LOSCC vs South Woodford.

Report vs South Woodford

Match Report
Date - 16/05/10 
Oppo – South Woodford (a)
Type – Timed Game
Report by Ian Richardson.

Having already lost one game to the weather so far, the O’s stop-start season was to continue in this ultimately 
abandoned encounter with our long time colleagues from South Woodford. As the away team, the O’s had to change 
dressing rooms which caused problems for the Terminator who commandeered a whole extra room to himself so he could 
fit his gear in.
Welcoming back skipper Ian Richardson after his marathon exploits, the O’s fielded a strong batting line up which 
influenced the skippers decision to bowl first – although some consideration was also given to a dodgy weather 
forecast and the fact that the 20/20 cricket World Cup final was due to start on a little laptop in the club-house at 
4.30pm!
The O’s took the field with a sky that resembled volcanic ash – and it probably was. The new opening bowling 
partnership of Arnie Kumar & Adam Parkes began well, with Parkes in particular bowling a tidy spell in his first 
game of the season. Soon Ravi Ramanuja, nursing a bit of a hangover, was into the attack and he began to bamboozle 
the opposition with his spin varieties and the O’s were well on top.
Close season capture Matt Hiscock began well, getting a wicket with a long hop that the POTY would have been very 
happy with,  but he soon felt the brunt of  Zameed who raced to 63 with some fine hitting that threatened to swing 
the game towards South Woodford – but after  falling LBW to Ramanuja the tide turned again towards the O’s as Hiscock 
returned to get 2 more wickets including one that pitched half way, went under the ground and appeared behind the 
batsman and bowled him – still they all count in the book as POTY will testify.
The rest of the South Woodford innings was played in a steady drizzle which made gripping the ball difficult for the 
bowlers but the O’s must have fancied their chances of chasing down a winning score of 181, especially as the ball 
now resembled a soggy jockstrap. The sky was showing signs of brightening up as the players left the field to sample 
the delightful tea, which had improved even more since last season and now includes pots of trifle that were 
demolished by the O’s players.
However, the trifle demolition was the last real action involving the O’s XI as the weather suddenly took a turn for 
the worse with a heavy downpour followed by …. another heavy downpour, and the game was abandoned without the second 
innings starting. This means that the statistics from the game will become null and void according to LOSCC tradition 
– sorry Matt! 
However, Ravi was undeterred in the changing rooms claiming that he will easily pass 100 wickets for the O’s inside 3 
years when his VISA runs out, much to the amusement of the skipper and Liam Mulholland.
So all that was left to do was to retire to the bar to listen to the World Cup exploits of the England cricket team 
and to see if we can find anyone who admits to voting for computer hacker and vote rigger Hillier as Player of the 
Year. Incredibly England won the World Cup, but we still don’t know of anyone that voted for Hillier.

 

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