Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2012

Shugborough v Lichfield Nomads
Scores: Shugborough 103 all out v Nomads 41 all out
Result:  Nomads lost by 62 runs

This game was played in good spirit and Shugborough CC were put in to bat on a very damp wicket. After an early spell of under par bowling by Hughes and Hoddy and a touch of poor fielding, the opening batsmen were ready to accelerate, when P Turnock was run out, backing up, by the Captain, Heslington. Two more quick wickets followed for Hughes, finding a bit better line and length and then later Hoddy, getting a reward through a good overhead catch by Pickering. Heslington replaced Hughes and bowling a very tight line and good length took three wickets including Ball caught and bowled. By now the batting side’s momentum was stifled. Greaves was rewarded with the LBW wicket of Meredith and when Collins wrapped up the last two wickets, which included catches for Jones and Bourne, Shugborough CC had been restricted to a moderate total.

The Nomads had performed well with the ball and to a degree in field in the first innings however the opening bowling of Caffrey and the Captain, M Turnock, quickly went through the Nomads top order as the batsmen struggled with with the pitch and the good bowling. Pinfield battled and was playing well until bowled. Heslington stayed there but perished to a poor call by Hughes and a very good catch by Caffrey accounted for Pickering. Hughes quickly followed bowled by P Turnock. By then the Shugborough bowlers had done their work. Only Collins stayed firm, he was 6 not out at the end, in what was a poor performance with the bat by the Nomads on a wet pitch.

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Lichfield Nomads CC					Shugborough CC
	How Out	Bowler	Total			How Out	Bowler	Total
Hoddy	Cgt Ball	Caffrey	1		Richardson	LBW	Hughes	24
George N	Bowled	Turnock M	1		Turnock P	Run Out	(MH)	6
Jones	Bowled	Turnock M	0		Molloy	Bowled	Heslington	16
Pinfield	Bowled	Turnock M	10		Caffrey	Bowled	Hughes	1
Blackburn G	Bowled	Caffrey	0		Crisp	Cgt Pickering	Hoddy	4
Bourne	Bowled	Turnock M	1		Bennett	Bowled	Heslington	10
Heslington	Run Out		7		Meredith	LBW	Greaves	1
Pickering	Cgt Caffrey	Turnock P	1		Ball	Cgt & Bowled	Heslington	2
Hughes	Bowled	Turnock P	7		Turnock M	Cgt Jones	Collins	17
Greaves	Run Out		1		Burton	Cgt Bourne	Collins	5
Collins K	Not Out		6		Goodwin	Not Out		0
		Extras w4; nb2;	6				Extras	17
		Total for ao	41				Total for ao	103
Fall of wickets: 4, 4, 6, 7, 18, 24, 25, 34, 34, 41.					Fall of wickets: 32, 32, 36, 50, 68, 69, 71, 83, 101, 103.
Caffrey 8-3-12-2, Turnock M 8-4-12-4, Turnock P 5.3-4-5-2, Goodwin J 5-1-12-0					Hughes 8-1-32-2, Hoddy 8-0-21-1, Heslington 5-4-3-9, Greaves 7-1-30-1, Collins K 2.5-0-5-2.