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'Graveney
chalk up 4th win in a row with an emphatic
99 run victory over Holly Bush Tavern'
By John O'Driscoll
Graveney 191 - 6 (from 40 overs)
Holly Bush Tavern 92 all out (from 21.4 overs)
Graveney Win by 99 runs
Graveney chalked up their 4th win in
a row with an emphatic 99 run victory over Holly Bush Tavern at Forest
Green. Forest Green cricket club is an old Graveney fixture last game
played there August `97. Now Forest Green only play Sunday games and
lease the ground out to other sides.
Graveney have never played the Holly
Bush Tavern before arrived at the ground with 10 players, Howard
deciding to carry on travelling down the A29 to Bognor Regis! The team
wonder how Howard ever finds drivers with his puncture repair service!!
An `arranged toss` saw Graveney bat
first in a 40 overs game and slump to 17-3 after 8 overs. Then a 96 run
partnership between Paul Fanning (56) and Jez Skidmore (36) took the
score to 113. Most of Graveney`s wickets fell to some impatient batting
with all six wickets going to catches.
The moment of the game came with the
entrance of bigger Tim Eveleigh batting at no.7. The `big fellow`
scoring a first ever 50 inc. 2 sixes and seven 4`s, sharing a 64 run
partnership for the 7th wicket with Dave Moody (13 n.o.) to take the
`Green Caps ` to a final score of 191-6 wkts.
Holly Bush Tavern approached the
Graveney score with the attitude of slogging almost every ball out of
the small ground.
They were soon in trouble at 30-4.
Bev McGill took the bowling honours (3-12) following a poor opening over
that went for 9 runs, he changed ends with immediate effect
.
Jay Vibert (2-33) and `Bear` Jeffels
(2-33) chalked up wickets as 10 men Holly Bush Tavern were bowled out
for 92 in 21.4 overs.
Our opponents did not hang around
once they were out-getting changed- they said goodbye leaving Graveney
to drink by themselves.
Man of the match:
Tim
Eveleigh for his maiden 50.
Champagne moment:
Tim
Eveleigh at 40 not out shouting to his team-mates 'What shall I do?'..'er
score some more runs?'
Moment of disgrace:
Nick
Goodburn dropping out on Friday as he had to attend a BBQ, the next day,
or so says Mrs G. |
