LOSCC vs Wellow & Plaitford.

Report vs Wellow & Plaitford

Match Report
Date 04/08/15 
Oppo Wellow & Plaitford(a)
Type 40 Overs
Report by Liam Mulholland

After a pleasant evening in the night clubs of Bournemouth the O's squad were full of beans for 
the Wellow and Plaitford fixture. Also with no Rumbold and Graham on tour we had no repeat of 
Fight Club which took place on the Monday of last years tour. Wellow brought some of their former 
players back for the day and had a pretty strong batting line up. Fortunately the wicket proved 
to be tricky early on with Morgan and Rana bowling well. Morgan got 2-36 helped by 2 wonderful 
catches by Laird, one a swirling skier and the other a diving catch in the gully. Rana nailed 
skipper Blakey with a shocking shooter. Blakey needs no invitation to take a drink so he quickly 
forgot his brief innings with copious pints of anything he could get his hands on. O's looked on 
for a quick win but a patient partnership between Weaver 65 and the evergreen Trutwein who rolled 
back the years and stroked a classy 67, pumping his old rival Mulholland for a beautiful straight 
six. The wicket flattened out and Wellow closed on 204-7, a good comeback but maybe not enough. 
Chintan continued his good form from yesterday with a 2-40 spell. In reply Laird now fully recovered 
from his ridiculous journey yesterday and the embarrassment of being dismissed by a six year old 
showed his true ability thrashing 132 not out in just 28 overs as O's raced to victory losing just 
2 wickets, Nav Ali giving Laird good support with a bright 34. O's now edge the head to head wins 
against Wellow as they look forward to the 21st fixture against our good friends from Wellow next year.

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