Holy Cross BBQ - Sat 11th July
Morning chaps,
It's that time of the year again, we've decided to have the annual Holy Cross BBQ on Saturday 11th July at Arbo!
All 3 teams are scheduled to play reasonably close to home, so lets make sure there is a good turn out. The cost is £5 per person and there will be a range of food provided hot off the BBQ!
In order to make sure we have enough food (and cater for any dietary requirements), can you please confirm with me as soon as possible, I'll send an email out shortly.
Hope to see you all there,
Skip
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
League Weekend 11 and the Week Ahead
Saturday's fixtures -
Midweek -
- 1sts vs Carlton 2nds, away.
- 2nds vs Edinburgh South 2nds at Arbo.
- 3rds vs Edinburgh South 3rds, away.
Midweek -
- Tuesday night friendly vs Currie-Balerno at Arbo.
Cupdate
Following last night's Parks Trophy QF win, here's where we've got to in our remaining cup
campaigns -
campaigns -
- Parks Trophy - SF vs Botanics or Musselburgh, away.
- Active Edinburgh Trophy - QF vs Livingston, away.
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Midweek Rearrangement
The midweek friendly against Murrayfield-DAFS at Roseburn has been rearranged from Tuesday 14th July to Tuesday 4th August.
Friday, 26 June 2015
League Weekend 10 and the Week Ahead
Saturday's fixtures -
Midweek -
- 1sts vs Freuchie at Arbo (NB, this is the last 1pm start).
- 2nds vs Freuchie 2nds, away.
- 3rds vs Leith FAB 2nds, home on the Inverleith Park arti.
Midweek -
- Tuesday evening, Parks Trophy QF vs S&N Tranent at Arbo.
- Thursday evening, friendly vs Tranent at Arbo - CANCELLED.
Uni Staff Teach 2s a Lesson
It was a tough week for availability. We had ten - though not the ten we'd expected, with "Apples" Appleby and Tom Frenzl kindly stepping up late on - while the Staff had eleven. And that was probably the margin between the two teams.
Of course for a while we weren't even confident we had ten, as six Crossers waited by the pitch, while four of us lounged in the rather distant Peffermill changing rooms until fetched by Mike Nevin, who would lead the way once more later on. The start was further delayed after the toss, which we lost, when eight players started to pad up. We asked whether the Staff were experimenting with a novel four-wicketkeeper formation before Smudger realised that he'd misunderstood their decision to bat.
Despite some good bowling from Vik (8.5-0-31-3) and Apples, Bristow and Hands looked fairly assured in putting on 41 for the first wicket. Then Gerry (9-1-28-2), refreshed by three weeks in the American Southwest, put the brakes on, removing both. Smudger (9-1-33-2) and Nipun (5-0-22-2) chipped in with important wickets and soon enough the Staff were 51 for 3 and 94 for 5.
Overall it was a good bowling performance with even JB (6-3-22-1) recovering from conceding 18 off his first two overs to remove top scorer Nath (36). But a 9th wicket stand of 30 between Ratnarajah (23) and Shylini (18) frustrated us until Vik returned for his third spell to remove both. Staff 179 all out in the final over. Incidentally this was only the third time we'd bowled a side out this season, and the first time we'd bowled out a full side.
By the end of the 15th over we were 34 for 5 thanks to some fine bowling from the aggressive Nath (9-0-25-2) and Kumar (9-2-21-3) and a fine, very low catch from Keily. Serious embarrassment seemed on the cards but Vik (53 no, his second successive half century) and Mike (39) built an important stand of 82. When Mike was out in the 39th over we needed a rather improbable 11 an over from the last 6. With Vik in there was always an outside chance but long boundaries, a defensive field and some decent bowling, notably from Vijayakumar (9-2-32-2), denied us. At least a final score of 153 for 8 meant some valuable batting points had been secured.
In many ways this was a Saturday much like the others this season - a relaxed, friendly game against nice, sporting opponents. We've now played all the other teams in the division and it's quite clear that this year's Div 4 is one of the nicest I've played in in 22 years in the East League. In addition the umpiring has been conspicuously fair. One indication is the number of lbws, roughly 20% of the total wickets - 11 of the 56 oppo wickets we've taken and 14 of the 75 Cross wickets which have fallen. In some ways that's a miracle as the umpires don't always seem to be fully focused - last week it was the Watsonian who insisted on wearing a thigh pad throughout his stint, while this week one of the Staff was reprogramming a computer in his lab via his mobile phone.
In one respect at least, however, this was an untypical Saturday for the 2015 season. It was warmish and even occasionally sunny. Let's hope that's an omen for the second half of the season.
Of course for a while we weren't even confident we had ten, as six Crossers waited by the pitch, while four of us lounged in the rather distant Peffermill changing rooms until fetched by Mike Nevin, who would lead the way once more later on. The start was further delayed after the toss, which we lost, when eight players started to pad up. We asked whether the Staff were experimenting with a novel four-wicketkeeper formation before Smudger realised that he'd misunderstood their decision to bat.
Despite some good bowling from Vik (8.5-0-31-3) and Apples, Bristow and Hands looked fairly assured in putting on 41 for the first wicket. Then Gerry (9-1-28-2), refreshed by three weeks in the American Southwest, put the brakes on, removing both. Smudger (9-1-33-2) and Nipun (5-0-22-2) chipped in with important wickets and soon enough the Staff were 51 for 3 and 94 for 5.
Overall it was a good bowling performance with even JB (6-3-22-1) recovering from conceding 18 off his first two overs to remove top scorer Nath (36). But a 9th wicket stand of 30 between Ratnarajah (23) and Shylini (18) frustrated us until Vik returned for his third spell to remove both. Staff 179 all out in the final over. Incidentally this was only the third time we'd bowled a side out this season, and the first time we'd bowled out a full side.
By the end of the 15th over we were 34 for 5 thanks to some fine bowling from the aggressive Nath (9-0-25-2) and Kumar (9-2-21-3) and a fine, very low catch from Keily. Serious embarrassment seemed on the cards but Vik (53 no, his second successive half century) and Mike (39) built an important stand of 82. When Mike was out in the 39th over we needed a rather improbable 11 an over from the last 6. With Vik in there was always an outside chance but long boundaries, a defensive field and some decent bowling, notably from Vijayakumar (9-2-32-2), denied us. At least a final score of 153 for 8 meant some valuable batting points had been secured.
In many ways this was a Saturday much like the others this season - a relaxed, friendly game against nice, sporting opponents. We've now played all the other teams in the division and it's quite clear that this year's Div 4 is one of the nicest I've played in in 22 years in the East League. In addition the umpiring has been conspicuously fair. One indication is the number of lbws, roughly 20% of the total wickets - 11 of the 56 oppo wickets we've taken and 14 of the 75 Cross wickets which have fallen. In some ways that's a miracle as the umpires don't always seem to be fully focused - last week it was the Watsonian who insisted on wearing a thigh pad throughout his stint, while this week one of the Staff was reprogramming a computer in his lab via his mobile phone.
In one respect at least, however, this was an untypical Saturday for the 2015 season. It was warmish and even occasionally sunny. Let's hope that's an omen for the second half of the season.
Sunday, 21 June 2015
Blood, sweat and beers. A Saturday in the life of Holy Cross
There were mixed fortunes for the men of Fortress Arbo across the Capital and points were won, earned and gained in day of eclectic cricket.
Six boundary rope clearances in an unbeaten 97 by Kashif Parvez and a cracking 62 from Dougie Russell set next door neighbours Stew Mel a total of 240 to chase at Fortress Arbo.
In response, the visitors went from 54-1 to 115-8 and an early night looked on the cards. A. Khan and J. Chapman clearly didn’t read the script as the pair went on a late salvage operation attempt with a decent partnership of 82.
Both men were finally despatched by Bainbridge, with SMRH finishing on 209.
Captain Si McOscar picked up 4 wickets for 27 runs with Russell, Parvez joining Bainbridge in grabbing braces at a sunny Arbo.
Meanwhile, a few hundred yards down the road, the 3s were involved in a typically surreal afternoon of Cross cricket.
With the start of the clash against Edinburgh South fast approaching, the numerically disadvantaged ‘Fuds’ spotted a familiar face sitting on an Inverleith Park bench with a carry-out in Matthew Cunningham.
The 10 men of Holy Cross (working title) were first to field and restricted South to 71-2 at drinks. By close of play, they had amassed 150-6 in the crudely cut out oval. It could have been mistaken for a dress rehearsal for a comedy show for the forthcoming Fringe as the makeshift side stuttered to 40-2, although technically for 3 with a forced retiral seeing one of the yoofs departing early.
Whilst Cunningham was hitting the ball for fun, unfortunately it was no laughing matter when Russell Eberst hit the ground in dramatic circumstances after twirling round like a spinning top attempting to play a Dodson dolly. After treatment for a grazed head (from our self-styled Florence Nightingale that is Dave Munroe) and bruised ego, the 72 year old was helped off the field to be replaced by ‘youngster’ Keith Geddes.
Geddes rolled back the years to hit a peach of a boundary as the 3s looked to be on the brink… oh, wait… sadly it wasn’t to be and despite a brave return to action from Eberst, it was to be an agonising 5 run defeat.
Across town at Peffermill, Edinburgh Uni Staff batted first and made 179 AO with Vik Gaware grabbing a 3-fer with Gerry Lohan, Smudger Smith and Nipun Mehta all taking two wickets a-piece.
In response, Vik Gaware continued his fine return to action with a half century (53) whilst Mike Nevin recorded a solid knock of 39 as the 2s reached 153-8.
A defeat on the road however the batting points gained may prove to be vital come the end of the campaign.
Reports from individual captains detailing the trials and tribulations in greater detail may or may not appear online any time soon.
Six boundary rope clearances in an unbeaten 97 by Kashif Parvez and a cracking 62 from Dougie Russell set next door neighbours Stew Mel a total of 240 to chase at Fortress Arbo.
In response, the visitors went from 54-1 to 115-8 and an early night looked on the cards. A. Khan and J. Chapman clearly didn’t read the script as the pair went on a late salvage operation attempt with a decent partnership of 82.
Both men were finally despatched by Bainbridge, with SMRH finishing on 209.
Captain Si McOscar picked up 4 wickets for 27 runs with Russell, Parvez joining Bainbridge in grabbing braces at a sunny Arbo.
Meanwhile, a few hundred yards down the road, the 3s were involved in a typically surreal afternoon of Cross cricket.
With the start of the clash against Edinburgh South fast approaching, the numerically disadvantaged ‘Fuds’ spotted a familiar face sitting on an Inverleith Park bench with a carry-out in Matthew Cunningham.
The 10 men of Holy Cross (working title) were first to field and restricted South to 71-2 at drinks. By close of play, they had amassed 150-6 in the crudely cut out oval. It could have been mistaken for a dress rehearsal for a comedy show for the forthcoming Fringe as the makeshift side stuttered to 40-2, although technically for 3 with a forced retiral seeing one of the yoofs departing early.
Whilst Cunningham was hitting the ball for fun, unfortunately it was no laughing matter when Russell Eberst hit the ground in dramatic circumstances after twirling round like a spinning top attempting to play a Dodson dolly. After treatment for a grazed head (from our self-styled Florence Nightingale that is Dave Munroe) and bruised ego, the 72 year old was helped off the field to be replaced by ‘youngster’ Keith Geddes.
Geddes rolled back the years to hit a peach of a boundary as the 3s looked to be on the brink… oh, wait… sadly it wasn’t to be and despite a brave return to action from Eberst, it was to be an agonising 5 run defeat.
Across town at Peffermill, Edinburgh Uni Staff batted first and made 179 AO with Vik Gaware grabbing a 3-fer with Gerry Lohan, Smudger Smith and Nipun Mehta all taking two wickets a-piece.
In response, Vik Gaware continued his fine return to action with a half century (53) whilst Mike Nevin recorded a solid knock of 39 as the 2s reached 153-8.
A defeat on the road however the batting points gained may prove to be vital come the end of the campaign.
Reports from individual captains detailing the trials and tribulations in greater detail may or may not appear online any time soon.
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