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1st
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Saturday
8th September 2007 High Lane, Away
With thanks to the highways department, arriving
early at High Lane was always going to be an ordeal,
with traffic stretching back up Disley tops. This
did not deter the eager High Lane side going through
their usual pre match warm up routine.
I can only guess that High Lane won the toss as
Whaley batted first on the batting track of the
year. The pitch was hard the ball came onto the
bat nicely and the pace and bounce was so predictable
it allowed us to witness an outstanding array
of cricket shots.
Whaley got off to a poor start as Neil fell early
to a delivery that kept low. Whaley found runs
hard to come by on this batting paradise and Daren
was next to fall in the 17th over and with the
score on 29. Lee Jones and Charlie Holden then
set about trying to move the score on and managed
to put on a 78 run stand for the 3rd wicket before
lee was out LBW on 42. Steve Woolley was out with
the addition of just 2 runs and Whaley’s
middle order collapsed for the addition of just
18 more runs. Even T R Wild could not steady the
ship as he dropped 6 places down the batting order
as Whaley closed their innings on 147-9 With Ravi
Patel the pick of the High Lane bowlers with 6
for 25 of 8 overs.
In reply High Lane got off to a flying started
and had soon amassed 2 runs of the first 8 overs
from Charlie and Steve. In the tenth over Steve
took his first wicket of the afternoon and specialist
fielder Eddie Ford took his first of 3 catches
as High lane had moved to the comfortable of 9
for 1. Steve took his second wicket in the 20th
over as High Lane had raced to 36. Steve’s
next over produced another wicket as High Lane
had moved onto 37. At long last Charlie joined
the action taking his first wicket in his 13 over.
Steve took a well earned rest after 17 overs 5
for 38, but not before the flying Eddie Ford sailed
through the air and intercepted a well struck
shot from Ravi Patel. He blocked the ball in mid
air with one of his bucket hands and as it dropped
down took an easy catch. Charlie was next to have
a rest after 19 overs 3 for 28, and was replaced
by Eddie Ford who enticed the number 9 to dance
down the pitch and let T.R Wild take an easy stumping.
Dale Jones mopped up the last wicket as High Lane
were all out for 89.
For
the first time this season I can quite comfortably
report that that was the first game this year
we have not dropped a catch.
Quote
of the week: (Neil) When they dug that piece of
turf up they should have carried on and dug up
the rest of the ground. (this was just after Neil
was out to a delivery that kept low playing back
and not forward)
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Saturday
1st September 2007 Mellor, Home
With
the onset of September and the arrival of the
1 o’clock starts, Neil again won the toss
and asked the visitors, Mellor to bat first on
a damp wicket.
Dale Struck Early with the ball to remove David
Lomax for 2, and Mellor then put on a small stand
to reach 39 for the fall of the 2nd wicket, again
going to Dale Jones, who ended his 7 over spell
with 2 for 26. Meanwhile Charlie who opened at
the other end had taken none for 22 of his first
7 overs. Mellor put on a huge 19 runs for the
third wicket before Charlie took his first wicket.
2 overs later specialist fielder Eddie (Scaramanger)
Ford struck to take his first wicket in his third
over, and Mellor were now wobbling at 67 for 4
off 20 overs. The next 10 overs saw the addition
of 9 more runs for the loss of 1 wicket as Mellor
struggled to score of the tight bowling of Charlie
and Eddie, which saw Charlie return 16 overs 5
maidens 2 for 37 and Eddie 10 overs 1 maiden 2
for 21. The luckless Steve Woolley then took up
the attack and finished his spell of 6 overs 5
maidens 0 for 4, which included the drop catch
from specialist fielder Eddie (Scaramanger) Ford,
who just like T R Wild chested the ball down without
getting his hands anywhere near it. The resultant
bruise led to the James Bond assimilation. With
4 overs to go and the score on a lowly 108 after
the graft and toil of the previous bowlers Neil
decided to make a game of it and give Whaley the
challenge of chasing a target on the difficult
wicket. Neil’s first long hop took a wicket,
but unfortunately 1 ball does not make an over.
His second and third balls went for 4 and 6 respectively
and his 4 took another wicket. His fifth went
for another 4 before he pulled a dot ball out
of the hat to end the eventful over. Fortunately
his last over was not quite as eventful and only
went for 9 runs. Mellor finished their innings
on 139 for 8.
In reply Whaley got off to a reasonable start
loosing the wicket of Daren Crompton for 18. T.R
Wild was again batting at the heady heights of
3 and just managed to stem the flow of blood from
his nose before going out to bat. Neil meanwhile
was showing good form with the bat and played
some lovely shots on his way to an unbeaten 75,
closing the innings with his father Steve, unbeaten
on 18, at 140 for 4.
Quote of the week 1: (Nick Heys) Eddie is now
a specialist fielder.
Quote of the week 2: (Eddie Ford) Neil if you
had bowled 2 more overs you could have got a century
with the bat. (See above for answer)
Neil Woolley on the way to an unbeatean 75 and
T R Wild showing his DEFENSE your honour
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Saturday
25th August 2007 Romiley, Home
On
yet another cloudy (but dry) day Whaley entertained
top of the table Romiley.
Romiley won the toss and asked Whaley to take
first knock. On a variable wicket Whaley got of
to one of their usual starts and Skipper Neil
was soon out, bowled. T.R Wild was next to the
crease batting at the giddy heights of No.3. He
help to push the total onto the mid fifties where
Whaley came unstuck and the middle order collapsed,
loosing quick cheap wickets. Darren meanwhile
was batting sensibly and was able to push the
score onto 120 with excellent assistance from
Matt Morten and Rob Hill, until Darren was out
for 49. It was rather disappointing to see none
of the Romiley players applaud Darren from the
pitch, but in hindsight not unpredictable. The
Whaley innings finished with the dismissal of
Eddie Ford with the score on 138.
After tea Whaley made the start they were looking
for with a wicket from Charlie’s first ball,
but unfortunately Whaley could not keep the momentum
and Romiley put on a stand of 80 odd for the second
wicket which proved to be decisive as the visitors
lost only 2 more wickets overhauling the target
of 138. After an afternoon in the field, where
Whaley made an attempt to over come Romiley in
the “parc keaps” trophy contention
it is safe to say that along with the second division
Championship they will probably walk away with
this title as well, ably assisted by Roy McCarthy
clutching his yellow clip board. It is safe to
say and I am also pleased to say that after 35
overs of trying Whaley have no chance of ever
winning the “parc keaps” trophy, although
Dale and Charlie are the closest thing Whaley
have as contenders. T.R it is said would make
a good candidate as he gets paid to do this all
week, but instead chooses to have weekends off.
What a pleasure it is to play at Whaley.
Quote
of the Day: (Neil Woolley) The engine has just
dropped out of my car (It only Passed it’s
MOT last Week) |
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Saturday
18th August 2007 Charlesworth, Away
Charlesworth
scored a lot of runs and Whaley did not bat.
The
End |
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Saturday
11th August 2007 Mottram, Home
On a warm sunny day at New Horwich Park both
sides were greeted with the rare site of a hard
wicket (and the even rarer site of Crompy marking
it out). Neil proceeded to win the toss and
Whaley were to take first knock.
A
brisk start saw the score move quickly into
the twenties before Neil repeated his error
of the previous week chipping an innocuous delivery
to short midwicket to be out for 14. Darren
(sporting his new tattoo) and Lee then shared
an excellent century stand which amongst other
things resulted in TRW moving down the order
from number 4 to number 8, Lee was eventually
out for 62 with the score on 130ish, shortly
followed by Darren for an excellent 72. This
brought Dale and Steve together, but not for
long as Steve was caught at Long off for 13,
quickly followed by Slacky and then Elliott
whose speed between the wickets was somewhat
slower than his running partner Dale resulting
in a comprehensive run out. At this stage things
were in danger of going downhill with the score
still below 200 and 6 wickets down, but Dale
had other ideas racing to 47 before being given
out to a dubious LBW decision. Mike and Russ
then featured in a useful partnership before
Russ himself was given out LBW to a ball that
struck him flush in the box. Mike and Rob then
finished the innings off taking the final score
to 253 – 8, an excellent all round batting
effort.
The
Mottram innings started slowly and it was evident
from the off that they considered the Whaley
total out of reach, after 10 overs the score
was 18-0 and the lack of adventure from the
batting side was beginning to frustrate everyone,
the breakthrough eventually came with the score
on 32 when Steve had the opening bat well caught
at Gully by Rob, Steve followed up with two
more wickets, both clean bowled and when the
bowling changes came Mottram were 60-3 off 24
overs. Dale and Steve were replaced by Eddie
& Neil and Neil struck in his first over
removing the remaining opening bat, again caught
at gully by Rob. A lengthy stand then followed,
taking the score past 100 and, more importantly
eating up the overs before Eddie struck with
an LBW which he claims was plumb ! – 5
wickets down now but only 8 overs left to get
the rest, was this going to be another disappointing
points haul ? – Neil with 3 more wickets
aided by good catches from Elliott and Slacky,
and Dale, returning to clean bowl the other
2 decided not and Mottram were all out for 149
with 2 overs remaining, Neil finished with 4-54,
Steve 3-23, Dale 2-34 and Eddie 2-24 - an important
22 points and spirits were lifted even more
with news from Hawk Green that Gibbo’s
all stars had also picked up a maximum.
Quote
of the day by Eddie – that was plumb (not
funny unless you were stood in a position to
see exactly where the ball was really going)
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Saturday
4th August 2007 Broadbottom, Away
On a warm cloudy day Whaley travelled over the
hills and far away to Broadbottom.
Not sure what happened with the toss but who cares
Whaley bowled first and Broadbottom got off to
a quick start notching up 18 in the first 2 overs
before Steve bowled the opener for 9. The Cross
batted slogging carried on for several more overs
before Charlie had individual “parc keaps”
trophy contender P. Roller Caught at gully by
the swooping Mark Tomson. Charlie then removed
the other cross batted opener (Bowled) with the
score on 70. What came next was unbelievable.
A Walsh then came to the wicket to partner J Dodd.
The tirade of insults that came from the Childish
Walsh even had the umpire asking him to put his
dummy back in because as like the rest of us he
was sick and tired of it. A word of advice, before
you come into bat next time change your nappy
and zip the lip. We are lucky as we don’t
have to play in the same side as him every week,
How do his team mates put up with it.
Unfortunately we did not get him out early enough
and he went on to score 38. D Wade then replaced
him and finished with an unbeaten 26 along with
J Dodd who finished 55 Not out. With 10 overs
to go and the score on 153 for 3 we never saw
the Broadbottom side open up and push the run
rate on. All credit to the Whaley bowling attack
which restricted the Broadbottom score to 201
for 4, which at one stage looked like being 250+.
Charlie bowled through and ended with figures
of 22 overs 5 Mdns 3 for 76, S Woolley 5 overs
1 for 37, E Ford 4 overs 1 mdn 0 for 24 and john
Fidler 14 overs 1 mdn 0 for 49.
7 Byes cromp.
In Reply Whaley again got off to a firm start
with the first wicket falling at 29 as Neil was
out to a soft shot to short mid wicket for 18.
As the score moved onto 65 (with the bulk of the
runs going to Lee Jones) Darren was caught out
in similar fashion to Neil at Short mid wicket
from the bowling of the friendly Spinner. As Neil
before him Darren started to abuse his helmet
and actually played it for a nicely middled on
drive for four.
Charlie and Lee then put on 87 for the 3rd wicket
before Lee hauled out to long off after making
57. Mark was soon out for 6 which saw Steve and
Charlie bring the side home for 205 for 4 with
9 overs to spare. Charlie ended on 82 Not Out
and Steve 15 Not Out.
Quote
of the day 1: (Charlie) (on eating his eight piece
of melon at tea) I think when I come back in the
next life, I will come back as a fruit bat. After
several seconds contemplation fid replied “I
am going to come back as a c######### Expert”
( sorry it was not printable)
Quote
of the day 2: Cromp “ That delivery last
week would have had Sachin Tendulkar out”
Steve “That ball today would not have got
Julie Out!!!”
Quote
of the day 3: On arriving late at the ground Henry
remarked “Why has Darren got Wicket Keeping
gloves on, he can’t keep wicket!!!”
Quote
of the day 3: With Charlie on 50 odd not out the
dummy sucking leg spinner cried “he has
only got one shot and its all through leg side,
he’s not scored a run through the off side
yet” The very next ball Charlie Hits a SIX
over extra cover. Reply “will that do” |
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Saturday
28th July 2007 Hollingworth, Home
I am sorry to report but as per last weeks report
THE ELEPHANT MAN IS DEAD. Not only that but the
ark has been stranded outside Cromps house just
like the Viking ship six years ago.
On a some what cool afternoon Whaley had the pleasure
of entertaining Hollingworth at New Horwich Park,
and it soon became evident that as with many of
the sides we have played this year, several of
the players have attended that special cricket
school we all now so well, but that can’t
be printed. At the end of the season we shall
award the club we think has outperformed all others
in this department and we shall award them the
“parc keaps” trophy.
Meanwhile back at New Horwich Park Neil had won
the toss and asked Hollingworth to bat first.
In the forth over with the score still on 0 Steve
Woolley had one of the openers caught behind by
TR Wild, and then in the twelfth over after the
score had raced on to 12 Steve then bowled the
number 3 batsmen for 9. We then waited till the
35th over for the next wicket as the test match
score moved onto a massive 94 as Eddie had the
other opener caught by Neil for 47. four overs
later Eddie had the number 4 batsmen Bowled, Caught,
Stumped and run out all in the same delivery.
Unfortunately for TR and Eddie only 1 of the dismissals
count. Looking at the league website and press
reports it looks like Eddie might have been lucky
(or he writes the reports) as it quotes he ended
with 4 wickets. The score book I am looking at
states Eddie ended with 3 wickets not 4. As the
drab innings closed on 151 for 6 Eddie ended with
figures of 10 overs 3 for 43, Steve Woolley 12
overs 2 Mdns 2 for 34, Charlie 15 overs 7 Mdns
0 for 26, Neil Woolley 4 overs 0 for 17 and Dale
Jones 4 overs 0 for 22. and 7 Byes.
In reply Whaley got off to a good start (or Neil
did) and the first wicket fell with the score
on 21. In fact Neil was out for 21 and Darren
had scored (for all those who are not very good
at maths) 0. For the next hour or so Darren sent
a couple of spectators to sleep as he stroked
the ball all round the wicket (not off the square)
for an impressive 20. Meanwhile Lee Jones at the
other end had amassed 27 before he was clean bowled.
Darren followed 2 balls later and Whaley were
in a spot of bother at 78 for 3. Dale followed
soon after and the score was now 85 for 4. Steve
and Charlie then had a 41 run partnership before
Steve was out for 24, after hitting 5 fours. Charlie
went on to make 28 Not Out, Matt slack 13 and
Mark Tomson 4 Not Out as Whaley easily overcame
the Hollingworth score.
Quote
of the day 1: one of the Hollingworth players
allegedly asked Eddie if TR (the Cat) Wild had
got oil in his gloves.
Quote
of the day 2: As Tomo had just hit a four to win
the game, the opposition bowler (who is a contender
in his own right for the “parc keaps”
trophy) said “well done? What are they saying
well done for?” (Charlie) Because we have
just knocked off you Paltry score, well played
anyway!!!!! |
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Saturday
21st July 2007 Woodley, Away
With Noah Nearing completion of his ARK the players
met two by two in the Jodrell cark park. There
were 2 sheep, 2 sloth’s, 2 cats, 2 Children,
2 kids, 2 Madagascar radiated tortoises and 1
Elephant man (looks like it will be first to become
extinct) (1 cat and 1 sheep are also children)
A prize will be given to the first person who
gets all the names correct with the animals.
We set off to Woodley and having negotiated the
single track mud bath we attempted to get changed
(having won the toss) in the spacious sentry boxes.
Our very own port a cabins of Horwich park of
a couple of years ago were made to look truly
spacious by comparison.
The new improved pavilion will be a credit to
Woodley once opened. Hopefully there will be no
more buy a brick campaigns.
Darren has a few memories of the old pavilion,
including the time he got left in the loft when
his team mates took to the pitch. Perhaps they
were trying to tell him something as they thought
he would be better in the loft.
Just before the rescheduled start time of 2.30
guess what. IT RAINED.
At least Compstall will be playing.
Quote
of the day 1: (TR) who’s playing at Dove??
(Neil) Dove!
Quote of the day 2: (TR) I hope they have not
got rid of the old pool table. ( the one that
had a 10 degree list to starboard) (maybe it is
now on the ark for the animals to play with)
Quote of the day 3: (Charlie) I wonder which one
these bricks I bought??
Quote of the day 4: (Eddie Ford) Neil “Heysey’s
season is over with this injury” Eddie “when
did it start??”
Action
of the day 1: On leaving the Jodrell Car Park
Matt Slack and Eddie Ford Followed Charlie all
the way home before they realised he was not going
straight to Woodley. Eddie later revealed that
he did actually know the way to Woodley and didn’t
need to follow Charlie after all.
Action of the day 2: After Henry had hit his tennis
ball over a fence, Darren reported that the gate
in the fence was locked. Checking on the finer
points of the law, Darren they went to recover
the said ball from the garden by climbing over
the gate. He was some what dismayed to find when
he jumped off the gate and it flew open that it
was not actually locked, much to the amusement
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Saturday
14th July 2007 Dove Holes, Home
A depleted Whaley 1st X1 entertained the in form
Dove Holes at New Horwich Park on a rare dry Saturday
but with a ground still sodden from the previous
days/weeks heavy rain. 1st team stand in skipper,
Charlie Holden won the toss and Dove Holes elected
to bat. Dove Holes got off to a good start and
thanks to a couple of dropped catches from the
Whaley fielders Dove made 32 for the 1st wicket.
A sharp piece of fielding from Young Matt Morten,
saw the opener run out. A caught and bowled Steve
Woolley a few overs later saw the dismissal of
the other opening batsman. A general all-round
poor fielding and bowling performance then ensued
and Dove Holes then managed to pile on the runs
with a total of 268 – 5 of the allotted
45 overs. R. Jones 68, Joe Gregory 41, D.Cartledge
59 and J Gregory 40 not out.
Whaley made a sure start in response as Steve
Woolley and Darren Crompton put on 55 for the
1st wicket with Steve making a positive 41 with
5 sixes. Unfortunately that is where the positives
end as only 2 other batsmen made double figures.
At 84 -3 Whaley then lost the next 7 wickets for
16 runs as they collapsed faster than a testicle
struck Nick Heys, to 100 all out.
Funny moment of the day (there weren’t many)
was Dove Holes player falling over his hat as
moved backwards to take a simple catch, only to
end in a heap on the floor, with no ball in his
hand.
Quote
of the day 1: On discussing who had scored how
many centuries Nick Heys replied that he once
scored 170 in an entire season. (Don’t think
that counts disco pants)
Quote
of the day 2: D.Cartledge (Dove Holes captain)
can we play you every year that half your team
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Saturday
7th July 2007 Buxworth Away
It was a dry morning at long last, Noah had halted
building work on his ark, and the circus travelled
two by two over silk hill to Buxworth. Eleven
men and their bags squeezed into the micro changing
rooms and when Neil returned from tossing, it
was deduced that he must have lost it as we were
batting, and the huge pitch had shrunk in the
rain the night before.
Neil and Darren took to the field and the score
moved on well with plenty of 4’s being scored
against the short boundary, even Russ Wild the
dynamic wicket keeper fancied doubling his career
tally of 6’s (to 2) the other one scored
at Buxworth several years ago (I am sure I will
be corrected if Russ reads this as I think he
scored a few playing against Joel Garner in his
hall mirror)
Darren was out with the score on 29 with 2 against
his name after edging a low full toss to 1st slip.
Lee Jones then took up the reins with Neil and
pushed the score onto 83 when Neil was caught
having notched up a fine 64 with 9, 4’s
and 3, 6’s
When Charlie was out for 24 and the score on 125
Whaley lost 2 more quick wickets with Fred Karno’s
running between the wickets leaving brothers Lee
and Dale stood next to each other at the same
end, and Steve Woolley soon followed for a duck.
Matt Slack and Lee Jones then put on a stand of
96 with matt scoring 20 in his first 5 balls.
Lee was finally out on 75 having cleared the houses
twice on his way to hitting 5, 6’s and 5,
4’s and Matt Slack finished on 48.
The wickets of Kitchen and Morten fell soon after
as the push for more runs continued and Nick Heys
and Russ Wild both ended the innings Not Out.
Buxworth set about their reply patiently at first
with Dale picking up the first wicket with the
score on 13. The tally of wickets should have
doubled soon after, had a relatively easy catch
been taken on the boundary to dismiss the opener
Smith who went on to score 80. The score moved
on steadily as the Buxworth batsmen got their
eye in and the score had moved onto 67 before
the next wicket fell, again lbw. At this stage
the opener Smith who was leading a charmed life
should have been Run (walked) Out as he ambled
a slow single to the long on boundary. A direct
throw from the exocet arm of Lee Jones Left the
batsman stranded yards out of his ground, luckily
for him the umpire had a senior moment and ruled
him not out, I think because he was not attempting
a run but a walk.
Steve had the opening Batsmen Smith caught of
a leading edge (again playing across the line
looking for the short boundary. This was the order
of the day for the Buxworth batsmen as 6 wickets
fell LBW to shots across the line looking for
the short boundary).
The wickets fell steadily following some fine
bowling from old timer Steve Woolley and Dale
Jones who bowled unchanged to finish with 5 wickets
for 95 runs. Steve finished with 4 for 65, which
should have been more had it not been for Teflon
hands Darren Crompton, who’s hands now have
a permanent film of Balsam, transferred from Kleenex,
which helps prevent the skin from drying out and
the nose getting red, and helps balls slip through
your fingers.
Numbers 9 and 10 nearly pulled off a spectacular
run chase before Lee Jones took a comfortable
catch in the deep to dismiss the last batsman
with Buxworth falling 10 runs short in the penultimate
over.
Quote
of the day : (with a grey haired, flower festooned
trouser wearing gentleman approaching the seating
area (Billy Smart)) Here comes Mike Madden in
10 Years…. By A.Gibson
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Saturday
30th June 2007 – Hadfield Away
As we trundled over chunnal through the low cloud
and lashing rain is was evident that only an optimistic
fool would have given you odds on any play in
the Glossop Bowl which contains Hadfield. The
gloom was lifted thanks to a couple of quotes
from three very diverse sources, Darren Crompton,
George Holden (aged 5) and Noah. I will let you
make up your own mind as to which quote originated
from whom.
1. How many
more days is it going to rain.
2. (On our return back to the van and the rain
still pouring) Daddy why have we been rained off.
3. If you think Lee Jones is tight, My Grandma
once took a sliced loaf back to the supermarket
because there was a slice missing.
Its still
raining.
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Saturday
23rd June 2007 – High Lane Home
On a cool day with a wet wicket from the previous
nights torrential downpour Whaley’s game
plan was to win the toss put High Lane into bat,
bowl them out with the assistance of the wet wicket,
knock them off and then go home. On Neil’s
return from holiday, we lost the toss and batted
first.
Neil and Darren opened the innings and got Whaley
off to sure start. Darren then miss-judged a straight
delivery and was bowled for 6 while the score
was on 21. Neil was joined at the crease by Lee
and they pushed the score onto 39 with some positive
shots before Neil was caught behind off a lifting
ball. A procession to and from the pavilion saw
the next 4 wickets fall with the addition of only
21 which kept Henry busy in the score box. All
the while Lee stayed at the crease and managed
to push the score on with the assistance of Elliot
and then Steve before the innings closed on 134-9.
Lee finished on a respectable 68 not out with
7 four’s and 2 six’s on a very slow
and difficult wicket to bat on and with a slow
outfield.
After tea Whaley took to the field with the instructions
that no one was to leave the field with clean
whites. Charlie and Dale opened the bowling and
after 2 tight overs Russ Wild wicket keeper extraordinaire
leapt to his right and took a spectacular 1 handed
diving catch (which was straight down Neil’s
throat at first slip) to dismiss the opening batsmen
off Dale’s bowling. 3 more wickets during
the next seven overs and the visitors were in
trouble at 29-4 thanks to 2 more catches from
Mark Tomson and Darren Crompton respectively and
1 clean bowled from Charlie. High Lane then doubled
their score when the Nick Heys of High Lane came
into bat with a runner. Russ Wild could have had
the lame batter out if he hadn’t been so
friendly, as he was stood yards out of his crease
after playing the ball to leg, and we wouldn’t
have had to endure the attention seeking whimpers
after ever shot, THANKS Russ. Golden arm Steve
Woolley then replaced Dale Jones who finished
with figures of 9 overs 2 for 21. After a loose
first over Steve bowled his next 5 overs taking
three wickets for 1 run, the last wicket the result
of a remarkable 1 handed backward diving catch
(straight out of the coaching manual) from Charlie
at mid-wicket. Charlie then Moped up the tail
and in the process notched up his fifth wicket
of the afternoon, again following a superb catch
from Steve Woolley doing an impression of a leaping
impala. The Final wicket with the score on 75
was sealed with a straight forward catch taken
by the wicket keeper Russ Wild which resulted
in a full length dive in the dirt from Charlie
(who spent all Sunday washing his kit 5 times
to get it clean). Steve ended with figures of
10 overs 6 maidens 3 for 12 and Charlie who bowled
unchanged 19.1 overs 5 maidens 5 for 31, and much
of this was due to a much improved fielding display
from the Whaley side.
Quote
of the day: Where is it that you can get 10p for
every empty drinks can. By Elliot (again)
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Saturday
16th June 2007 Mellor Away
Due
to the summer ball being held at Mellor Sports
Club on the 16th June the time for the start of
the game was brought forward to the respectable
1pm (which would be a good time to start each
week, due to some sides slow over rate). On arrival
we were met by several large tents in the car
park and a couple of players frantically trying
to roll and mark out a typical wet Mellor wicket.
It seemed half the Mellor side had still not arrived
by the time Mellor won the toss on a day that
threatened game ending showers. This caused some
delay in the decision to field first as they did
not want to take to the field short of players.
Eventually the ten present players of Mellor led
the way onto the field and Whaley got off to their
usual start with some friendly bowling, until
a sloppy shot from Lee Jones saw him return to
the bench for 11. Enter Elliot Simmonds who was
making his first batting appearance for the first
team at 16. Fortunately he was dropped on his
first delivery playing a lofted shot to mid on
(who was still asleep). He went on to play some
lovely shots including a “6” and was
then out for 17. Meanwhile at the other end run
machine Darren Crompton was 15 for 2. Whaley Made
steady progress and never looked in trouble, only
loose shots offering wickets to replenished 11
men of Mellor. Darren Crompton and Dale Jones
pushed the score onto 176 with some fine strokes
and good running between the wicket, until Darren
called Dale for a quick single and then kicked
the ball to the advancing bowler who ran Dale
out by yards. The tiring Darren Crompton was out
soon after, having scored 81 for 6. Matt Slack
and Russ Wild closed the innings on 200 for 7
as Matt was out on the last ball trying to launch
it into space.
After tea Whaley took to the field and soon had
Mellor in trouble as Dale had the big hitting
Baythorpe caught on the long on boundary as he
tried to force another six straight over the sight
screen, but the catch was comfortably taken by
brother Lee. Matt Slack had a couple of chances
put down from his bowling and was replaced by
Charlie Holden, who had David Lomax caught behind
by the trusty T.R Wild, off his second delivery.
Wickets continued to tumble and Mellor were soon
in trouble at 91 for 6. There were good bowling
performances from Charlie Holden who finished
with 4 for 23 off 12 overs, 2 for 32 off 10 overs
from John Fidler and a wicket a piece from Matt
Slack, Dale Jones and Nick Heys. Mark Tomson must
get a mention for his wonderful 1 handed diving
catch, which no one knows how he did it, sprinting
like a jaguar and diving like Ronaldo to take
a catch 2 foot away.
It is thought that Darren did manage to blend
into the waiting on staff for the Summer Ball
that followed at Mellor, by wearing a tight fitting
red gimp helmet that he found earlier.
Quote of the
day: Tomo is the ugliest player in the first team.
by Elliot (must have been one of eddie's better
days)
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Saturday
9th June 2007 Romiley Away
On a hot and humid day Romiley entertained Whaley
Bridge in a top of the table battle. Romiley won
the toss and elected to bat. After a wayward first
over from Matt Slack he soon started to find his
length and had the opener Leach in trouble with
a lifting delivery which was well taken by Darren
Crompton, under the helmet at short leg. Dale
Jones opened the bowling well from the other end,
and bowled well except for a few loose deliveries.
Simeone Colton had to leave the field of play
after splitting the webbing between his fingers
attempting to take a difficult catch off the bowling
of Matt Slack. He bravely returned to the pitch
after several overs having had his fingers taped
up. After 10 overs and the score on 47-1 Matt
was withdrawn from the attack, having bowled 5
overs 1 for 28, and was replaced by Charlie Holden.
The score moved along steadily until Charlie had
his first victim trapped LBW playing across the
line, when the score was on 82. With the score
on 113 Charlie took his second victim, again LBW
as the ball started to swing. At the other end
Dale continued to bowl tightly and came close
to taking a wicket on several occasions. Spin
King Eddie Ford was introduced to replace the
tiring Dale Jones, but could not quite find his
clockwork rhythm from the previous few weeks,
and the last of his first 3 overs was despatched
for 11 runs including 1 big six, which resulted
in a lost ball. With Eddie rested Nick Heys was
asked to warm up to replace him, but he was to
become the second fielding accident of the afternoon.
Taking Simeone’s place at backward point
he dropped a googly when he ignored the first
rule of fielding and was struck in the nether
region whilst not wearing a box. In the minuets
that followed many tales were relived to Nick
as to the reason fielders wear boxes, none more
so than when Eddie was struck by a stray throw
at the stumps by legend Tim Arnfield. We are still
unsure to this day which stump he was aiming at
!!! Nick managed to make it back to the pavilion
after a further 20 overs and later made it back
onto the field of play with 8 overs to go WEARING
A BOX. Bolting horses will not be mentioned.
Dale was reintroduced to the attack at this stage
having had a short rest and picked up the wicket
of the opening batsmen who had moved onto 64.
Charlie picked up 2 more wickets thanks to the
safe hands of Darren Crompton and Matt Slack .
He took his 5th wicket with a leg stump Yorker
before Eddie moped up the last 2 wickets with
his second spell, restricting Romiley to 203 all
out.
In reply Lee Jones and Darren Crompton got Whaley
off to a good start following some wayward bowling
from the Romiley attack. Lee stroked some fine
4’s before getting an outside edge and being
caught behind for 18. Darren was looking in good
form again but new batting partners Mark Tomson
and Matt Slack both perished on 2 each. Wickets
fell regularly with the help of some unlucky decisions
and a good all-round bowling and fielding display
from the energetic and enthusiastic Romiley side,
who generously found time to try and coach some
of our batters during the game. It obviously shows
that their coaching skills leave a little to be
desired as Whaley were finally all out for 102,
or were they, as the umpire had to admit after
the game that the debacle of the final wicket,
which was that of the lame Nick Heys, who had
made his way tentatively to the crease with the
assistance of Eddie Ford as a runner, who had
just been out second ball for 0, should in fact
have been NOT OUT. The bails were removed from
the wrong wickets to constitute Nick being stumped.
This was down to the confusion caused when Nick
dropped his second googly of the day and left
his crease after hitting the ball to mid on, when
he had Eddie doing the running for him.
Matt Morten batted well and was not out at the
end after playing some nice sweep shots to both
spinners.
The better side won on the day and Whaley now
look forward to entertaining Hadfield in the cup
tomorrow.
Quote of the
day: (todays candidate is more of questions of
the day) How long has Cromp been driving?? (response
not sure about 25 years) How long has Cromp been
playing cricket?? (response about 30 years why??)
well when I got in his car in Whaley (Big mistake)
he asked if Romiley was near Glossop. Matt Slack
who asked the questions has got a lot to learn
as we all know Cromp has a woefull sense of direction
and thinks Bradford is near Barnsley.
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Sunday
10th June: Hadfield at home Bissenden Cup
On a hot sunny day Whaley Bridge met top of the
2nd division Hadfield in the Bissenden cup 2nd
round. Charlie Holden deputising for the absent
Neil Woolley, won the toss and elected to bat.
Lee Jones opened the batting with Darren Crompton
and was soon doubled up, suffering the same blow
in the nether region that Nick Heys suffered the
day before. The difference was that Lee was wearing
a box and was soon on his feet, only to be dismissed
shortly afterwards for 3. Wickets fell at regular
intervals and the side were soon in trouble 53
for 5. Dale Jones and Ed Kitchen offered some
middle order resistance and moved the score to
95. The dismissal of Dale for 17 and then Ed kitchen
for 24 brought together the unlikely partnership
of spin king Eddie Ford and single sprinter Russ
Hambleton. They managed to nudge the score to
140 for 8 at the close finishing on 18 and 24
respectively.
Following on from the previous days good display
in the field Whaley made an economical start,
but did not take the early chances that were offered.
Hadfield made steady progress and with only a
small target were never really under much pressure
and reached the target of 140 with 7 overs to
spare. Matt Slack did terrify the No4 Batsmen
with his quick hostile spell which left the batter
pale and relieved to see the end of the game in
one piece. 14 year old Declan Ryan kept wicket
well on his 1stX1 debut and shows much promise
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