AUTUMN 2003
Costa Blanca Spain Tour October 23-28th
Costa Blanca Spain Tour October 23-28
Rain,Rain,Rain
Match Nomads v Forty Club Of Spain,Colombus Oval L'Alfas Del Pi Spain Friday October 24th 2003 12.20pm
Result: Match Drawn
Toss: Forty Club Of Spain
Umpire(s):D MacLeod &A Simmons
Scorer: G Leach
Nomads Man Of The Match:Joe Ireland
NOMADS CC Innings
R Mann bowled Curness 35
S Barter bowled Myers 20
J Ireland c Nix b Kidgell 77
N Kees run out 1
V Gavin c Nix b Braithwaite 1
J Smith not out 48
D Williams not out 11
Extras (b13,lb3,w1,nb0) 17
TOTAL (5 wkts dec,50 overs) 221
Dnb:M Blumberg,M Jefferson,A Lee & H Hughes.
Fow:1-41,2-91,3-92,4-96,5-195.
Bowling-Kidgell 9 1 48 1,Vaughan 5 2 16 0, Braithwaite 13 4 45 1,Myers 10 0 50,Curness 13 1 44 1.
FORTY CLUB OF SPAIN CC
A Copeland bowled Ireland 0
B Curness bowled Jefferson 3
P Stansfield c Barter b Blumberg 61
A Fisher c Keess b Jefferson 0
B Hart bowled Keess 72
R Ward bowled Ireland 14
DP Myers c Smith b Ireland 38
J Braithwaite bowled Ireland 1
S Kidgell not out 0
B Nix not out 11
Extras (b3,lb5,w0,nb6) 12
TOTAL (8 wkts,47 overs) 201
Dnb: Vaughan
Fow:1-0,2-3,3-10,4-87,5-126,6-187,7-190.8-199.
Bowling-Ireland 14 2 66 4,Jefferson 5 1 33 2,Williams9 3 29 0,Blumberg 7 0 33 1,Keess7 0 34 1.
The second and third matches were washed out while the fourth reached the 21st over by which time Nigel Keess had struck 41*. With several of the party returning on Sunday night or Monday morning we invited three members of the Forty club (UK) who were also on tour and short of cricket. Brian Scovell was a Nomads member for many years two/three decades ago!
Match SO4 Monday October 27th 2003 Nomads v Sporting Alfas Midweek XI
Result: Match abandoned,no result*
Toss: Nomads
Umpire(s):B Pitt&M Palowkar
Scorer: G Leach
Nomads Man Of The Match:None
NOMADS CC Innings
N Kees not out 41
B Scovell run out 5
P Stavell c Marriner b Boon 24
A Hughes run out 0
A Lee not out 7
Extras (b7,lb8,w8,nb1) 24
TOTAL (2 wickets,22.4 overs)101
Dnb:R Mann,V Gavin,M Blumberg,J Smith,F Smith J Jones
Fow:1-18,2-68,3-77
Bowling-S Kidgell 6 0 16 0,J Boon 8 2 29 1,A Fletcher 6 0 28 0,B Marriner 2.4 0 20 0
* Counted as a draw in the year's summary.
The weather rather ruined the finale of an otherwise very successful centenary year!
Nomads in Spain Cricket In Spain
Posted on 26/07/2015
by Michael Blumberg