Match reports are harder to come by than Wickwashes and Unicorn dung. So here's a quick update on the Weekend's matches.
Back in the days of the Fuller’s League with two and three
sides out on a Saturday a Wickwash was a beautiful thing. With four sides out
playing Surrey Championship cricket and all four playing at a level which is
more competitive, it’s been a while since all four came back victorious.
The 1s did well on Saturday to restrict Old Hamptonians to
227-8 with Godfrey for the oppo assembling a neat 62. The reply started so
slowly that President Bob was rumoured to have slipped momentarily into a coma –
but rebuttals suggest that the oppo opener needed repelling before battle could
fully commence. The 1s through Rashid and Ali (80+) then got stuck in and but for
a rain break might have chased the total. The three overs lost left too much to
do but a rollicking innings from Matty D secured the winning draw and allowed
for a 9 slip field – which Matty pierced to balcony and Bob delight – for the
last three balls. The Wick are solidly 4th with ground to
make up on second place.
The 2s were away to Chipstead and spoke fondly of pitch, tea
and general conditions. But not of the result. 62 for Ian Collier and 35 for
Razi coupled with a vintage Webster / Goodwin last wicket partnership assembled
only a sub-par 175. At 22-3 the Wick were in with a shout but a 122 run
partnership between Dombrandt and Capron all but delivered victory as the shine
departed. The Wick only managed to delay the inevitable as Chipstead overhauled
the total in the 34th over. Rapid. The 2s league seems to be split
in two with our mob topping the bottom half of the table, six points clear of relegation.
The 3s were at home on what passes these days for a road on
Kingsfield. Woking raced away to a fast start which presaged a long, hot,
afternoon in the field but wickets for Schalk and Dan Kemp soon had them in a
degree of bother. Tighter than the Saffa equivalent of a virgin gnat, SVV took
5-33 in his best spell of the season. The oppo lower order fought back from
68-8 or thereabouts (it could have been a very short game) to set 128 to win. Skipper
Sayce continued his rich vein of form with 47 to drag the Wick to 90 odd for 3
in company with his brother before Clark thrashed a quick 31* to bring the boys
home before the rain shower that derailed the 1s could make things interesting.
With Walton (2) beating Normandy (1) and hosting The Wick (3) on Saturday
thoughts of promotion will be concentrated south of the river…
Details of the 4s game are sketchy as most of the team were
unable to string a sentence together on Sunday afternoon but the scorecard
tells of a decent Woking innings of 202… and a Wick collapse to 50 odd for 5.
Will Strange then battered 52, Paddy weighed in with 48 (?) and until the
scorecard is completed we won’t know who got us over the line, 9 down, in the last
over. The boys are now climbing the 4xi table and are 8 points clear of
relegation after a ropey start to the year. #edmondsin.
With the Summer Holiday period fast approaching, please make
sure you can be available for selection. Going to Thorpe Park is not an option.
You know who you are…
WICK
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