| Sunday 25th July 2004 vs St John Fisher C.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wash fall short in all departments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St John Fisher C.C. |  |
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| Washington C.C. | |
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Washington’s stuttering form of late continued on Sunday as they were beaten by St John Fisher at St Albans. On another overcast and chilly day, a below par performance in the field left the batters with too much to do, and Wash were bowled out 16 runs short of their target. Having won the toss, skipper Justin Gurney invited the home team to bat, and the fun began. Fisher started very brightly, opener Harris throwing the bat and letting the fielders make the best of it: on a sloping, uneven pitch, with poor visibility against the dark green background, this was a smart policy. Mistakes abounded, and catches went down. Although Harris himself was bowled for 22 by Mick Kennedy (2-42), a mix up between Taran Persaud and Tony Harris, who left a skied chance from Sandip for each other and then stood helpless while it dropped between them, was perhaps a defining moment. The reprieved batsman went on to score an imperious 69. and an aggressive 47 not out from Philips saw the Fishers to 214 in their 35 overs. For Washington, Gary Evans picked up 2-39, and Chris Davies bowled a very tight spell to end with 1-24. Pick of the attack, however, was Gurney, who tested all the batsmen and kept things tight throughout. At tea, the target seemed significant but gettable. Pete Demetri looked in fine form, but controversy flared when an appeal for a ‘catch’ at short fine leg was turned down as a ‘bump ball’, and thereafter proceedings had rather a sour taste. Nevertheless, the Fishers’ attack bowled very well, and Washington lost a succession of wickets as batsmen tried to force the pace to keep up with demanding run rate. While Demetri amassed 68, Matthew Cragoe (2), Tony Harris (20), and Matthew Holt (6) never settled. Yet with 100 on the board in the 20th over, Wash were still on course; in the 21st, however, the wheels came off the wagon as the pitch started to play some tricks. The pacey Philips (2-10) bowled Mick Kennedy first ball with one that stayed low, and then, from almost the same spot, got one to rear at David Gluckman, striking him above the heart. Gluckman was duly bowled next ball. John Roche (6) and Taran Persaud (4) took what they could, but Washington’s last throw of the dice was a 9th wicket partnership between Gurney (38) and Gary Evans (20). The pair added 43, but both men succumbed to Pechard (2-22), and the home team ran out victors by 16 runs. So, not a great afternoon for the Wash. As skipper Gurney said afterwards, ‘There are no heroes or villains on an afternoon like this: we just didn’t play well enough in any department to deserve the win.’
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