Tour to Britanny Domaine Les Ormes July 2001
Bretagne April Tour 2001
Two Victories over Cricket Club Les Ormes
Match 13 At Chateau Des Ormes,Dol de Bretagne, Saturday July 7th 2001, 2pm start , 35 over each innings.
Result: NOMADS won by 9 runs
Toss:Nomads CC
Umpires:Various
Scorers:Several
NOMADS CC Innings
C Fellows-Smith bowled Chapman 1
K Alexander c Moore b Reynolds 7
M Surridge bowled Bartlett 52
Tristan Bourne run out 3
Daniel Bourne bowled Bartlett 2
C Lamb c & b Harris 44
K Sutherland bowled Bartlett 0
Phil Bourne not out 22
Dave Smith bowled Chapman 13
M Blumberg not out 8
Extras 34
TOTAL (8wkts,35 overs) 186
Dnb: B Strauss
Fow:1-8, 2-12, 3-33, 4-41, 5-116, 7-135, 8-174.
Bowling-Reynolds 7-1-37-1, Chapman 7-0-11-2, Pullen 6-0-37-0, Bartlett 7-1-33-3, Harris 5-0-26-1, Smith 3-0-25-0.
LES ORMES Innings
R Pullen c Alexander b Lamb 6
C Bartlett c Alexander b Surridge 4
R Chapman lbw b Surridge 104
J Smith run out 17
C Clennell bowled F-Smith 5
W Wootton c Alexander b Blumberg 0
C Cox bowled Surridge 18
B Reynolds bowled Sutherland 3
M Moore c Blumberg b Daniel 4
H Harris not out 0
Extras 16
TOTAL (9wkts,27.5 overs) 177
Dnb:M Mitterand Absent
Fow: 1-12, 2-16, 3-65, 4-80, 5-95, 6-142, 7-159, 8-171, 9-177.
Bowling-Lamb 7-1-36-1, Surridge 6.5-0-22-2, Fellows Smith 7-1-43-1, Blumberg 4-0-31-1, Tristan 1-0-10-0, Sutherland 1-0-25-1, Daniel 1-0-5-1.
Match 14 At Chateau Des Ormes, Dol De Bretagne, Sunday July 8th 2pm start 35 overs each match
Result:NOMADS won by 4 wickets
LES ORMES Innings
R Pullen bowled Lamb 18
C Wright bowled Fellows-Smith 0
R Chapman lbw b Fellows-Smith 25
J Smith bowled Fellows-Smith 0
C Clennell c Alexander b Lamb 13
W Wootton bowled Blumberg 34
B Reynolds bowled Harris 16
C Cox bowled Harris 0
C Bartlett bowled Surridge 26
R Riegl c Surridge b Blumberg 6
M Moore not out 0
Extras 12
TOTAL (all out, 34 overs) 150
Fow: 1-10, 2-40, 3-40, 4-55, 5-55, 6-86,7-86,8-136, 9-145, 10-150.
Bowling-Lamb 7-2-30-2, Fellows Smith 7-1-25-3, Phil 5-0-29-0, Harris 5-1-18-2, Zac 1-1-0-0, Surridge 5.1-0-23-1, Blumberg 4-0-23-2.
NOMADS Innings
K Sutherland c Moore b Chapman 74
K Alexander c Pullen b Reynolds 21
M Marchant lbw b Reynolds 0
M Surridge bowled Reynolds 6
C Fellows-Smith not out 19
H Harriot bowled Chapman 0
C Lamb c Wootton b Pullen 13
Z Zaccis not out 2
Extras 16
TOTAL (6wkts,33.2 overs) 151
Dnb: M Blumberg, F Zaccis,P Dupont
Fow:1-50, 2-50, 3-67, 4-129, 5-129, 6-144.
Bowling-Bartlett 7-0-36-0, Chapman 7-1-26-2, Reynolds 7-1-32-3, Wright 6-0-22-0, Pullen 6.2 -0-28-1.
Mrs Alexander's Crab and another dinner in France
The Hon Sec cleaned his car for the first time since last season and all in honour of a special passenger the wicket keeper's wife. Even so Les Ormes players looked aghast at the rusting Astroid from Vauxhall " did you really get here in that ?.Surprise you weren't stopped by the Gendamerie"!
Nomads had made several visits to Chateau Des Ormes since the cricket club was formed but this was the first time in mid summer ans so found themselves with a few thousand campers and a hosts of discos and lustful nymphettes on site. However the average age of the party was such as to dampen the appetite of even the most ardent nymphette and so the consolation for all the Nomads other than Keith Alexander and skipper Mark Surridge was a lot of booze in the hotel bar.
Most of the party managed to arrive as planned but somehow that perpetual student Kelvin Sutherland missed the boat, got on the next one and met an old flame who gave him a lift to Epiniac not a stone's throw from Dol De Bretagne. Somewhat remarkably Charles Fellows-Smith and Peter Marchant arrived by local train at Dol's station as planned having feasted in Dinard the night before thanks to Ryanair. This was not a full complement as Russell Mann was too busy to come and various other miscreants fell by the wayside at the last moment like the many friends of Kelvin...so recruitment was required and that went well.
On Saturday two young men from Eastbourne CC's youth section and the next day a fanatical nipper and his dad. Two 35 over games were played both of which resulted in exciting finishes but it was the second one when the minute Zac joined Charles Fellow Smith who was padding up as if his life depended upon it. Zac hit a mighty two to everyone's astonishment and pleasure. But when Charles and Zac walked off triumphant after a punched boundary four off the back foot from Fellows-Smith. The smile on Zac's face appeared to exceed his height.
..........and more of missing the ferry because of a crab..well 9 years later we are still waiting for this tale to be concluded.
In brief so much did Mrs Veronica Alexander enjoy her crab that we set off for the ferry late and missed it ..and so had another great dinner by the harbour before joining the night ferry.
Posted on 21/08/2015
by Michael Blumberg