Thoiry Tour 2004
Tour 27th-30th August
Tour Manager Jeremy LASCELLES lead the following squad-J Lane,P Bell,A Smith,B Bodie,A Hill,V Gavin,T Reader, E Irving, Richard Woolhouse and E Scarr to celebrate among other things the 60th anniversary of the Liberation Of Paris. This is a second for Nomads who also visited France for the Centenary Of the Entente Cordiale at Easter.
Liberation Of Paris 25/8/44
Match 45 NOMADS CC/VIRGIN XI v THOIRY CC AT CHATEAU DE THOIRY FRANCE SATURDAY AUGUST 28th 1.00PM
Toss:Thoiry
Umpires:TBA
Scorers:TBA
THOIRY CC Innings
S Lloyd c Lane b Bodie 11
S Kuper lbw b Irving 0
J Chetwood c Lascelles b Bodie 41
J Howe bowled Scarr 30
M Griffiths not out 37
Tahir c Lane b Scarr 8
M Curtin lbw b Scarr 1
Shahzad c Lane b Scarr 0
Jk Hardy bowled A Smith 6
Jn Hardy bowled Irving 3
Extras (b1,lb6,nb1,w33) 41
TOTAL (All Out,34.3 overs) 184
Fow:1-4,2-88,3-115,4-119,5-133,6-141,7-143,8-150,9-184.
Bowling-Reader 6 1 19 0,Irving 5.3 0 24 2,Woolhouse 6 0 36 0,Bodie 8 1 43 2,Scarr 7 1 48 4,A Smith 2 0 5 1.
NOMADS/Virgin CC Innings
A Hill c Howe b Shahzad 0
P Bell c Chetwood b Shahzad 12
V Gavin c Griffiths b Shahzad 4
J Lane c Jk Hardy b Tahir 43
J Lascelles c Tahir b Howe 3
A Smith lbw b Howe 16
R Woolhouse not out 38
T Reader not out 18
Extras (b3,lb5,nb0,w30) 38
TOTAL (6 wkts,40 overs) 178
Dnb:I Irving,E Scarr,B Bodie.
Fow:1-0,2-24,3-42,4-58,5-81,6-143.
Bowling-Shahzad 8 2 19 3,Jn Hardy 4 0 29 0,Tahir 8 0 25 1,Howe 8 0 31 2,Jk Hardy5 0 23 0,Curtin 5 0 30 0,Griffiths 2 0 13 0.
Match 46 NOMADS CC/VIRGIN XI v THOIRY CC AT CHATEAU DE THOIRY FRANCE SUNDAY AUGUST 29th 1.00PM
Match Result:Thoiry won by 6 wickets
Toss:Nomads/Virgin
Umpires:TBA
Scorers:TBA
NOMADS/VIRGIN Innings
J Lascelles bowled Tahir 90
P Bell c Griffiths b Curtin 58
A Hill+ c Hardy b Curtin 30
J Lane not out 51
A Smith c Griffiths b Howe 12
I Irving not out 1
Extras (b6,lb5,nb0,w11) 22
TOTAL (4 wkts,40 overs) 266
Dnb:R Woolhouse,E Scarr,T Reader,B Bodie.
Fow:1-106,2-154,3-244,4-262.
Bowling-Griffiths 6 0 47 0,Tahir 8 1 37 1,Howe 8 1 45 1,Curtin 8 0 51 2,Phillips 5 0 37 0,Hardy jnr 5 0 38 0.
THOIRY CC Innings
S Lloyd bowled Reader 2
J Chetwood not out 76
Tahir c Irving b Smith 73
J Howe bowled Woolhouse 2
M Griffiths not out 69
Extras (b10,lb8,w28) 43
TOTAL (3 wkts,35 overs) 269
Dnb:L Phillips,J Hardy,M Curtin,J Hunt,R Bough,ANOther(Absent).
Fow:1-2,2-135,3-143.
Bowling-Reader 6 0 30 1,Irving 8 1 29 0,Woolhouse 8 0 65 1,Bodie 4 0 43 0,Smith 7 0 59 1,Scarr 2 0 25 0.
Nomads Surrender Strong Positions Twice
Any side that bowls 61 wides in 69.5 overs bowled does not really deserve to win anything. Wides at Thoiry tend to be more ODI interpretation than MCC Laws of Cricket but even so it indicates a pitiful lack of radar irrespective of the night before's entertainment.
On Saturday Nomads/Virgin despite their wayward direction managed to bowl out Thoiry for only 184 in under 35 overs. Losing three early wickets to Shahzad put the tourists on the back foot and though the innings' momentum picked up thanks to Woolhouse Nomads/Virgin were to fall short by 6 runs. Rather careless really!
On Sunday Nomads/Virgin put on a splendid performance with the bat.Jeremy Lascelles top scored with 90 and 266 should have been a difficult total to chase. In the event Thoiry slaughtered Nomads/Virgin bowling with the exception of the two opening seamers to such an extent that the match was over with 5 overs to spare
For some reason since we last visited Thoiry the village seems to have gone strictly pink in harmony perhaps with Virgin XI's colours but hardly their sexual preference which in no way explains Vince Gavin's behaviour which incurrs a huge Tour fine!
Posted on 15/08/2015
by Michael Blumberg