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Tour to Provence Entente Cordiale Centenary Easter April 2004

Entente Cordiale    

1904 - 2004  

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Nomads Tour to Provence April Easter 2004 

Nomads Win Two Lose One but share the Entente Cordiale Cup  

 
 

Photo above of both teams;Back row (L to R) Mike Lomax (umpire), Laurent Amiot (Ent), Maurice Mitchem (Ent), Trevor Yeomans (Ent), Sean Burke (Ent capt), Roshan Perera (Ent), Len Terry (Ent President), Satpal Randhava (Ent), John Rezko (Nom), David Coates (Ent), Ivan Linhart (Ent), Richard Kershaw (Nomads President), Bob Bartlett (Ent scorer)
 Front row (L to R) Ollie Croome-Johnson (Nom), Bill Rodwell (Nomads scorer), Russell Mann (Nom), Mark Surridge (Nom), Daryn Williams (Nom), Michael Blumberg (Nom), Mike Hodd (Nom), Jamie Lane (Nom), Vince Gavin (Nom), Richard Woolhouse (Nom). Not shown; Paul Wakefield (Nom), Chris Cope &  Uddika Bandaranayake  (Ent),  

 

    Nomads beside Russell's Porsche                Entrecasteaux Cricket Ground                                    The Ladies 'Tent    

 

Match Entrecasteaux CC  v Nomads CC at Entrecasteaux, April 10th 2004, Entente  Cordiale  Trophy -     40 overs per side (max 8 per bowler) 

Result: Entrecasteaux won by 2 wickets
Toss:   Nomads   chose to bat
Umpires;Mike Lomax and Richard Kershaw
Scorer; Bob Bartlett and Bill Rodwell 
 

NOMADS Innings
J. Lane      c Bandaranayake b Yeomans       35
R. Mann      c + b             Randhava      28
P. Wakefield c + b             Bandaranayake  2
R. Woolhouse run out                         12
M. Surridge  not out                         43
V. Gavin     st Cope         b Bandaranayake 22
J. Rezko     not out                         12
Extras      (12w, 7b, 7lb)                   26
TOTAL       (40 overs,5 wkts)               180
Dnb:
O.Croom-Johnson +M.Hodd D.Williams *M.Blumberg
 
 

FOW.1-54,2-60,3-88,4-91,5-152 

Bowling-Linhart 4 0 19 0,Coates 8 0 36 0,Perera 8 0 29 0,Yeomans 8 0 21 1,  
Bandaranayake 8 0 39 2,Randhava 4 0 21 1.

ENTRECASTREAUX CC Innings
C. Cope           c + b         Lane       5
+S. Randhava      c Woolhouse b Rezko     53
R. Perera         c Woolhouse b Williams  60
D. Coates         lbw         b Rezko      2
U. Bandaranayake  bowled        Williams   5
L. Amiot          c Wakefield b Rezko      0
M. Mitchem        c Hodd      b Rezko      0
*S. Burke         not out                 26
I. Linhart        c Hodd      b Wakefield 12
L. Terry          not out                  3
Extras            (2w, 2nb, 11b)          15
TOTAL             (38 overs)  for 8 wkts 181
Dnb:T. Yeomans
 
 
 

FOW:1-20,2-104,3-118,4-123,5-130,6-136,7-136,8-164

Bowling-Croom-Johnson 8 0 30 0,Lane 7 0 41 1,Wakefield 7 0 55 1,Williams 8 0 20 2,Rezko 8 1 24 4.

         Entrecasteaux 9th wicket pair secure victory   

After the first toss for the initial Entente Cordiale Trophy match neither Sean Burke nor Michael Blumberg could decide which side of the coin was heads or taills so in the spirit of the occasion a second toss was made and Nomads captain Michael Blumberg called heads and chose to bat in the first of two matches for the Entente Cordiale Trophy. The game was played to a traditional continental format of limited overs format - forty per side and no more than eight overs per bowler.
 
Paul Wakefield was driving swiftly from Nice airport  so Nomads opened with Jamie Lane and Russell Mann  who started promisingly, scoring 42 off the first ten overs, but were then slowed down by an excellent spell from Trevor Yeomans, who bowled his eight overs straight through at the cost of 21 runs, including the wicket of Lane, caught by Uddika at midwicket. Uddika then snapped up dangerman Paul Wakefield for two, caught and bowled, and Nomads reached lunch on 74 - 2 off 24 overs with Russell Mann not out  twenty. Russell hogging the strike struggled to score yet defended his wicket stoutly. Possibly the after effect of driving non-stop from Calais to Provence in his Porsche effected his contribution which  was very much to Entrecasteaux's advantage.
 
 

Lunch was a grand affair, and included speeches by Simon Lever, British Consul-General in Marseille, Paul Pourrière, the Mayor of Entrecasteaux, and Jeanine Bellot, President of La Ligue Contre le Cancer. Sean Burke noted that Nomads seemed to digest it the better, and scored 106 runs off their remaining 16 overs, Mark Surridge contributing 42 not out, to close on 180-5.Their mistake was to get  poor old Russell out for 28 in the 27th over.
 
Entrecasteaux's reply was built around an excellent second wicket partnership of 84 in twelve overs between Satpal Randhava and Roshan Perera, but after Satpal was well caught around the corner by Richard Woolhouse for 53, the home side collapsed to 136-7, four wickets falling to the seemingly tasty off-breaks of John Rezko. A valuable eighth wicket partnership of 28 left just 17 to win, and appropriately it was club President Len Terry, returning to the side after a year out injured, who scampered the winning bye to give Entrecasteaux victory by two wickets with two overs to spare.
 

Nomads were without a wicket keeper on tour and reluctantly veteran Mike Hodd stood behind bravely taking two catches but missing several chances. However the crucial miss was the alarming head on clash of Ollie C-J and Mann in the closing overs which meant the catch was spilled,the 9th wicket continued and our hosts ran out proud winners.
 
 
 

  

A substantial sum of euros was collected during the match  for La Ligue Contre le Cancer.    Later that evening both teams and the ladies met for  a very enjoyable dinner  together.   

Match PA2   Nomads CC v Cabris CC at St Vallier De  Thier Provence France Sunday April 11th   2004  12.00 noon-  40 overs match 8 max per bowler     


Result:     Nomads won by 25 runs  
Toss  :      Nomads  
Umpire(s):   Philip Levi & ANOther  
 
NOMADS CC Innings    
P Wakefield c Denne  b Park     64   
M Hodd      bowled     Flynn    21  
+M Surridge c Flynn  b Campbell 37    
J Lane      run out             54                  
V Gavin     not out             13  
D Williams  run out              4  
M Blumberg  bowled     Staitton  2  
R Woolhouse bowled     Bardon    2  
J Rezko     not out              0  
Extras      (b9,lb6,w9,nb2)     26  
TOTAL       (7 wkts, 40 overs) 243   
Dnb:R Mann,W Rodwell   

FoW:1-,792-99,3-184,4-184,5-196,6-208,7-218. 

Bowling-Park 8 0 44 1,Croom-Johnson 8 1 30 0,Flynn 4 1 22 1,Campbell 8 0 51 1,Taggart 3 0 15 0, Bardon 6 0 36 1,Staitton 3 1 10 1.            

CABRIS CC Innings 
L Lancaster    lbw         b Williams  0
G Kelsey       c & b         Rezko    88
I Irfan        lbw         b Woolhouse 1
F Park         bowled        Woolhouse 0
P Taggart      c Hodd      b Blumberg 25  
K Flynn        c Williams  b Rezko
S Staitton     c Wakefield b Rezko    16   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
T Toby         bowled        Lane     16
O Croom-Jonson run out                 2
A Campbell     bowled        Rodwell   9  
R Bardon       not out                 1
Extras        (b7,lb5,w14,nb2)        28
TOTAL         (All Out,39.5 overs)   186
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  
FoW:1-2,2-14,3-14,4-90,5-116-160,7-169,8-181,9-191,10-198.  
 
 
 
 
Bowling-Woolhouse 8 3 27 2,Williams 7 0 18 1,Wakefield 6 0 30 0,Blumberg 8 0 42 1,Rezko 6 0 34 3,Lane 4 0 28 1,Rodwell 0.5 0 7 1.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
          

Match   Entrecasteaux v Nomads at Entrecasteaux Var Provence Monday April 12th 2004, Entente Cordiale Trophy -Time Match 12.00 start 20 overs from 5.30  

       
Wakers & Woolhouse star in Nomads 7 run victory

Fresh   from victory over Cabris the day before, Nomads again chose to bat first as they sought to square the series. The limited overs format was abandoned in favour of a 'time game', the first in our hosts' brief history. Five and three quarter hours of play, with a minimum twenty overs to be bowled in the last hour.

The first session was all Nomads, as former French international Paul Wakefield, and John Rezko from Orange, NSW, put on 157 in 29 overs. Entrecasteaux didn't help their cause by spilling seven hard chances in the session; none straightforward, but all catchable. An unusual incident occurred when Rezko was given out lbw, only to maintain that the ball hit his bat. He was then recalled by the umpire. There is, of course, no provision in the laws of cricket for this - only the captain of the fielding side can withdraw an appeal. This was a first for Nomads and quite contrary to the spirit of cricket and Nomads  philosophy. However John is an Australian which is no excuse and so we can only apologise to Entrecasteaux. John objects to this interpretation and has not played for Nomads since ..which is a pity!

After lunch things briefly looked up for the home side, as Rezko and Mark Surridge were caught off consecutive balls in the first over after the break, bowled by Derek Mayes. Derek should have had a third wicket in the over, as Richard Woolhouse was dropped in the gully. Another costly missed chance, as Richard belted 26 off Derek's next over and contributed 47 to a savage partnership of 80 in six overs.  

Having acknowledged his skipper's signal of last over Paul Wakefield was caught off a skier for 133, and then three more wickets fell before Nomads declared on 253-6 as the skipper added another over, Anthony Slack of Entrecasteaux  finished with 3-58 off twelve overs.  

The home side's reply started badly, three wickets falling for 26, all to Richard Woolhouse who did not bowl in the 1st match but was now pumped up for the occasion. The innings was then rescued by Steve Crossan, making his Entrecasteaux début and playing his first game of cricket for eight years. With an eccentric style Steve played a superb innings, taking time to play himself in, running well between the wickets and striking the ball powerfully, particularly on the leg side. He struck eleven fours and smashed three huge sixes off skipper Blumberg's supposedly testing floated filth, and while he was still in Entrecasteaux sensed a famous victory. Dropped by skipper Blumberg off a powerful on drive when in the 90s   he was finally sixth out for 103 bowled by Daryn Williams - only the second century in the Entrecasteaux club's history. 
 
 

At this stage  a further 31 was required to win off seven overs, a second spell of  bowling by Richard Woolhouse, who took 7-62 in a marathon sixteen overs, reduced the opposition to 244-9.  Last pair Alan Finney and Laurent Amiot spurned the possible draw and pressed on for victory, but Alan holed out to mid-off in the penultimate over and Nomads thus won a thrilling game by seven runs. Daryn Williams bowling flat and straight took 3-25 in his second spell  

The inaugural Entente Cordiale Trophy was thus shared, one win apiece, and we all look forward to the  next contest.  
 
 
Result:        Nomads won by 7 runs,Entente cordiale Trophy shared 1-1.
Toss:           Nomads chose to bat   
Umpires:      Maurice Mitchem and Philip Levi   
Scorers:      Bob Bartlett,Bill Rodwell & Others  
Man Of Match: Richard Woolhouse


NOMADS Innings   
P.Wakefield c Randhava b Slack  133
J.Rezko     c Lomax    b Mayes   47
+M.Surridge c Randhava b Mayes    0
R.Woolhouse bowled       Slack   47
V.Gavin     bowled       Slack    7
R.Mann      bowled       Randhava 1
A.Williams  not out               1
Extras     (2nb,6w,7b,2lb)       17
TOTAL (40 overs,6 wkts dec.)    253
DNB:D.Williams,*M.Blumberg, W.Rodwell,M.Hodd(Absent injured) 

 
FOW :1-158,2-158,3-238,4-247,5-247,6-249.
 

Bowling -Joyce 5 2 15 0,Slack 12 1 58 3,Burke 10 1 51  0,Terry 4 0 31 0,Carpenter 2 0 15 0,Mayes 3 0 41 2,Randhava 4 0 33 1  

ENTRECASTEAUX Innings
M.Lomax     bowled        Woolhouse  5
*S.Burke    c Blumberg  b Woolhouse 70
A.Slack     c Wakefield b Woolhouse  1
E.Carpenter bowled        Woolhouse  5
S.Crossan   bowled        Williams 103
+S.Randhava lbw         b Woolhouse 14
D.Mayes     bowled        Woolhouse  7
R.Joyce     c + b       b Williams   2
A.Finney    c Woolhouse b Williams   5
L.Terry     c Surridge  b Woolhouse  7
L.Amiot     not out                  0
Extras      (10w, 9b, 8lb)          27
TOTAL       (47.2 overs,all out)   246

FOW :1-158,2-158,3-238,4-247,5-247,6-249. 

Bowling-Woolhouse 16 2 62 7,D. Williams 15.2 1 52 3,Rezko 4 0 31, Blumberg 8 0 57 0,Wakefield 4 0 27 0. 

      
The centenary of the signing of the  Entente Cordiale  was on Maundy Thursday April 8th 2004. This is the background to our Easter tour to Provence. The Guardian had the day slightly wrong but celebrated too!  Since that time there was formed(well actually in 1995) an  Entente Cordiale Association   which provides academic scholarships.
                                                     
     
       
The Changing          The Trophy                     The bonhommie            The Prof           The bar afterwards

 

   


 
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