MATCH 20 Nomads CC v St Edward's Martyrs St Edward's School  Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 7NN, 11.30 am Friday July 13th 

Toss:    St Edwards Martyrs 
Result:  Nomads won by 8 wkts
Umpires: Norman Stevens and others 
Scorers: Various
Debut(s):S Sikander  

ST EDWARDS MARTYRS Innings
H Sutton       c Alexander  b Blumberg   32
Jo Barrett     bowled         Woolhouse 107
W Allen        c Alexander  b Woolhouse   7
P Franks       bowled         Woolhouse   6
G Goodwin      st Alexander b Woolhouse   0
l Lawton-Smith lbw          b Woolhouse  21
J Burchfield   c Thorns     b Blumberg    9
J Lloyd        not out                   25
Ja Barrett     c Thorns     b Blumberg    7
P Swainson*     not out                  10
Extras         (b24,lb4,w1,nb0)          29
TOTAL         (8 wickets dec,46 overs)  263
Dnb:A Martyr. 

Fow:1-63,2-86,3-92,4-105,6-155,7-194,8-238.

Bowling-Thorns 12 2 33 0,Blumberg 10 0 66 3,Woolhouse 16 0 56 5,Sikander 3 0 19 0,H Bell 3 0 27 0,Collins 2 0 10 0. 

NOMADS CC Innings
K Alexander+ c Lloyd   b Allen 103
A Stokes     c Franks  b Allen 105 
S Sikander   c Swanson b Goodwin 4 
K Thorns     not out            29
R Woolhouse  not out             9
Extras       (b1,lb0,w6,nb7)    14
TOTAL    (3 wickets,34.1 overs)264 
Dnb:ME Blumberg, S Collins*,C Seigal,H Bell,A Martyr**,A Nomad.   

Fow:  1-187,2-196,3-235.  

Bowling-Goodwin 5 0 60 1,Sutton 14 0 89 0,Lawton-Smith 9.1 0 78 Allen/Barrett 6 0 36 2. 

                    Mighty victory Despite No Shows and Drop outs 

J emile Al-Darraji never turned up nor did his friend. Doc Bell damaged his ankle a few days before, playing tennis, and a host of reserves missed out on a good game. Harry Bell stepped in for Dad and Martyrs provided a player.

If your availability changes do let the Match Manager know as soon as possible.there are often many who wish to play in these games. 

Martyrs won the toss and elected to bat.Simon Collins had Thorns fast and furious at one end and Blumberg extremely slow at the other.this combination was not a great success until a break for ashower and Blumberg had Sutton caught behind first ball.  

The introduction of Woolhouse  brought steady results while John Barrat plundered runs at both ends. woolhouse bowled Barrett soon after he had completed a century and then had Lawton-Smith lbw.Although Blumberg took two more wickets Martyrs'8th wicket pair still managed to take the score up to a formidable 263.

Alexander and Stokes took advantage of some wayward bowling to set up an opening partnership of 187 at great pace hitting 8 sixes between them and both completing centuries.Thorns and Woolhouse took Nomads to a commanding victory with a dozen overs still to be bowled.

We were very lucky with the weather suffering only one stoppage in the morning session.The hospitality of the Martyrs was much appreciated by nomads who fed extremely well.

Joscelyn Galsworthy the renown painter of cricket matches was at her easel all day.You will be informed of the finished result and availability of prints in due course.

Previous Matches
2006 Match Cancelled
2005 Martyrs won by 128 runs