B.O.C.C.
Match Report
Barnes Occasionals vs. Primitives C.C.
19 July 1998 at 2:30 P.M at Barn Elms.
Capitain A.C. Hogg (elected to bowl).
B.O.C.C. Won by 6 Wickets
With a somewhat depleted side, B.O.C.C. captain A.C. Hogg won the toss and valiantly
chose to bowl at the opposition opening the bowling attack with S. Flower and O. Hogg. The
Primitives openers appeared comfortable until their captain attempted an on drive off O.
Hogg, straight to his opposite number. This obviously seemed to spur Flower on for he then
gave potentially the Primitives most dangerous batsman a devilishly fast ball which he
flailed at, and turned round to discover that his stumps wore leaning drunkenly towards
gully. A relief to the Occasionals and presumably a relief to Flower who up until then had
been bowling several overs of leg side tosh.
At 20 - 2 the Primitives mounted something of a fightback and indeed at 46-3 with
approximately half their allocated time gone looked to have a semblance of control.
However, a switch of bowling bringing on Seed and Tagg opened the floodgates for Barnes
and they rattled through the remaining wickets, with Seed and Tagg taking two wickets
apiece. The final bowling changes brought on Mundy, who continued in his attacking vein,
taking the prized wickets of another two children, and Ian 'Weapon' Haddow who took an
excellent two wickets for eight runs, aided slightly by the rather inexperienced batsmen
playing and connecting with his wides.
Overall, the fielding was extremely fine, the only mistakes were Seed letting a run
through even after he had stopped the ball and Charman looking as it he would not be out
of place racing Colin Jackson over 110 meters whenever the ball came straight to him at
point.
The Primitives finished with the low total of 76 All Out with 20 minutes to 90 on the
clock. Their only real resistance came from one of the openers who made a gritty 34.
After an early tea, A Hogg had the luxury of batting with a new look dashing middle order
He opened with himself and Webster. In a rather torrid beginning. Webster was fairly soon
caught off a top edge to the wicket keeper of Steve Rivers, which brought Lichfield to the
crease. After playing and missing several times Lichfield soon got into the swing of
things by not troubling the scorer for what seemed like over after over. He was still
trying for his second run of the day when A. Hogg lost his off stump for 19 to Steve
Rivers again. Cometh the hour, cometh the man, Charman entered the arena. Lichfield
obviously taking the initiative now pull-drove one ball for an enormous four (by his
standards) to cow corner before soon perishing, caught at 2nd slip again off the
ubiquitous Steve Rivers.
Now, the David Gower of the BOCC made his appearance Robert Lilliman. A stolid defensive
push heralded his return to batting. However, he soon perished flashing at the bar and
lifting it gently in the direction of mid-off, the bowler, was another Rivers, this time
Ben rather than Steve.
Now the final act of this dramatic match was unfolding, Mundy arrived. He and Charman
prodded, clawed and edged their way to a famous victory for Barnes. However. the runs came
so slowly that there were only another four overs remaining of the 20 remember, this
included the extra twenty minutes. The two batsmen's stately progress was so turgid that
Flower, down to bat a number nine did in fact leave the scene just as the winning runs
were scored.
Barnes wrapped up the innings with 80-4.
That's all folks.