CRICKET
LYMPSTONE CRICKET CLUB REBORN
Toby Ingham and John Goss-Custard
2008
FIXTURES
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Thursday 1st May Argyle Road |
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Wednesday 14th May Heads and Quicks |
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Thursday 29th May Sunset |
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Thursday 5th June Newton Poppleford |
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Friday 13th June Geriatrics SEE |
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Thursday 19th June Heads and Quicks MATCH |
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Wednesday 2nd July University Nomads REPORTS |
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Thursday 10th July University Erratics BELOW |
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Thursday 31st July Newton Poppleford |
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Sunday 3rd August Argyle Road |
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Friday 15th August Sunset |
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Thursday 21st August Fabermaunsell XI |
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Sunday 7th September Branscombe CC |
21st August saw the club’s final game of the season at Woodbury, with the opposition provided by Faber Maunsell of Exeter. Batting first, the opposition were limited to a total of 67 for 8, with all the runs coming at the top of the order and wickets shared equally among the Lympstone attack, who bowled economically and on target. An athletic close-in catch by Paul Jordan, performing a gymnastic manoeuvre complete with tuck and half pike to take the ball in his fingertips, was a highlight of Lympstone’s tight fielding display. In reply, the Lympstone innings got off to a solid start with opener Jamie Cooke’s accumulative batting, before a mystery bowler wreaked a trail of destruction in the middle order, extracting pace and bounce to claim four wickets in quick succession. Total collapse was only averted by the timely intervention of Charlie Lenygon and Ben Ingham, who steered the team to victory with an over to spare.
With the season disrupted by horrendous weather, the club can be more than happy with an overall performance much improved on last year - two victories, three losses and two tied games. The team can be sure that continued success awaits in the 2009 season - weather permitting!
MATCH REPORT
Lympstone
Cricket Club against Heads and Quicks at Newton St Cyres 14th May
20:20 match, with compulsory retirement at 30 runs and 4 overs maximum per bowler. Lympstone batted first and reached 77 before the first wicket fell. The openers did very well: Greg Richmond - 30 (retired); Jonno Lee - 30 (retired); Robin Tolson - 29; Toby Ingham - 27, not out and scoring off every ball. Lympstone finished after 20 overs on 147 for 4, our highest score since the Club was re-formed in April 2007.
Heads and Quicks only did slightly better – but enough: 148 for 3 off 18 overs! Greg Richmond was our outstanding bowler with 2 wickets for 10 runs from 4 overs. We just lost but, never mind, such a good batting performance was very encouraging and we look forward to the next match, whenever the weather permits.
John Goss-Custard 277007
BACKGROUND
After lying dormant for ten years, Lympstone Cricket Club was reborn last year with 20 villagers playing in five matches – it would have been eight but for rain. It was a trial year to see if there was enough support to keep the Club going. There is, although we didn’t win as many matches as we would have liked. But it’s early days yet! This year, we have a fixture list of 12, with ten 20-20 evening matches and two Sunday 40-40 matches. Come and support us! Our home ground is at Woodbury Cricket Club. Ask me for the whereabouts of away grounds.
We have a keen group of 20 players but we would love to have more. Contact me if you are interested! Annual membership fee is £5 for adult players and £3 for juniors (under 18). We practice in nets in Lympstone one evening a week – usually Tuesdays. Ask me for time and place if you want to join in or have a look at us.
The Club had no kit when we started last season. Some money was left over from 10 years ago with which we bought essentials, such as match balls. But due to lack of funds, we had to ask other clubs to give us stuff they were throwing out! So we have some rather tired pads and some spongy or cracked bats that don’t make scoring easy! Players match fees go on pitch hire.
If you would like to encourage us with a donation to buy some new bats and pads, that would be marvellous and a very great help and very much appreciated!
Enquiries etc to John Goss-Custard at 01395 277007 or j.d.goss-custard@exeter.ac.uk or ‘Havering’, Church Road, Lympstone, EX8 5JT
LYMPSTONE CRICKET CLUB MATCH REPORTS 26/6 - 15/8
26th June saw the popular annual game against the Harefield XI at St Peter's School thrill a large and enthusiastic crowd. Batting first, the opposition posted a challenging 153 for 7, with villager Charlie Lenygon scoring a mighty 54. Toby Ingham was the in form bowler for Lympstone, conceding only six runs off three pacey overs, with David Hall, John Goss Custard and Ed Maltby also in the wickets. To the soundtrack of the village band, Lympstone could only reach 121 in reply, with highlights including a brutal 34 clubbed to all corners of the ground by John Brewer (including 28 in boundaries), and 31 not out by Chris Cooke, who at one stage had a line of nine slip fielders behind him.
Licking our wounds after the Harefield game, Lympstone took on the University of Exeter Erratics on 10th July at Woodbury. With two evenly matched sides, the game was eventually tied with both sides scoring 114. David Wright struck with the ball on his debut and energetic fielding combined with sharp work by wicketkeeper Tim Gittins saw three opposition batsmen run out. In the Lympstone innings Ben Ingham and Jonno Lee scored freely with the bat while opener John Morris anchored the batting performance with a technician’s 28.
A 40-over Sunday game on 3rd August against Argyll Road at Woodbury was abandoned in monsoon conditions after 24 invigorating overs. This was unlucky: bowling first, Lympstone were in a commanding position, with opening bowler Ben Ingham swinging the ball wickedly and provoking a flurry of wickets, while the game also saw the Paul Downes spin attack bought out of retirement.
The Sunsets were the opposition for a 20-over game on 15th August, when a brief respite in the weather witnessed a splendid match that ended with the club's second tied game of the season. Bowling tightly and accurately, Lympstone limited the opposition to a total of 91, with Charlie Lenygon in the wickets and pacemen Charles Morris, Ben and Toby Ingham and Paul Jordan making scoring difficult for the opposition. On a stunning debut opener Jamie Cooke (26 not out) led the way, with contributions by Jonno Lee and Ollie Creighton laying a strong foundation for the Lympstone Innings. Solid accumulative batting from Ben Ingham and Charles Morris saw Lympstone close in, seemingly inexorably, on the total, although a subsequent tail-end collapse saw us thwarted. With a single run tantalisingly needed to win off the last delivery, stumps were shattered and the villagers were left thinking what might have been....
Ollie Creighton