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Result - Worcester College, Oxford

Sun May 22nd The Grannies lose by 4 wkts

Match report

Toughish day under the sun at Worcester. They remain gents and put us in but despite rotating their strike bowlers we were undercooked and had to spend too much time consolidating rather than accelerating; declaration came at 172 / 8 with an unbeaten 41 from J Dare. All the bowlers threw themselves at the task but the fielders tended to throw themselves in the wrong direction especially when a catch was offered. Aforementioned J Dare channeled his inner Trueman to grumpily clean up the wickets of one batsman and finished as pick of the bowlers with 2-36 and whilst J Dare Sr, Thomas and Llewelyn chipped in with wickets, by the time their No 8 who walked with all the ferrous intent of a sexually frustrated blacksmith and hit the ball in similar vein, the game was done. Would be good to win here one day…but some fielding practice needed ahead of that most notably for the match manager.

Match info

Lovely ground hidden within the boundaries of Worcester College, Oxford...legend has it the Provost will bestow a crate of champagne on you if you can hit into the lake...and the buttery bar is within staggering distance. Why haven't you all signed up yet?

Also played: Eugene Atkinson, Nigel Reynolds, Toby Reynolds, Chris Barras

Location
Worcester College Ground,
Walton St,
Oxford,
OX1 2HB