson.
Gibson’s team-mate, John Wallace, said: “That left us requiring five off Ian Moran’s last over and they got there by playing sensibly. The winning stroke was a boundary by Steve Rowley. It was a magnificent performance and even the professionals and overseas amateurs admitted they had never been involved in such a rewarding cricket match.”
A wonderful innings of 180 not out by Roshi Jayawardene (27 fours and one six), coupled with Moran’s 91, provided the platform for Falkland to race to 325 for four. Ian Moran scored 91 before being run out in the most unlucky of circumstances, backing up when a straight drive from Roshi hit his stumps after a deflection from the bowler.
This total looked insurmountable, but the home side were dealt a bad blow when opening bowler Ryan Hepburn suffered a recurrence of his shoulder injury and was unable to bowl more than a single ball. Freuchie, although well behind the asking rate for most of their 50 overs, eventually got there with fine contributions from the Birrell brothers, Scott scoring 84 and Robbie 50.
Falkland will be asking themselves where did it all go wrong, but the answer surely lies in the excessive amount of wides and no-balls conceded in a total of 54 extras which made extras Freuchie’s second top scorer! Freuchie on the other hand did not bowl a single no-ball. With so many runs scored it was a very busy day for experienced scorers David Potter and Allan Baxter.
The game was played in an excellent spirit by both sides and was a tremendous advertisement for the game against the other football attractions going in Germany at the time!
Falkland v Freuchie
10th June 2006
Freuchie won by 3 wickets
Falkland
G Watson c Sykes b S Birrell 11
R Jayawardena not out 180
I Moran run out 91
D Gray b Gibson 21
C Trewartha c Sykes b Mutch 1
R Hepburn not out 1
Extras (b 5, lb 3, w 12) 20
Total (4 wkts, 50 overs) 325
P Watson , C Hepburn, S Lindsay, S Brown & A Hamilton sr dnb
1-43, 2-226, 3-275, 4-303
R G Mutch 10 1 51 1
S Gourlay 10 3 70 0
S J Birrell 8 1 41 1
G S Gibson 9. 1 49 1
K Crichton 3 0 28 0
S Rowley 6 0 49 0
G B Christie 4 0 29 0
Freuchie
R T Birrell c Moran b C Hepburn 50
C Sykes c Moran b P Watson 31
A R Wallace c Moran b P Watson 1
S Gourlay c Lindsay b P Watson 7
S J Birrell c Brown b Jay’dena 84
J A Wallace c R H’burn b C H’burn 7
S Rowley not out 42
R G Mutch b Moran 19
S Gibson not out 31
Extras (b 8, lb 6, nb 12, w 28) 54
Total (7 wkts, 49.5 overs) 326
K Crichton & G Christie dnb
1-71, 2-73, 3-84, 4-135, 5-152, 6-248, 7-276
R Hepburn 0.1 0 3 0
S Brown 6.5 0 62 0
I Moran 9.5 0 53 1
A Hamilton Sr 10 1 29 0
P Watson 10 0 69 3
R Jayawardena 9 0 65 1
C Hepburn 4 0 31 2