The Gooding Pinter Lamb Memorial Cricket Match

A n annual cricket match originally played by members and friends of Gaieties CC in memory of Ossie St C Gooding and Harold Pinter and for  several years now between Nomads CC and Gaieties CC and also in memory of  G Charlton Lamb.  Ossie and Charlton played for both clubs

      
Ossie Gooding        Charlton Lamb          Harold Pinter

2016 is the 79th year since Gaieties CC was founded and 113 years since Nomads was founded.

"For the field is full of shades as I near a shadowy coast,
And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,
And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host
As the run stealers flicker to and fro,
To and fro:
O my Ossie and my Harold and my Charlton long ago!"

MATCH 62 NOMADS CC v GAIETIES CC Ascot Park Wing Leighton Buzzard LU7 OPR Sunday August 21st 1.00pm 2016 -Time Game 20 overs from 6.15pm

Result:  Match abandoned due to heavy rain with 13 overs remaining
Toss:    Nomads CC
Umpires: Michael Blumberg,Roger Davidson & Chris Page
Scorer:  Several
Debut(s):A Kapadia

GAIETIES CC Innings
R Crowe      c Brockton b Page   53 
J Schneider  c O Smith  b Page   49
S Dutta      st Wahi    b Royals 75 
R Thurston   st Wahi    b Page    7
H Thurston   not out             53
F Morrisey   not out              3
Extras      (b7,lb0,w6,nb0)      13
TOTAL     (4 wkts dec,47 overs) 258 
Dnb:J Trapido,N Cowley,I Thomas,M Burton,M Kirkwood.  

Fow:1-72(1),2-138(3),3-152(4),4-249(3).

Bowling-Shawl 11 1 59 0,Bannerjee 7 0 42 0,Page 16 1 82 3,Royals 11 0 45 1,Brockton 2 0 22 0.

NOMADS CC Innings
V Kandampully bowled         R Thurston 65
J Lascelles   lbw          b Trapido    42
T Brockton    not out                   26
S Shawl       c H Thurston b R Thurston 10
A Smith       not out                    1
Extras       (b6,lb1,w3,nb1)            11
TOTAL        (3 wickets,31 overs)      155
O Smith,A Kapadia,S Wahi+.C Royal,J Bannerjee,C Page>

Fow:1-93(2),2-136(1),3-152(4).

Bowling-Cowley 7 0 38 0,Burton 6 0 23 0,Trapido 5 0 24 1,R Thurston 9 1 43 2,H Thurston 1 0 7 0,M Kirkwood,2 0 12 0,J Schneider 1 0 2 0. 

Previous Matches
2016 June Match Cancelled Ground top wet
2015 August Nomads won by 8 runs
2015 June Match Cancelled no ground
2014 August Gaieties won by 1 wicket 
2014 June Match Drawn  
2013 June Match Drawn 
2013 April Nomads won by 2 wickets  
2012 June Match Drawn     
2012 April Cancelled Deluge
2011 May Nomads won by 6 wickets   
2010 Gaieties won by 9 wickets
2009 Match Drawn,Ben Nealon hits ton for Gaieties
2008 Gaieties thrash Nomads by 173 runs 
2007 Nomads won by 5 wickets
2005 Match Cancelled Wet Pitch on brilliant sunny and breezy day
2004 Nomads lost by 64 runs   
  2003 Match Cancelled
2002
2001
2000

                

Virgin XI played a regular fixture with Gaieties including several at the Ampleforth Festival over August Bank Holiday eventually becoming a Nomads  fixture though Match Managed by Jeremy Lascelles for many years..Nomads joined the Memorial match in and as opponents in 

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