MATCH REPORT V PUDDLETOWN RUGBY CLUB 4TH JUNE
So back to Cup action at the CIDDUK (sic)…(note to editor all these poncy Aussie grounds are named after their associations, so I thought it was only fair for us to follow suit….CDDC get it????)....... where we entertained Puddletown Rugby club for the chance to meet Abbotsbury in the quarter finals.
Skip wins the toss… yesss!!!.... and elects to bat. Charlton Down amass a respectable 115 off their allotted 18 overs, with Skip scoring an ugly 66 not out which included 4 fours, 39 x 2’s and 86 x 3’s. Needless to say he was knackered after effectively carrying his ‘fat’ for 18 overs, and needed copious quantities of lager to assuage his raging thirst.
During this highly suspect innings, he was dropped on average every other ball, managed to run out Chris CD (Jon told me to!), and enjoy (?) a 50 run partnership with Mark, whose contribution was……1!!!
We were pleasantly entertained during the innings break by Web Wag, who quite deftly performed an adaptation from an ancient Dorset Teachers fertility dance on the outfield. This involved rolling around for a number of minutes crying ‘Ow my ankle hurts!! Her husband was last seen muttering to himself as he carried (well assisted) this fair maiden from the area… something along the lies of ‘Dorset Works will be pissed with me… they told me not to roll the outfield until the seedlings were more mature!!)
These bizarre antics undoubtedly led to a rather lack lustre fielding performance, and Puddletown were well on track at the half way stage. Tidy bowling awoke us from our slumbers with the irrepressible CCD taking 5- 18. In fact Puddletown lost their last 6 wickets for 2 runs, ending up some 48 runs short.
At the post match press conference in the showers, Skip did concede that he was a little worried, but his fears were eased when Tom Boltwood came in at number 7 for the visitors.
So off to the QuaterFinals….. and next up… the big one… Churches on Wednesday Live and exclusive at Kingston Maurward.
Andy Cossens