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Sunday June 24th v Gaieties CC 'Gooding/Pinter Memorial Match

The Gooding Pinter Cricket Match


An annual cricket match played by members and friends of Gaieties CC in memory of Ossie StC Gooding and Harold Pinter and this year between Nomads CC and Gaieties CC

                              
      Ossie Gooding                                                  Tim Schneider & Charlton Lamb cut the 75th birthday cake                  Harold Pinter



    2012 is the seventy fifth year since Gaieties CC was founded and 109 years since Nomads was founded.

Ossie Gooding played for Nomads for some twenty years joining before he found the Gaieties. He introduced Charlton Lamb (former Gaieties skipper and Life Vice Pesident of Gaieties) to Nomads and Charlton Lamb introduced Michael Blumberg to the Gaieties.

Ten of the Gaieties eleven have played for Nomads and two are current members as has been the Gaieties Chairman Roger Davidson. Three of the Nomads eleven are current members of Gaieties CC.

Gaieties CC was founded in 1937 by the theatrical Impressario Lupino Lane whose company at that time was based at the the Gaiety Theatre then in the Strand.

 Nomads CC was founded in 1903 at Peterborough Lodge Preparatory School 143 Finchley Road November 14th by some 17 former pupils of that Prep School.



Toss:: Nomads won the toss
Result:Match Drawn
Umpires:Many
Scorers:Several
Debuts :Saj Ayub

Man Of Match:Haider Kamal

GAIETIES CC Innings
T Schneider bowled       Kamal   36
R Woolhouse c Peerless b Smith   39
E Hughes+   c Brockton b Smith    0
I Khan      run out(Brockton)     1
S Dutta*    c Brockton b Kamal   15
J Smith     c Smith    b Kamal   12
I MacKinnon c Peerless b Lamb    14
N Cowley    run out(Kamal)        4
M Burton    bowled       Kamal   19
R Wyse      not out               6
Extras     (b6,lb8,w1,nb1)       16
TOTAL      (9 wkts dec,43 overs)161
Dnb:M Warburton

Fow:1-64,2-64,3-70,4-87,5-115,6-129,7-?,8-?,9-161.

Bowling-Couch 9 2 40 0,A Smith 13 7 27 2,Brockton 9 3 16 0,Kamal 8 0 33 4,Lamb 4 1 22 1.

NOMADS CC Innings
A Smith bowled             Burton     4
C Peerless c Cowley      b Schneider 25
S Ayub       c Woolhouse b Cowley     3
K Alexander+ bowled        MacKinnon 11
H Kamal      bowled        Schneider 11
GC Lamb      run out                  8
S Marians    run out                  0
T Brockton   not out                 28
ME Blumberg  not out                  5
Extras      (b6,lb2,w1,nb0)           9
TOTAL       (7 wickets,41 overs)    112
Dnb:M Couch,(R Patel)

Fow:1-7,2-25,3-53,4-60,5-64,6-99,7-99.

Bowling-Cowley 7 1 14 1,Burton 7 2 22 1,Schneider 8 1 14 2,MacKinnon 3 0 13 1,Khan 7 2 7 0,Warburton 3 0 11 0,Wyse 4 0 11 0,Woolhouse 2 0 9 0.




                             Nomads Flounder in the chase, so draw

A very enjoyable day was not quite matched by the cricket match which fizzled out into a draw. A combination of a, perhaps bizarre, batting order coupled with the problems veteran Charlton Lamb had in accelerating the run rate on a slow and damp pitch and or in giving skipper Brockton the strike led to the uninteresting finish. That Nomads had found themselves in such a quandary despite a decent batting line up was due to some good bowling from Matt Burton, Nick Cowley, Tim Schneider and Ian MacKinnon despite a mamoth lunch.

Thankfully the morning was dry when we arrived at Old Hamptonians ground.Tom Brockton won the toss and inserted Gaieties who opened with Richard Woolhouse and Tim Schneider. Richard has swollen in girth and now presents a somewhat Falstaffian presence at the wicket and his innings was full of mighty wallops in contrast to his partner the slimster Schneider Junior who was all unhurried precison and quite impervious to Brockton's banter.

Woolhouse was let off behind the stumps on nought when having caught the ball Keith Alexander discovered that his right gloves was split and so inadvertantly let the ball drop and then soon after survived a wide chance to first slip. Thus this opening partnership prospered against the veteran Nomads pair of septuagenarian Couch, left arm seamer and soon to be sixty five, off spin Andy Smith. Luckily the damp lush outfield restricted many a Woolhouse mow so the opening partnership reached 64 off 14 overs when Charles Peerless caught Woolhouse off Smith for 39. Whereupon in walked the classy Ed Hughes who announced he had not played for a long time so Brockers posted himself at silly mid off and took an easy catch as Ed miscued Smith, a victim of the slow low pitch as much as Smith' guile, 64-2. Iqqy Khan was soon run out by a direct hit from Brockton, 70-3 so the innings had lost momentum.

The introduction of swift leggie Haider Kamal produced quick success as he bowled Tim Schneider round his legs much to the batsman's astonishment.

Shomit Dutta and Jonathan Smith staged a recovery of sorts adding almost twenty whereupon Shomit was out twice in two balls . On the first occassion he was unready and stayed but on the second he hoisted the ball high to mid wicket where Brockton took the catch. Kamal was having a good day and soon took Jonathan Smith's wicket as he succumbed to the safe hands of Andy Smith.

Nick Cowley took on Kamal and was well run out to another direct hit but Ian MacKinnon and Matthew Burton played their shots to good effect until Kamal bowled Burton and MacKinnon fell to the ancient guile of Charlton Lamb by way of a smart Peerless catch. Dickie Wyse who arrived at Hampton late by way of Heathrow and Highgate was unbeaten on 6 when the declaration game after 43 overs with Mike Warburton deprived of a knock.

President of the Gaieties Lady Antonia Fraser had arrived and greeted Charlton Lamb most warmly as the assembled company headed for the pavilion and the Gooding Caribbean feast. By this time Steve Marians had arrived and so was inducted into the Nomads side. Sadly his presence later at the crease was minimal but he enjoyed a splendid lunch.

The Gooding family had prepared a sumptuous feast and so a good hour or so was taken to do justice to the quality and quantity of the Caribbean fare. Unfortunately Gaieties mature but fit opening bowlers did not over indulge on food or drink so on resumption these two stalwarts ran in full of puff and on the spot. Runs were few and far between and Andy Smith fell to Burton in but the third over." I don't know why but I missed the ball" remarked Smithy as he walked off keen to regain his presence at the bar.

Saj Ayub on debut was next to go playing an airial on drive to Woolhouse at mid on, 25-2. Peerless and Alexander took the score along to 53 off 19 overs whereupon the Nomads innings took a turn or three for the worst which was a pity as a good number of spectators were now watching the game.

In quick succession Peerless, Alexander and Kamal by way of a mighty six had fallen to Schneider and MacKinnon. With twenty overs called, Nomads required 102 to win but had lost five wickets. Tom Brockton the youthful skipper and gnarled Olympian veteran Charlton Lamb were at the crease. These two added 35 runs from sixteen overs which was a miserable run rate so much so that Charlton ran himself out to be followed at the same total by Steve Marians run out 0.

With five overs to go and some 63 to make the Nomads President came in to join Brockton. This was the moment for heroics, for Botham like bravado but the President burdened by the boredom of decades of blocking was unequal to the task as was skipper Brockton. So some 13 runs later the innings ended, match drawn. The scorer was perplexed. " I think there are still two overs to go " he muttered, forgetting the two overs at the base of the page bowled by Richard Woolhouse despite his girth and over indulgence at lunch.

After the match and refreshing showers Gaieties' Chairman Roger Davidson thanked the Gooding family for their magnificent contribution. Shomit Dutta named Haider Kamal 'Man of the Match' and ancient Charlton Lamb and younsgter Tim Schneider duly cut the 75th anniversary cake. Ale and wine were consumed, banter exchanged and some lingered to watch England's soccer team mount a Dunkirk defence on some foreign field.

That we played amidst so much foul weather was a miracle in itself. No doubt Ossie and Harold had some strong words to persuade the Weather Gods or was it just a well timed pause!