Knockers Vs Old Oaks

Lose :: Played on Friday 17th July 2015

Knockers
105-3

Old Oaks
109-2

Match Report

Knockers lose in the final over with Guido having to hand over the Trounce Trophy to an Aussie quite happy to mention the state of play at Lords. Some great performances from Rupert Horner, Freddie Young and Rex Hugill, but in truth the Old Oaks were good value for their win despite the close finish.

The Horner family made a good start with father Rupert's carefree batting setting the pace while Seb found his feet. Old Oaks played with a couple short and a Knockers team in more disarray than the Duke's accent failed to offer a bit of help in the field as their pace bowlers hit their straps around the 50mph mark. Seb was caught, possibly in the sixth over - the scorebook looking remarkably like Tom Sullivan had stolen it from Rymans having bought a comedy pen to mitigate any guilt. We were hardly rattling along but as Rex Hugill tucked in and Rupert retired, it looked like we might get to grips with matters.

The Duke, fresh from his Hollywood debut, attempted to intimidate the oppo with his aviator glasses and selective Southern drawl. He was caught behind, possibly daydreaming about whether to accept the offer of playing John McClane in the next Die Hard blockbuster or keep it real in a nine-hour art house flick about mono-eroticism. James Mitchell tried to up the run rate but was bowled just before Rex retired.

A key question from the evening is whether Guy Howe is trying to usurp LSA as Mr Average. Resolutely not out, his boundary-free innings brought a drama free end to our efforts with the bat while Tom Sullivan helped us over the hundred mark as the sixteenth over drew to a close. Knockers finishing in 105-3.

Freddie sent down a tight first over. Rory, our one seamer, followed it up but one of three Old Oak's Australian contingent, Nick Abley was soon up and running and having to retire before he'd really got started. It was forty off five at this stage and after Lando was floored by a ball to the face (should have caught it), the game looked to be running away from us. Hugill stepped in along with Seb Horner and both bowled well. The former drew a sharp catch from Freddie at cover after Seb had just got a wicket the same way with Young bagging two out of two and after Abley senior also retired, the run rate slowed enough to make it more interesting with sharp work in the field coming from Paul Taylor.

CDDP got an over in but it was left to Freddie and Rory to try to save Knockers' blushes. They did very well to bring it down to the final over but despite some dizzying movements of fielders with the score tied, Old Oaks found the boundary and claimed the Trounce Trophy for the first time in five years or so. A glass was raised to the man of the match, as he is every year, Steve Trounce.

 

Batting

Batsman	How Out	4s	6s	Runs
Rupert Horner	not out	0	0	26
Seb Horner	caught	0	0	19
Rex Hugill	not out	0	0	26
Charles Doubleday-Potts	caught	0	0	2
James Mitchell	bowled	0	0	0
Guy Howe	not out	0	0	8
Tom Sullivan	not out	0	0	12
Paul Taylor	dnb	0	0	0
Freddie Young	dnb	0	0	0
Rory Goodson	dnb	0	0	0
Scott Landers	dnb	0	0	0

 

Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts
Freddie Young	4.0	0	31	0
Rory Goodson	4.0	0	28	0
Rex Hugill	4.0	0	22	1
Seb Horner	3.0	0	18	1
Charles Doubleday-Potts	1.0	0	9	0