LOSCC vs High Beach.

Report vs High Beach

Match Report
Date - 19/07/09 
Oppo – High Beach (a)
Type – Timed
Report by Ed Tooth.

There was dancing in the streets of Bethnal Green last night as former mafia boss Alan Wicks 
led the O's to a nail biting last over victory at High Beach.
Having taken the skippers armband from Richardson last week Big Al soon enforced some discipline/fear into the supporters
line up, and after some stern words and arm gripping, Glenn Evans and Bob James opened up on a flat and low bouncing 
wicket at Pepper Alley.
A good opening spell from Glasgow saw off Bob James, and after a promising start Tooth was cleaned bowled for 24.    
Evans dug deep as wickets tumbled around him, Rob Jones being the latest victim of "Finger of Death" Mike Redmond -  
"Redmond-eye" later revealing the ball to go on to hit short fine leg in the bollocks.   Hughes was then bowled playing 
back to a full one, and Wicks nobly sacrificed his wicket by calling Glenn for a quick single only to be met with the 
sight of Evans back, and then ran off the pitch swearing all the way back to the pavilion.
Glenn continued to grind out runs and at 115-7 the supporters position looked precarious.  However the swash buckling 
Cooper switched off his hotline to Moscow and put on 74 for the 7th wicket with Evans, taking the O's to 188.   The 
stand was just 4 short of the 7th wicket record but captain Wickes was unsentimental (and more to the point hungry) and 
he called in the lads for tea.   Evans carried his bat for a well fought 69.
Tea followed and opening bowler Hillier made an immediate breakthrough taking the wicket of Smith in the first over.  
The Hillier show continued, and spurred on by the tune of the Archers coming continuously from his phone, took 3 more 
wickets including the big hitting Glasgow - holing out to Cooper in the gully.
At 47-7 orient may have thought they had the game sewn up but a resilient stand of 51 between Redmond and McManus held 
up the imminent victory.    Some aerial shots followed but Orient's poor fielding proved they couldn't catch swine flu 
on a packed tube train and were frustrated by the 7th wicket stand.  The horses in the nearby field watched with 
increasing interest and started to worry - scared their heads would end up under someone's pillow the next morning.
However Big Al Wicks, showing High Beach as much mercy as the Krays did to Jack "the Hat" McVitie in 1967, brought 
himself and Rob Jones back on to bowl to blast out the tail end.
Jones took the crucial wicket of Redmond well caught by Alex Joy at mid on, and in the final over of the day Skipper 
Wickes cleaned bowled the number 11 taking the supporters to victory -  much to the delight of Chairman Mulholland who 
offered the new skipper friendly words and encouragement from the sideline throughout the game!
 

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