Match 44 Nomads v Merrow, Epsom Road, Merrow, Guildford Surrey Sunday September 14th 2003 1130 am
Result: Nomads won by 65 runs
Toss: Nomads
Umpire(s):Paul Smithies & AN Others
Nomad Man Of The Match: Kelvin Sutherland.
NOMADS Innings
J Lascelles c & b Windus P 5
E Brookes lbw b Hurst 18
J Hess c Booker b Hall 48
K Sutherland c Trueman b Riddell 113
M Surridge c Trueman b Mead 4
R Mann c Hall b Riddell 21
R Fanthorpe lbw b Mead 12
V Gavin not out 13
M Blumberg run out 1
P Maloney not out 0
Extras (b3,lb8,w12,nb2) 33
TOTAL (8 wkts,41.5 overs) 265
Dnb: A Clarke
Fow:1-20,2-24,3-105,4-121,5-225,6-237,7-261,8-265.
Bowling-P Windus 6 0 53 1,Hurst 6 1 24 1,Hall 5 1 39 1,Mead 8 14 1 2,Coomer 4 0 17 0,A Windus 7.5 1 47 0,Riddell 5 0 33 2.
MERROW CC Innings
C Windus c Fanthorpe b Brookes 1
S Coomer c Maloney b Brookes 4
C Hall c Hess b Clarke 10
P Trueman bowled Blumberg 79
S Halllbw bowled Clarke 0
D Riddell c Sutherland b Brookes 49
R Booker cBlake b Brookes 0
K Mead cBrookes b Blumberg 8
A Windus not out 11
P Windus c Brookes b Blumberg 5
J Hurst bowled Brookes 9
Extras (b12,lb7,w1,nb4) 24
TOTAL (all out,33.1 overs) 200
Fow:1-7,2-13,3-54,4-54,5-166,6-174,7-178,8-182,9-185,10-200.
Bowling-Brookes 11.1 3 47 5,Clarke 4 0 29 0,Maloney 3 0 29 0,Blumberg 11 1 53 3,Hess 4 0 30 0.
Elliott Brookes fifer matches Kelvin's century to secure win
On a beautiful sunny day Nomads‘ first over was electric producing 19 runs as 'Kiwi' Elliott Brookes hit 3 x 4s & 1 x 6. Then in true Nomads style 2 wickets fell and we were 24-2. Hess and Sutherland carried on this somewhat carefree assault including an over which went for 21. Thankfully Merrow’s catching let them down dropping both batsmen before John Hess skied one and was caught, 105-3. Mark Surridge played a superb cover drive and then hung his bat out to dry and was caught behind, 121-4. Russ Mann joined Kelvin and these two survived until lunch 139-4 off 24 overs.
An excellent lunch was completed with an ample supply of Port and this inspired Sutherland who smote the bowling with renewed vigour to reach an excellent century, his third for Nomads in UK.
As the declaration loomed a few swipes and a run out gave Merrow the satisfaction of several more wickets after the Mann/Sutherland partnership ended (105 runs). So we declared at 260-8 giving ourselves near 50 overs to bowl out Merrow.
Had an early catch off Trueman not been dropped Merrow may have succumbed for a modest total. In the event after 4 wickets had fallen to Brookes and Clarke for 54 including a sharp chance behind the stumps by Fanthorpe, Trueman and Riddell counter-attacked. Not without luck they put on 112 runs in double quick time somewhat aided by some shoddy and geriatric Nomads fielding. One acrobatic attempt to catch Riddell was put over the boundary for a 6.
The return of Brookes from the road end resulted in a good catch by Sutherland to remove Riddell and then Blumberg bowled Trueman. Two more wickets apiece from Brookes and Blumberg brought the spirited Merrow innings to an end with victory by 65 runs.
Perhaps the celebrations the night before after a close victory over our friends from Kensington effected Merrow’s catching in which case, thank you KCC.
Previous Matches
2002 Merrow won by 7 wickets
2001 Nomads won by 1 wicket
Croomers & Maloney great match in 2001 as told by Grumpy Croomers
2000 Merrow won by 3 wickets
1999 Nomads won by 107 runs
1998 Abandoned after 15 overs,rain
1997 Match Drawn
1996 Match Drawn
1994 Merrow won by 113 runs
1993 Match abandoned after 15 overs Nomads 25-1.
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1980 Match Drawn
1979 Match Drawn
Nomads first played Merrow in 1961 and played every September thereafter until 2006 when Merrow cancelled the fixture as they could no longer get out Sunday sides. In 2012 Nomads returned to Merrow on the Thursday of their Cricket Week.
Posted on 30/04/2003
by Michael Blumberg