Sometimes six are better than eight and tonight the Founding Fathers six man squad burned it up smashing 213 after winning the toss and then served it cold holding the "The Ducks" to a paltry 110. The extra batsmen were hardly needed after Kermie (45 not out) and Gladdy (21 not
out) threw down the gauntlet in a 66 run opening stand. Itchy (25) and Gilly (10) continued the momentum and the premiership partnership put on a season high 77 runs (Harmie 48 not out and Norris 29 not out and DOT FREE!! (new STAT!)) and the Ducks backs were broken - "8 little ducks went out one day, got smashed over the hills and far away, mother duck said "smack, smack, smack" - and all of the 8 little ducks got spanked!!!"The post Encampment Fathers bowling and fielding was tight after several hours of beach bocce
therapeutic training and FINES fresh in everyone's minds. Gladdy opened the bowling and was his usual economical self taking 4 for 12 from his two overs. Itchy was on a hat trick after three deliveries but the gaps were there in the field and despite taking 4 for 8 earns a FINE! Kermie reinvented himself at the Encampment after plenty of soul searching (ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!) and despite surrendering two sevens finished on 4 for 13 - you bloody beauty Kermie - +ve contribution of +32 and MAN OF THE MATCH RUNNER UP!Gilly was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 4 and could have taken 5 wickets but for a tough catch driven straight back to the bowler that popped out of his hands and hit the carpet - FINE!
Harmie was on song tonight. After catching the late flight in from Dubbo he swooned in to take a hat trick and finish with 3 for 9 and take out MAN of the Match with a +ve contribution of +39.
Norris was his usual self tonight picking up 5 wickets from his four overs and held the Ducks to only two runs in the final over (no wides) securing the skin (they only needed 3 runs for the skin!) to seal the FOUR SKIN FATHERS VICTORY!! (The rule is: if the final skin is a tie then the skin goes to the team that won the 3rd skin - that would be the Fathers with 77 from the third partnership!) Gladdy will be pleased.
Memorable moments:
1. Itchy's prematch declaration that he would knock it around for two's and NOT GET OUT!
2. Itchy's prematch carpark beer with Norris and Kermie after saying - "no thanks - I'm not sure that I can.... ya okay I'll have one!"
3. Gilly arriving just in time for the coin toss and then walking through the coin toss and the tossed coin landing on his backpack as he continued through to take a seat
4. Itchy getting out in his second over SWINGING LIKE A 1960's LSD LACED LAS VEGAS HOOKER AT HER HUSBANDS FAMILY REUNION!!!
5. When Itchy and Gilly were batting - at the end of Sikh 1's over, Sikh 2 bowled his first delivery and the umpire said "Wait - Wait - I said it was the end of the over!!!" The ball was rebowled!!!
6. BIG KEV! rolled in to check on proceedings earning Merit Points on the Stinziani sliding scale and potentially retaining the captaincy for his next sojourn into the nets.
7. Harmies and Norrisses wides contributed to approximately 45 of their 110 runs - but it is not recorded on the match report - they are down as 2's!!
8. The cleverness of Norris and Harmie to bowl wides to a side chasing 214 for victory - HA! HA!
9. The Ducks batsman - stumbling - falling - crawling - lunging to cover his ground - Gilly waited for him to stand up and ran him out but the dumb-arsed umpire didn't see it.
10. Kermie on a hat trick - FINE!!!
11. Gilly on a hat trick - FINE!!!
12. The post Encampment Founding Fathers managed an all time low of ONLY SEVEN LIGHT BEERS DOWN!!!! Shameful!
13. A new Fathers tradition is born - post match car park lawn chair for the Man of the Match
Next Match
Tuesday 26 February at 6.50pm
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