THE climactic finish to the season we were all hoping for no longer looks likely with Fairbairn SCF dropping out of the title race and Rathbone OV’s being so many bonus points behind Romerils it looks a formality for Romerils, as they only need to secure 45 points from their next two games to secure the title, or is it …
Fairbairn SCF v Aztec Springfield (Grainville):
SCF narrowly failed again in the Romerils challenge and have to accept that they will not be winning the league this year; but things haven’t gone all their way with a couple of injuries, none more so on Saturday, a game Tony Carlyon had to sit out as he had sustained injuries the previous day when he was attacked by a dog. As they only lost by five runs I would imagine all at SCF will feel that it would have been a very different result had Tony been playing.
After a promising first half of the season saw them in third place in the league, Springfield seemed to get altitude sickness, and have plummeted to fifth spot in the space of a few weeks. They have the players to win this match and still have a chance of claiming the fourth league spot, but their current form would point to a SCF victory.
Norah’s continuing with her Aztec style sacrificing but thinks that last week’s biscuit sacrifice was not sufficient and the rain that fell was a sign of displeasure.
With a crazed expression, she says the gods will be happier this week, and whilst we like to think she hasn’t resorted to shedding blood on her alter, the office mouse hasn’t been seen for a week and Gillian has also disappeared.
A letter, which was supposedly from Gillian, did arrive, explaining that she had left the Island and was never coming back. Whilst leaving her doting husband and beloved cat, “Smudge,” behind hasn’t raised too many suspicions, the fact that she left a Holland’s pie in the fridge at work has. “Must be having a midlife crisis” says Norah, shifting uncomfortably in her chair.
Prediction: SCF to finish Springfield hopes of 4th place finish.
Rathbones OV’s v Caesareans (FB1):
Things haven’t been easy for Caesareans this year but they have stuck at their task and gained due reward with a victory over their old rivals Springfield last week. Dave Gorman, wearing a mismatch of kit, top scored with 80 runs in the match.
His shirt and whites said cricket, but the pair of white Footjoy brogues suggested he may have preferred to have scored an 80 on the other side of the sand dunes, on La Moye golf course. Only Dave could get away with that – his excuse is that at his age he isn’t going to fork out on a new pair of cricket shoes.
Arran Eagar also had a good game with 40 runs and two wickets which, as he said, could have led to an unbearable evening for those who had returned to the clubhouse to catch up on the day’s news. Fortunately he had alternative plans.
One other thing of note from the game which sparked off a heated debate was who, out of Ed Kean who was batting, or Arran Eagar who was bowling, had the more enthusiastic name. The dictionary just gives it to eager, “impatiently desirous,” which kind of sums Arran up. They could form a good enthusiastic indoor team, with Jeremy Startup, Phil Cuming and Ryan Driver all likely sounding likely team mates.
OVs still have a chance of winning the league and a spokesman, in a rare show of emotion from the club, stated, ‘We’ve kept quiet, but we’re still here fighting for this title and I’d love it if we beat them, love it.’ They have it all to do but it’s not all bad and I’m sure they will make a good fist of defending their CI knock out crown.
There was a certain amount of egg on the face last Sunday morning when Richard Collinson’s dulcet Lancastrian tones brought news of Jonny Gough’s four wickets. Worse was to come as I bumped into Browny later in the afternoon and he recounted his previous day’s exploits when, contrary to being hit into the golf course, he claimed that he had completely tied Dean Morrison down, a boast that was actually borne out by the scorecard, his five overs only costing 13 runs.
I suppose an apology for indicating that their bowling was car park fodder or likely to end up on the seventh green on the golf course is due, but think I will wait as it could happen this week, maybe Pete German can save me, even if he can’t lead his side to consecutive victories.
Prediction: OVs to quash fervent Caesareans.
St Ouen v Romerils (LQ 1):
With Les Quennevais throwing up more runs than is often the case this has the makings of a good match and the exchanges between Ryan Driver and Dean Morrison should make the journey worthwhile for anyone thinking of going to watch.
Both players are in fine form with Dean Morrison’s 143 not out last week stealing the Rathbones Handicap Player of the Week award. Poor old Gomy did open the innings in the end but another duck means that he is now struggling to get a hundred runs for the season, let alone in one match.
The fact that he is absent this week means he will have to get the 28 runs needed to get him to three figures in one innings on 26 July. Come on Gomy, the whole Island is rooting for you.
Newsflash; Gomersall hits 53 in Evening League match, including straight six off Browny – Gomersall; ‘I am better than Morrison.’
Romerils are on the brink of retaining their league title and a win on Saturday will more or less do it as I can’t see Caesareans posing them too many problems on the final day. Despite their success however, the ‘one man team’ theory is never far away, so I have done a bit of research to try to either prove or disprove the theory.
In the table below you will find each team’s highest run scorer and wicket taker and using calculations based on wickets taken and runs scored individually and then as a percentage of the total by the team have calculated, out of a hundred, the impact these players have had on their team. What an anorak.
I guess what the table shows is that Romerils would miss Ryan Driver a hell of a lot if he was not playing, but to say they are a one man team is probably going a bit too far, it would be more accurate to say they are 1/3 a one-man team.
Hope that puts that theory to bed unlike the league which I hope St Ouen can keep alive by beating Romerils this weekend, not for any other reason than for the good of the game and has nothing to do with the fact that Romerils are on the brink of their second title since I was so cruelly ousted from the club. Given their shortages, no Bishop or Short, I can’t see them doing so, unfortunately.
Prediction: Romerils a fraction too good for St Ouen.
Romerils have title within their grasp
THE climactic finish to the season we were all hoping for no longer looks likely with Fairbairn SCF dropping out of the title race and Rathbone OV’s being so many bonus points behind Romerils it looks a formality for Romerils, as they only need to secure 45 points from their next two games to secure the title, or is it …
Fairbairn SCF v Aztec Springfield (Grainville):
SCF narrowly failed again in the Romerils challenge and have to accept that they will not be winning the league this year; but things haven’t gone all their way with a couple of injuries, none more so on Saturday, a game Tony Carlyon had to sit out as he had sustained injuries the previous day when he was attacked by a dog. As they only lost by five runs I would imagine all at SCF will feel that it would have been a very different result had Tony been playing.
After a promising first half of the season saw them in third place in the league, Springfield seemed to get altitude sickness, and have plummeted to fifth spot in the space of a few weeks. They have the players to win this match and still have a chance of claiming the fourth league spot, but their current form would point to a SCF victory.
Norah’s continuing with her Aztec style sacrificing but thinks that last week’s biscuit sacrifice was not sufficient and the rain that fell was a sign of displeasure.
With a crazed expression, she says the gods will be happier this week, and whilst we like to think she hasn’t resorted to shedding blood on her alter, the office mouse hasn’t been seen for a week and Gillian has also disappeared.
A letter, which was supposedly from Gillian, did arrive, explaining that she had left the Island and was never coming back. Whilst leaving her doting husband and beloved cat, “Smudge,” behind hasn’t raised too many suspicions, the fact that she left a Holland’s pie in the fridge at work has. “Must be having a midlife crisis” says Norah, shifting uncomfortably in her chair.
Prediction: SCF to finish Springfield hopes of 4th place finish.
Rathbones OV’s v Caesareans (FB1):
Things haven’t been easy for Caesareans this year but they have stuck at their task and gained due reward with a victory over their old rivals Springfield last week. Dave Gorman, wearing a mismatch of kit, top scored with 80 runs in the match.
His shirt and whites said cricket, but the pair of white Footjoy brogues suggested he may have preferred to have scored an 80 on the other side of the sand dunes, on La Moye golf course. Only Dave could get away with that – his excuse is that at his age he isn’t going to fork out on a new pair of cricket shoes.
Arran Eagar also had a good game with 40 runs and two wickets which, as he said, could have led to an unbearable evening for those who had returned to the clubhouse to catch up on the day’s news. Fortunately he had alternative plans.
One other thing of note from the game which sparked off a heated debate was who, out of Ed Kean who was batting, or Arran Eagar who was bowling, had the more enthusiastic name. The dictionary just gives it to eager, “impatiently desirous,” which kind of sums Arran up. They could form a good enthusiastic indoor team, with Jeremy Startup, Phil Cuming and Ryan Driver all likely sounding likely team mates.
OVs still have a chance of winning the league and a spokesman, in a rare show of emotion from the club, stated, ‘We’ve kept quiet, but we’re still here fighting for this title and I’d love it if we beat them, love it.’ They have it all to do but it’s not all bad and I’m sure they will make a good fist of defending their CI knock out crown.
There was a certain amount of egg on the face last Sunday morning when Richard Collinson’s dulcet Lancastrian tones brought news of Jonny Gough’s four wickets. Worse was to come as I bumped into Browny later in the afternoon and he recounted his previous day’s exploits when, contrary to being hit into the golf course, he claimed that he had completely tied Dean Morrison down, a boast that was actually borne out by the scorecard, his five overs only costing 13 runs.
I suppose an apology for indicating that their bowling was car park fodder or likely to end up on the seventh green on the golf course is due, but think I will wait as it could happen this week, maybe Pete German can save me, even if he can’t lead his side to consecutive victories.
Prediction: OVs to quash fervent Caesareans.
St Ouen v Romerils (LQ 1):
With Les Quennevais throwing up more runs than is often the case this has the makings of a good match and the exchanges between Ryan Driver and Dean Morrison should make the journey worthwhile for anyone thinking of going to watch.
Both players are in fine form with Dean Morrison’s 143 not out last week stealing the Rathbones Handicap Player of the Week award. Poor old Gomy did open the innings in the end but another duck means that he is now struggling to get a hundred runs for the season, let alone in one match.
The fact that he is absent this week means he will have to get the 28 runs needed to get him to three figures in one innings on 26 July. Come on Gomy, the whole Island is rooting for you.
Newsflash; Gomersall hits 53 in Evening League match, including straight six off Browny – Gomersall; ‘I am better than Morrison.’
Romerils are on the brink of retaining their league title and a win on Saturday will more or less do it as I can’t see Caesareans posing them too many problems on the final day. Despite their success however, the ‘one man team’ theory is never far away, so I have done a bit of research to try to either prove or disprove the theory.
In the table below you will find each team’s highest run scorer and wicket taker and using calculations based on wickets taken and runs scored individually and then as a percentage of the total by the team have calculated, out of a hundred, the impact these players have had on their team. What an anorak.
Impact players
Romerils: Driver/Driver 32
St Ouen: Morrison/Moyse 29
Caesareans: German/Kemp 28
Springfield: Kelly/S Parker 23
SCF: S Carlyon/S Carlyon 23
OVs: J Gough/P Gough 22
I guess what the table shows is that Romerils would miss Ryan Driver a hell of a lot if he was not playing, but to say they are a one man team is probably going a bit too far, it would be more accurate to say they are 1/3 a one-man team.
Hope that puts that theory to bed unlike the league which I hope St Ouen can keep alive by beating Romerils this weekend, not for any other reason than for the good of the game and has nothing to do with the fact that Romerils are on the brink of their second title since I was so cruelly ousted from the club. Given their shortages, no Bishop or Short, I can’t see them doing so, unfortunately.
Prediction: Romerils a fraction too good for St Ouen.
Article posted on 18th July, 2008 - 3.00pm