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Thursday July 28th v Merrow CC

Match 48  Nomads v Merrow , Epsom Road, Merrow,Guildford Surrey  Thursday  July 28h 2016 1130 am,

Result:     Merrow won by 3 wicket 
Toss:     
  Nomads 
Umpire(s)
Various 
Scorer:    
Steve Brewer 
Debut:     
Jamil Akhtar 

NOMADS CC Innings                  R B  M   4 6  
M Blake      bowled        Jones  25 51 77  3 0 
A Peters     bowled        Finch  15 23 27  3 0
J Akhtar+    c Woodruffe b Finch  80 64 95 17 0
V Yadav      c Woodruffe b Finch  23 23 33  4 0
Z Rehnan     bowled        Tyler   3  4 11  0 0
J Thornton   lbw         b Tyler   5 33 30  1 0
A Newman     bowled        Finch   5 15 29  1 0 
C Page       bowled        Hayward 7 24 37  0 0
P Fielding   c Corning   b Tyler   2 11 11  0 0
ME Blumberg* not out               1 13 22  0 0 
Extras      (b16,lb2,w2,nb6)      26 
TOTAL       (All out,44 overs)   193

Fow:1-24(2),2-98(1),3-147(4),4-154(5),5-158(1),6-159(7),7-177(8),8-177(6),9-182(10),10-193(9).

Bowling-Tyler 14 4 34 3,Finch 12 2 31 4,Barnes 3 0 22 0,Haywood 7 0 46 1,Jones 5 1 15 2,D Woodruffe 3 0 27 0.

MERROW CC Innings                    R  B  M   4 6
T Jones         bowled      Yadav    6 10  12  0 1
S Small         not out            112 85 122 15 0
D Woodruffe*snr c Newman  b Page    38 32  40  5 0
P Scott         st Akhtar b Page     2  7   8  0 0
T Corning       st Akhtar b Page     5 13  12  0 0
J Baldwin+      c Zishan  b Fielding 8  8   9  2 0
D Woodruffe jnr bowled      Yadav    9 10  14  2 0
S Finch         bowled      Rehman   0  2   2  0 0
M Tyler         not out              9 10  16  1 0
Extras         (b1,lb2,w0,nb2)       5
TOTAL       (7 wickets,31.1 overs) 194
Dnb:N Barnes,J Heywood.

Fow:1-17(1),2-104(3),3-115(4),4-133(5),5-156(6),6-171(7),7-172(8).

Bowling-Yadav 8.1 1 37 2,Vithlani 3 0 27 0,Fielding 10 1 59 1,Page 7 0 54 3,Rehman 3 0 14 1.

Nomads batting folds after lunch

In a match dominated by two innings it was the unblemished century by Aussie Small that took Merrow to victory on an enjoyable day interspersed with showers. Nomads won the toss and batted. Andy Peters was the first to fall bowled by a full in swinging delivery from Finch. Blake and Akhtar added 74 more runs before Blake was also bowled but by Jones. Yadav and Jamil looked to be mounting a very large score when Yadav aimed an airy fairy drive over extra cover but young Woodruffe ran some distance to take the catch confidently. Shortly afterwards lunch was taken at 153-3 off 28 overs.

After an excellent lunch with copious volumes of Port Nomads contrived to collapse despite two of the batsmen being teetotal. Three wickets fell for 5 runs including Jamil Akhtar for 80. Eighteen runs were added either side of a 23 minute break for rain before two more wickets fell at 177 and then number 9 Paul Fielding fell at 182. One eyed President Michael Blumberg suffering from Uveitis in his left eye joined Chris Page and these two added a further 11 runs before Page had a rush of blood and was bowled. 193 off 44 overs was way below par.

Although Yadav bowled Jones after he had hit Vithlani for six both bowlers were very wayward conceding 39 runs in six overs when tea was taken. After tea Paul Fielding slow left arm was introduced from the pavilion end and immediately presented more problems but he dropped Woodruffe off the last ball of his first over. Yadav was reintroduced at the A25 road end  and was struck for 14  so veteran Chris Page replaced him next over. Page and Fielding induced regular errors but suffered punishment  especially so with too many ancient fielders. Thus Merrow lost wickets steadily  but at the other end Aussie Small was compiling an impressive innings using his feet to thwart the guile of the two veteran bowlers.

Yadav replaced Page and soon bowled Woodruffe junior. At the other end Zishan Rehman replaced Fielding and immediately bowled Finch. Merrow were now 172-7. Despite 4.1 more overs from Yadav and Rehman, Small and Tyler reached their target without mishap to win the match by 3 wickets with some 8.5 overs to spare.

Nomads lingered on what had become a fine summer's evening enjoying an excellent barbecue and several beers.


Over the years there have been a number of remarkable matches between Merrow and Nomads not least in 2001 after which 'Grumpy' Croomers sent in his account. In those days before the advent of King Grumpy Page it was Croomers who held that title.....read on

Previous Matches
2015 Merrow won by 1 wicket
2014 Nomads won by 28 runs 
2013 Match Drawn   
2012 Merrow  won by 8 wickets
 
2005 Nomads won by 28 runs   
2004 Merrow  won by 1 wicket 
2003 Nomads won by 65 runs
 
2002 Merrow won by 7 wickets
2001 Nomads won by 1 wicket 
2000 Merrow  won by 3 wickets 
1999 Nomads won by 107 runs
 
1997 Match Drawn
1996 Match Drawn 
1994 Merrow won by 113 runs 
1993 Match abandoned after 15 overs Nomads 25-1.  
1991 

1980 Match Drawn 

1979 Match Drawn

Nomads first played Merrow in 1961 and played every September thereafter until 2006 when Merrow cancelled the fixture as they could no longer get out Sunday sides.