Tour to Spain March 11-16 2004 Costa Blanca

Won 2,Drew 1, Cancelled 1

    Nomads arrived safely at Alicante airport only to discover a cock-up over car hire bookings. Nevertheless we made it all to Albir and next day set forth for a new fixture at Campoamor. This proved to be a stunning location though we arrived as much as two hours late in certain cases.Sensibly we were invited to bat so the stragglers did not further delay proceedings.    
    Paul Wakefield and Jemille Al-Derajji coped with the unusual surface brilliantly, putting on 190 by the 25th over. Any idea the rest of us had that a huge score would be posted was not fulfilled. Charles Fellows-Smith struggled to 12 during 15 overs. The rest found the low bounce disastrous for bold stroke play emphasising the skill of the openers. Eventually 243 was reached, 53 runs in the last 15 overs.
    After a good tea the bowlers soon found the damp Fleximat difficult to cope with yet took three quick wickets.Torrevieja opener Smith formerly of Holmesdale stood fast and first he and Esse and then Phillipson played well but the the loss of Smith through injury removed any serious challenge. The home side was bowled out in 39 overs.
     Following the match both teams retired to the excellent golf clubhouse where most of the party stayed for dinner. Notwithstanding the inadequacy of the Fleximat this was a fine new location to which we hope soon to return.
    The next day the weather was ghastly and no match was possible.Kelvin Sutherland due to play missed the entire day having returned from Benidorm at 10.30 am.
    The weather was little better the next day but we enjoyed a 39 run victory over Sporting Alfas Sunday XI.Jemille hit a splendid 90. Both Wakers and Charles F-S bowled mean spells
     On Monday we played the Forty Club Of Spain in what turned out to be both a curiosity and intriguing contest which ended with us requiring a six off the last ball.Jemille did not achieve this and so the match was drawn. Paul Stansfield stoked a powerful century as the opposition set off at great pace but once he wAS out the innings was slowly strangled by accurate bowling. If several catches had been held the score would not have reached the formidable 260
    Kevin Smith promoted to open played an inspired innings before advancing speculatively up the wicket to be stumped for a fine 86. The innings began to suffer from a lack of momentum despite the efforts of Bob Cairns so much so that a great deal was still required when a 'recovering' Jemille reached the wicket. Jack Hyams in his 84th year soon joined Jemille with the score at 180 and these two with many refusals including a boundary hit to Georgie Smith on the boundary steadily progressed towards the target.Alan Fisher bowled 19 overs,3-77 and at one point looked to have Nomads sliding to defeat.
   Thus we won two and drew one with one cancelled due to rain.There was much good eating, serious study of the late night fayre of Benidorm but a distinct lack of sunshine. The party included many new faces who we hope to see again during the UK season. 

MATCH 01   Nomads CC v Torrevieja CC at Real Campoamor Spain Friday March 12th   2004  1.00pm  - 40/40 overs match 

Result:Nomads won by 57 runs  
Toss:Nomads
Umpire(s):D MacLeod & AN Local
Nomads Man Of the Match: Paul Wakefield

NOMADS CC Innings
P Wakefield      bowled     Esses    100 
J Al-Derajji     bowled     Esses     84
R Cairns         c Esse   b Philipson 11  
C Fellows-Smith  not out              11               
M Whitmore       bowled     Esses      3
D Becker         lbw      b Burchall   1
J Hyams          bowled     Esses      0
J Coles          st Meyer b Burchall   8
M Blumberg       bowled     Esses      1
C Edwards        not out               2
Extras          (b8,lb12,w2,nb0)      22
TOTAL           (8 wkts, 40 overs)   243  
Dnb:K Smith 

Fow:1-190,2-210,3-215,4-219,5-220,6-200,7-211,8-212,9-215.

Bowling-Essuah 5 0 31 0,Goble 5 0 36 0,Burchall 7 1 28 2,Corcoran 2 0 16 0,Fynn 5 0 42 0, Philipson 8 0 50 1,Esses 8 0 30 5.

TORREVIEJA CC
R Meyer     lbw        b Fellows-Smith 4
D Smith     retired hurt              51
L Fynn      bowled       Al-Derajji    1
R Lobb      c Smith    b Al-Derajji    0
B Esses     bowled       Fellows-Smith 4 
M Philipson bowled       Blumberg     12
M White     bowled       Blumberg      2 
M Corcoran  Al-Derajji b Whitmore     19
B Burchall  lbw        b Wakefield     0
Essuah      lbw        b Wakefield     4
G Goble     not out                    1
Extras      (b15,lb7,w0,nb0)          22
TOTAL       (All Out,39 overs)       186
Dnb: G Parry,J Smith 

Fow:1-6,2-7,3-14,4-59,5-133-155,7-168,8-185,9-186  
 
Bowling-Fellows-Smith 8 3 30 2,Al-Derajji 5 2 12 2,Wakefield 7 0 50 2,Blumberg 8 1 24 2,Cairns 6 0 21 0,Becker 1 0 14 0,Whitmore 3 0 17 1,Hyams 1 0 3 0. 

Match 03   Nomads CC v Sporting Alfas CC 1st XI at Colombus Oval Albir L’Alfas Del Pi Spain Saturdayday March 13th   2004  12.30 noon  -40/40 overs match     

Match Cancelled Rain 
   

Match SM3   Nomads CC v Sporting Alfas CC Sunday XI at Colombus Oval Albir L’Alfas Del Pi Spain Sunday March 14th   2004  12.30 noon   - 40/40 overs match 

Result:Nomads won by 39 runs
Toss:Nomads
Umpire(s): Brian Pitts & Mike Palowkar
Scorer: G Leach
Nomads Man Of the Match: Jemile Al-Darraji
 
NOMADS CC Innings 
P Wakefield  c Morgan  b Burchell 37
S Barter     c Catala  b P Taylor 21
J Al Darraji st Morgan b P Taylor 90
K Sutherland c Morgan  b S Taylor 12  
D Becker     c Morgan  b Bellis   11
D Oatway     bowled      P Taylor 16
J Coles      not out              11
M Whitmore   not out               0
Extras      (b2,lb7,w5,nb0)       14
TOTAL       (6 wkts, 40 overs)   212 
Dnb:D Williams,C Fellows-Smith, ME Blumberg
20 overs 71-2  

FoW:1-61,2-63,3-90,4-124,5-172,6-199.   
 
Bowling-Lewis 6 1 23 0,Catala 8  0 47 0,P Taylor 7 1 19 3,Burchell 5 0 18 1,Bellis 6 1 35 1, S Taylor 7 0 42 1,Boon 1 0 19 10. 

SPORTING ALFAS CC Innings
J Boon     lbw          b F-Smith    6
S Kinnear  run out                  29
J Morgan   lbw          b F-Smith    1
K Fenton   bowled         Oatway    19
+JH Morgan c Al Darraji b Blumberg  43
S Taylor   lbw          b Wakefield 19
*P Taylor  c Oatway     b Blumberg  26
S Lewis    lbw          b Wakefield  0
J Catala   run out                   1
B Burchell not out                   8
J Bellis   not out                   1 
Extras     (b4,lb2,w4,nb0)          10
TOTAL      (9 wickets,40 overs)    163
20 Overs 61-4  

FoW:1-9,2-12,3-60,4-61,5-109,6-141,7-141,8-149,9-198.

Bowling-Al-Darraji 3 1 8 0,Fellows-Smith 8 1 12 2,Williams 8 0 33 0,Oatway 5 0 44 1,Blumberg 8 0 50 2,Wakefield 8 2 10 2.

Match 04   Nomads CC v Forty Club Of Spain CC at Colombus Oval L'Alfas Del Pi Spain   Monday March 15th   2004  12.15 pm-   time match,20 overs from 6.30 pm     

Result:Match Drawn   
Toss:Forty Club Of Spain  
Umpire(s): Donald MacLeod &  
Scorer: Gordon Leach.
Nomads Man Of the Match:Kevin Smith  

FORTY CLUB OF SPAIN CC
A Copeland    lbw      b F-Smith    2
S Corness     bowled     Cairns    55
P Stansfield  lbw      b Blumberg 130
G Heywood     c Cairns b Wakefield 28
S Tanyer      st Smith b Wakefield 27 
R Ward        bowled     Blumberg   8
G Fish        run out              10
P Adams       not out               1
B Nix not out                       0
Extras        (b6,lb4,w0,nb3)      28
TOTAL(6 wickets declared,43 overs)271
Dnb:G Smyth,J Bramtham.   

FoW:1-32,2-183,3-187,4-235,5-248,6-253

Bowling-Fellows-Smith 5 0 38 1, Al-Darraji 9 0 53 0,Wakefield 8 0 36 2,Blumberg 13 1 49 2,Cairns 8 0 65 1.

NOMADS CC Innings
P Wakefield      bowled         b Fisher   21 
+K Smith         st Stansfield  b Copeland 86
M Boldick        c &  b           Fisher    0 
R Cairns         c Nix          b Fisher   38               
J Coles          c Fisher       b Copeland  4
J Al-Darraji     not out                   90
C Fellows-Smith  run out                    7
J Hyams          not out                    5 
Exras            (b0,lb5,w2,nb0)            7
TOTAL            (6 wkts, 51 overs)       267
Dnb:M Blumberg,B Smith.   

FoW:1-55,2-77,3-158,4-160,5-163,6-184.

Bowling-Bramtham 15 4 71 0,Nix 7 0 41 0,Corness 3 0 20 0,Fisher 19 2 77 3,Copeland 7 0 53 2.

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