MATCH 11 Nomads CC v Headley Sunday May 4th at Headley Common Surrey 1.30pm. 

   
 Robbie, Brockers and David Steele enjoy a pint                                  Michael Blumberg enjoys a pint with Headley President Sir Michael Pickard 

Result:  Nomads won by 15 runs
Toss:    Nomads CC
Umpires: AN Other
Scorer:  Several
Debut(s):Robbie Blackburn

NOMADS CC Innings                      R 4s 6s 
J Lane+      bowled        Waller      8 0  0
O Smith      bowled        Waller      4 0  0
T Brockton * c Dickinson b Waller      4 0  0
C Peerless   bowled        Waller      1 0  0
A Smith      bowled        Waller      2 0  0
M Plant      bowled        Simmons     1 0  0
D Steele     not out                  32 5  0
R Blackburn  bowled        Simmons     4 1  0
R Patel      bowled        Pickering  32 4  1
S Shawl      lbw         b Sunderland 13 1  1
ME Blumberg  c Midmer    b Sunderland  5 1  0
Extras       (b3,lb1,w2,nb2)           8 
TOTAL        (All out,32.4 overs)    114

Fow:1-6(2),2-10(3),3-12(4),4-20(5),5-21(1),6-22(6),7-26(8),8-89(9),9-95(10),10-114(11).

Bowling-Clarke 5 0 12 0,Waller 9 2 13 5,Simmons 7 2 19 1,Wareham 3 0 30 0,Sunderland 5.4 0 19 2,Pickering 3 0 13 0.

HEADLEY CC Innings
L Dickson    bowled   Shawl     16
M Pickering  bowled   Blackburn  7
? Dennis     lbw    b Shawl      0
S Miles      c Lane b Blackburn 10
R Midmer +*  bowled   Blackburn  1
? Simmons    lbw    b Shawl     10
A Pickering  run out             0
G Waller     bowled   A Smith   23
? Wareham    c Lane b Blackburn  7
S Sunderland bowled   Blackburn  7
A Clarke     not out             0
Extras      (b17,lb5,nb2,w1)    25
TOTAL       (All out,32.5 overs 99

Fow:1-28,2-34,3-39,4-44,5-47,6-51,7-83,8-92,9-97,10-99.

Bowling-Shawl 12 1 32 3,Blackburn 12.5 8 9 5,A Smith 6 2 11 1,Brockton 2 0 22 0.

Nomads secure remarkable victory after top order batting collapse

Quite some drama at Hedley Heath on afine summer's day! Brockers won the toss and batted first on what turned out to be a typical early season pudding of a pitch. Headley left arm swing seam Weller has taken a hatful of Nomads wickets over previous years but this time he was extra deadly taking out five Nomads and when Plant and blackburn fell to tall seamer Simmons Nomads were reduced to 26-7.

The innings was rescued by the tail with stand of 63 betweena steady David Steele and a swashbuckling Ronnie Patel. When Patel fell at 89 the last two wickets added a useful 24 more runs and number 11 Blumberg spoilt Weller's analysis with an offside driven boundary. Nomads were all out 114 in 32.4 overs yet tea was ready and enjoyed.

After a splendid tea Headly had avery long time to chase a mere 114 and indeed very slowly the openers with alot of plying and missing reached 28 before the partnership was broken.thereafter wickets fell streadily to the bustling pace of debutant robbie Blackburn and skillfull seam of Sajjad Shawl so that Headly innings hung in the balance at 51-6. Waller came in and immediately took a liking to Tom Brockton's bowling who had replaced a tiring Blackburn. He hit a quickfire 23 and looked to be capable of securing a win for Headley but Andy Smith baffled him and he was bowled. Shawl replaced Brockton and Blackburn Smith and the last two wickets fell leaving Headley 16 short of victory and Robbie Blackburn with a well earned fifer on debut.

So Nomads had pulled off a remarkable win against the odds and celebrated with a good few ales with the hospitable opposition as the sun sank down over this this attractive cricket ground with some eccentric local rules.

 Previous Matches
 2013 Nomads won by 80 runs
 2012 Cancelled Too Wet
 2011 Headley won by six wickets  
 2010 Headley won by 7 wickets
 2009 Headley won by 3 wickets  
 2008 Nomads won by 24 runs 
 2007 Match Cancelled Rain
 2006 Match Drawn Headley 9 wkts down
 2005 Nomads lost by 2 wickets as Headley 9th wkt pair hit 92  
 2004 Match Cancelled due to previous rain
 2003 Cloudburst stops game
 2002 Headley won by 5 wickets
 2001 Matt Marshall hits 138 on Nomads debut in drawn match
 2000 Headley won by 6 wickets
 1999 Match Drawn  
 1998 Headley won by 58 runs
 1997 Nomads won by 2 wickets
 1996 Headley won by 8 wickets,512 runs scored in match
 1995 Headley won by 3 wickets
 1994 Headley won by 6 wickets  
 1993 May
 1993 August Match Drawn  1992
 1991 Match Drawn
 1990 Nomads won by 2 wickets
 1989
 1988
 1987
 1986
 1985
 1984
 1983
 1982
 1981
 1980 Nomads won by 3 wickets
 1979 Headley won by 29 runs